The main piece of equipment in the gym is the barbell. It is as simple in its form as it is timeless in its design. But when it comes to using the proper safety equipment that comes with the barbell, that’s when the flaws become visible. Today’s methods of securing weight plates to a barbell is done by using collars or clips, which often lead to a poor user experience, and they are often hard to put on and pull off, can easily break or slip during lifts, they are often hard to find and even disappears. The Olympic barbell has remained virtually the same for the last 93 years, and despite today’s standards, improvements can be made. In a seemingly ever-growing market, people’s expectations of safety, design, quality, and user-friendliness in products are on the rise. Gungnir of Norway is a Norwegian startup company that designs and manufactures high-quality gym equipment. The company’s first product is the Allrounder, a standard Olympic barbell with built-in collars for securing weight plates. The built-in collar system or “SlideLock” makes the lifting experience safer, faster, easier, and more reliable than the standard safety equipment in use today. Also, the SlideLock system can be applied to several other bar types like compact group training bars or loadable dumbbells. This solution has shown enormous potential in the fitness market, which we intend to continue to take advantage of. The SlideLock is the first of many solutions that we seek to create within the fitness equipment industry. We started as a company in 2018 in Oslo, Norway, with an idea for a better solution to a problem well known to many who use weightlifting equipment regularly. Gungnir’s vision is to become the new standard solution for securing weight plates worldwide. A game-changing solution to a century old problem.

SHIFT Business Festival is a platform that has brought together C-level decision-makers, business developers, and tech-heads from growth companies across the board since 2016. The highlight of the year is a two-day business festival in Turku, Finland. We encourage and support our festival attendees and partners to find their competitive advantage in new technology applications and sustainable business. Our company is based in Turku and is the most important business event in the region and a solid actor in the local business ecosystem. Behind SHIFT is a non-profit organization driven by volunteers and supported by network with firm supporters like Turku Science Park, Boost Turku, JCI, Creve, Turku Chamber of Commerce and Federation of Finnish Enterprises.

We are a Copenhagen based design studio working at the intersection of design, art, and technology. We create our own collections under Hamide brand,  offer design consultancy service, and create spin-off projects. Our design process values empathic creativity, in other words, we love walking in others’ shoes with a creative mind.  We are currently working on one of our spin-off projects, Bookworm, aiming to create a democratic digital library experience. We are hoping to expand our team. We are two sisters, who took the tragic course of events in our lives to create something beautiful and empowering. We started our studio to honor our mother Hamide, who was a designer but never had the recognition she deserved, and passed away after a long battle with an atypical Parkinson's disease. So, Hamide Design Studio, is a serious matter for us, it is very personal yet we are very professional.  We are ambitious,  hardworking, and persistent. We love design profession for its power to change the world for the better. We have both intense days at work filled with creativity or just boring office work, and also light days as well. We know when to take a break and celebrate. Luckily our studio is located right next to Sønder Boulevard. We have some studio values and rules. Be genuine, hardworking, recycle, clean after, don't waste resources, be a humanitarian, be welcoming, and such. So, we try to be decent people and expect our partners to be such.

We are currently 40 employees working across offices in Europe, Asia, and Africa . Our team of professionals handle a broad variety of tasks within project transport, rail, forwarding, transport of beverages, short sea, and chartering. We acknowledge the power of working together and therefore our teamwork stretch across offices, borders and cultures. High performance is our main focus and together we ensure that we always deliver.

We are Nordcloud and we're on a mission to help organisations gain te maximum benefits of the cloud. As a global leader of cloud services, we deliver cloud strategy, migration, automation, management, capacity, and training. Since 2011 we,ve completed over 200 projects to help our customers harness the power of the cloud. Nordcloud is an AWS premier consulting Partner, a Google Cloud Platform Strategic Partner, and a Microsoft Azure Gold Cloud Partner. As an independent cloud-native organisation, our team of experts delivers objective advice and builds solutions on all the leading public cloud platforms.

Krown is the ultimate dating app for those who love going out and making real connections. We link you with people attending the same events, so if you're heading to a concert, festival, or local hotspot, why not make it a date? Swipe to find others who are going to the same place at the same time and elevate your night out. Key Features: Pre-Planned Dates: Meet up at events you're already excited about. Live Mode: Discover other singles at your favorite spots in real-time. Tailored Venue Suggestions: Get personalized recommendations for the best places to go out. Virtual Revisits: Missed a connection? Revisit past venues virtually to reconnect. Find Things to Do Together: Explore and share amazing events and experiences. Krown makes meeting new people fun, easy, and spontaneous. Turn your next night out into a memorable adventure with Krown!

Crowdsorsa is a fast-growing mobile app startup on a mission to save the environment. What are we about? Crowdsorsa is a mobile game where people earn money by collecting data or doing micro-tasks that help cities improve the state of the built and natural environments. You can learn more about us at https://crowdsorsa.com/. Our application has been featured in over four hundred news articles and acknowledged by an international innovation award. We currently operate in Finland, Sweden, Norway, and Canada.

Blazar Capital is a Copenhagen-based venture studio that builds and invests in digitally-native consumer brands. Founded in 2017, Blazar provides its 20+ portfolio companies — including Nordgreen, Moonboon, and Scandinavian Biolabs — with shared infrastructure across tech, paid media, and operations to help founders scale fast.

We're building the future of tennis - one Smart Tennis Court at a time Zenniz makes tennis courts intelligent. Our system delivers electronic line calling, real-time match analysis, video tools, and gamified drills by turning sensor data and video into insights that help players, coaches, and clubs perform at their best. We are used on courts around the world, and we are growing fast. This year, we are expanding our customer support operation from Finland into North America and beyond. This hire is where that starts.

We are Starstuff. We are a compact team split between tech and business, building the world’s first AI-powered social platform for playable content. Think TikTok meets Roblox, powered by AI, and shaped by Gen Z and Gen Alpha. We are inventing a new content format: instant, social, playable creation — at the speed of memes. We have caught lightning in a bottle: 1.5M+ users, 80K+ creators, and 35M+ views on social. Now, we need to turn this viral explosion into a stable, scalable platform without slowing down innovation.

21-Draw is an online art education platform built together with artists from Disney, Marvel, DreamWorks and other leading studios. We create high-quality video courses, books and tutorials that help people learn drawing, character design, illustration, animation and digital art in a practical, structured way. Our material is used by students around the world, from beginners picking up a pencil for the first time to working professionals who want to sharpen their skills. After growing internationally for many years, we’re now building a new production hub in Stockholm where we focus on developing courses, recording with artists, producing marketing material and gradually bringing more of our content creation in-house. The goal is to build a team that can produce world-class educational content efficiently, creatively and with a modern, AI-supported workflow. 21-Draw has always been a small, focused and fast-moving team. People here get a lot of ownership, direct impact and the chance to shape how we work. We value clear communication, structured execution and genuine interest in art and creativity. Even though we operate globally, we keep a warm and personal work culture where ideas can move from discussion to production quickly. If you want to help build a creative studio in Stockholm that collaborates with some of the best artists in the world and produces content that inspires hundreds of thousands of students, you’ll fit right in. Let me know if you want a shorter tagline, a mission statement, or an “Our Story” section for the same profile.

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.

Moder is the future of resort and hotel management, custom-built for experience-driven hospitality. Our platform lets hospitality businesses run rooms, activities, rentals, dining, and experiences in one place. No more juggling ten systems while whispering “why me” into a coffee mug. Built in Finland and developed hand in hand with pioneering resorts across the Nordics, Moder is growing fast. Our customers serve both leisure and business travelers, and we work closely with them to understand what actually moves the industry forward. Hint: less admin, more hospitality. We’re a focused, remote-first early scaleup with big ambitions and zero unnecessary meetings. If you want to build meaningful tech for an industry that’s finally getting the tools it deserves and appreciate the occasional terrible hospitality pun, you’ll fit right in.

ProV is a global IT consulting and services company specializing in ERP implementation (IFS, SAP, ServiceNow), managed services, and data engineering solutions powered by platforms like Snowflake and Databricks. We help organizations modernize legacy systems, optimize business processes, and manage their IT operations with scalable, cost-efficient service models. With teams across the US, Europe, India and LATAM, ProV delivers end-to-end digital transformation, from strategy and implementation to ongoing support.

Intellectual Labs is an AI Venture Studio located in Oslo, dedicated to creating, funding, and building deep tech start-ups with ambitious entrepreneurs. We combine expertise in AI, computer science, and applied sciences to bring ground-breaking ideas to life and into the world. Our unique playbook and friendly methodology ensures a high chance of creating a sustainable growth company with significant impact on Human Life. We believe in - and live by - collaboration and shared risks to unlock transformative potential to change the world. This model is designed to be capital-efficient, repeatable, and deeply collaborative, attracting exceptional scientists, entrepreneurs, and investors who want to build world-changing companies with real impact.