Hardware Startup Finland ry is a non-profit organisation that brings together hardware entrepreneurs and HW-oriented people in Finland. Our most important events are meetups, during which people get to know each other, share ideas, get feedback and help and hear talks from international speakers. We want to build a thriving hardware community and support people with their wild dreams of building physical products. Let's make Finland the HW-hub of Northern Europe together!

Airlabs is an organisation with foundations in atmospheric chemistry and airflow engineering that has been established out of a desire to tackle the huge social problem of air quality in cities across the world. Our work is the result of active collaboration between our team and some of the world’s leading applied environmental research and engineering institutes. Our team brings together experts from widely varying disciplines: from atmospheric chemistry to pollution monitoring, from fluid dynamics to environmental health and from economics to engineering and design.

TWIND Solutions is a wind-tech startup building lifecycle intelligence SaaS solutions for the energy industry. We are a small team with deep wind engineering background. Our portfolio is composed of two SaaS products, and services related to numerical load analysis, life extension assessment, and general health and performance analysis of the wind energy projects.

ZynexGroup is a Danish company based at Incuba, Åbogade 15, Aarhus. We place a customer-owned battery cabinet (BESS) at factories and industrial sites that already have a grid connection (existing 400 V AC three-phase). ZynexGroup operates the battery in the ancillary services market – frequency regulation that helps keep the power grid stable – and the customer gets paid. Because the battery uses the existing connection, the project does not have to join Energinet's queue for new grid connections, unlike stand-alone battery parks. Hybrid Greentech is the balance responsible party (BRP) partner. CVR 45624013. The problem: Denmark needs far more flexible capacity to balance a grid with more and more wind and solar, but new grid connections for battery parks are stuck in long queues. ZynexGroup unlocks capacity that already exists on industrial sites, so batteries can start delivering grid services sooner and industrial companies earn from infrastructure they already have. Learn more at https://zynexgroup.com/

We are simplifying business to business deals, sourcing and integrations, by being the bridge between emerging technologies and end customers. The problem DODi solves sits on both sides of a broken market. Mid-size Nordic manufacturers know they need to automate, instrument, and optimize, but finding the right provider of technology is slow and risky. They lack the time to scan a fragmented supplier landscape, the technical depth to separate real capability from a good pitch, and a low-cost way to test a solution before committing budget. On the other side, strong early-stage tech companies struggle to reach industrial buyers, understand plant realities, and land the reference customers that unlock their next stage of growth. The two sides rarely meet on terms that work for either of them. DODi closes that gap with curated, structured matchmaking rather than an open directory. The result is a platform that makes industrial modernization approachable. Manufacturers get a trusted, low-risk way to discover and test new technology without the search cost or the guesswork. Emerging tech companies get warm, qualified access to serious industrial buyers and the reference customers they need to grow. DODi sits in the middle as the layer of trust, curation, and industrial judgment that turns a promising match into a working deployment.

Acodyne is building the world’s fastest unmanned eVTOL cargo aircraft for heavy payloads. Designed for missions where time, access, and risk define the outcome, whether it’s offshore logistics or frontline resupply. With a proprietary ducted-fan system and fixed-wing efficiency, the E200 model carries 200 kg at 450 km/h, delivering critical supplies up to 10× faster than land and at a fraction of helicopter cost. We are currently 10 people, based at our workshop at Avedøre Airfield, and plan to double our team in the next year.

North Star Tech Oy is a Finnish company that makes research integrity verifiable. Its product, North Keeper, is a verifiability layer for the research lifecycle, built on Microsoft Azure. Research integrity is now a board-level obligation for universities, research funders, and publishers, driven by the reproducibility crisis, fabricated results, and tightening funder mandates. Today integrity is asserted, not proven: ethics approvals sit in filing cabinets, reproducibility lives in a methods section few can rerun, and grant spending is reconciled long after the money is gone. North Keeper runs deterministic checks on the research record and turns each passed check into verifiable evidence. It can prove that identified records met defined integrity controls at a point in time, recorded as evidence a funder, journal, or auditor can verify directly. This is the distinction the product is built on: proof, not assurance. It does not claim that a scientific conclusion is true. The first check covers ethical consent, with reproducibility and responsible spending as deliberate later phases. Each passed check is issued as a tamper-evident, post-quantum-signed True North Certificate and recorded in the True North Registry, a public, append-only record anyone can verify against. North Keeper consumes Microsoft Purview, Microsoft Fabric, and Azure Cost Management as substrate rather than rebuilding them; the owned engines and the registry are what make the evidence independent. North Keeper is a transactable ISV product on the Microsoft Azure Marketplace, with metered consumption pricing and Microsoft co-sell, so customers buy through their existing Microsoft agreement. North Star Tech Oy is based in Helsinki and serves universities, research funders, and publishers across the EU and the Nordic region first, then the wider global research market.

GoWest — Nordic Venture Capital Forum GoWest is one of the Nordics’ leading venture capital forums for startups, scale-ups, investors, and ecosystem leaders focused on the future of innovation and industry. Hosted in Gothenburg, Sweden, GoWest brings together founders, venture capitalists, angel investors, corporations, universities, policymakers, and talent from across Europe to accelerate the growth of ambitious technology companies — from pre-seed to Series A and beyond. At the intersection of deep tech, industrial transformation, sustainability, and entrepreneurship, GoWest reflects the unique strengths of West Sweden: a region shaped by world-leading industry, engineering excellence, and an increasingly dynamic startup ecosystem. A MEETING PLACE FOR FOUNDERS, INVESTORS AND FUTURE INDUSTRIES GoWest exists to create meaningful connections between startups and capital. Over the course of several days, we facilitate high-quality matchmaking between founders and investors while also creating a platform for discussions around the future of European innovation, competitiveness, and technology leadership. The conference focuses especially on sectors where Europe — and the Nordics — have the potential to lead globally: Deep tech Climate tech Mobility and automotive innovation AI and emerging technologies Life science and health innovation Energy and electrification Industrial transformation Space and frontier technologies University spinouts and research commercialization GoWest is designed not only as an event, but as a catalyst for long-term collaboration between startups, investors, universities, corporations, and public stakeholders. WHAT HAPPENS AT GOWEST? GoWest combines structured investor matchmaking with inspiring stage content, networking opportunities, curated side events, and ecosystem-building activities.The conference includes: Startup-investor matchmaking Pitch sessions and founder showcases Investor programs and LP activities Keynotes and panel discussions Policy and innovation forums Workshops and breakout sessions Community gatherings and side events Networking experiences across Gothenburg Every year, hundreds of startups and investors participate in curated meetings designed to create real business opportunities and long-term relationships. A PLATFORM FOR THE NORDIC INNOVATION ECOSYSTEM GoWest is built around collaboration. We work closely with incubators, science parks, universities, accelerators, investors, corporations, and public organizations across the Nordics and Europe to strengthen the region’s innovation ecosystem. The conference is founded by Chalmers University of Technology and the University of Gothenburg and developed together with ecosystem partners who share a vision of building globally competitive technology companies from Europe. WHY VOLUNTEER AT GoWest? GoWest is powered by people who are passionate about innovation, entrepreneurship, technology, and building meaningful experiences. As a volunteer, you become part of an international community working at the center of the Nordic startup and investment ecosystem. This is an opportunity to: Build experience in event production and international conferences Meet founders, investors, and industry leaders Expand your professional network Gain insight into startups, venture capital, and innovation Develop communication, coordination, and operational skills Work alongside an ambitious and welcoming team Get behind-the-scenes access to one of the Nordics’ leading tech events We welcome students, young professionals, international talent, and anyone curious about startups, innovation, events, and community building. Whether your interests are within business, tech, operations, communication, hospitality, partnerships, or entrepreneurship, GoWest offers a dynamic environment where you can learn, contribute, and grow.

Minimapper is a Finnish proptech startup building an AI-powered tool for making real estate photos understandable. Our product helps property portals, brokerages, and landlords to make listings easier to understand by showing exactly where each photo was taken within the property. Minimapper adds a small floor plan minimap with a viewing marker to listing photos, giving property seekers a clear spatial understanding of the spaces from the very beginning. Even though floor plans and photos are two of the most important assets in real estate marketing, today, this crucial connection is often missing from property listings. Interior photos can look attractive, but users often struggle to understand how the rooms connect, where a photo was taken, and how the property actually feels as a layout. According to a user survey by leading Finnish property portal Etuovi.com, 80 % struggle with spacial understanding without Minimapper, and two-thirds want to see Minimapper in listings, as it helps 87 % to understand the spaces easier. Minimapper is available in all HOAS properties in the Helsinki region, where they manage over 10 000 apartments. In 2025 alone, Minimapper helped over 650,000 students to find their next home more easily. We are now developing Minimapper into an automated AI API that can process property listings at scale. The goal is to enable major real estate portals and listing platforms to automatically add minimaps to property photos whenever a floor plan is available. We are looking for a backend-focused full-stack developer to help build the backend systems, cloud infrastructure and integrations around our AI pipeline. Experience with APIs, scalable backend architecture, Google Cloud, Dart & Flutter, visual AI, image processing or real estate technology is especially relevant. This opportunity is best suited for someone who is motivated by startup ownership and long-term upside. Initially, the compensation is expected to be primarily option-based, with the aim of building a well-funded, scalable company together. Minimapper is at an exciting stage: the core AI product exists, market discussions are active, and the path is clearing toward scalable portal integrations. We are eager to talk to you and find out what we could achieve together.

DiFacto is an AI-powered SaaS startup based in Aarhus at Incuba, automating invoice auditing for companies with complex supplier and rebate agreements — starting with the Danish construction industry. The problem: Construction companies operate under intricate price agreements with major suppliers like STARK, XL-Byg, and others. These agreements contain volume discounts, seasonal rebates, and project-based pricing. In practice, invoices frequently deviate from the agreed terms — but checking them manually is time-consuming, expensive, and requires specialist knowledge that most SMEs simply don't have. Our own pilot data shows that around 10% of all invoices contain errors or rebate breaches, putting 1–1.5% of total procurement volume at risk. Why we built it: We spent 14 months manually analysing hundreds of real price agreements and invoice structures from Denmark's largest building suppliers. That deep understanding became the foundation for a platform that does in 30 seconds what a trained analyst would take hours to do. Our core engine reads invoices via OCR, converts them to structured data, and cross-references them algorithmically against the client's price agreements — flagging every discrepancy automatically. Why now: We have a working MVP, real pilot customers, and a clear path to a commercially scalable product. We're a small team of three co-founders building something technically complex in a space with almost no direct competition. This means an intern won't just watch from the sidelines — you'll work directly on live problems, contribute to a microservice-based backend architecture, and learn how to build AI-driven data pipelines in a real startup environment at Incuba, Aarhus.

Vexter hjelper B2B-selgere å jobbe smartere ved å kombinere presis prospektdata med et intelligent AI-verktøy for e-post outreach. Vi gjør det enkelt å finne riktige leads, bygge målrettede kampanjer og skape flere møter på kortere tid. Med Vexter bruker du mindre tid på manuelle prosesser og mer tid på å selge. Plattformen omsetter data til innsikt som øker konverteringsraten, øker effektiviteten og skalerer veksten.

Fimento is an AI-native platform that brings clarity to complexity in financial decision-making. It helps businesses make smarter, faster decisions through AI-driven insights by combining advanced analytics, automation, and deep industry knowledge to turn complex data into clear, actionable outcomes that drive growth and efficiency.

Mellow Chocolate produce high-end single-origin chocolate following the bean-to-bar principles. All processing of cacao beans into chocolate is done by hand by us. We source raw cacao beans from small local farmers from across the world and craft them into chocolate bars at our workshop in Copenhagen, Denmark. We make chocolate from carefully selected cacao beans from some of the world's unique cocoa origins. We buy exclusively from farmers who grow their cacao under 100% ethical and sustainable conditions.

1. CryptoSuvereign Norge AS is developing a regulated digital investment platform that makes it easier for people and small businesses to access the crypto market safely. We simplify exposure to digital assets through one transparent, Norwegian-based solution that combines technology, trust, and compliance. Our approach is based on proprietary mechanisms for value stability and portfolio management, details are confidential and shared only under NDA. 2. The crypto market is growing fast, but most people find it too complex, risky, and unregulated to invest in. Today, over 90 % of private investors who enter the crypto market either lose money or never diversify beyond one or two coins. Small businesses and startups also struggle to gain secure, compliant exposure to the sector. We are addressing this gap by building a bridge between traditional finance and the blockchain economy, giving users a safe, regulated entry point into digital assets. 3. The technical framework and operating model behind our solution are proprietary and can only be shared under a signed confidentiality agreement (NDA). The idea started with frustration seeing how ordinary people wanted to invest in crypto, but were pushed away by technical barriers, high volatility, and lack of trust. Our motivation is to create something that gives everyone a fair, transparent, and professional way to invest in this new economy without needing to be an expert or take unnecessary risk. We believe Norway and Europe need their own secure framework for digital asset management, and we want to be the ones who build it first. Because the concept combines regulated finance with blockchain innovation, we require all external collaborators to sign an NDA before receiving detailed project information.

Supernova Publishing is a new publishing house with a bold mission: spread knowledge through fresh, original, and engaging projects across a variety of fields. We believe in the power of storytelling as a universal language that sparks curiosity and makes learning fun. Through adventure and imagination, we strive to inspire young minds all over the world. We’re committed to creating meaningful stories with a positive impact on our planet and to collaborating with the most creative, passionate, and visionary people out there. At Supernova Productions, we develop IPs, books, and ideas – and we’re always open to new partnerships.