Skills to the Future, is developing a digital learning platform to help schools to provide supplementary STEM courses in topics where they lack the resources or competence. We think that our present education could be better. Now the content comes more from looking in the rear mirror, than through the windshield. It should take better account of the constant acceleration of our living environment. We want to help the schools to provide our youth education that trends to the future as much as possible. We cannot exactly tell what skills in 10 years are needed, but we can make good guesses and at least show them in the right direction. Our obligation is to give our youth a kick and a spark starting to learn new skills for the future. How we differentiate ourselves from the other course providers? Our pillars 4 are: #1 The quality of pedagogy first We align, curate, and orchestrate all our course material to achieve pedagogic competence and meet the quality requirements of the ‘Finnish Education Standards’. #2 The how: Blended project-based learning with a flipped approach Digital courses mostly rely only on the delivery of educational material. Our digital platform relies on blended open-ended project-based learning with a flipped approach. That means that also we deliver the educational material online but that’s only one-half of what we do. We also deliver teacher/educator lead workshops, Q&As. We want to ensure that the student really can utilize the information given and convert that to skills by practicing aka by doing homework. Just watching videos and answering some quizzes gives you the illusion you have now learned a skill! #3 High impact needs high completion rates By following and complying with the Finnish pedagogical guidelines we aim to raise the completion rate from Udemy like under 10% to over 80%. A raise in engagement is achieved also with help from our 4th pillar. #4 Co-operating and collaborating with the schools We aim to co-operate with the schools by trying to include our courses in each school’s learning curricula and embed them in the school’s teaching environment. We also aim to collaborate with schools by co-creating courses on topics they want. Searching co-workers with a calling I have been working on this project for a couple of years quite loosely. Soon, when the Helsinki Education Hub starts and opens its doors, we are applying to the EdTech Incubator program. So now is the time to onboard and start the cruise, isn’t it? A person on my wish list for co-founders and early team members could be: - a teacher, educator, course builder, or at least be interested in or somewhat familiar with pedagogy. Curating the courses would be one of the tasks - a tech guy who would run and tackle the Learning Management System or Virtual Learning Environment in all its complexities - a hacker, data guy, designer, or whoever who would join testing and building the product/service in the right direction and helping it grow - an audio/video person who would be in building the courses and participating in the marketing activities broadly understood - a content provider because we are going to build ourselves only some MVP’s - there are many other jobs and tasks you could do, so practically anyone who is self-motivated is welcomed to join! My primary target is to have an impact on my activities. Even though money helps in living, I would rather make a ding in the education universe than get wealthy. I prefer diversity in age, gender, and nationality and I am searching for like-minded people who want to share my calling. I am not inviting you to join right away. Working as a co-founder is like marriage, you just can’t quit when you feel like it. Therefore, it’s best for both parties just to make a small project together and after the experiment, we know how we like to proceed. Please contact me markku.porvari@mit.fi or just call +358 40 725 2547.

EaTable is a food tech opportunity. We are a virtual restaurant provider and building ghost kitchens. We expand the options of restaurants for home delivery by developing virtual restaurants. The majority of cuisine in small towns is pizzerias. We want to open more variation among the restaurants. We let existing restaurants(mostly pizzerias)franchise the virtual restaurants. No real estate investment, no extra staff needed. Just more revenue. EaTable's team has a background in Delivery Hero and has been working with virtual restaurants before. We understand the concept of virtual restaurants best in Sweden!

Our mission is to help companies in the Nordic region use technology to create profitable customer relationships. We work within the themes customer service, support and customer experience (CX) and our solutions are usually based on the CX platform Zendesk which we are experts in. Usually, poor customer experiences are caused by limitations in technology and workforce and using a multitude of siloed systems to serve customers. We help our customers put everything they need in a single location so that communication with their customers is efficient, relevant, and personal. We offer simple, yet powerful solutions that make it easy for our customers to engage with their customers — where and when it’s right for them. Communication channels can be connected so conversations are seamless, making our customers more productive, and context can be shared across their teams. As one of the few Zendesk partners in Europe we have qualified to become “Master Implementer” which is their highest partner level. This translates into highly profitable and impactful results for our customers and our strategic collaboration with best-in-class technology vendors means that we can proudly offer our customers the best solutions as well as very high ROI.

How can we connect travelers who can no longer travel freely due to COVID with experienced local guides who have lost their jobs and local artisans who have lost their revenue? Local Purse is the solution that addresses all three problems. Local Purse is a web-based platform which supports artisans and guides through live video cultural shopping experiences to host travelers around the world virtually. By providing an easy-to-use innovative solution to facilitate live video shopping experiences between local guides, small locally owned businesses and travelers, our competitive advantage is that we focus on personalized experiences and foster connection. Our solution provides a very low barrier for entry which reduces inequality.

Money laundering is a growing societal problem that annually costs Danish society between 34-59 billion or 1.7-2.9% of GDP. Besides the cost side of that, it creates a great inequality and leads to corruption which undermines society as a whole. Today the money laundering problem is rapidly increasing as the number of wanted individuals have been rising exponentially. ARIIA is a fintech company that develops an innovative IT solution to fight money laundering and financial crime. This solution enables banks and AML (Anti Money Laundering) regulated companies to ensure that they are not facilitating or involved directly or indirectly in such affairs. The three founders behind ARIIA are specialists within the AML sector and financial services. They have a proven track record of successful start-ups in financial services. ARIIA’s solution brings value via: 1. Compliance Ensuring that our customers comply with all the requirements set by the authorities in money laundering legislation. 2. Savings Providing additional savings by removing unnecessary expenses to run vendor systems on client’s premises using legacy rules engines. With ARIIA there is no maintenance, no fine-tuning, no solutions experts required. Our tool is cloud-based, ensuring all data protection best practices (encryption, data catalogue, etc.) 3. Business growth - up to 60% reduction in KYC cycle time - up to 70% cut in Case Resolution time - up to 50% reduction in False Positive hits Such efficiency boosts will improve customer experience and will free up resources for further business development. 4. Safeguard and peace of mind. Protecting from fines and reputational risks in an absolutely new level. With our cutting edge technologies we are able to uncover complex business structures that mask criminals or compromised individuals' participation, obscure connections, facilitation schemes and much more. Our cutting edge technologies: Central Knowledge Graph. The traditional method of screening is to make “lookups” vs sanction and watch lists. However the world is about connections and relationships. Our Central Knowledge Graph is a whole connection´s universe where we analyze companies and owners using interactive visual network. Interconnected Single Data Lake. Traditional approach is to work with siloed datasets that are updated one by one (often manually). We process many databases (bank data, public data, sanction lists, etc.) in a data model, which makes it possible to find far more contexts and connections vs traditional approach. And web crawlers that run 24/7 pulling the most recent up-to-date information from vetted sources. Intelligent Screening AI/ML Traditional approach includes rules engines and a lot of manual work that generates inconsistencies for the overall process and other limitations. We move from Rules Engines to ML models that learn from patterns, improve with feedback loops thus improving accuracy rates as well as ensure consistency in the process that is crucial for passing the audit from regulators. In a nutshell: ARIIA is the innovative, adding-value solution for KYC screening, transaction monitoring, AML compliance and risks identification in a single, intuitive platform. ARIIA are currently looking for funding opportunities to develop the MLP to the next level.

Mads Olesen Holdings is owned by entrepreneur Mads Andreas Olesen. After selling his first companies for more than 100 mio. kroner, he now invests in startups, real estate and more through Mads Olesen Holdings (CVR: 36917997) and subsidiaries. In 2020, Mads Olesen Holdings invested in more than 50 ecommerce businesses through its investment in MXNEY.io, that specializes in alternative ecommerce funding. In 2021, the holding company is looking to add 10 properties to its current portfolio of 19 rental properties.

Digisource Consulting AB is a young and innovation driven digital solutions company. The goal is to provide digital transformation by leveraging on Artificial Intelligence, IoT and Robotic Process Automation. We are bold and confident to confront existing solutions and try out new ideas to evaluate future potential.

Agpaytech is an Omnichannel Payments provider. We provide inward and outward money transfer services to over 50 countries worldwide and the network is still growing. Working with Banks, non-Bank Financial Institutions, Telco’s and merchants connected directly via API (Application Program Interface) integration. In addition to processing transactions in different currencies and offering cross-border payment services we also offer, fraud and risk management. Because we are in regulated activities, we offer the alternative for a company to carry out activities without going through the licensing process. This service is for a company who doesn’t want to go through the long process of becoming self-regulated. Our solutions enables companies to: ● Acquire and manage their own clients ● Ease of compliance and regulatory reporting

We help companies acquire customers through various online marketing channels while simultaneously creating transparent comparison websites worldwide. Working towards creating the best and most intelligent SEO products on the market - in other words, are the business model affiliate marketing. We are an Aarhus based start-up located at "The Kitchen" - an entrepreneurial environment.

Our winged shirts combined with accompanying activities help parents who want to nurture children by unlocking their imagination and unveiling their potential. My Wings has created a unique product for the children’s clothing/ dress up market. Each of the wings has a story card and access to accompanying activities that are intended to be playfully utilized by parents (or other primary caretaker) and children to strengthen their bond while at the same time support in the children’s development of qualities such as self-esteem, confidence, communication and courage to name a few, plus introducing concepts around sustainable development. These are qualities that we consider essential for children’s healthy personal development and essential to “soar in life” (aka nurturing their “inner wings”). Our team value opportunities to creat deeper connected experiences between parents and children by engaging in developmental and quality activities. In a sense we are developing an experience to help parents of children between 3-8 years who want to nurture the healthy development of children by reducing damaging negative beliefs and promoting playful positive development.

Copenhagen Center of Functional Medicine is a longevity-focused clinique and tech company- using the latest science and research within longevity to improve and lengthen the lives of the clients and building a platform for monitoring health performance. We are working at the forefront of longevity research and looking for strong partners and allies.

Doughnut is a community platform and tool belt for Freelancers, with one main goal in mind, to help freelancers make more money, maintain their income more consistently and meet other freelancers in their field that they can turn to for help. The most valuable tool I have ever come across has that one person you can contact at 10 pm on a Tuesday evening when you’re stuck on a problem - why not have thousands? What’s included? Community platform. How about a squad, a tribe and a community of operators? All looking out for you. Like it or not, in that line of work, you're mostly alone. What if that could be a thing of the past? I'm building a digital co-working and collaboration space for those that choose the freelance life. Sell your skills. Airbnb, but for freelancers. Build your portfolio, show off your skills and let people book you by the hour, day, week or month. Sell short-term, fixed-term, long, long term—consistency and repeat custom in mind. We handle the invoices, contracts and comms. You bring the skills. Trends and analysis Are you worried about missing the next big thing? We’ll get ahead of it for you with frequent market analysis to make sure you are always ahead of the game. We will also determine what other freelancers in your space are charging so you can submit an offer without FOMO. Next steps Head to our website using the link below and sign up using the form on the homepage to reserve your spot in the community. https://www.doughnut.no

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The next generation of matchmaking in the labour market through AI, MI and smart work. We aim to drive the development towards a more digitalized and data-driven labor market. Our vision is to create a data-driven labor market with an efficient ecosystem that is created using a digital infrastructure.

The Nordic-China Startup Forum is a non-profit NGO registered in Sweden that arranges recurring events in local startup communities alongside corporate and government partners. NCSF is operated by students and young professionals from the Nordics and China and has chapters in ten cities: Stockholm, Uppsala, Copenhagen, Helsinki, Oslo, Shenzhen-HK, Guangzhou, Shanghai and Beijing.