VENTURE FACTORYVenture Factory was founded in the fall of 2012 in Oslo, Norway with a straightforward goal: turning ideas into business. Our core competence is e-commerce, technology, and performance marketing. We use our skills to start new companies together with strategic partners, other entrepreneurs, or within our own organization. Since then we’ve involved ourselves in a range of ideas. Some have blossomed and turned into prosperous businesses, while others have been challenging and ultimately put to rest. We believe our understanding of technology and online marketing combined with a unique domain insight is the recipe for success and therefore we partner up with entrepreneurs or larger corporations to pursue new business opportunities. Our portfolio consists of a mix of businesses. Some are consultancies where external clients benefit from our competence and others are tech or e-commerce ventures that we have started alone or together with partners. Do you have a great idea you want to discuss with us? Please email us at contact@venturefactory.noVenture Factory offices are located centrally in Oslo and our development team is located in Odesa, Ukraine. We are always on the lookout for great talent both in Odessa and Oslo, so email us at contact@venturefactory.no if you think you are a good match.

Senpage is an organization that seeks to redefine how students and recent graduates approach entrepreneurship. Blurring the lines between incubator and consultancy, Senpage facilitates meaningful collaborations between founders and cross-functional teams of student consultants, seasoned mentors, and other key stakeholders. By leveraging our growing network, we aim to democratise entrepreneurship by dismantling the biggest obstacles faced by student entrepreneurs— whether it’s time, manpower, or capital. From ideation to MVP validation, join us on our mission to create a more viable, sustainable path for both student founders and consultants. Senpage's management team consists of permanent members who pursue prospective clients, recruit new volunteers, oversee our internal and external communications, and shape the organisation’s broader strategy. Our project teams are comprised of volunteers from local universities who serve as consultants for our clients. We aim to recruit volunteers with a variety of competencies to serve every potential need.

Connecting Grounds is a food start-up based in Aarhus that up-cycles spent coffee grounds (a.k.a. coffee waste) into a food ingredient for B2B snack and confectionary companies and restaurants. Why do we do it? 1. Environment Spent coffee grounds are often treated as waste. Think about how many cups of coffee you or the people around you drink per day. All the coffee waste from drinking coffee adds to the Greenhouse Gas Emissions. 2. Nutritional Value When we brew our cup of coffee, we are only taking advantage of 1% of coffee's nutrients. 99% of these nutrients stay in the spent coffee grounds. These nutrients include caffeine, dietary fibre, proteins and valuable minerals. What we do is change the narrative behind hidden food waste by starting with coffee by-products. By up-cycling such a product, we evert emissions, take advantage of our resources and raise awareness on the importance of up-cycling. Rethinking food is what we do, and we will not stop with coffee by-products. We will continue to search for resources/ingredients that have the potential of being reintroduced in the food stream, again.

EFUEL is on a mission to help people consume energy in a more sustainable and efficient way. We’re building Electric Vehicle charging networks by selling hardware and building services around that hardware. Our goal is to enable our customers to use the resources available in the electricity grid in a way that’s great for the environment, at a lower cost, gets the job done as efficiently as ever, and on top of that, is easy to understand and fun to use. A challenging task, but we’re making a serious effort to solve those challenges better than the competition. We’re a small company with a very warm, kind, and welcoming culture. Right now we’re growing fast and the coming year will see a lot of interesting and fun changes.

Med BLING Capital ska vi demokratisera tillgången på kapital genom att skifta flödet av investeringar från slutna homogena grupper och traditionella nätverk till entreprenörer som normalt inte nås av riskkapital, som till exempel kvinnor, minoriteter och människor som bor utanför storstadskärnorna. Nu söker vi dig som vill vara med och förändra. Med BLING Capital siktar vi på att tidigt investera och vara en långsiktig partner i företag som grundats av underrepresenterade entreprenörer i världsklass eller entreprenörer med minoritetsbakgrund som skapar värde för människor och samhälle. Vi värdesätter företag med en hållbar och framåtlutad affärsmodell som angriper stora, globala marknader och löser verkliga problem. Det övergripande målet för BLING Capital är att skapa stark, hållbar avkastning genom att vara en långsiktig partner som tillför värde till våra portföljbolag.

UpCharge is a power bank sharing tech company. Our mission is to create a linking platform between software companies and the physical world. Trusted by top brands, we increase foot traffic, keep consumers happy & provide a digital sales and marketing solutions for venues and partner companies. Is your device running low on power? - Get an UpCharge power bank from the nearest station and return it to any of our locations. Do you want to run a targeted marketing campaign? - UpCharge devices can run your ads in our network of nightclubs, bars, hotels, restaurants and cafeterias. Are you creating a software to be integrated into the physical world? - Contact UpCharge and integrate your food ordering, checkout solution, telecommunication or nightlife application into our ever-growing network of stations.

Sereluna designs and sells its own menstrual underwear for the Norwegian market. We are the first menstrual underwear brand in Norway. Menstrual underwear has built in protection and is designed to be washed and reused for several years. Menstrual underwear completely replaces disposable protection like pads and tampons. The reason why Sereluna was created was to offer ladies in Norway a sustainable and more comfortable choice when they have their period. Our whole value chain is within Europe.

Lexplore is an all in one tool for systematic reading development used by schools around the world. We offer assessment, automated insights and content powered by Eye tracking & AI. As each reader evolves, Lexplore supports their individual reading journey, giving them equal opportunity to succeed – one reader at a time.

Gordon Delivery is a last-mile company specialising in collaborative delivery flows of refrigerated goods. Gordon operates in two business areas: A complete solution for refrigerated last-mile deliveries and an SaaS platform. Gordon Tech puts you as an e-retailer in the driver’s seat. With the market’s most modern solution, you will be in control of your logistics flow and follow your deliveries from start to finish.

Lahjakamu is a Finnish startup company revolutionizing the world of gift cards with our next-generation platform. Our service allows users to send fun and personalized e-gift cards effortlessly. We have integrated a wide range of ready-made templates and ideas into our platform, enabling users to add a personal touch to their gift cards.

BlackWood Capital Partners leverages AI to find the most promising early-stage startups for investors, including high-net-worth individuals and wealth managers. Through this effort, we help European start-ups gain access to smart capital and high-caliber board members by connecting them with our exclusive network of investors who leverage their capital, networks, and expertise to make an impact.

Niimblr is a collaborative feedback platform that improves digital creators’ production process for fewer iterations and better client relations. Problem Digital creators are using emails and attachments for client communication, which leads to misunderstandings and excess iterations.Deadlines are missed, and clients are frustrated about the process - Creators lose clients and revenue. Solution Niimblr is a B2B SaaS solution with a monthly subscription model for digital creators, that works with 2D, 3D and video content generation. It is always free for clients and collaborators that just want to give their 2 cents. Key benefits - Gives non-specialist clients an easy way to provide feedback. - Reduces friction through a transparent delivery process. - Manages the production of 3D assets, videos, images, audio, and much more. Why now As AI and content generation is exploding, Niimblr positions itself as a Human-to-Human platform that facilitates the "last mile delivery" of digital content to clients worldwide. Target segments Product visualization, Architectural visualization, Gaming, AR/VR, interior design and more.

At Xeneta, we have been on a mission to digitally transform the ocean and air freight market since 2012. Through our freight rate benchmarking and market analytics platform, we bring transparency to the market and empower our customers to make strategic data-driven decisions when procuring freight. Our customers include big brands such as Electrolux, L’Oréal, Continental, Puma, Nestlé, and ABB. Headquartered in Oslo, with offices in Hamburg and Jersey City and employees from over 60 different countries, we are a truly international company that celebrates diversity. Expanding internally and externally alike, we are constantly looking for new colleagues and partners to take on our mission with us.

Odla Mer is a vertical social network and gardening app for all gardeners and plant lovers. We make gardening easy, and inspirational with an engaging community, smart gardening tools, and insights. There are nearly half a billion hobby gardeners who are missing a place to share their passion and provides smart tools for modern gardeners. Odla Mer will solve this problem by building an inspiring and engaged community that provides smart tools and insights from “crowd-sourced” data to help make gardening easy, sustainable, and pleasurable for modern gardeners. I found solace in gardening when I was dealing with severe anxiety and depression disorder. I missed an app that was dynamic to my growing conditions and helped covert online inspirations to plant care instructions easily. As a new gardener, it can get very overwhelming. I wanted to solve this problem to help many gardening enthusiasts to grow more with the least effort. I know we would rather spend the time gardening than fiddling with the app :D With every person we help garden more, we have a positive impact on their wellbeing, the environment, and society as a whole.

MOWS is on a mission to create recruitment infrastructure that efficiently connects the right talent to the right organizations, resulting in better workplaces and happier people. We have started with tech jobs and want candidate evaluation to focus on what really matters: Whether a person is equipped to succeed in any given role. Candidates are evaluated once, and MOWS only delivers serious and detailed job offers from organizations. Organizations can easily recruit pre-vetted candidates from our talent pool.