The Nordic-China Startup Forum is a non-profit NGO registered in Sweden that arranges recurring events in local startup communities alongside corporate and government partners. NCSF is operated by students and young professionals from the Nordics and China and has chapters in ten cities: Stockholm, Uppsala, Copenhagen, Helsinki, Oslo, Shenzhen-HK, Guangzhou, Shanghai and Beijing.

The Why is a no-profit organisation that initiates, produces and distributes documentaries on pressing social and environmental issues. It promotes human rights, democracy, gender equality and justice by providing the world with thought-provoking and investigative documentary films. It fights for freedom of media and free access to realible information for all and collaborates with public broadcasters, NGOs and educational institutions across all continents. The Why contributes to the UN SDGs by educating for sustainability and supporting free media.

With a vision to bring Smarter Living to every homeowner in the world, Anyware offers seamless personalized Smart Living-as-a-Service™ based on its patented and award-winning all-in-one IoT devices, which in 2020 includes a new innovative digital healthcare service in terms of non-intrusive remote care monitoring for elderly that lives alone and their relatives. Anyware goes to market through Insurance, Energy, Telecom providers and in the new IoT healthcare vertical also ‘Care Providers’. Our unique end-to-end Data Analytics and Digital Services platform enables companies to engage their customers, create stickiness and new revenue streams, whilst at the same time offering added value through digital home and care@home services for homeowners, room by room, service by service. The problem solved with Anyware is for Insurance/Energy/Telecom and Healthcare companies is that of digitally engaging and monetizing their unique relationship with existing customers/homeowners. For these customers, the Anyware solution essentially solves the problem of complex mono-application IoT products (one-product-one-function) by offering Smarter Living-as-a-Service through its personalized digital services platform available in the Anyware App. It means that the same Smart Adaptor can provide different Smart Living experiences dependent on the room in which it is installed and the user’s preferences – all seamlessly managed in the app – thereby adapting to changing needs throught life.

Mindpool is a technology company on a mission to be the global leader in the world’s transition to a hyper-connected future of combined human intelligence and computers for efficient, inclusive, and smarter decision-making. The company is rooted in years of deep science and cutting-edge research in the field of collective intelligence. Collective intelligence is a shared group intelligence that emerges from the integration of crowds and computers so that they collectively act more intelligent than any person, group, or computer on their own. The combination of human minds and technology makes collective intelligence much more applicable for solving complex decision problems in a fast-moving business environment. Mindpool is at the forefront of developing collective intelligence software and enabling a hyperconnected future of more proactive, inclusive, and smart decision-making. We aim to assist organizations in achieving a better competitive advantage through harnessing the tacit knowledge of the company’s stakeholders which today is considered an untapped strategic resource and which represents 90% of knowledge in organisations. The Mindpool platform builds on decades of research at the intersection of collective intelligence, tacit knowledge, quantitative models, and data analysis. To learn more, check out our explainer video: http://bit.ly/what_is_mindpool

EquipmentLoop is a digital platform helping construction companies to reduce cost and carbon footprint through increased transparency and control of their temporary equipment, such as machines, tools, safety material and formwork. Our vision is to have the right machine in the right place at the right time, thanks to simplified ways of working, digital tools and intelligent data management and insights. Because by utilizing our assets more efficiently, we can all help lower construction costs, while ensuring that we leave our planet in a better condition than we found it. And that is what EquipmentLoop is all about. As of November 2020 we are part of Infobric Group. Together we support more than 16 000 construction sites in creating a more safe and sustainable workplace and society.

We at NOMO Technologies know that there is a growing need in several industries to use digital human body measurements for developing customer experience, improving services and product R&D. Our vision is to be a lead player in digital 3D human body modeling, measurement information generation and service development. Our mission is to create new technologies, services and business models for the above.  We want to be surrounded by passionate people who are eager to create new technologies that reform services and business models by challenging current working methods.

Aleap, a non-profit incubator, offers a community for health startups. Our mission is to facilitate innovation and value creation by developing an ecosystem for ambitious health entrepreneurs and companies to create new products better and faster. We believe that entrepreneurship and successful startups will benefit from collaboration in a multidisciplinary environment with proactive sharing.   What we do 1. We help you reach your growth goals. We have our own methods to guide you and your start-up company, whether it be development, financing or commercialization.2. Here you will be part of a stimulating environment with like-minded entrepreneurs. We facilitate sharing, learning and collaboration through professional and social meeting places.3. With us, we adapt a development course especially for your company and acquire the expertise you need along the way. Our national and international network of experienced advisors contributes to an increased chance of success. Our Community  Aleap is situated at the innovation, research and knowledge hub, Oslo Science Park. The Science Park has a long tradition of commercializing R&D activities and is today home to more than 300 companies. Aleap is funded through the support of SIVA, Oslo Municipality and Innovation Norway to foster an ecosystem for health startups and innovation. Industry experts collaborate with us to provide our members with the best possible knowledge, networks and services so the entrepreneurs can focus on their core business. We have representatives in IPR, regulatory services, legal, design, financing, accounting and production services.

Utilifeed is a young innovative company that provides cloud based services (SAAS) for utilities. Our solutions combine industrial expertise with modern IT-infrastructure and data analysis, creating user-friendly but powerful tools which enable increased resource utilization, improved customer relations and reduced environmental footprint. We are passionate about using the latest technology within digital and energy systems to tailor solutions that power the sustainable energy system of tomorrow.

SHIFT Business Festival is a platform that has brought together C-level decision-makers, business developers, and tech-heads from growth companies across the board since 2016. The highlight of the year is a two-day business festival in Turku, Finland. We encourage and support our festival attendees and partners to find their competitive advantage in new technology applications and sustainable business. Our company is based in Turku and is the most important business event in the region and a solid actor in the local business ecosystem. Behind SHIFT is a non-profit organization driven by volunteers and supported by network with firm supporters like Turku Science Park, Boost Turku, JCI, Creve, Turku Chamber of Commerce and Federation of Finnish Enterprises.

Where change comes to work! Part innovation lab, part business incubator, and part membership community: Impact Hub Bergen provides a collaborative work, meeting and learning space for people who seek to create positive impact. We believe in the power of innovation through collaboration. Our members come from a variety of backgrounds but are united in their quest to create sustainable solutions for the biggest issues of our time.

Cognite has a unique starting point and great of momentum on its side. The idea behind Cognite came when I was working on a digitalization project with the industrial conglomerate AKER ASA.  In less than 15 years there will be over 50 billion physical assets and machines connected to the Internet, and over seven billion Internet consumers. The exponential growth of data resulting from the increase in Internet users, combined with machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) will challenge the status quo of across all industries. We believe that data handling will become a competitive advantage for industrial companies across a range of sectors. Unlocking its tremendous capabilities should not just be for an elite group of companies. Cognite makes this technology available to our customers. Furthermore we think that the most successful companies will create alliances to leverage the numerous and complex data sources. We aim to deliver breakthrough customer benefits facilitating productivity-related savings, improved operations, increased safety, and new revenue opportunities. Our initial focus is to aggregate and process data from industrial sensors and corresponding applications combining it with 3D-models to see how these sensors are related to the physical world. This enables our customers and partners to create advanced visualizations and machine learning applications for optimization and automation. Please contact us if you're interested in learning more.

AppsCo enables users to securely manage access to their company’s applications while presenting easier visibility on company audits and reports. With a faster, more efficient process, new employees are instantly granted access rights to all areas of the business that their employers feel they require. AppsCo allows for new employees to be securely set up while maximizing efficiency and productivity. AppsCo supports seamless directory integration with Google Suite and Microsoft Office 365. Your employees can access all of their company apps and services through AppsCo with the same credentials they use to access Google Suite or Microsoft Office 365. Integration helps you instantly import and sync all users and groups and grant them access to all company applications.

eSmart Systems has developed a scalable software platform that can process, analyze and visualize large amounts of data in real time. The platform enables the future of the digital energy industry and smart cities. The company was established in 2012 and many of its key resources has more than 20 years experience of establishing and leading IT and energy-related companies in and around the energy markets in Norway, Europe and the United States.

At Nextfood, we are reshaping the plant-based food supply chain from farm to fork with large scale indoor farms combined with mini-farms in restaurants, catering, retail etc. Our computer controlled decentralised farm network grows deliciously fresh, locally produced, pesticide-free greens year-round to the benefit of flavour, health and climate. 1 m2 Nextfood farm corresponds to 200 m2 outdoor farm land and saves 98% water, more than 75% fertiliser and electrifies energy consumption. In turn addressing one of humanity’s greatest challenges: A sustainable high quality food supply for a rapidly growing urbanised population.

After more than 8 years of research and development, aiming to replicate the human eye lens, poLight is in the final stage of introducing products to the market with a technology taking astonishing images with instant focus. We are developing a tuneable lens technology that will enable next generation auto focus capability camera module for the mobile phone industry. Our first product, the TLens Silver is now ready for market introduction and we are preparing the organisation accordingly for the upcoming challenges.