Shifter is an independent news site about Norwegian tech startups in the new economy. We cover big and small events in the startup industry while reporting on innovation in bigger companies. We focus on ideas, challenges, money, power, people and good stories from everywhere.

Db Equipment AS (DouchebagsTM / DbTM / douchebags.com) is a Scandinavian company that has established itself as a globally recognized brand within the travel gear industry. Since its launch in January 2012, the company has built a worldwide distribution network, both online and offline. The company is an agile start-up in all aspects of operation and is driven by a young tight-knit core team of passionate and ambitious creators.

We are Wehype, we make sponsorship collaborations between brands and gaming influencers crazy simple!We are on a mission to provide the best platform, service and experience for the most hyped brands and gaming influencers to help them connect and build long lasting, meaningful and trustworthy relationships.Wehype.it

Football Addicts is the Swedish app developer behind popular apps Forza Football and Forza 90’ (previously known as Live Score Addicts and Player of the Match). Forza Football have 5 million downloads and 2.5 million monthly active users. The app covers over 420 leagues from around the world. Over 40% of Forza Football users check the app every day. Forza Football enables users to track particular teams, leagues or matches with push notifications for goals, lineups videos and more. We believe that football would be nothing without the fans. The opinions and feelings of football fans are continuously being overlooked, with individual, often unsubstantiated opinions being preferred over the voice of a community. Our mission is to let fans speak as one voice.

Roccamore is a high-end shoe brand with an innovative online focus. We combine design and comfort by building orthopedic insoles into feminine designed high heels. We are an international team of 15 people with a high energy, strong drive and a lot of weird hobbies. We work closely together, move fast and have a lot of fun in the process. Our office language is English, and we’re located in the city center.

Global container shipping carries 95% of the world’s manufactured goods. To many, the Ever Given stuck across the Suez Canal was a first peek at the interconnectedness of global supply chains; subsequently Covid put the spotlight firmly on timely goods delivery (or lack of same…) and transport costs; and most recently the industry is started to grapple with its role as a major emitter of greenhouse gasses. Headquartered in Copenhagen, eeSea is a well-established maritime supply chain intelligence scale-up, offering unbiased visibility and predictive analysis. Our vision is to become the central scheduling platform for the entire trillion-dollar industry.

LARSEN & ERIKSEN We are a globally acknowledged and fully CO2 neutral design studio influenced by the aesthetic impulses of Copenhagen. With a deepfelt respect for our Scandinavian design roots - balanced with an ambition to do what we think is right - we advocate for a diverse and democratic future where good, responsible design is accessible to more people. Our customers rate us 4.9 on Trustpilot, we work with a curated selection of the world's top-tier institutions and brands within design and lifestyle, and we have more than 100 retailers spread across more than 20 countries. THE TEAM We are a small, dedicated team offering an informal, energetic and open-minded atmosphere at our studio located in a cozy backhouse at Gammel Kongevej (and at our flagship store located in the heart of inner Copenhagen). Our working environment is highly ambitious but 200% down-to-earth, and we firmly believe that the best results arise from having flexibility, fun and ownership. Feel free to reach out with any curiosity or question you might have. We will be looking very much forward to hearing from you. High-Fives, Jeppe & Magnus

We are a Danish based design brand combining the greatest of Danish traditions on the journey to kill Big Fat Ugly Speakers once and for all. We want to challenge the way you think about sound at home.  We create speakers that combine Danish design and art, with the ability to match any home and style. You can customize the look to match your needs, and even change the look in the matter of seconds, when a more beautiful design is available . We give you, beautiful sound for your home!

Who we are: Skidos is an award winning publisher of children's educational gaming products based in Copenhagen. We are like “Netflix for learning games”. Our library of educational apps help children learn while they play cool games on their mobile devices. We assist parents and teachers to make mathematics fun, reading enjoyable & coding a habit. We are building the largest platform of educational gaming apps for primary school kids with a disruptive product approach. It’s a talented team, a meaningful product that impacts daily life of kids, parents and teachers, and growing rapidly.In a nutshell, Skidos is:Providing value: Around half a million kids use one or more of our educational gaming apps to master mathematics, reading and other skills.Making an impact: Educational gaming is broken. We’re helping fix it. Already today, because of Skidos, kids are spending more time learning and improving their school skills than playing mindless casual games. And we just started.Venture funded: We are backed by one of the largest early stage VC funds in Denmark along with high profile angel investors who have backed global unicorns like Zendesk.Growing like superstars: Our apps are used by kids in over 100 countries and growing. Why? Because they love them.A solid fun team: Good people who enjoy coming into the office and like to break bread together around 12:00 every day.

Reshopper har siden 2012 været børnefamiliernes foretrukne markedsplads over mobilen, hvor brugere har købt og solgt millioner af brugte ting af hinanden via den prisvindende app. I 2022 åbnede vi den første fysiske Reshopper butik, hvor vi sælger overskudsvarer fra restpartier, konkursboer, tidligere kollektioner samt secondhand. I dag har vi 2 butikker, som er placeret i Valby og Taastrup. Hver dag sætter vi en ære i at gøre den cirkulære shopping til en friktionsløs og god oplevelse for vores brugere både i vores butikker og via den digitale markedsplads app. På den måde engagerer vi familier til en mere bæredygtig adfærd, så vi alle bidrager med at løse FNs verdensmålene ‘bæredygtige byer og lokalsamfund’ og ‘ansvarligt forbrug og produktion’. Vi har store ambitioner og er i fuld gang med at bygge fremtidens omnichannel koncept med salg af secondhand og overskudsvarer i børnekategorien. Derfor leder vi altid efter passionerede og dedikerede mennesker til vores team, som vil være med til at gøre en forskel. Du vil blive en del af et mindre team i en fremadstormende virksomhed med en flad organisation. Hos os har vi også stor interesse i at du udvikler dig og du trives både fagligt og personligt plan. Vil du være med?

With Spiir you're the money boss. Unleash your own finance-buddy and get financial superpowers. Spend time living your life. Spend money in the knowing.Spiir nudges financial awareness and builds money habits that align with your dreams and wishes for life. Automagically.Spiir syncs and categorizes transactions from any bank automatically and builds stories on top of that, so you don't have to.A very passionate and talented team is transforming personal finance coin by coin. Come join us.

Edulabs vision is to make every child in the world better at math. Therefore they created the math platform MatematikFessor.dk which is the biggest provider of digital math for primary schools in Denmark. Today 70% of the schools in Denmark uses EduLabs digital solution and over 75.000 students visits the site every day. More than 1 million questions are answered per day. In 2013 EduLab launched the norweagan edition MatteMestern.no to get closer to the goal of the vision, to make every child better at math.

Heyy, we’re Point! A mission-driven startup shifting spend to local alternatives with agentic AI. We’re building at the intersection of Mobile Wallets, FinTech, PayTech, and Digital Loyalty. Stay tuned...

InReality verifies reality in the age of AI. With the rise of generative AI, fake and manipulative content is a threat across industries and democracies. We need to stop focusing on what is fake and focus on what is real. InReality creates technology for guaranteeing real data, that cannot be deep-faked or manipulated.