MENUPAY er den førende restaurant-app i Danmark og tilbyder en kombineret betalings-, rabat- og loyalitetsløsning til virksomheder og deres medarbejdere. Vi revolutionerer samarbejdet mellem store virksomheders procurementafdelinger og kvalitetsrestauranter gennem sofistikeret mobilbetaling og loyalitetskoncepter. Samtidig tiltrækker vi flere gæster og tilbyder en stærk markedsføringskanal til vores partnere, der inkluderer alt fra Michelin-hædrede restauranter til de bedste caféer, fremragende bagerier og lækre cocktailbarer.

Call Knut is a check-in buddy for the elderly. Call Knut is a service that makes sure that the elder person takes their medication, checks the mental status and make conversation about things such as the news or the weather. The problem we want to solve is very personal - how can I use technology to better keep in contact with my elder father (89 years old, in another city) when I am mid-career with 3 small kids... We are in stealth. Knut is my father.

For companies in need of flexible workforce, Gigstar marketplace provides access to workers on-demand. Unlike temp agencies, who employ temps, Gigstar matches rated freelancers directly with companies. Problem: Hiring & paying for jobs is time-consuming & costly. Difficult to up/down scale workforce. The consequence: Company is understaffed, Production is down and customers are left with poor service. Solution: A unique on-demand marketplace for companies to acquire blue collar freelancers without any concerns. Workers are rated, contracts & payment is automated. Gigstar is the solution for the Gig-Economy and Future Workforce! How it works: 1. Company posts a shift on Gigstar. 2. Relevant freelancers gets notified. 3. Company chooses the best rated worker for the specific shift. 4. Once freelancer is chosen, payment is reserved & contract locked. Revenue is created through Commissions & Subscriptions Take Rate: 20% Subscription: 600-1000 DKK per month. At our current state, we are creating revenue, onboarding companies and freelancers. We have proved that a company can find quality-workers within minutes on our platform. Next is scaling. Hire the future now and Start@Gigstar.app

Today’s safety alarms give a false safety. Seniors and chronically ill are highly risk exposed every day in their own homes. Their essential communication with Home Care through the divided safety alarm has major shortcomings regarding; communication, ergonomics and design. These shortcomings create unnecessary worry among users and even to casualties. The situation of today for society’s most exposed groups is totally unacceptable. To meet the security need of the risk exposed groups we have developed Vevios based on personal and empirical knowledge. Vevios is an innovative and mobile safety alarm, which provides safety and freedom. Vevios is a wearable safety alarm; a cell phone bracelet alarm. Today’s deficiencies Vevios can fulfil through new solutions within C E D Communication Ergonomics Design Vevios C Vevios’s alarm bracelet has an integrated eSim which enables global Coverage, Range and Positioning. The Direct communication is possible since the user after alarm activation, talks with the recipient directly through the alarm bracelet’s microphone and speaker. Vevios E Vevios has a concealed button solution that is easily activated through the patented Panic grip that Also reduces false alarms. Vevios gives a clear Feedback When contact is established. Light and vibrations give the important response which calms the worried soul until help arrives. Vevios D All of Vevios’s technical system is enclosed in the Stylish and flexible bracelet, which can be individually modified in color and size as is desired. The safety alarm’s technical core shall be reusable, when the silicone bracelet cover has to be replaced. This is a sustainable solution. Vevios new design solves the “aid product appearance” of alarms and other care products and encourage use. Vevios solves the problems of today's alarm as it is based on a wireless LTE- tech. The alarm function to operate everywhere. All the tech in Vevios are gathered in one simple silicon bracelet, worn by the user. The user can activate Vevios hidden alarm buttons, using the patented and ergonomic panic grip, which send out an alarm signal positioning to up to ten self-selected phone numbers simultaneously. Vevios will also light up red and vibrate, when activated. When an alarm signal is received by a recipient, Vevios alarm switch to green and provides haptic feedback. This gives the user feedback that the alarm has been received and activates Vevios integrated microphone and speaker. The user can then communicate with the recipients directly via the bracelet, until help arrives. Vevios idea is to develop the safety alarm regarding communication tech, ergonomics and design.

Norban, a PropTech company from Sweden, has created a new and better way to buy and sell homes. Norban enables all homeowners to digitally join their own marketplace, Pre-Market™, and sell if they get the right offer from the right buyer. All transactions are facilitated by Norbans own technology-empowered brokers who take care of every single aspect of the transaction. Selling your home on the Pre-Market™ comes with a 0 SEK commission for the seller. If needed, homes are marketed on the open market where the commission is fixed at 30.000 SEK for all transactions.

Quanturi Oy was founded in 2016 as a forerunner in deploying IoT sensor systems to farming industry. In just a few years, the company has gained a strong position in the business, extending its presence also to related industries like forestry and bioprocessing. Our products include specialized sensor systems and online service applications for visualizing and utilizing sensor data.

Transparently NorwegianWe carefully select guaranteed Norwegian products, ship them via our own "digital highway of trust" to ourselves (in China) and sell them directly to end-users in the world (starting with China) through our own e-Commerce platform (and soon in our own retail stores). We are in business, we control the whole value chain, we do it differently and our concept can't be copied by big American tech or food companies. We also represent business opportunities for other companies.  Xuechun Zhang. Educated in economics and finance, 13 years’ employment at China Construction Bank. Founded several companies in China and operated them for six years before selling them and moving to Norway in 2011. Worked as yoga instructor while studying at BI Norwegian Business School Stavanger. For the past four years has developed large networks in Shanghai focused on the seafood industry as well as media, logistics, distribution, customs, banking and restaurants. Xuechun (or Tara amongst friends) runs our operation in China.Espen Strand Pedersen. Idea maker and concept developer of several retail stores, photography studios and other projects. Educated in photography and worked as professional photographer for more than 20 years. Experience in planning, start-up and daily operations of retail and studio businesses. In 1997 started Stavanger's first artisanal coffee shop, which remains in operation. Espen is now the CEO of Norway in a Box. Espen Strand Henriksen. Concept developer who likes to set things in motion, build networks, collaborate and see the world from multiple perspectives. Educated at BI Norwegian Business School and in the Royal Norwegian Navy. Twenty years’ experience in marketing, advertising, media, sales, management and product and concept development in Oslo and Stavanger, 14 of them working for the world’s first digital cinema company (CAPA), and was also a key person in developing the unique and award winning mobility concept (HjemJobbHjem/HomeWorkHome). Espen is in charge of stakeholders at Norway in a Box.

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.

Recap Power is an innovation company that creates advanced systems and products that contribute to a more sustainable future. Our mission is to simplify the development of connected and smart products and make it easier to create sustainable solutions, while also adding to profitability. Our offer includes services, platforms, tools and products that enable development of IoT systems and solutions.

At Cellugy, we’re passionate about creating innovative solutions for one of the most pressing challenges of the 21st century: plastic pollution. Our product, EcoFLEXY, is a 100% natural bio-cellulose material produced by the fermentation of surplus sugar with specific microorganisms. The objective is to replace fosil-based plastics and products in a wide range of applications, from packaging to chemicals.

Aega ASA is a solar utility company that acquires and operates solar power plants. The company currently owns a portfolio of seven individual solar parks in the Umbria, Lazio, Abruzzo, Emilia-Romagna and Lombardia regions in Italy with a combined production capacity of 7MWp, and an initial annual electricity production of approximately 10GWh depending on the annual solar irradiation.  The company focuses on acquisitions of smaller existing solar parks (below 5MWp capacity), following strict investment criteria.  The company targets to reach a total production capacity of 20MW within 2017 by taking advantage of the current attractive market for secondary solar parks meeting the strict investment criteria.

NOREXECO is a regulated commodity exchange specialised for the global pulp and paper industry. NOREXECO offers trading in cash settled financial futures. These instruments are used to manage price risk for market participants like producers and consumers as well as being a trading opportunity for financial institutions and commodity trading firms. Together with strong partners like the European Commodity Clearing AG, Deutsche Boerse Group and FOEX Indexes Ltd, NOREXECO brings market participants from many regions together around a common liquidity pool in an otherwise fragmented trading environment. Anonymous trading, transparency, guaranteed settlement and investor protection within a regulated environment makes NOREXECO an attractive marketplace for optimizing risk.

Vepak was founded with the mission to automate and remove the bottle neck in the production of firewood in bags, and to ensure that the professional producers of logs could be located not only in low-salary countries with long transport distances, but as close to the end users as possible.

Meshtech is a leading developer of industrial IoT solutions to track people and objects or transport sensor data using mesh network technologies. The company offers a unique and robust solution based on industrial Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) wireless communication. Using cutting edge technology, and ATEX Zone 1 certified components; Meshtech’s proprietary hardware and software platform is a low cost solution at the forefront of industrial grade BLE communication. Our main market segments are Welfare, Maritime, Building Automation, Platorm/Rig & Industry. Meshtech is constantly innovating and improving, inspired by customer input.

After working together since 2012 in game development company Henchman & Goon, we launched Goontech in January 2015. Our background in game development has given us a ton of knowledge and a special mindset that we apply to our projects. We continue to look to the game industry for inspiration, techniques and technology, and bring this with us into other industries. Our vision is “Visualizing Great Ideas”, no matter what industry or format, and our mission is to make smarter and more user-friendly visualization solutions. Goontech is located in Bergen, Norway, in short distance from a growing entrepreneurial environment, and some of the biggest players in the oil and gas industry. We also have a small office in Oslo, Norway.