OKTO is a gamification of outdoor cycling. OKTO gives you the fun of friendly competition, you compete with riders on your own level - both locally and all over the world. By completing quests, journeys, and achievements you gain OKTO points, fun rewards, titles, and more to help you reach the next level.

Disputas is a small tech startup based in Oslo. We come from language technology, robotics, and philosophy. On a grant from the Norwegian research council (NFR), we are currently in the process of developing a digital platform for textual analysis in the educational sector. This summer we started developing the core functionality of the platform, and the first module is aimed at argument analysis. Our plan for 2021 is to expand the platform with modules for syntactic analysis of words and sentences, semantic concept analysis, and a module for law studies and juridical case processing. The premise of the project is to design the platform and the various modules in such a way that use generates data of a kind that is applicable for training novel machine learning services in the field of natural language processing (NLP).

Hundreds of thousands of movies and television series are released every year to the joy of local audiences, but to the annoyance of global audiences who have to wait a long time before these are available in their country. This is because distributors need to take them through an intensive and complex compliance check for every market before they distribute. Our company, Visualyst, is helping publishers get more movies and series cleared for distribution to consumers faster using artificial intelligence and machine learning.

UpNorth Ventures was formed in 2017 by a team of experienced entrepreneurs/executives with broad business, financial, tech and entrepreneurial backgrounds. The team is supported by a network of tech resources and other. We are growing, and currently looking for new partners and employees. We believe in building companies from scratch with a bootstrap mentality that makes them profitable early on. Are you an entrepreneur, investor or just curious, then let us know at hello@upnorth.vc

People find going to the optician frustrating and it is something they tend to delay as long as possible. Pain points include complicated, non-transparent pricing, lack of understanding about lenses and the options available, and insecurity when choosing glasses. Our mission is to remove these pain points and provide a more relevant modern alternative to the traditional optician. Our vertical concept allows us to offer high-quality designer eyewear at affordable prices - enabling people to build a collection of eyewear to meet the needs of their individual lifestyles. We are currently generating 14 million Nok in sales per year through our 5 Kaibosh stores (Oslo, Bergen, Copenhagen, Frederiksberg & Aarhus), e-commerce operation, and wholesale distribution channels.

Ava was acquired by Motorola Solutions in 2022 and is now part of its portfolio. Ava is a global technology company with offices in the UK, Norway, and the USA. We exist because we believe that we can create a better, smarter way to deliver security. We help organizations see, understand, and act on their surroundings to protect their people, business, and reputation in real time.

Inspired by Swedish non-discrimination agencies, we have started an agency that aims to work against harassment and discrimination. We will sell counseling, legal advice, and courses to primarily the private market. This income will fund free legal advice to those harassed or discriminated against. At the moment our main challenge is funding, in order to be able to work sufficiently with this project. The company was founded in February, we have an office, and we have legal expertise.

Handlekraftig AS is an attempt at doing slightly more for the environment than just sorting trash and buying as little plastic as possible. For now, this is a single organic shop where most products are sold in bulk/lose weight. We encourage our customers to bring in their own containers to shop, to minimize the need for new packaging. We try to keep at least 95% of the consumables organic. This is better for our customers and better for the earth. In addition to organic foodstuff, we also offer a wide selection of zero-waste products, such as beeswax wraps, wooden kitchen utensils, and non-plastic containers.

RESPINOR is a privately-owned medical device company, founded in Oslo, 2015. We have developed an objective measure of breathing for critically ill patients within intensive care. The technology provides precise, continuous and real-time information of diaphragm function, our main breathing muscle, to increase the quality of care and reducing costs. RESPINOR’s technology is the winner of Horizon 2020 both in phase I and II. We are addressing an unmet medical need because every breath counts.

We provide the banking network, messaging, settlement, and cash management solutions to meet any bank’s requirements. We are based in Fredrikstad, Norway, where UNITE evolved as a correspondent hub for banks, but our origin is global, developed over years in international banking centers. We have studied other initiatives over the years and learned that the third-party philosophy of trying to bolt-on smart software to multiple bank accounts is less than ideal. A holistic revolution was required to deliver a cross-border payments solution fit for banks in the 21st century.

CYBERSECURITY FOR INDUSTRIAL NETWORKS AND CONTROL SYSTEMS Secure-NOK® is a technology company providing cybersecurity solutions for monitoring industrial networks (OT), and for detecting vulnerable areas. The company has vast experience and recognized technology, and has participated in several research projects with outstanding results. The technology (SNOK) can detect any abnormal event in a network and prevent important infrastructure from experiencing downtime due to malicious attack. Today, most industries are digitized, and thus more exposed to attacks from the outside. With technology from Secure-NOK, such attacks will be detected early, and thus avoid damage and downtime. Secure-NOK has developed patented sensors which are installed in a OT network, and which capture and report any abnormal traffic. The company has sensors for both networks, end-stations and PLC systems.

Building a "børs"  for the worlds non for profit organisation in Oslo. Oslo Philanthropic Exchange is a non-profit foundation. Our mission is to bring the best practice from the global capital markets to raise philanthropic funding more efficiently. Our goal is to contribute to higher impact of philanthropic capital. The OPX Solution addresses the inefficient funding of the non-profit sector and the lack of standardised, transparent and comparable data. By applying best practice from the capital markets for listing of non-profit organisations and reporting requirements as well as leveraging existing infrastructures, we standardise and digitalise to increase efficiency, transparency, accountability and accessibility. The OPX Solution represent the complete value chain of finding, filtering, funding and following the world’s non-profit organisations.

Singlot is a performance marketing agency born out of the need of helping businesses in the social media jungle. We help businesses make data-driven decisions. Like so many people nowadays we live and breathe social and digital media. We have experience working directly with Social media companies such as Facebook and Twitter, as well as agencies such as Facebook PMDs. Throughout our careers, we have worked closely with all kinds of businesses and realized many make decisions based on gut feeling instead of data. We want to solve that! Our mission is to guide businesses toward the best results by making data-driven decisions.

Defigo is the only intelligent building system designed for apartment buildings. We plug into the building infrastructure, control door locks, elevators, lights, ventilation, and fire alarms, and provide users with one common user interface. We offer a wide range of intelligent and innovative services, provided by ourselves or through partners, that increase safety and convenience and reduce cost and hassle.

Trifork is a global NextGen IT company that develops innovative software solutions in collaboration with its customers. The company has more than 1,000 employees, across 61 business units, with offices in 12 countries in Europe and the USA, and works in six business areas: Digital Health, FinTech, Smart Building, Cloud Operations, Cyber Protection and Smart Enterprise. Trifork’s research and development takes place in Trifork Labs, where Trifork continuously co-invests and develops technology start-up companies. Trifork is behind the brand, GOTO, which runs a global tech community with more than 38 million views on YouTube.