Founded in Copenhagen in early 2017, LifeX is a rapidly-growing living-as-a-service company whose vision is to make anyone feel at home, anywhere in the world ❤️ . We have grown to over 2000 units in the center of Copenhagen, Berlin, Munich, Paris, London and Oslo with more than 1000 active members. We are driven by our purpose and desire to shape the future of living. We have a technology platform that runs end-to-end residential operations and living experience. As a team, we live by our values of being member driven, transparent, team player, a doer and consistently think of way to reduce our footprint on the planet. With have raised EUR 17M and are planning to scale our mission all over Europe and beyond.

Draivi is the Nordic leader in Fintech Performance Marketing, providing a business unusual approach with measurable results. We understand your goal of thriving in the market, turning ripples into waves, and reaching potential customers. Unlike traditional online lead generators, Draivi offers innovative solutions for excellent ROI. Our results-based marketing strategy has proven to be highly effective, outperforming counter-intuitive and conventional approaches. With a presence in seven geographical markets, we have 5 million registered users and a monthly user base of 1,500,000. By partnering with us, you'll join a journey of redefining performance marketing for financial services, driven by trust, innovation, and hunger for results. Experience the freedom to thrive and let's talk business unusual.

We help educators bring learning and belonging to every child. School absence is the biggest challenge facing education. Our AV1 robots connect absent students, ensure learning and belonging, and support reintegration back to the classroom. Today, there are over 3,500 active AV1 robots used across 18 European countries. Positioned in the EdTech sector, AV1 is a unique solution to the growing issue of persistent absence, supporting both the academic and social needs of students. No Isolation works across Europe, with 45 employees across Europe and in offices in Oslo, Munich and London. Join us in our growth journey!

At Munchi, we believe in the transformative power of technology to redefine how restaurants operate. We are on a mission to empower restaurant owners around the world with the tools they need to compete in a digital-first era. Munchi is the ultimate superapp for restaurants, unifying omnichannel orders, payments, and operations designed for restaurants by restaurant people. We have partnered with over 100 restaurants in Finland and Germany, and we are just getting started.

kapa.ai makes it easy for technical companies to build AI support and onboarding bots for their users. Teams at +200 leading startups and enterprises incl. OpenAI, Mixpanel, Mapbox, Docker, Next.js and Prisma use kapa to level up their developer experience and reduce support. We enable companies to use their existing technical knowledge sources incl. docs, tutorials, chat logs, and GitHub issues to generate AI bots that answers developer questions automatically. We’ve been fortunate to be funded by some of the greatest AI investors in Silicon Valley: Initialized Capital (Garry Tan, Alexis Ohanian), Y Combinator, Amjad Masad and Michele Catasta (Replit), and Douwe Kiela (RAG paper author and founder of Contextual AI), and other folks incl. angels at OpenAI.

London-based venture capital firm and business incubator specialising in financial technology and other internet technologies related to financial services. Portfolio include leading aggregators of financial products in Europe, world's largest private equity community, leading business conference in the Nordics, best psychometric analysis company, leading leadership development company in the Nordics, and many more

FotMob is one of the world's most popular football apps with over 50 million downloads. We help people follow the world of football, wherever they are. FotMob is built by a nimble, independent team in the fjords of Bergen, Norway. We created FotMob 15 years ago as a way to follow our local club from anywhere. That mission still drives us today, as FotMob has grown into a platform that helps over 14 million people follow their team each week. FotMob has been recognized by Apple, Google, and the New York Times as a leading sports app, and we continue to work every day to create a beautiful, easy-to-use tool for keeping up with the world of football.

Sheer is building the future of influencer marketing. We help brands and agencies collaborate with creators, track results in real time, and scale campaigns efficiently. Our platform combines smart data with a beautiful, easy-to-use experience. We are making influencer marketing measurable, transparent, and actually enjoyable to work with. Thousands of creators and brands already use Sheer to run better campaigns and we are just getting started. We are a small, ambitious team based in Copenhagen. With a mix of engineers, designers, and marketers who care deeply about product quality, clarity, and craft. We move fast, stay curious, and love building things that people genuinely enjoy using.

Puzzel started in Norway in 1998 with a strong ambition: to become Europe's leading provider of CX solutions. From the beginning, we understood that companies want to make every customer interaction a great one. Because in the end, we're all customers looking for a great experience. Over time, our contact centre solution evolved into a powerful CX ecosystem that helps businesses like yours not only deliver great customer experiences but makes it simple for you to do so too. Fast forward to today, our mission is stronger than ever. We work every day to ensure organisations like yours can focus on what they do best – deliver first-class services to their customers, while empowering their agents at every turn.

Lumoo Studio helps fashion, sports, retail, and beauty brands create AI-driven product and model imagery that aligns with their unique identity. We generate high-quality product images, brand-specific AI models, and videos from static images, providing a seamless and scalable content solution. By integrating AI into visual content production, we support future business strategies, reduce costs, and improve both efficiency and customer experience.

Hubert is using AI-technology to automate early stages of the screening process and free up valuable time for busy hiring teams. Recruiting for entry-level positions can be a daunting task as applications often reach 300-400 for a single open position. Hubert automates the initial screening from application down to a curated shortlist of the most promising candidates. Each candidate is invited to an automated chat session with Hubert, which, in combination with the resume and cover letter, is automatically analyzed and used to rate participants in an unbiased way and according to requirements. In addition, as Hubert collects all the responses via open form text, the data is easily transferred to help you build a great candidate database.

Laavu is a Finland-based performance coaching company built for entrepreneurs, executives and key talent who want to lead with clarity, resilience and sustainable high performance. Our mission is to create a psychologically sustainable future, where taking care of your mind is as normal as taking care of your body. A world where going to a psychologist is as casual as having a personal trainer, where emotional skills are trained as proudly as biceps, and where psychological skills are seen as an essential foundation of success. Since our founding in 2020, we have supported leaders who face a universal yet often overlooked challenge: the psychological load of leadership. While companies invest heavily in strategy, tools and operations, few invest in strengthening the inner capacity of the people making the hardest decisions. Laavu offers research-based psychological coaching that helps leaders improve self-awareness, manage stress effectively, communicate with clarity and make decisions from a grounded, focused state. Our approach bridges psychotherapy and business coaching, offering in-depth yet goal-oriented support from a certified psychologist who truly understands the world leaders operate in. Laavu offers a comprehensive membership designed to support leaders continuously: The membership includes: • Regular 1-on-1 coaching sessions with a dedicated psychologist-coach • On-demand support between sessions • Access to Laavu App with goal tracking, notes, and curated material • Monthly community events that bring leaders together for peer-to-peer support, shared learning and open conversations about real leadership challenges. The goal of the membership is not only to solve problems but to create an ongoing environment where leaders grow steadily, stay mentally sharp, and maintain a sustainable pace year-round. By 2025, Laavu has grown into a team of 16 professionals serving over 230 leaders monthly from top-tier growth companies in Finland and abroad. Our members are telling a consistent story: when they truly understand their inner drivers, emotions, and patterns, they lead with more clarity, better judgment, and a stronger presence. Because, Mind is Your Own Business.

Maria 01 is the Nordics' Leading Startup Campus. We are a not-for-profit combination of a selective tech-club, a community house, and a tribe of people building the products and services of the future. We provide the best possible environment for early-stage startup teams to work alongside venture capitalists, corporations, and other startup organisations. Our community values are collaboration, trust, internationality, and impact & responsibility.

Resights started with a vision to gather all property data on one platform to save time and improve decisions. No more messy spreadsheets or gut feelings. Today, we're much more than a database: our customers use Resights for everything from finding investment properties to analyzing urban development, automating contact with property owners, and getting an overview of upcoming and current construction projects. The common thread is property and construction data – and how we help our customers drive more business. The reality is, though, that Resights is first and foremost the 50 people behind the software. A bunch of nerdy team players who in 5 years have built one of Denmark's fastest-growing tech startups with +1,400 customers. Without VC money, with a healthy bottom line, and (most importantly) with loads of fun along the way. Our talent comes from professional backgrounds like engineering, music, biotechnology, and real estate. Our youngest employee is 16 years old, meanwhile, we just gifted another employee a game of pétanque for his retirement. Some have higher education, while others didn't pass elementary school. But we don't care. That's the Resights we want to build – a place where everyone brings their true self to work and knows they can achieve whatever success they strive for. We're located on Borgergade right in the city centre, with everything you need: free lunch, a kitchen jam-packed with food, cold beverages, fruit, and a great coffee machine. The office vibe ranges from fierce Mario Kart battles to blind tastings and the sound of a gong when new sales are made. People choose to come in because this is genuinely a place you want to spend your day – high spirits, compelling problems, and dedicated colleagues. We believe benefits are more than free beers and a market-rate paycheck. While we check those boxes (😉), the most important benefits speak to you on a deeper, more personal level. At the end of the day, we're a business, not a family. But we still like to have fun together. Outside of work, we travel, celebrate, exercise, and laugh together. It's not mandatory, but it's pretty natural for us.

Global Startup Awards (GSA) was born out of the Danish startup ecosystem through the Nordic Startup Awards in 2012. What began as a regional initiative has grown into the world’s largest independent startup competition platform, now covering 154 countries across 19 regions. Through its competition framework and flagship events, GSA connects startups, investors, corporates, governments, and ecosystem enablers to showcase and accelerate innovation on both regional and global levels. GSA has offices in Copenhagen and Budapest and works closely with governments, investors, and business partners worldwide. Its model operates through a licensee-and-partnership structure, in which external organisations under the GSA framework lead several regional programs. Beyond competitions, GSA has evolved into a global innovation platform spanning multiple pillars — from events and content to data, insights, and venture partnerships — that drives collaboration between the public and private sectors to strengthen innovation ecosystems around the world.