--Improving resilience against a changing climate-- Haawal Engineering focuses on creating practical solutions to address the challenges of a changing climate. Our main innovation is a user-friendly, portable flood barrier designed to protect communities from flooding. Developed and patented by our team, this effective solution has already been adopted in Norway, Germany, and Spain. As we continue to grow and adapt, Haawal Engineering remains dedicated to finding accessible and inventive ways to help communities face the realities of climate change.

Dash is a movement for a better designed future. As a multidisciplinary community of problem-solvers, we strive to bring together individuals interested in design thinking and its impacts on organizations and society. Our main event is our weekend-long hackathon called Dash Hack. It is a design thinking sprint that inspires creativity and solves real company problems from the comfort of a Helsinki hotel.

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.

Better Moments is one of the leading photo workshop platforms, organizing high-end workshops and PhotoWalks for passionate photo enthusiasts worldwide. Our workshops create unique opportunities for our guests to learn from the world’s best photographers within their field - while travelling in stunning, remote and highly scenic locations. We want them to explore their passion and excitement for photography – and to enjoy great moments in life.

Beneath makes it easy to develop awesome data-driven applications in minutes. It is a platform that lets data scientists develop, deploy and share streaming analytics without worrying about sourcing data, providing integrations or managing infrastructure. Our goal is to make state-of-the-art data science accessible to any developer.

Aleap, a non-profit incubator, offers a community for health startups. Our mission is to facilitate innovation and value creation by developing an ecosystem for ambitious health entrepreneurs and companies to create new products better and faster. We believe that entrepreneurship and successful startups will benefit from collaboration in a multidisciplinary environment with proactive sharing.   What we do 1. We help you reach your growth goals. We have our own methods to guide you and your start-up company, whether it be development, financing or commercialization.2. Here you will be part of a stimulating environment with like-minded entrepreneurs. We facilitate sharing, learning and collaboration through professional and social meeting places.3. With us, we adapt a development course especially for your company and acquire the expertise you need along the way. Our national and international network of experienced advisors contributes to an increased chance of success. Our Community  Aleap is situated at the innovation, research and knowledge hub, Oslo Science Park. The Science Park has a long tradition of commercializing R&D activities and is today home to more than 300 companies. Aleap is funded through the support of SIVA, Oslo Municipality and Innovation Norway to foster an ecosystem for health startups and innovation. Industry experts collaborate with us to provide our members with the best possible knowledge, networks and services so the entrepreneurs can focus on their core business. We have representatives in IPR, regulatory services, legal, design, financing, accounting and production services.

Serene is a startup currently in stealth mode. We are looking to build a company tackling one of the biggest pain points in the trillion dollar CRE (commercial real estate) space. We are a technology company in the property sector operating physical spaces. We are founded by serial entrepreneur and looking to add ambitious people to our small initial team.

WealthyTec is a FinTech start-up based in Helsinki, Finland. We are building an Automated Investment Advisor (Robo Advisor) with the core focus on Chinese stocks that can be traded by international investors.In addition, WealthyTec offers powerful B2B solutions – helping finance industry companies become truly digital. Now available, these solutions will transform wealth management experiences and financial service delivery, using WealthyTec’s advanced software solutions and cloud capabilities.

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.

We hook runners up with local guides and running experiences. Go! Running Tours provides running tours in 60+ cities enabling travelers to run and discover new cities.  Our products lie at the intersection of passion for running, traveling and local authentic experiences - the sweet spot for any runner.In 2018 we opened 20 new destinations, and in 2019 we will continue to expand to new geographical locations along with expanding upon our current product offerings. Join us - its fun and its fast!

Cribble Craft is a start-up company that designs and sells sustainable, challenging toys produced in wood. Our products are building kits for crafters that enable users to create an own unique mini house design In November 2018 Cribble launched a new webpage with own e-commerce and also started selling Cribble in selected stores.  In 2019 we are focusing on growing our business and in order to do this we need to expand our team.  Learn more about Cribble on www.cribble.se.

Inkrement står bak Campus Inkrement - Norges største tjeneste for omvendt undervisning med over 100 000 månedlige brukere. Med en sterk posisjon i læremiddelmarkedet er vi i stadig vekst med mål om å tilby tilpasset læring til alle. Vi er et ungt og innovativt selskap med bred kompetanse innenfor læringssystemer. Tjenestene våre gir lærere og elever læringsdata som bidrar til bedre tidsutnyttelse og økt læringsutbytte.

Planet Happy is an online platform with a mission to make it easier to be a conscious consumer.

Swapfiets started in the classic start-up way. A group of friends having a good idea and deciding to just try it out: For a fixed price a month you get a Swapfiets bicycle and we ensure your Swapfiets bicycle always works. It turned out to be a great concept. After a period of fixing up bikes ourselves, Swapfiets has now arrived at a point where it has designed its own bicycle and started spreading out the service to a growing number of cities. An epic service, made easy.

eHealth Nordic provides consulting within marketing and sales organizations in the pharmaceutical industry. We are focused on how digital activities can add value to the existing marketing and sales activities. eHealth Nordic have developed iPREZENTR, a Multi-channel Selling platform, to improve sales force efficiency. Our goal is to offer the best Multi-channel platform, which can facilitate data driven communication for pharma and related industries.