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.

Almenr er platformen for alle med en drøm om at bygge og leve i et bofællesskab med naboer, de selv vælger. Vi hjælper med at projektere, finansiere og etablere jeres ’landsby’. Vi gentænker landsbyen og nytænker, hvordan vi skaber boligfællesskaber. Vi skaber et mere menneskeligt samfund i landsbyskala. Det gør vi ved at bygge en medlemsejet og medlemstyret kooperativ platform, der organiserer, finansierer og understøtter nye fællesskaber. En meget mere bæredygtig måde at at lave ejendomsudvikling på. Se mere om vores vision her. ‍Byg sammen. Lev sammen.

We were founded in February 2018 with the idea that giving plastic a value, we could get it removed from nature. A bit like the bottle deposit system, but for all kinds of plastic! We have gained amazing traction since we started, from being featured in Forbes and The Independent and invited to a panel at the first OECD forum on Blockchain to winning awards and being the only Nordic initiative among the 25 development projects/ SDG solutions selected to be showcased at Expo 2021 Dubai’s Global Best Practice Programme. We have done cleanups and pilots in more than 15 countries, proving that this really does work! Now we are building a global plastic waste ecosystem to incentivize cleanup and track where the plastic ends - most of it ideally back to reuse! The next step is to bring our vision to more places and create a truly innovative system than can help solve some of the big problems with plastic waste (of which there are more than you might imagine).

The Finnish company Solar Foods Oy produces an entirely new kind of nutrient-rich protein using only air and electricity as the main resources. The goal of the company is to start commercial production of the environmentally revolutionary protein in 2021.

The growing VOI Technology team is in the process of making the dreaded morning commute to work exponentially more enjoyable. In due time, we will have a network of electrically-powered scooters throughout densely populated urban centers. Users will access these vehicles via a phone application and ride to wherever they need to be, leaving the scooter for the next user.

Avanto develops smart infrared heating technology that integrates seamlessly with clothing. Our adaptable heating technology is applicable to practically any piece of clothing. Avanto aims to be the leading heating solution for extreme and cold-weather apparel companies. We are now piloting our prototype product and are in the process of developing our technology further towards mass production.

Valpas transforms hotels and hospitality providers visibly into the cleanest places to stay when away from home by making them safe from the dirtiest creatures: bed bugs. The Valpas bed bug safety standard is loved by over 60 award-winning hotels like Le Pigalle and the F6, groups like Autograph Collections and Esprit de France. Founded by passionate travellers who got attacked by bed bugs while traveling. More info: https://www.valpashotels.com/

Matrikel1 is the  innovation House on Højbro Plads in the very center of Copenhagen. We opened in May and it has been fast pace ever since. It is the focal point for investors, entrepreneurs, creators and disruptive business in Denmark. Specifically, Matrikel1 provides high-end event space, bar&cafe, flexible work space, lounge and offices. We actively work with and create network across all of above.

Nordic Blue Crude AS will produce high quality, carbon neutral, synthetic fuels and other fossile replacement products, based on water, Carbondioxide and renewable power. Sustainable competitive advantages are obtained thru: Low prices on renewable electricity with full load time Rich access to «clean» Carbondioxide Extremely competent cluster of process industry skills at Herøya Very good infrastructure available

The CrayoNano team is widely recognized as one of the world’s leading teams within next generation nanoscale semiconductor materials and devices for optoelectronics applications. CrayoNano is a nanotechnology company specializing in developing optoelectronic devices based on semiconductor nanowires on graphene. CrayoNano AS was founded in June 2012. The Company originates from several years of research at the Department of Electronics and Telecommunications at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim.

We design and develop to bring progressive brands to life through focused and functional identities and digital solutions.

DogBuddy is Europe's leading and largest online community of dog lovers. We help to connect dog owners with local and reliable dog sitters, providing a comfortable and caring home from home for your pooch while you're away. DogBuddy has now grown to be Europe’s leading online dog sitting and home dog boarding community, offering one of the first “airbnb style services” for dogs in the UK, Spain, Italy, France, Germany, Sweden and Norway.

ToGoTryk is a start-up within the packaging market. We sell to go packaging with individual print for our customers, ranging from small cafes to large private companies. We develop a platform that makes it easy for everyone to buy to go packaging with individual print. To make the platform a succes we need to be the best of online marketing, why we also are trying to be the best within the field.We are based in Copenhagen, where we are apart of an accelerator programme for ambitious start-ups. We are three young entrepreneurs, with ambitious goals to change the slow industry of promotional packaging in Denmark. We do this by sourcing the best manufacturers in the industry, manufacturers who in collaboration with us offer smaller quantities, better prices and faster delivery time than the current companies in the sector. Our daily tasks, whether it is cold calling, social selling or improving our website, are strategically delegated to the respective person who will execute to the very best of his abilities. We believe in a supporting, positive attitude while pushing each other to become a little better every day. We all three partners students on the side, so our working hours vary from day to day. We have daily meetings to ensure congruency and consensus.At ToGoTryk we care for a healthy social setting, and do not shy away from a fun activity, such as grabbing a bear on a great friday afternoon, exercising together or go out to experience a cozy late night board game.

Our vision is to transform presentations, meetings and lectures by turning passive audiences into engaged contributors. We make this possible through our interactive presentation platform where the traditional presentation monologue becomes an inclusive dialogue. We believe in the power of together and that the most successful leaders listen to be heard. With Mentimeter, users become the best presenter they can be. Meetings become more productive, participants learn more and have fun whilst doing it. What started as a weekend hack has since grown organically into a truly diverse and inclusive company, with 200+ m users in 220+ countries and territories, 190+ employees spanning a 54/46 female/male percentage split from 25+ different nationalities.

We make things we wish existed. So far: GLORB, a living light sculpture our customers compare to staring into a fire. SOLDR, a soldering workstation that folds into a book-sized case. Flossr, a steel flosser that replaces plastic floss picks. 16,000+ Kickstarter backers have pledged €1.6M+ on them. We're a product studio in Gothenburg, Sweden. Eight designers, engineers, artists and coders, and every product is our own. We take our ideas from sketch to launch, and do our own design, content and marketing.