Brainville aims to make the market for staffing- and consultancy firms more efficient by providing an independent marketplace where buyers, sellers and brokers of services can find new partners and structure relationships with existing partners without us acting as an intermediate.In June of 2017 Brainville was used by more than 11.000 Nordic organisations and in 2016 assignments with a combined value of more than 25 billion SEK was posted on the marketplace.www.brainville.com

Freska, voted one of the hottest tech start-ups in Finland, is an online home services company currently disrupting the traditional home services industry in the Nordics. The market for home services is large and growing, although fragmented. With a focus on service quality and process optimisation, together with strong values forming a coherent company culture, Freska has rapidly taken a lead in the Finnish and Norwegian markets and has expanded into Sweden. The current revenue rate for the Freska Group is over 20 MEUR. Freska has been trusted by its customers over 300,000 times (and counting!) and takes pride in maintaining a quality rating above 4.7/5 stars. Freska is also a digital pioneer with an in-house team of engineers and product designers revolutionising how a traditional service company can be operated. The Freska vision is to become the leading player in the home services market in Northern Europe by 2025. The Company is backed by top-tier venture capitals and have raised over €10M to date. The aim is to scale the organisation rapidly, but in a manner that does not harm the culture and company values.

Bidra ble etablert i 2014 som Norges første og ledende aktør innen crowdfunding. I tillegg til vår egen løsning, bidra.no, leverer vi i dag teknologi til flere store banker og ideelle aktører. Vi er et sammensveiset team på syv personer, med flat struktur og kontorer sentralt i Oslo. Vi er en FinTech-aktør som tenker med både hode og hjerte. I tillegg til å tilby crowdfunding-plattformer kan vi hjelpe deg dersom du trenger rådgivning, kurs/workshops eller foredrag om crowdfunding.

Billogram offers an innovative billing service, based on our belief that billing should be a positive customer experience. We want companies to spend less time on administration, yet have full control of their invoicing. Over 21000 companies have chosen to work with Billogram and we help them with any easy transition from paper to modern, digital billing.

Bitbar is a technology and service company with focus on providing high-performance mobile software development and testing solutions for mobile app, game and web developers. Bitbar provides business-critical tools and technology for mobile app testing and mobile monitoring. Bitbar products have been used to make many of the most popular mobile apps and games reliable, highly optimized and compatible across the Android and iOS device ecosystems.

At Viva Labs, we help people live safer and more comfortable lives every day. Our smart home platform provides security, smart control, and automated heating and is sold by some of the largest companies in the world.Working at Viva, you’ll get the opportunity to revolutionise how people live in their homes. Whether it's making a home greener by reducing energy consumption or giving peace of mind by making sure a home is always protected, you'll help provide services that touch people daily.

OURHUB er en global virksomhed med rødder i København. Vores mission er at skabe mere sociale byer og fysisk aktive borgere igennem en nyudviklet deleøkonomisk løsning. Vi har udviklet et smart bymøbel (IoT) der gør det nemt at dele spil og træningsudstyr i det offentlige rum. Denne service er knyttet til en social platform, der hjælper med at styrke sociale fællesskaber og gentænke foreningslivet. På sigt tror vi på, at vi kan være med til at genopfinde det offentlige rum.  OURHUB concists of a small group of passionates who strive to explore new tendencies within their fields. We have the back end geek, the industrial designer geek, the communications geek, start up geek and the urban planning fascinado - who all also share an interest for cold beers. We all want OURHUB to succeed so we can start impacting our communities and get on with some game paying. We have a shared dream, that OURHUB will build stronger communities and help facilitating new meetings between citizens - no matter who you are. We have a work atmosphere, where we expect people to deliver for the purpose of the OURHUB vision - not because we micro manage each other. We enjoy office laughs, lunches at Filmskolen and Friday beers while exchanging both cat videos and the latest new within our shared fields of interest.

Rub & Stub is a social enterprise that focuses on sustainability. We ran the restaurant 'Spisehuset Rub & Stub' for three years: the first restaurant in Europe to put surplus food on the menu. Now, we facilitate food waste-workshops, do surplus food-events and consultancy - all to share our knowledge on food waste and inspire to more sustainable action.

Proud to be powering onboarding success and better employee experiences for over 250,000 employees in organizations like Domino's Pizza, AirAsia, and Oslo Municipality. We have created onboarding software for HR that uses automation, chatbots & science to give new hires a flying start! Science and Technology Talya Bauer Ph.D. is one of the first scientists in the fields of onboarding. Her 5 C's of onboarding framework is the golden standard and a proven model to ensure that new hires become engage long term employees. Preppio is built based on the 5's principles together with Talya Bauer. The software uses messaging automation, chatbots, and content that enables any HR team to implement a science-based and paperless onboarding program that managers and new hires love. - Automation to save time for HR and hiring managers. - Chatbots to give new hires a better onboarding experience. - Science-based pre- and onboarding programs that drive engagement. Preppio works without employees needing to download new apps or log into separate platforms as we piggyback on tools that companies already use like SMS, Workplace from Facebook and Microsoft Teams.

Tradeworks is a capital markets fintech , developing a cloud-based trade automation platform designed for individual traders of Forex/CFDs.  Driven by core values of honesty, reliability, integrity and innovation, we aim to narrow the technological gap between individual traders and global financial institutions and thereby help private traders trade more consistently and profitably.

Ari.farm is a Stockholm based startup that has developed an exciting platform enables you to own & trade animals from your smartphone & support local farmers. By using the disrupting nature of the internet and Somalia’s most important sector we are currently supporting livestock farmers from there to reach a global audience. My name is Mohamed Jimale. I am the founder of Ari.farm. I am former nomad. Studied IT and worked for the UN.

Flow Loop has developed a shower panel that is able to save up to 85% water and energy while providing a better flow than a standard shower.The savings are achieved by constantly micro-filtering, UV-purifying and recirculating shower water directly from the existing shower floor.Because the system is plug&play it is easy to retro-fit in existing bathrooms. The self-cleaning micro-filters ensure low maintenance. The high flow of recirculated water ensures higher comfort with a clean conscious. Dedicated team of 5, who enjoy both common lunch, "hygge", and afternoon cake as well as getting out of the office to go on field trips to validate assumptions and challenge ourselves and eachother - both professionally as well as socially with games nights etc.

Cake it easy is changing the cake business. We have built a powerful platform connecting local bakers and customers. We have so far recruited more than 400 local bakeries in Norway and Sweden and we have started to grow into other countries. We create value by uniting local vendors, simplifying the sales process and optimizing the distribution.

The Nordic Startup Awards is a unique series of events in the Nordic countries. NSAwards is one of the regions part of Global Startup Awards. Our aim is to connect the entire startup ecosystem, from successful and promising startups, investors and journalists to founders and developers.The NSAwards is carried out in two rounds. First, national finals are held in Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland and Denmark. Then, national winners will move on to the Grand Finale which relocates  every year.

Artboost is an art agency that offers bespoke curatorial services to companies, organizations, and institutions that want to create inspirational experiences for their customers, visitors, and employees. Artboost represents a carefully selected community of artists to ensure high quality, originality, and diversity throughout its many commissioned projects. Artboost is profitable and currently funded by sales.