Columbia Road is a digital growth consultancy challenging the old ways of running digital businesses. We exist to increase our clients’ revenue and help them get more customers in the digital era. Our team consists of business consultants who understand business-driven design, tech, strategy and growth. We believe in giving a lot of responsibility and freedom to our employees. There’s a common misunderstanding that happy and satisfied employees are automatically motivated employees. We don’t see things that way. Happy and satisfied employees are an important priority for us, but we think causal relationship is reversed: people are happy and satisfied when they have work that motivates them. For us, an employee’s happiness is the primary goal, not a tool for raising productivity or profitability. We want to empower our employees to become a better version of themselves and to have more of an impact on the world. We see happiness & satisfaction as end goals, not starting points. That being said we love to laugh a lot, play some tunes at the office and grab a few drinks after work. What kind of work is motivating in our context? People yearn for purpose in their work and want it to have meaning that creates value: purpose, for people and organisations, comes from making an impact on the world. Meaning & significance comes from providing value to someone else — in our case, clients. Clients (not us) define the value of our actions, always. Jobs at columbiaroad.com/careers

UPBEATER REPRESENTS THE FUTURE OF WORK... and we are very proud of it! We help aspiring freelancers start and grow their freelance careers so they can do what they love and design the life they dream of! Through our 4 step accelerator, the user can get closer to reaching their dreams in a much more fun and engaging way. Join here for free: https://www.upbeater.com/x/start-freelancing/ And through our Freelance Courses, people are able to learn the foundation to freelancing and how to succeed as a freelancer. https://www.upbeater.com/x/freelance-course/

Quandify develops an intelligent water meter system for residential property owners that enables sub-metering cost-efficiently. The company’s platform uses machine learning to break down water usage data into outlets and diagnoses an entire homes water and hot water energy usage from a single, patented, non-invasive sensor. In our smartphone app, tenants then receive individually tailored nudges on how to efficiently lower usage, without sacrificing comfortability. The result is an up to 40 % decrease in water usage on average, and as a result, an energy usage reduction of 8 - 16 %, paving the way for a more sustainable and aware public and private residential real estate industry. Watch our video presentation below: https://quandify.com/about/

Based in Stavanger, Norway, Desert Control is a clean tech company that specializes in turning deserts to green land using our patented Liquid NanoClay. Through a patented mixing process, LNC combines clay and water and is then spread onto sandy soil.

The Thorvald platforms represent a low-cost alternative to a wide variety of agricultural operations. All the Thorvald robots are built using the same components, but we customize each robot for your specific needs based on the innovative modular design. We can therefore deliver robots using standard parts but customized design to serve your needs. All our robots are built to operate in an outdoor environment. They are therefore IP67 classified at all the lower parts that may be submersed in water (wheels, lower gears, etc), and IP56 for the rest of the robot.

Meetio is a software company based in Malmö, Sweden. We provide solutions for undisturbed, efficient meetings and better utilization of room resources. Thousands of companies around the world use a meeting room manager from Meetio on a daily basis.  Our most prominent product is Meetio Room. Meetio Room is an extension of your current scheduling environment (i.e. G Suite or Exchange).

Paptic Ltd was founded in 2015 to replace oil-based plastics with a new renewable, recyclable and reusable Paptic® material. It answers the multi-billion requirement of global brand owners for sustainable packaging materials. Paptic Ltd currently employs 25 people and is based in Espoo, Finland, and has an experienced global sales network. We are very proud of our company culture. The hierarchy is low, and the decision-making is fast. We respect openness, the atmosphere is encouraging, inspiring and you have close to 30 team players to support you in your work.

Tikkio er en løsning for enkel, billig og trygg håndtering av små og store arrangement, inkludert kjøp og salg av billetter, mat, drikke og andre varer, samt organisering av ansatte og frivillige. Det er gratis å ta i bruk Tikkio både for arrangører og kunder. Arrangører betaler kun en avtalt provisjon (vanligvis 4%) på oppnådd omsetning.Tikkio.com eller mobilapp brukes av både arrangør og kunde. Det er ingen faste kostnader ved å bruke systemet og ingen oppstartskostnader. Systemet passer for alle som vil arrangere noe - store og små - og som arbeider med frivillighet - festivaler, idrettslag, musikkorps og turistforeninger.

As a idea factory, incubator and investor, Askeladden & Co identifies opportunities, develop concepts and scale up companies. Our sweet-spot is in traditional industries that - until now - have seen limited consolidation, limited innovation, too high prices and a customer journey that has been standing still since the 90s.   Our investments and startup journeys so far:  Cutters | Adams Matkasse | Freska | Lotel | Lorry Restaurant | Wellbee

We bring Swedish industrial easy-to-use 3D-printers to design engineers, hospitals and production floors to enable the future of AM with powder based 3D-printing (SLS). Wematter have developed a whole eco-system to manage a powder free environment and high performance 3D-printed components. We are pioneers that bring desirable 3D-printing to offices around the world. We want to change the way we make things, we want to make things smarter, globally.

Custena is payment middleware for AI agent commerce. It lets anyone monetise an API or MCP server through a single integration that accepts every agent payment protocol (x402, MPP, L402, and fiat credit-card top-up) and gives enterprises the spending governance and compliance infrastructure they need to deploy spending agents safely.

DiFacto is an AI-powered SaaS startup based in Aarhus at Incuba, automating invoice auditing for companies with complex supplier and rebate agreements — starting with the Danish construction industry. The problem: Construction companies operate under intricate price agreements with major suppliers like STARK, XL-Byg, and others. These agreements contain volume discounts, seasonal rebates, and project-based pricing. In practice, invoices frequently deviate from the agreed terms — but checking them manually is time-consuming, expensive, and requires specialist knowledge that most SMEs simply don't have. Our own pilot data shows that around 10% of all invoices contain errors or rebate breaches, putting 1–1.5% of total procurement volume at risk. Why we built it: We spent 14 months manually analysing hundreds of real price agreements and invoice structures from Denmark's largest building suppliers. That deep understanding became the foundation for a platform that does in 30 seconds what a trained analyst would take hours to do. Our core engine reads invoices via OCR, converts them to structured data, and cross-references them algorithmically against the client's price agreements — flagging every discrepancy automatically. Why now: We have a working MVP, real pilot customers, and a clear path to a commercially scalable product. We're a small team of three co-founders building something technically complex in a space with almost no direct competition. This means an intern won't just watch from the sidelines — you'll work directly on live problems, contribute to a microservice-based backend architecture, and learn how to build AI-driven data pipelines in a real startup environment at Incuba, Aarhus.

We're builders who love teaching what we do. Vibelabs helps everyone become builders, teaching people with no coding experience how to build software and tools with AI. Nearly 1,000 people have gone through our programs, including teams from Telenor, OBOS, Mesta, and other leading Norwegian organizations. We partner with StartupLab to bring AI skills to corporate innovators and early-stage founders. But we don't just teach, we build. We launch our own ventures, and help founders, operators, and small teams turn ideas into real, scalable products. Combining AI-native workflows, rapid prototyping, and modern product thinking, we move fast without cutting corners. From early MVPs to production-ready platforms, we focus on execution, clarity, and momentum. The barrier to building software just dropped to near zero. Companies that get this will move faster. People who get this will have a massive edge. We're here to make sure as many as possible get there, practically, not theoretically.

A. Klint Holding ApS bygger og ejer virksomheder sammen med en lang række dygtige mennesker, der vil tage ansvar, skabe resultater og lære forretning i praksis. Vi arbejder hands-on med salg, drift og vækst – og hjælper virksomheder med at komme fra idé til eksekvering ved faktisk at gøre arbejdet. Vi arbejder hands-on med: - Investering i ambitiøse start-ups - Opbygning af outbound- og salgsindsatser - Struktur, KPI’er og klare mål - Hurtige beslutninger og kort vej fra idé til handling - Shared management på tværs af selskaber - Udvikling af mennesker, der tager ansvar og leverer Vi bygger ikke strategier for andre – vi bygger virksomheder sammen med dem. Jeg har gentagne gange set dygtige mennesker og gode forretninger gå i stå, fordi ingen tog ansvar for eksekveringen. Samtidig savnede jeg selv et miljø, hvor man får ansvar tidligt, arbejder tæt på beslutningerne og lærer forretning i praksis. Motivationen er enkel: At bygge virksomheder, der fungerer i virkeligheden – og samle ambitiøse mennesker, der vil tage ansvar, skabe resultater og vokse sammen med forretningen.

Estatelab – Property management made simple Estatelab transforms your commercial property administration into a smart, efficient, and profitable workflow. We consolidate all your data-area reports, lease agreements, guarantees, KPIs, and more - into one user-friendly platform. Automate invoicing, optimize rental income, and get full visibility of vacant spaces. Focus on value creation, not paperwork.