Talent Garden's mission is to empower people and organizations by creating relevant learning and networking opportunities in the digital ecosystem. We host Europe's largest digital and tech community of over 45,000 professionals, startups, agencies, corporate labs, freelancers, investors, SMEs and students within a network of campuses in 13 countries.

STO Digital Finland is a Vantaa-based digital solutions unit under Saana Tuotanto Oy. We help businesses improve their digital presence, customer communication, and operational efficiency through practical technology solutions. We provide websites, booking systems, e-commerce platforms, CRM setup, digital marketing support, website maintenance, custom software development, AI automation, and industry-specific digital solutions. Many businesses need digital tools to get more enquiries, manage customers, reduce manual work, and stay competitive, but they may not always have an internal IT team or the budget for large consultancy services. STO Digital aims to solve this by offering flexible, cost-effective, and scalable digital support with a Finland-based business presence and an experienced international technology delivery team. Our goal is to become a trusted digital partner for businesses in Finland and Europe by combining local understanding, practical business-focused solutions, and reliable technical execution.

Forlods is a planning app for private events. As a host you can easily plan your event, manage you budget and ensure that your guests gets the information they need. For more complex events such as weddings, milestone birthdays and similar you can even add additional planners to help you plan. Forlods is currently in beta.

BLS HAFNIA is a Copenhagen-based clothing brand established in 2011. The brand started as a minimalistic contemporary label with a focus on headwear. Since then, BLS HAFNIA has evolved into a complete clothing brand rooted in Scandinavian minimalism, utilitarianism, and Italian sportswear influences. Our goal has always been to create products with exceptional fit, comfort, and timeless appeal. Today, the BLS HAFNIA collection includes a full range of apparel, developed through seasonal collections, capsules, and collaborations with both Scandinavian and international brands. Our garments have been worn by influential figures across fashion, music, and sports, helping establish BLS HAFNIA as a recognized name within contemporary streetwear culture.

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.

Philip Bock ApS is a strategic advisory firm helping companies sharpen their communication, execute go-to-market strategies, and build the right teams. We work closely with founders and leadership to turn ambition into traction. We are currently recruiting partners on behalf of a leading Nordic company in the mobile precious metals purchasing industry, supporting its expansion into new European markets, including Austria, Ireland, Germany, the UK and France.

Promte is a secure, modular AI platform built for public sector and critical organizations that need to use generative AI responsibly at scale. The platform brings AI tools, assistants, agents, search, voicebots and meeting notes together in one place, giving employees a simple entry point to AI in their daily work. Promte helps organizations improve workflows, answer questions faster, automate repetitive knowledge tasks and build specialized AI solutions based on their own content, systems and governance needs. The platform is designed to be easy for employees to use while remaining simple for organizations to manage centrally. Security and compliance are core to Promte. Data processing can be handled in the EU, in Denmark or on premises, depending on each organization’s requirements. Content is not used for model training, and the platform supports governance, user management and controlled rollout across teams. Promte also gives organizations access to a library of reusable AI templates and apps, helping them launch new use cases faster without starting from scratch.

Gennem platformene MineTilbud, Dayli og Publisher understøttes formidling af tilbud, inspiration og produkter på tværs af digitale kanaler og fysiske butikker. Løsningerne giver lokale butikker, kæder og brands, store som små, mulighed for at være synlige og relevante gennem hele kunderejsen, fra den første inspiration til det endelige køb. For forbrugerne skabes et enkelt, visuelt overblik over relevante tilbud, inspiration og aktuelle produkter i medieplatformene MineTilbud og Dayli. For virksomhederne giver Publisher platformen fuld kontrol over indhold, visning og timing – og ikke mindst lavere adgangsbarrierer og større gennemsigtighed i forhold til digital annoncering.

The Problem: What problem are you attempting to solve, and how big is it? Children suffering from school refusal systematically fall out of the education system because traditional teaching methods fail to meet their individual learning needs. Today, 110,000 children have experienced school refusal—equivalent to one in five students. This target group becomes isolated at home during their school years, which later leads to difficulties in securing and maintaining employment, costing society 2.2 billion annually. Research shows that the most critical factor for these students is restoring their self-confidence regarding learning; they need to experience learning as a positive activity and process the traumas that led to their school refusal (The Back2School Modular Cognitive Behavioral Intervention, 2024). Therefore, before attempting to reintegrate students into the physical school environment, it is crucial to rebuild their confidence and bring them up to the academic level of their peers to reduce feelings of stigmatization. The Solution: What is your idea? Describe your product or service. GradeAid is an AI agent that creates personalized learning experiences. Students simply scan their homework or verbalize what they wish to learn. Our AI then generates tailored content derived from pedagogically validated materials, specifically designed for children who lack academic confidence or have fallen behind. The system continuously learns from the student's interactions and automatically adapts the curriculum. This helps restore the self-confidence and joy of learning that many of these students lack, while ensuring the process is both personalized and fun. The platform features a 24/7 AI tutor providing instant feedback. Through gamification, students earn coins for their virtual pets. This approach was selected because research has long established that gamification effectively builds confidence and helps children re-engage with learning (Impact of gamification on school engagement: a systematic review, 2024). Instead of forcing the child to fit the system, our technology adapts to the child's way of learning. Our intention is to build confidence so that children find it easier to return to school, equipped with the mental energy to focus on social reintegration. The platform supports both English and Danish. We are currently testing the Danish version.

Tænketanken Brundtland samler den danske forsyningssektor samt rådgivere og leverandører såsom Innargi, Kamstrup, Grundfos, Logstor og COWI. Brundtland arbejder på en vidensbaseret grundlag. Det betyder at anbefalinger laves på baggrund af analyser og ofte i tæt samarbejde med førende eksperter og universiteter. Tænketanken arbejder med tre indsatsområder: Forsyningssektorens bidrag til dansk samfundsøkonomi, herunder eksport af grøn forsyningsteknologi, organisering og demokratisk ejerskab i forsyningssektoren samt grøn omstilling.

Parlia AI is reimagining how Government Relations (GR) teams produce policy-facing documents. Today, these teams spend countless hours drafting structured, templated content — ministerial letters, submissions, talking points, and briefing notes. Our goal is to build a purpose-built AI platform that learns from an organisation’s historical materials to generate high-quality, on-brand, and policy-aligned outputs, freeing professionals to focus on strategy rather than manual drafting.

Nørd Studio is a Scandinavian branding and packaging agency based in Copenhagen (we work fully remote). We create human brands that communicate clearly and effectively without resorting to shouting. That last part matters. In a world of loud, trend-chasing designs, we deliberately do things differently. Minimal. Honest. Considered. This is not just an aesthetic choice; it's a philosophy that underpins everything we do, from our design process to our pricing strategy and how we treat the people we work with. We specialise in branding, including logos, visual systems, packaging, stationery and pitch decks. We write copy that sounds human, not like a press release. We also build websites from scratch — no templates or shortcuts, just fast, SEO-ready sites. We're a small studio, and that's intentional. Every client works directly with the people doing the work. Every project receives our full attention. There are no account managers, no handoffs and no diluted output. We're not looking to grow quickly. We want to grow well, with the right people on the right projects.

At Birdie Studio, we’re building Birdie – a platform that finally fixes the biggest reason most AI tools fail in B2B marketing: bad input. AI can write fast, but if it doesn’t know your brand, your market, your goals, or your customers — it just makes things up. That’s a huge risk for marketing teams trying to move fast and stay on-message. Birdie changes that. We structure all of a company’s GTM knowledge — from strategy decks and sales insights to product positioning and audience research — and use it to power AI tools that create content that’s on-strategy, on-brand, and actually useful. We’re not building generic chatbots. We’re building the execution engine modern B2B teams need to go from idea to campaign — with AI that doesn’t guess, but understands.

Is It Time to Pivot from Corporate to Co-Founder? Great startups don’t fail because of bad ideas - they stall because they can’t reach the market. From deep-tech to consumer products, many early-stage ventures have strong teams and promising solutions - but lack the commercial insight to grow. Commercial Co-Founder is a programme designed for professionals ready to pivot out of traditional commercial roles and into high-impact roles within early-stage startups.

Horaizon is an AI consulting and product company helping organisations turn the hype around artificial intelligence into measurable business outcomes. The problem we see every day is twofold: • Uncertainty — businesses know AI will change how they operate but don’t know where to start. • Inefficiency — companies waste time and money experimenting with generic tools that don’t address their specific needs. At Horaizon, we bridge that gap by working alongside organisations as if they were our own. We design and implement AI systems that are cost-effective, secure, and directly aligned with their workflows, from reducing customer support costs by 10x to automating time-consuming financial processes. Whether a client comes to us with excitement or hesitation about AI, our role is the same: to provide clarity, trust, and results, helping them adapt and scale in a future where AI is not optional but essential.