📍 It all started with an idea of building a bridge! Aspiring Asia is an initiative that aims to bring together Nordics and Asian countries’ young generation to connect, inspire, and empower each other in creating impactful changes. We are a young pioneer NGO with amazing potential ahead. We are now growing our rapid forward-moving organization and looking for new driven team members to join us! 👋 In case we haven’t met before, here’s Aspiring Asia in a nutshell: Aspiring Asia is all about young people being in charge, collaborating and learning from each other. Aspiring Asia initiates and supports youth-led grassroot projects to create positive social impacts through adapting and utilising Nordics’ core strengths: Entrepreneurship, Entertainment and Education. The initiative aims to spread to 48 countries in Asia to build a community of young changemakers. Aspiring Asia supports high-quality education, facilitates sustainable development of entrepreneurship, and increases global wellbeing and happiness. Aspiring Asia, as a platform, strives to make relevant connections to develop projects in each specific country, to support scaling of successful youth-led initiatives across Asia, with the utmost support from the Nordics. We need your help to support the young generations of Asia to take the first steps on a global scale and achieve their goals! In Aspiring.Asia we do projects in the following fields: - EDUCATION: Aspiring.Asia is about accessing the best education for all. - ENTREPRENEURSHIP: Aspiring.Asia is about economic and social development through Entrepreneurship. - ENTERTAINMENT: Aspiring.Asia is about engaging learners through entertainment involving simple learning strategies that revolve around fun. Aspiring.Asia seeks to provide the needs and feed the aspirations of the youth in Asia as inspired by the efforts of Ambitious.Africa and Adelante Americas. And Yisss, we are family!

Dygo makes handcrafted, organic, natural and environmentally conscious solid cosmetics. It was born from the need to create something by hand, spread awareness about environmental issues and encourage people to switch their everyday habits to more sustainable ones. That is why all Dygo creations are carefully formulated with highest quality plant-based oils, fair- trade butters, pure essential oils, herbs, flowers and clays. With a minimalistic approach we combine modern with traditional ingredients to create effective body care products to nurture the skin and hair without compromising the wellness of the planet Earth. Each soap or shampoo bar is handmade and packed with love and without plastic at our studio in Copenhagen, Denmark.

reVIRTUE is a young and thriving startup embarking on a journey to enrich the social value of creativity to empower and reunite scattered creative communities. We do this through the promise of a safer and fairer playing field outside of opportunistic environments where they can actually focus on doing transformative work and exploring their true creative potential. reVIRTUE is launching an app that will introduce a decentralised talent economy. A new platform that provides a more equal playing field for creatives by matching them to opportunities to combat income vulnerability and career inequality within the creative industry. reVIRTUE will be a gateway for recruiters and companies that want to gain access to untamed creativity to stand out and break free from design bubbles. As a community – we unite creatives around their shared experiences and problems As an app – we facilitate the search for creative work opportunities, and enable a more equal and secure work environment As a business – we help companies tap into untamed creativity as a powerhouse for innovation and a driver of growth. As a citizen platform – we work towards building a more sustainable creative industry and enriching the social value of creativity. ... a new status quo is waiting to be born

hiveonline is a fintech startup headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark, with subsidiaries in Stockholm, Sweden and Kigali, Rwanda, where our development team is located. We give communities of unbanked businesses, primarily women led, access to formal finance through a digital reputation. We are supporting village savings groups with blockchain technology with our MVP accounting app, and building on this to help cooperatives, agricultural associations and their members create more sustainable farming communities. We are expanding from Niger into Mozambique and other African countries.

Poikilingo is developing a language learning app for small children (2 - 6 years old), where social and cultural awareness are at the heart of our concept. Our program focuses on the cultural aspects of the language being learned, as we believe that cracking the social code is as important as learning vocabulary and pronunciation. This promotes a sense of belonging which will positively impact the child's learning process. Each child is unique, so each of them deserves a study program that takes into consideration their peculiarities. The customized study plan that childre get at Poikilingo mixes activities, videos, songs and games, and if the child makes mistakes, she gets feedback in her native tongue. We follow a consolidated learning approach that teaches different subjects through the language, all created by educational experts and aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals. But the game-changing experience that Poikilingo brings into the market is based on animated stories where an avatar of the child goes through everyday situations that children go through, including when they move to a new country and have to start into a new kindergarten.

MAAB Group is an investment and trading company specialised in commercialising innovative healthcare products internationally. The company was founded by pharmaceutical industry veterans in 2011 and was originally incorporated in Hong Kong, China. Today, the company is headquartered in New Zealand, with operations in mainland China, the UK, and Denmark. ​

SynergyXR is the leading no-code XR and Spatial Computing SaaS platform for the industrial, manufacturing, and energy sectors, enabling companies to build, operate, and optimize safe immersive learning programs at a scale, speed, and cost not previously possible. SynergyXR sees a present and a future where extended realities, like augmented and virtual reality, will continue revolutionizing how we work, live, and play. With extensive expertise and experience within the manufacturing and energy sector, and specialized solutions for technical training and onboarding, we are committed to helping these technologies become the norm. By designing and building people-first solutions, we help bring XR technology, such as Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality, to businesses today, not tomorrow.

Letmework is a startup from Copenhagen established by Frederik Gail. Today we're based in Lisboa Portugal. Bootsrapped to convince you anything is possible. We’re a language recruitment agency that sets time aside for individuals who wants to work and travel. We consist of dedicated recruiters that’ll handhold you for a job that’s likely slightly off the normal comfort zone. Moving abroad is scary. We’ll equip candidates with all the necessities for leaving their homecountry, because at one point our team has been in the same spot. The company started as of January 2020. Being inspired by the freedom of freelancing, Frederik wanted to inspire others to make the same move he did late 2018 moving to Thailand. Today the company is growing and we all share a vision of having an adventurous workspace.

Owayy is an online marketplace focusing on unique accommodations. Our mission is to offer unique experiences. We do not believe that you have to compromise your environmental footprint to have an exceptional travel experience. We seek to create this by concentrating on local handpicked Getowayys, in relaxing surroundings 🌿

WeSolve is the multi-organisation community engagement platform that facilitates problem solving and decision making inside every organisation. With WeSolve organizations can optimize problem-solving and decision-making processes with the involvement of their community. This is beneficial for three main reasons: it improves member and employee retention, saves time and financial resources, and stimulates economic growth through innovation. WeSolve allows and encourages members of the community to participate in decision making and to “co-solve” challenges. At the same time, it gives organizations a tool to leverage the collective power of their community in order to become more productive and future-fit.

THINGS is the industry focused deep tech and innovation hub in Sweden, located on the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) campus. Our vision is to transform innovation in small companies into large scale value creation through collaboration with corporates. Our current focus areas are Internet of Things, Automation, Robotics, Machine Learning/AI, Mobility and Energy. We are housed within a 2,000m2 co-working space for startups, connected to an extended community of close corporate partners, including some of the most successful and innovative export companies in Sweden.

Vision The world is becoming more and more global, and borders will soon be more of a line on a paper than something physical. We believe in such a world where consumers can effortlessly buy products wherever they are. And, we are here to make it a reality. Our mission Panprices is am only shipping service that enables consumers to discover products, compare prices, and buy what they are looking for from abroad for up to 50% cheaper than in their local country. We not only show the best offers but enable easy and direct checkout via Panprices with local payment solutions, handle all communication between customers and retailers - hassle-free. Panprices is a funded startup initially incubated by Sting and Stockholm School of Economics Business Lab and now backed by some of Sweden’s largest private investors with experience as founders and/or early investors in Fyndiq, Tradera (acquired by eBay), Home24, Payson, and DoubleClick (acquired by Google).

--Improving resilience against a changing climate-- Haawal Engineering focuses on creating practical solutions to address the challenges of a changing climate. Our main innovation is a user-friendly, portable flood barrier designed to protect communities from flooding. Developed and patented by our team, this effective solution has already been adopted in Norway, Germany, and Spain. As we continue to grow and adapt, Haawal Engineering remains dedicated to finding accessible and inventive ways to help communities face the realities of climate change.

StepOut is a Helsinki based start-up developing an all-in-one SAAS tool empowering independent trainers in fitness, recreation and wellness to streamline their business processes. Any trainer regardless of their background, technical capabilities and type of activity can pursue or build their business from scratch with our tool. With the increase in demand for virtual fitness and wellness an increasing number of individuals are taking up their passion for fitness, wellness and recreation professionally. Our tool will enable the trainers to utilize minimum time & effort while maximizing profit by focusing on their customers. We support diversity and inclusion by offering our tool to the skilled and talented trainers coming from various backgrounds to offer their services. Earn as per your own convenience while encouraging people of all ages to lead a fit and healthy lifestyle. We are on a mission to bring the global community of doers together & lead the change to grow and break the boundaries. Our values : - Empowering independent trainers - Create convenient earning opportunities - Initiate collaborations amongst various fitness & recreation based entities - Promote a healthy and happy living world “on-the-go” - Encourage fitness & well-being for all age groups

The main piece of equipment in the gym is the barbell. It is as simple in its form as it is timeless in its design. But when it comes to using the proper safety equipment that comes with the barbell, that’s when the flaws become visible. Today’s methods of securing weight plates to a barbell is done by using collars or clips, which often lead to a poor user experience, and they are often hard to put on and pull off, can easily break or slip during lifts, they are often hard to find and even disappears. The Olympic barbell has remained virtually the same for the last 93 years, and despite today’s standards, improvements can be made. In a seemingly ever-growing market, people’s expectations of safety, design, quality, and user-friendliness in products are on the rise. Gungnir of Norway is a Norwegian startup company that designs and manufactures high-quality gym equipment. The company’s first product is the Allrounder, a standard Olympic barbell with built-in collars for securing weight plates. The built-in collar system or “SlideLock” makes the lifting experience safer, faster, easier, and more reliable than the standard safety equipment in use today. Also, the SlideLock system can be applied to several other bar types like compact group training bars or loadable dumbbells. This solution has shown enormous potential in the fitness market, which we intend to continue to take advantage of. The SlideLock is the first of many solutions that we seek to create within the fitness equipment industry. We started as a company in 2018 in Oslo, Norway, with an idea for a better solution to a problem well known to many who use weightlifting equipment regularly. Gungnir’s vision is to become the new standard solution for securing weight plates worldwide. A game-changing solution to a century old problem.