Diwala is a Norwegian-based company that is focused on building opportunities for youth, addressing the global issue of identity theft and certification fraud. Today, displaced individuals and people in emerging markets are challenged by high costs and slow manual processes to verify the authenticity of their skills, identity and credentials. As a result, these individuals have to deal with tedious and out-dated credentialing processes, and are in some cases forced to repeat years of education. This leads to both loss of productivity and inflated unemployment. Imagine that you had to flee your own home because of war. Like Aıscha Najjar, a Syrian doctor turned refugee immigrated to the United States to pursue her dream of work & a safe home. Yet, due to loss of information, she was forced to repeat medical school in the United States. If she had a verifiable skill identity, she might have had the privilege of practicing medicine without any questions. Aıscha`s story amongst others epitomizes the challenge Diwala is addressing. To tackle this challenge, Diwala has created a platform that enables schools and NGOs to issue skill-based identities, backed by blockchain technology. A skill-ID is a digitally verified record of a person’s educational and work history. Diwala is building an ecosystem of trust, by enabling educational institutions and organizations to safely and digitally issue and verify credentials. This will, in turn, save all parties time, money and build a bridge for global work opportunities for untapped talent. Complementing the platform, Diwala has built an app that allows students to easily receive, store and share credentials of both soft and hard skills. By utilizing a decentralized identity management tool, Diwala’s application will also give people ownership of their data information. Diwala is currently executing pilots regularly, to optimize the features and security of the platform in both Kenya and Uganda. Working with their implementation partner Clarke University in Kampala, Diwala recently issued the first set of skill-identities to both students and administrators. These are the first ever digitally verified certificates backed by decentralized identity and blockchain in Africa

EMerald Geomodelling is a spin-off from the Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI). Though we are a young company founded in 2019, our business is built on a decade of research and development at NGI. We are creating a tool that revolutionizes the way we build roads, railways, tunnels, and other types of infrastructure towards a more sustainable use of resources. By using AI to detect patterns and manage uncertainties, we provide critical insights early on in large building projects that help our clients make better decisions. Why do we do this? Worldwide, building infrastructure costs billions of dollars. Too often, actual costs go way over budget. These extra billions spent are a huge burden on society. Our mission is to lessen that burden. By helping our clients build roads, railways, and tunnels with fewer costly interventions, we help free up funds for other worthy social and environmental goals.

Rockstart is an early-stage investor that empowers purpose-driven founders across three domains: Energy, AgriFood, and Emerging Technologies. Rockstart invests in early-stage startups and provides access to capital, market, and expertise by connecting founders with co-investors, mentors, partners, corporates and the wider Rockstart network. Rockstart has invested in more than 300 startups and its alumni value to date is more than $1bn. Rockstart is an international team of 45+ professionals dedicated to empowering purpose-driven founders to become scalable and drive positive change on a global scale. The company has offices in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Copenhagen, Denmark and Bogota, Colombia.

AIRTOX Industries A/S is a breakthrough brand of safety footwear straight out of Denmark. We build safety shoes with exceptional quality and comfort, while still being stylish and fashionable to wear them around. At present, AIRTOX products are sold exclusively in selected stores around Europe. Our goal is to expand our global footprint and make our products available in more countries in the near future so more people can enjoy great safety shoes from Denmark.

Norkon is a fast-growing Norwegian technology company specializing in products for the media industry. With our financial market solution Pulse, award-winning gamification platform Fantasy Funds, and our own AI-powered user personalization tool Beakon, we drive user engagement for our customers globally, including Roularta (BE), The Telegraph (UK), Dagens Næringsliv (NOR), Dagbladet Børsen (DK), Handelsblatt (DE) and many more - catering to millions of users every day. Since our inception, we have developed a deep understanding of real-time data and user attraction, engagement, and retention.

Preely is a do-it-yourself tool for remote user testing on smartphone, tablet and website through easy prototyping and sharing.Stop relying on gut feeling and base your decisions on real data. Data driven prototype testing can pre-emptively prove or disprove hunch, and save lots of time and resources in the long run.Our tool gives you fast and easy access to real testers that test your ideas and provide you with realtime data and analytics.

We’re building Teston, a tool that will take all the hassle out of user testing. Our dream is a world with only user-friendly products, where technology truly serves people of all ages and backgrounds. Where technology supports us in our daily life instead of causing frustration and confusion. In addition to having a strong user- and customer-focus, we also care about creating a great work culture and environment for our team. We’re currently a small (but growing!) start-up, meaning that every single person helps shape the way we work, how we interact with each other, and the way we build products.

Copenhagen Watch Company ApS (CWC) is a Danish watch company that operates the brand Nordgreen. Established in Copenhagen, CWC embodies Scandinavian minimalism and design, focusing on creating high-quality timepieces that blend functionality with aesthetic appeal. The brand, Nordgreen, is celebrated for its sustainable approach and commitment to responsible production. The company offers classic, versatile watches that appeal to a broad, global audience, with a particularly strong market presence in Japan, the US, the UK, Germany and other international markets.

At Pandatron, we’re revolutionizing the way organizations unlock the potential of their people through AI-driven coaching solutions. Our platform leverages the latest LLM/ML technologies to deliver personalized, scalable coaching experiences and collects critical business data at scale. Our vision is to develop Leadership-as-a-Service, a software that will support leaders in managing their organizations, and unlock organizational performance and business transformation through personal growth of individuals. We work with Fortune 500s like Panasonic, Mitsubishi, Skanska, and some others we can’t name :) We have a great team and culture. In total we are 18, executives are founders with exits, ex-Amazon, HR consulting business owners (30 years experience), top change consultants (EY, Accenture), certified coaches and VC principles. Currently, 50% of the tech team is female. Location: Remote (we have offices in Helsinki, San Francisco and Curitiba where you could work)

ZADAA IS A MARKETPLACE APP THAT HELPS PEOPLE TO BUY AND SELL QUALITY CLOTHES THAT FIT BY CONNECTING PEOPLE WITH A SIMILAR SIZE AND STYLE. We want to make buying and selling clothes and accessories fun, safe and easy. We love Clothes, accessories, people and the environment. We want to make an impact on how people consume clothes and accessories in the future. We aim to be the global leader in second-hand fashion.

Oslo Business Region is the official business development agency of Oslo municipality (Oslo kommune). The organization supports and builds the startup and innovation ecosystem through city marketing, investment and talent attraction. Oslo Business Region knows Oslo and the startup and innovation ecosystem. We provide insight and access to local and international business networks through digital platforms, events and support services. Our ambition is to create and scale more high-growth companies in the region, leading to new jobs and sustainable solutions that solve global challenges. We develop and build international awareness of Oslo as an attractive and sustainable destination for business, investment and talent.

Instabridge is an app that helps users find places with fast and free internet, to help the four billion people without good internet access get online. In total, over two million people are using Instabridge to get online. The strongest communities are in emerging markets such as Brazil, Mexico, and India. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Stockholm. The app is available for Android and iOS, and can be found on either the Google Play or Apple App Store.  Our team consists of very open-minded and flexible bunch of multinational individuals. Everyone is involved in decision making and embraces the team. No one is a rockstar alone, but together we create magic. We are very focused when we work together at the office. We need to have a little bit of structure as we want to deliver results and make wifi accessible to everyone everywhere. Every Friday, we discuss the goal of the company and how we’re doing over a nice breakfast. In between hard work, we have a lot of fun. Every Thursday is Instabridge-Thursday: we go out for a beer, paintball, laser game or something like that. Wednesday is our active day when we go out running together. We are a well-integrated team, and we value cultural fit. That is the single most important thing for us, and that we are all following our values and act accordingly. We are good; we are fearless, and we are focused. Stay outside the comfort zone, and good things will happen.

Easysize is a B2B SaaS company working with (direct-to-consumer) online fashion brands around the world. Our products help brands decrease online returns, boost sales and run more sustainable operations by utilising the data they have and helping them become more data-driven. We grew the client base 10x in 2021. And now, you have a chance to be a part of our team in 2022 and help us grow even faster.

Today Mobility provides consumer-centric first and last mile logistics to the automotive industry. Our drivers pick up and deliver cars to and from workshops and dealerships all over Sweden whether it be for a Test Drive, New/Used car delivery or for a routine Workshop visit. So far we've delivered over 150,000 cars, and are working with Sweden's largest car manufacturers and dealers as they transition to online sales and service channels. Our vision is simple - to make car ownership simpler, more convenient and sustainable.

GRØD is a café and restaurant concept that opened in Nørrebro, Copenhagen in 2011, with a nerdy focus on everything related to "grød", including porridge, smoothie bowls, daal, congee, risotto and bowls. Most countries have a unique "porridge"-culture that explores different ingredients, grains and spices. And when it's made right, it tastes absolutely fantastic – and it’s naturally healthy and sustainable. We also highly value community among our colleagues and our guests, and love working with people who understand that their energy has a big impact on their surroundings. GRØD has restaurants in Copenhagen, Aarhus and Oslo, as well as a series of retail products available in the most major supermarket brands.