GoWest — Nordic Venture Capital Forum GoWest is one of the Nordics’ leading venture capital forums for startups, scale-ups, investors, and ecosystem leaders focused on the future of innovation and industry. Hosted in Gothenburg, Sweden, GoWest brings together founders, venture capitalists, angel investors, corporations, universities, policymakers, and talent from across Europe to accelerate the growth of ambitious technology companies — from pre-seed to Series A and beyond. At the intersection of deep tech, industrial transformation, sustainability, and entrepreneurship, GoWest reflects the unique strengths of West Sweden: a region shaped by world-leading industry, engineering excellence, and an increasingly dynamic startup ecosystem. A MEETING PLACE FOR FOUNDERS, INVESTORS AND FUTURE INDUSTRIES GoWest exists to create meaningful connections between startups and capital. Over the course of several days, we facilitate high-quality matchmaking between founders and investors while also creating a platform for discussions around the future of European innovation, competitiveness, and technology leadership. The conference focuses especially on sectors where Europe — and the Nordics — have the potential to lead globally: Deep tech Climate tech Mobility and automotive innovation AI and emerging technologies Life science and health innovation Energy and electrification Industrial transformation Space and frontier technologies University spinouts and research commercialization GoWest is designed not only as an event, but as a catalyst for long-term collaboration between startups, investors, universities, corporations, and public stakeholders. WHAT HAPPENS AT GOWEST? GoWest combines structured investor matchmaking with inspiring stage content, networking opportunities, curated side events, and ecosystem-building activities.The conference includes: Startup-investor matchmaking Pitch sessions and founder showcases Investor programs and LP activities Keynotes and panel discussions Policy and innovation forums Workshops and breakout sessions Community gatherings and side events Networking experiences across Gothenburg Every year, hundreds of startups and investors participate in curated meetings designed to create real business opportunities and long-term relationships. A PLATFORM FOR THE NORDIC INNOVATION ECOSYSTEM GoWest is built around collaboration. We work closely with incubators, science parks, universities, accelerators, investors, corporations, and public organizations across the Nordics and Europe to strengthen the region’s innovation ecosystem. The conference is founded by Chalmers University of Technology and the University of Gothenburg and developed together with ecosystem partners who share a vision of building globally competitive technology companies from Europe. WHY VOLUNTEER AT GoWest? GoWest is powered by people who are passionate about innovation, entrepreneurship, technology, and building meaningful experiences. As a volunteer, you become part of an international community working at the center of the Nordic startup and investment ecosystem. This is an opportunity to: Build experience in event production and international conferences Meet founders, investors, and industry leaders Expand your professional network Gain insight into startups, venture capital, and innovation Develop communication, coordination, and operational skills Work alongside an ambitious and welcoming team Get behind-the-scenes access to one of the Nordics’ leading tech events We welcome students, young professionals, international talent, and anyone curious about startups, innovation, events, and community building. Whether your interests are within business, tech, operations, communication, hospitality, partnerships, or entrepreneurship, GoWest offers a dynamic environment where you can learn, contribute, and grow.

NeuroQuant är ett beslutstöd för aktieinvesterare som vill fatta bättre beslut på börsen – med stöd av analys, strategier, modellportföljer och datadrivna verktyg. Vi hjälper självständiga investerare att investera mer metodiskt, minska känslostyrda beslut och behålla kontrollen över sitt kapital. I NeuroQuant får du tillgång till marknadsanalys, färdiga modellportföljer, utbildning och analysverktyg som gör det enklare att förstå marknadsläget, hitta intressanta aktier och följa en tydlig investeringsprocess. Vår filosofi är enkel: framgång på börsen handlar inte om att gissa rätt – utan om att följa strukturerade modeller som fungerar över tid. NeuroQuant kombinerar kvantitativ analys, teknisk analys, fundamental data och marknadstolkning i en plattform skapad för investerare som vill fatta egna beslut, men med ett professionellt beslutsstöd i ryggen. För dig som vill investera med mer struktur, disciplin och datadriven klarhet. Process före känsla. Data före åsikt.

WorkMatch är en AI-driven rekryteringsplattform som kopplar samman kandidater och arbetsgivare genom smart matchning baserad på kompetens, behov och potential. Plattformen gör rekryteringsprocessen snabbare, mer träffsäker och mer transparent för både jobbsökande och företag. WorkMatch är en modern rekryteringsplattform som använder AI och datadriven matchning för att identifiera rätt kandidat för rätt roll. Genom att analysera kompetenser, preferenser och arbetsgivares behov skapar plattformen mer relevanta matchningar, minskar tiden för rekrytering och förbättrar kvaliteten på anställningar. Kandidater kan enkelt hitta jobb och bli upptäckta av arbetsgivare, medan företag effektivt kan identifiera talanger som passar både rollen och organisationen.

Risustudy er et AI-baseret softwaresystem udviklet til den danske folkeskole. Platformen er bygget op omkring tre centrale brugergrupper: elever, lærere og forældre. Vores mission er at løse nogle af de største udfordringer i folkeskolen – blandt andet mangel på tid, differentieret undervisning og manglende støtte til elever med forskellige behov. I dag oplever mange danske folkeskoler de samme problemer: lærere har for lidt tid til den enkelte elev, undervisningen bliver ofte for “one size fits all”, og mange elever føler sig overset eller tabt i systemet. Det er netop de udfordringer, vi vil være med til at løse gennem teknologi og AI. Idéen bag Risustudy kommer også fra personlige erfaringer. Jeg har selv haft en svær tid i folkeskolen, hvor jeg ikke passede ind i den traditionelle måde at lære på. Jeg er ordblind og har ADHD, og mine udfordringer blev ofte håndteret ved, at jeg blev sat til side i stedet for at få den støtte og forståelse, jeg havde brug for. Det gjorde, at jeg mistede motivation og ikke fik det fulde udbytte af undervisningen. Med Risustudy ønsker vi at skabe et værktøj, der hjælper elever med at lære på deres egne præmisser, giver lærere bedre muligheder for at differentiere undervisningen, og samtidig inddrager forældrene mere aktivt i elevens udvikling. Målet er at skabe en folkeskole, hvor flere elever føler sig set, forstået og støttet i deres læring.

ProTag is building a Digital Product Passport platform that helps manufacturers and product owners manage and share product data across their supply chains. We solve the growing challenge of fragmented, unstructured information by combining a network-driven SaaS platform with AI that turns messy supplier data into structured, usable product intelligence. Across industries, a new reality is emerging: products are no longer just physical objects, they are data assets. To sell, operate, and scale, companies need reliable information about what goes into their products, where it comes from, and how it evolves over time. The problem is that this data does not exist in one place. It is scattered across suppliers, stored in PDFs, buried in emails, or locked inside disconnected systems. Most companies today are trying to manage this with spreadsheets and manual processes. That might work internally, but it breaks down completely across a supply chain. This creates a structural problem: • Companies depend on data they do not own • Suppliers struggle to provide consistent information • Teams spend significant time chasing, cleaning, and validating data At the same time, external pressure is increasing. Customers, partners, and regulators are all asking for more transparency. What used to be “nice to have” is quickly becoming required to do business. The result is a growing gap between what companies need to know about their products and what they can actually access and trust. ProTag gives companies a way to build a live, structured view of their products across the entire supply chain. Instead of trying to centralize everything manually, we connect the different actors and let data flow where it is created. Companies use ProTag to: • Organize product data in a consistent structure • Request and receive information directly from suppliers • Keep everything updated as products evolve • Share product data with customers and partners when needed AI plays a critical role in making this scalable. We use AI to: • Turn unstructured documents into structured product data • Identify gaps, inconsistencies, and risks in real time • Reduce the effort required to onboard suppliers and maintain data quality What makes ProTag different is how it scales. We are not just building a tool for a single company. We are building a network. When one manufacturer joins ProTag, their suppliers are invited in. When those suppliers join, they can reuse their data across multiple customers. Over time, this creates a shared data layer where: • Information becomes easier to access • Data quality improves naturally • Switching costs increase for everyone involved We do not replace existing systems. We sit on top of them and connect them. This makes adoption fast and reduces friction from day one. We started ProTag because we experienced this problem firsthand. Working in industries with complex products, we saw how much time was spent chasing information that should have been readily available. Engineers, quality teams, and commercial teams were all dealing with the same issue from different angles, but there was no real solution. At the same time, the direction of the market became clear. Transparency around products is increasing, not decreasing. The amount of data required is growing fast. Most companies are not prepared for this shift. We realized this is not just a workflow problem, it is an infrastructure problem. The way product data is managed today does not match how supply chains actually work. That is why we are building ProTag. Our ambition is simple: to become the default way companies manage and share product data across supply chains. Once that layer exists, it unlocks everything else.

Ankerias is building an AI-powered software platform to improve how chronic neuropathic pain is treated. We help clinicians make better treatment decisions in complex conditions where outcomes are often driven by trial and error. Neuropathic pain affects hundreds of millions of people globally, yet matching the right patient with the right treatment remains a major challenge. We combine clinical expertise with AI and data-driven methods to enable more precise and personalized care. We build data-driven patient models (“digital twins”) from clinical and physiological data to support better diagnosis and treatment decisions. Our goal is to bring better decision-making into everyday clinical practice. We work closely with clinicians, universities, and AI researchers, and bring together expertise in pain research, healthcare, and technology. We are a team with strong backgrounds in pain research, clinical collaboration, and AI-driven technology. We collaborate closely with clinicians, universities, and AI researchers.

YSE Capital Management is a pan-European growth equity platform investing in tech and AI-enabled businesses across Western Europe. We are in the process of building an AI-first technology stack to power our investment operations, LP experience, and portfolio monitoring, and are embedding AI across every layer, from deal sourcing to portfolio value creation - we are looking for a software engineer to own that effort from the ground up.

I Wizrd Solutions jobber vi annerledes enn tradisjonelle IT-hus. Én Wizrd-konsulent kombinerer forretningsforståelse, teknologi og AI – og leverer det som tidligere krevde et helt prosjektteam for å lage skreddersydde digitale løsninger. Mange SMB-er sitter fast i midtsegmentet: Generiske hyllevaresystemer dekker 80% av behovene, og de store IT-husene er for dyre og for tunge for å lage tilpassede løsninger. Vi jobber for å fylle det gapet.

P-Secure is a pioneering Danish SaaS company that develops Europe's only platform for automated and EU-compliant background checks for employees, applicants, consultants and suppliers. Our solution streamlines critical security processes, supports compliance with GDPR, NIS2 and CER directives and contributes to a higher security culture in both private companies and public institutions. We have ambitious growth plans in Scandinavia and Europe and are now looking for people to join our team.

Treesy ApS er en dansk climate tech-startup, der gør det nemt, billigt og gennemskueligt for privatpersoner og virksomheder at tage konkret klimahandling gennem træplantning i Tanzania. Mange mennesker og virksomheder ønsker at gøre noget for klimaet, men oplever i dag, at løsningerne er uoverskuelige, dyre, abstrakte eller svære at stole på. Samtidig vokser både klima- og biodiversitetskrisen, og behovet for skalerbare, troværdige og handlingsorienterede løsninger er større end nogensinde. Treesy er skabt for at fjerne barriererne for klimahandling. Vi tilbyder en enkel abonnementsbaseret model, hvor kunder planter træer som en konkret måde at reducere og balancere deres klimaaftryk. Vores tilgang er baseret på konservative beregninger, radikal transparens og lokal forankring. Alle træer plantes i samarbejde med lokale partnere i Tanzania og bliver: • individuelt geo-tagget • monitoreret mindst fire gange årligt • passet og genplantet i op til tre år efter plantning Vi planter et diversificeret mix af træer med fokus på både klima, biodiversitet og lokal økonomi. Det betyder, at vores indsats ikke kun handler om CO₂, men også om at styrke økosystemer, skabe lokal indkomst og opbygge mere robuste lokalsamfund gennem agroforestry og frugttræer. Treesy adskiller sig ved at kombinere: • lav pris pr. træ • høj grad af transparens • direkte lokal tilstedeværelse • individuel geo-tagging af træer • en bevidst fravalg af dyre certificeringssystemer til fordel for direkte dokumentation Vores ambition er at gøre klimahandling tilgængelig for alle — og samtidig sikre, at indsatsen skaber reel, målbar og langsigtet impact. Treesy er stiftet af iværksættere med mange års erfaring fra udviklingsarbejde i Afrika og et stærkt lokalt netværk. Vi tror på, at ægte forandring skabes, når klima, biodiversitet og social udvikling tænkes sammen i én samlet løsning. Vores mission er enkel: At gøre det så nemt og gennemskueligt som muligt at give mere tilbage til planeten, end man tager.

NemBedemand er en moderne og komplet SaaS-løsning udviklet til bedemænd og begravelsesforretninger. Vi digitaliserer en branche, der traditionelt har været præget af tunge processer, og giver selvstændige bedemænd de værktøjer, de behøver for at tilbyde familier en enkel, professionel og omsorgsfuld oplevelse. Vores mission: At kombinere teknologi, brugercentreret design og menneskelig forståelse for at skabe den bedste oplevelse før, under og efter en begravelse – for både virksomhederne og de pårørende. Hvad vi bygger 🚀 Udviklet i tæt samarbejde med fagfolk dækker NemBedemand hele værdikæden i en moderne bedemandsforretning: Øge synligheden og den lokale online tilstedeværelse Optimere planlægning og håndtering af begravelser Forenkle administration og automatisere fakturering Koordinere samarbejdspartnere og leverandører Gøre det nemt for pårørende at modtage information og få adgang til et digitalt mindested Da ingen begravelsesforretninger arbejder helt på samme måde, er NemBedemand designet til at være fleksibel, modulær og let at tilpasse til lokale workflows og behov. En ny fase med Simplifia Group 🌍 NemBedemand er for nylig blevet opkøbt af Simplifia Group, Frankrigs førende aktør inden for teknologiske og servicemæssige løsninger til bedemænd og familier. Opkøbet markerer starten på en ny vækstfase, hvor NemBedemands lokale ekspertise nu kombineres med Simplifias teknologiske og operationelle styrke. Sammen arbejder vi med større ambitioner og en tydelig international retning.

Optagonen AB is a Sweden-based creative education company helping schools strengthen students’ confidence, creativity and communication skills through modern workshops in music, storytelling and AI-driven learning. Traditional school environments often struggle to engage students with formats that feel relevant today. Many young people lack confidence in expressing themselves, and teachers have limited time and tools to support creative development. We solve this by delivering a complete, high-impact workshop model where students create real cultural works together with established Swedish producers, writers and artists. Students write lyrics, record vocals, create stories, draw cover art and publish their work on major streaming platforms. The process builds self-esteem, teamwork and digital literacy through hands-on creation. Under the hood, several autonomous AI systems — built in-house — support logistics, content generation, data processing and post-production. This allows us to scale operations efficiently and deliver consistent quality across hundreds of workshops. With more than 390 workshops delivered in 150+ municipalities across Sweden, Optagonen has proven that creativity is a powerful catalyst for learning. Our mission is to expand this impact further and make creative education accessible, modern and inspiring for every school.

Celto blev startet med ønsket om at give mennesker nem adgang til indsigt i deres helbred – ikke gennem tilfældige råd, men gennem præcise data fra blodprøver. Vi tror på forebyggelse, optimering og langsigtet sundhed, hvor livskvalitet er lige så vigtigt som levetid. Navnet Celto udspringer af ordet celle, kroppens mindste enhed og fundamentet for alt liv. Det afspejler vores tilgang: små, målrettede målinger og justeringer kan skabe store resultater, når man arbejder systematisk og ser helheden. Celto hjælper dig med at forstå og optimere dit helbred gennem præcise sundhedstjek, data og personlig indsigt samlet ét sted.

At EV-Remarketing we’ve built a digital platform that transforms how used electric vehicles are bought and sold across Europe. We take the complexity out of selling an EV - from offer to payment to pickup - and replace it with speed, transparency and fairness. Last year we completed over 5,000 vehicle transactions with a 98% success rate, helping more than 25,000 sellers across Europe. Our tech stack handles everything: automatic data-extraction from documents using AI, integration with national vehicle databases, fraud detection, full digital workflows and logistics orchestration. We focus exclusively on electric vehicles, giving us deep domain expertise - which means we offer better value to sellers and turn-around times that beat traditional routes.

Safety meets simplicity. Heyon is a Swedish security startup offering a completely reimagined home alarm service. Our connected solution combines smart technology, professional monitoring, and on-site response. All at a uniquely low monthly cost. Simple, accessible, and built for the modern consumer.