About Valmista Valmista is an early-stage startup that we are currently taking over and rebuilding into a modern service marketplace. Our goal is to make it easier for people to find reliable help for everyday tasks and services, while giving freelancers, students, and independent service providers a better way to reach customers. We are currently expanding our team and looking for people who want to help build the company from the ground up.

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.

mellow designs is a circular design and construction company. We specialise in designing indoor and outdoor spaces using upcycled material like euro pallets and scaffolding systems. We have invented unique connection systems that allow us to use material in a modular manner to design and construct temporary infrastructure. We aim to solve the problem of material waste during temporary during infrastructure construction.

Patent pending deep tech innovations in drone fleet /swarm operations by bringing autonomous aerial infrastructure. https://www.linkedin.com/company/sentinel-fleet-ai https://sentinelfleet.ai/ About Sentinel Fleet Sentinel Fleet is creating a new category: Autonomous Aerial Infrastructure. While the drone industry has focused on aircraft, sensors, and missions, the infrastructure required to scale autonomous operations has remained largely unsolved. We are building that infrastructure. The Missing Infrastructure Layer Autonomous systems cannot scale on manual infrastructure. Our patent-pending platform combines intelligent docking, power management, fleet coordination, and autonomous operations into a single system that enables drones to operate continuously with minimal human intervention. The result is a network that transforms drones from isolated tools into persistent, coordinated assets capable of delivering real-world outcomes at scale. Deploy anywhere. Scale effortlessly. Operate continuously. Autonomous Intelligence AI turns a network of drone docks into an autonomous sensing and response system. It continuously deploys, coordinates, and recharges drones while analyzing data at the edge in real time. This enables persistent monitoring, faster decisions, and lower operational costs without human intervention.

Custena is payment middleware for AI agent commerce. It lets anyone monetise an API or MCP server through a single integration that accepts every agent payment protocol (x402, MPP, L402, and fiat credit-card top-up) and gives enterprises the spending governance and compliance infrastructure they need to deploy spending agents safely.

TASS er en norsk markedsplass hvor privatpersoner og bedrifter enkelt kan kjøpe og selge varer og tjenester. Plattformen er utviklet for å gjøre handel tryggere, enklere og mer tilgjengelig for alle. På TASS kan du legge ut annonser innen en rekke kategorier – som kjøretøy, eiendom, elektronikk, båter, tjenester og mye mer. Målet vårt er å gi brukere en moderne og brukervennlig plattform hvor annonsering er enkelt, effektivt og tilgjengelig for alle. Vi jobber kontinuerlig med å forbedre plattformen gjennom bedre sikkerhet, smartere søk og funksjoner som hjelper kjøpere og selgere å finne hverandre raskere. TASS fokuserer også på å forebygge svindel og skape et tryggere annonsemarked. Vår visjon er å bygge en åpen og brukervennlig markedsplass hvor mennesker kan handle lokalt, bærekraftig og trygt.

ABOUT Insurance is one of the biggest recurring household costs - yet the market is built on complexity: dense policies, hard comparisons, and increasingly individualised pricing with little transparency. The result is predictable: people overpay for years, miss critical coverage, or both - and often only find out when it's too late. We're building the consumer layer for private insurance, making it behave like a modern product. Upload your policies and, in under a minute, our AI turns fine print into clear answers: where you're over- or underinsured, where the gaps are, and where you're likely paying too much. We benchmark each policy against an anonymised pool of real policies to recommend better-matched alternatives - shifting knowledge and pricing power back to households. We're early-stage, moving fast, and already proving the need: 50+ customer interviews, 10 households switched, ~28% average savings while improving coverage - plus validation from senior industry professionals, a top-performing insurance salesperson on the team, and initial pre-seed backing from a Bain & Company partner.

Venli is the world’s first Agent Management System (AMS) for hospitality. An AMS is the layer that lets you manage all AI operations from a single platform. Venli connects directly to the most widely used hospitality systems, scrapes your website to build a live knowledge base, and creates a unified access layer where AI agents can perform real actions, not just respond to requests. Hotels use Venli to deploy guest-facing agents across SMS, voice, WhatsApp, and web that handle bookings, service requests, and operational tasks, while background agents automate reporting, planning, and internal workflows using live PMS, CRM, and revenue data. Everything runs in one system, with agents, integrations, and instructions working together in harmony. The result is AI that removes operational friction, reduces manual work for staff, and functions like a digital operations layer rather than a collection of disconnected tools.

KAKTI is on a mission to accelerate the transition toward affordable and intelligent energy systems. Our AI-powered energy management platform optimizes the operations of district heating plants, making energy production more efficient, responsive, and climate-friendly. We work with forward-thinking utilities and plant operators to orchestrate complex thermal systems in real-time, leveraging machine learning, optimization, and forecasting technologies. At our core, we're a collaborative, impact-driven, and technically ambitious team dedicated to transforming how heat and power are produced and consumed.

Gennem platformene MineTilbud, Dayli og Publisher understøttes formidling af tilbud, inspiration og produkter på tværs af digitale kanaler og fysiske butikker. Løsningerne giver lokale butikker, kæder og brands, store som små, mulighed for at være synlige og relevante gennem hele kunderejsen, fra den første inspiration til det endelige køb. For forbrugerne skabes et enkelt, visuelt overblik over relevante tilbud, inspiration og aktuelle produkter i medieplatformene MineTilbud og Dayli. For virksomhederne giver Publisher platformen fuld kontrol over indhold, visning og timing – og ikke mindst lavere adgangsbarrierer og større gennemsigtighed i forhold til digital annoncering.

The live entertainment industry still runs on analog processes,scattered Google Docs, Excel sheets, and manual workflows.” Jocky is building the digital infrastructure for live entrainment. Collecting Invoices, scheduling, booking and live entertainment data so that venues, artists, and agencies can run their operations from a single place.

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.

Legal can be a bit... much. Shareholder agreements. Questions from stakeholders. Basic compliance. And so on. It's a lot to handle for a single person, especially when you're trying to build a company. Much proactively helps you stay on top of your legal operations by understanding your business and working where you are, without the chaos of multiple tools or systems. Every time you think "this is too much"... well, you know where to go. We're a pre-seed startup with 4 founders, building something genuinely useful for founders and legal teams who are drowning in operational complexity.

VyPack AB is a provider of specialized packaging solutions. The company works with customized, structurally developed packaging that supports both functional requirements and brand alignment across different use cases. VyPack offers end-to-end support throughout the packaging lifecycle, from structural development to production coordination and logistics. Through a flexible production model and a network of manufacturing partners, the company enables scalable packaging solutions with adaptable order volumes and efficient lead times.

Oppa Oppa is a Danish skincare store bringing the best of Korean beauty to Scandinavia. We curate and import top-rated Korean skincare products — from well-known favorites like Anua and Beauty of Joseon to insider picks still undiscovered in the West. Our mission is to make premium Korean skincare accessible, trustworthy, and enjoyable for everyone in Denmark. By combining authentic Korean expertise with Scandinavian simplicity, we help people achieve healthy, glowing skin through products that truly work. Oppa Oppa is currently in its early growth stage, expanding our online presence and building a passionate community through creative content, social media, and e-commerce.