At Mesh Community we work with the objective to boost the startup ecosystem in the Nordics, in order to help startups grow faster and smarter. Our winning aspiration is to be the solution and go-to place for 4 critical startup challenges: Space, Network, Talent and Funding. We strive to inspire and empower entrepreneurs in our communities by offering the best startup hubs and the most valuable network, while working to modernise the entire startup sector. We currently focus on the Nordics (Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Finland) and work with both physical and digital channels. One of our main efforts is to create innovation hubs that combine startup offices, co-working spaces, meeting places and events to stimulate networking opportunities for our startups, members and other visitors. In addition we run The Hub, the leading startup recruitment platform in the Nordics, working to connect Startups with talent and investors. Mesh was founded in 2012 as the first co-working space in Oslo ever. Since our launch we have been creating positive noise to push the startup scene forward, and to modernise its dynamics. Today, we have four Hubs in the hearts of three key Nordic cities; Mesh Nationaltheatret and Mesh Youngstorget in Oslo, DIGS in Trondheim, and Matrikel 1 in Copenhagen, and we plan to open more hubs and expand to new cities in the coming years. Being a part of Mesh makes you a part of a community and network with over 3,800 members and 100,000 users annually. Our curated community and offerings cater to innovators and creatives in all stages of the entrepreneurial journey, from early-stage startups to international success stories such as PortalOne, Kahoot, reMarkable, Marketer and Databutton. By working at Mesh you become an integral part of our community. In other words, if you are interested in the startup ecosystem in the Nordics, this is the place to be. The total Mesh team is currently around 60 employees across our different hubs, with people from many different backgrounds and nationalities. We are a dedicated and diverse team, with a big entrepreneurial spirit, working at an ambitious company in high growth. We have a strong company culture and live our values of startup passion, high ambition, freedom under responsibility, and excellence. We celebrate and promote this through the way we work with a flat hierarchy, great responsibility, high autonomy and independence, as well as having a lot of fun at work! Joining Mesh will instantly bring you to a team with plenty of social and networking events, Friday beers and other team activities. So if you want to be part of a fast-growing startup ecosystem player, working to make a real difference for startups in the Nordics apply for one of our open positions!

PhaseTree is a pioneering deep-tech startup from the Technical University of Denmark (DTU), founded in 2021 with a mission to revolutionize materials discovery for the energy industry. Traditional development of new materials—such as advanced battery technologies and catalysts for hydrogen production—can take decades, creating a significant bottleneck in the global effort to combat climate change. PhaseTree aims to change that. By combining cutting-edge computer simulations, lab automation, and artificial intelligence, PhaseTree dramatically accelerates the research and development process, unlocking breakthrough materials at unprecedented speeds. Our innovative approach not only helps build a more sustainable future but also creates unique business opportunities in the rapidly evolving clean energy sector. With a team of world-class scientists and engineers, PhaseTree stands at the forefront of AI-driven materials discovery, ensuring that the next generation of energy technologies arrives faster, more efficiently, and at lower costs.

We’re a passionate team of music techies on a mission to make music consumption easier for fans, labels and artists. Linkfire was founded as a response to the increasingly complex nature of digital music marketing. Listeners the world over are streaming through different services—so how do you connect to all of them at once, simply and smartly? Our technology links fans directly to the content they love in their favorite app. At the same time, we empower everyone from major labels to independent artists with unparalleled audience insights. Since we started, we’ve become a trusted partner to the music industry’s biggest names, as well as thousands of soon-to-be biggest names. We’re headquartered in Copenhagen, with offices in Lisbon, NYC and LA. Every day we help artists we adore to realizing their potential through the power of music data. Underpinning our culture is collaborative, agile processes, and something we like to call the ‘Nordic spirit.’ It means working together with transparency, respect, and honesty. And that goes for the way we do business too. What you should consider joining us for: - The opportunity to create the must-have product for the music industry and ensure that every month over 150+ million music fans get the best experience - An open, informal entrepreneurial startup working environment - A truly international spirit, with 5 global locations and over 26 different nationalities focused on collaborations. The meaning of together matters to us. - We offer a pension scheme and employee health benefits - Enjoy paid daily lunches with your colleagues What we consider for anyone that joins us: Music has the unique power to unite us all. It transcends cultures, languages, and borders. Every day, we help artists from around the world connect with their fans, and we’re immensely proud to count such a diverse range of creators as our users. We embrace this diversity inside our offices too. At Linkfire, we want you to find a place to belong and feel encouraged to be your authentic self. We, therefore, do not tolerate discrimination in employment on the basis of race, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, disability, ethnicity, national origin, marital status, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other legally protected classification or status.

Signalforge is an AI-powered intelligence platform designed to map, track, and interpret the Nordic and European technology landscape. By converting fragmented market data into structured signals and emerging patterns, Signalforge helps investors, operators, founders, and analysts understand what is happening before it becomes consensus. The Nordic tech ecosystem generates thousands of signals daily. Most are noise. Some matter. Traditional approaches fail at scale. Press releases arrive too late. Databases lack context. News sites optimize for engagement, not insight. Signalforge exists to solve a specific problem: surface what matters before it becomes consensus. We do this through systematic data aggregation, pattern recognition, and machine-generated insight extraction. No editorial bias. No funding announcement republishing. No vanity metrics.

We believe running a business should be easier. At Zettle by Paypal we come to work every day to build game-changing payment services and apps – from card readers for smartphones and tablets to registers and tools for increasing sales. They are simple to set up and use, always secure and help you build your business. But that’s not all, they actually make running your small business way more fun. Our headquarters may be in Stockholm, but we’re now used by hundreds of thousands of businesses in 12 countries around the world. Join us at zettle.com. Zettle by Paypal - Free apps and analytics - Mobile card reader - Low transaction fees - No lock-in - No hidden costs - EMV security - Accept all major cards - Available on App Store and Google Play

We are a Copenhagen-based startup with a vision to be a growth enabler for independent retail stores. Independent retail stores make a huge difference in their local communities but face many challenges today. Our mission is to be the preferred platform for retailers to share exclusive offers on exciting products with their customers, creating and administering events, and communicating digitally with their customers - all helping these stores thrive like never before. Introduction to Ning (CEO): Ning is an experienced entrepreneur and executive with a strong track record, having worked in the roles of business owner and managing director across various settings from startups to large blue-chip companies, e.g. Novozymes and Coloplast. As a second-time startup co-founder, Ning brings valuable experience in scaling businesses, expanding internationally, and managing corporate mergers and acquisitions. Ning obtained his education in both Asia and the Nordics, and he enjoys spending time with his family on various sports and board games in spare time. Introduction to Christopher (CCO): Prior to co-founding LikeMinded, Christopher spent more than two years working in investment banking at Citi in London, where he worked with Private Equity, Growth Equity and Venture Capital clients, and got extensive exposure to M&A transactions totalling more than €5bn across various sectors. Prior to this he worked as a VC analyst for the largest Danish VC fund, and was part of the sales team at Saxo Bank. Christopher has a BSc in International Business from CBS, and also studied at Columbia Business School. Currently he is taking a pilot license, and enjoys surfing, playing and watching football, and likes to travel with his girlfriend. Introduction to Lars (CTO): Lars is a 2nd time founder with over 15 years of experience as CTO, and successfully exited from his previous venture. He has a very strong track record as a hands-on full-stack developer, with has a proven ability to build excellent teams.

We’re Reinventing Hiring for the World’s 2.7 Billion Frontline Workers About Kiku Kiku is the first automation platform built for the 80 % of the global workforce – front-of-house staff, retail associates, caregivers, drivers, warehouse teams - workers that make society function. We focus on 2 things at Kiku: - 10x efficiency in hiring - 10x the experience for candidates. Our AI-agent is specialized in high-volume hiring flows - finding, engaging, and shortlisting candidates 24/7 in 100 + languages, at a fraction of manual recruiting cost and with a far better experience for applicants and hiring managers. We’ve just closed a €4M seed round led by Cherry Ventures (plus top EU angels) and are assembling the founding team that will turn Kiku from clever prototype into a category-defining product.

A fast- growing company! foodora is a subsidiary of Delivery Hero, one of the world’s largest food-ordering networks, and the HQ is located in Berlin. foodora was established in Norway in 2015 and has grown rapidly since then. Today, we deliver food from over 3000 restaurants in Oslo, Bergen, Stavanger, and 19 other cities. In 2018 the platform launched extended areas around the cities where the restaurants deliver the food themselves, and in 2020 we introduced fast delivery from shops on our platform, and became Norway’s first provider within Q-commerce. In 2021 we also started a new grocery concept called foodora market.

90% of the world’s waste is collected at the wrong time. At WasteHero, we help cities and businesses reduce their CO2 emissions and collection costs by as much as 50% by monitoring the fill level in containers in real-time so we can dispatch collections at just the right time. We are a fast-growing and ambitious scale-up with a solution touching customers in 50+ countries and are backed by Silicon Valley investors. We are determined to be a world-leading provider of the most sustainable and cost-efficient solution for modern waste management software 🚀 Are you ready to join our mission to redefine the category for modern-day waste management software to save the world? 🍀

Tibber is creating a new type of energy experience. We help people save energy in their homes through smart technology. Tibber is a service that replaces your energy company with a digital butler, plans consumption and helps you control energy at home.We are currently focusing on Sweden and Norway but long-term, Tibber is a global service. We are a dedicated team working hard to change an industry. At Tibber, We are not only building a software, we are trying to shape the energy industry and consumption. This is a big target, and it means a lot of challenges but also opportunities.  We are, technically a virtual team as a few of us are based in Norway and a few of us are based in Sweden, but we work as if we would share the same office. We communicate daily and work towards our goals together. For us it is extremely important that every team member is involved in decision making and even though we have different responsibilities, we work as a team no matter if your core expertise is marketing or statistics. Every month we organize hackathons and a meeting. When we reach milestones we always celebrate and we know the value of relaxing and reflecting every once in a while.

Artland is a global online platform dedicated to connecting galleries with collectors worldwide. With the goal of making contemporary art more accessible, we offer a new way to discover, sell and buy art. In creating a unique virtual destination, Artland creates a place for collectors and galleries to meet, whilst unlocking new possibilities for the art world to expand.

Karman Connect helps ambitious companies drive scalable, performance-based customer acquisition within a growing number of sectors such as finance, insurance, internet providers and local business’. Reach further. Faster. Karman Connect is a data-driven Lead generation partner. We use AI and advanced algorithms to analyze and segment anonymized search and channel data from millions of high-intent consumers. Our state-of-the-art algorithms connect the dots and present these high-intent users with the service options that best match their needs. Our proven model ensures high-quality leads and sustainable, performance-based growth for partners across a growing portfolio of sectors

Swappie is the leading online destination for buying and selling refurbished smartphones in Europe. Since launching in 2016, we have grown to ~800 talent and over €200M annual revenue. And this is just the beginning! We empower our customers across Europe to choose environmentally friendly (https://assets.swappie.com/Swappie_Environmental_Impact_Report_2021.pdf) and affordable ways to upgrade their smartphones. Buy smart, not new; that's how we change consumer behaviour in Europe and soon worldwide. Our core values are endless optimism, highest standards, customer focus, and connect. They guide us in the decisions and actions we take every day. Our successful model and ambition in solving important sustainability challenges is being continuously recognised by international sustainability and start-up awards, including Growth Builder of the Year 2020, the Finnish Innovation Fund’s award for contribution to the circular economy and appearing on Wired’s list of hottest startups in Helsinki. Sounds like the place for you? Join us! 🚀

Pluto.markets is one of the most promising scale-ups on the Nordic venture scene, backed by Y-combinator, Seed Capital and 10 local unicorn founders - building the next chapter of investing to challenge investment titans like Saxo Bank/Nordnet. Founded in Copenhagen in 2021, we have built the first and only investment platform in the Nordics offering zero commission trading, fractional shares and recently added crypto to the platform with many new and innovative features in the pipeline. Founders are former Goldman Sachs Trader and Economist, Joakim Bruchmann, and software engineer Oscar Vingtoft - building their second business together. We are based on Købmagergade in the city centre - with a team currently of 9 FTEs with additional freelance support (of which half are engineers).

OMHU is one of Scandinavia’s fastest-growing furniture brands, creating modern furniture that combines aesthetics, functionality, and durability at an accessible price. Our flagship product, the TEDDY sofa, exemplifies timeless Scandinavian design paired with practical solutions for contemporary living. We challenge industry giants and emerging digital brands with a unique blend of style and adaptability. While new to the market, OMHU is international, with 80% of our sales outside Denmark. We don’t just make furniture – we create pieces that enrich everyday life and bring thoughtful design into modern homes worldwide.