At SumUp, we're on a mission to empower small businesses across the globe by providing simple and affordable Fintech tools that allow them to thrive. From card readers and POS solutions to business accounts, invoicing, and online payments, we make it easier for independent businesses to run and scale on their own terms. Today, over 4 million businesses in 37 markets rely on SumUp as their financial partner to manage payments, finance and customer relationships. With a diverse team of over 3,000 SumUppers from over 90 nationalities, united by our mission to empower small business owners. We’re a global team of builders, problem-solvers, and customer-obsessed people, united by a mission to empower small merchants and help them thrive. We move fast, responsibly, think entrepreneurially, and care deeply about creating products that make a real difference in everyday business.

CodeRally is an AI-powered platform designed for Shopify eCommerce teams. By analyzing store data, CodeRally identifies the right products and collections to discount using AI models, helping reduce cart abandonment, improve inventory turnover, and maximize profitability. Our platform provides actionable insights to optimize promotions and simplify decision-making, enabling merchants to achieve better results without guesswork.

Qallio is an AI-powered receptionist platform built for small and medium-sized businesses. We help businesses never miss a customer call by providing a 24/7 multilingual AI phone agent that answers calls, books appointments, handles customer inquiries, and sends follow-up reminders via SMS and email — all without hiring extra staff. Most SMEs lose significant revenue because they miss up to 40% of incoming calls, especially outside working hours or during peak periods. Qallio solves this problem by replacing manual call handling with a smart, always-available AI receptionist. Customers hear natural, friendly voices in their own language, making every interaction feel personal and professional. Key features include: - 24/7 inbound and outbound call handling - Automated appointment booking, confirmations, and rescheduling - Multilingual support (English and Swedish, and many more languages) - SMS and email reminders to reduce no-shows - Google Calendar and Google Sheets integrations - A simple dashboard to track all calls, bookings, and customer interactions - Full GDPR compliance with data hosted on secure EU servers Qallio works for any business that relies on phone bookings — including clinics, salons, car repair shops, law firms, restaurants, and education centers. Setup takes less than 30 minutes with no hardware required; businesses can forward their existing number or get a new one instantly. Founded by Rafi Mohammad, Johannes Gontrum, and Mattias Karlsson, Qallio is on a mission to make world-class customer service accessible to every small business in Europe. Qallio is part of the Bling Incubator and is headquartered in Uppsala, Sweden.

SustainX er et rådgivningshus med en mission om at skabe værdi for virksomheder, mennesker og planeten. Vi hjælper virksomheder med at eksekvere på bæredygtighed, så ambitioner omsættes til reel effekt i hele forretningen. Hos SustainX gør vi arbejdet med bæredygtighed konkret og håndgribeligt. Vi sætter klare rammer, så indsatsen bliver overskuelig og kan måles på tværs af organisationen. På den måde bliver bæredygtighed ikke et sideprojekt, men en naturlig del af jeres drift og beslutninger. Med vores erfaring inden for bæredygtighed, ESG og praktisk implementering hjælper vi jer med at skabe reelle fremskridt. Ikke bare gode intentioner.

Alefarm Brewing is a microbrewery focused on contemporary, handcrafted, and flavorful products of high quality. Our mission is to create unique beer experiences, so that our love for beer is carried forward. We are on a journey to explore craft beer. Our ambition is to bring people together through carefully crafted experiences with beer.

At The Scaling School, we aim to provide valuable knowledge and a collaborative community for ambitious entrepreneurs and teams. We’re dedicated to supporting businesses in making a difference and naturally scaling up. We envision a future filled with energetic leaders ready to tackle global challenges and drive positive change! Our main target groups consist of founders and teams, as well as municipalities mainly in the Nordics, that we support by training local businesses to progress and grow. As 50% of local businesses will not survive their 5th birthday, we aim to change the outcome to success for many more.

Tid is a watch startup challenging the assumption that products should be designed for a single, default body and identity. Most watches are built around narrow aesthetic and ergonomic norms, leaving many people adapting themselves to the object rather than the other way around. We design unconventional, modular timepieces that prioritize fit, expression, and personal meaning over tradition. The problem we solve is not accuracy of timekeeping, but relevance: creating objects that reflect diverse bodies, lives, and ways of being in the world.

Bellis is developing a direct-to-consumer travel experience platform to help local tourism businesses sell experiences and gift cards directly to travelers, solving the problem of high commissions, lost customer relationships, and generic discovery on traditional booking platforms — powered by low fees, strong data ownership, and an AI-driven discovery layer. The tourism and experience economy is dominated by large global booking platforms and deal sites that take high commissions (often 15–30%), control customer data, and prioritize volume over relevance. For local hotels, inns, attractions, and experience providers, this results in shrinking margins, limited ownership of customer relationships, and heavy dependence on third-party platforms for visibility and sales. At the same time, travelers face a different but related problem: discovering authentic, local experiences is surprisingly difficult. Recommendations are often generic, paid placements dominate results, and users must jump between many different platforms to plan a trip. The result is a disconnect between what travelers want — personal, meaningful experiences — and how experiences are distributed online today. This problem affects a large and fragmented market: thousands of small and mid-sized tourism businesses across Denmark (and beyond), and millions of travelers each year looking for better inspiration and simpler booking flows. Despite digitalization, much of the value is extracted by intermediaries rather than staying with the local hosts who create the experiences. Bellis solves this by acting as a direct booking and discovery layer between travelers and local hosts. For travelers, Bellis is a single place to discover, save, and buy experiences and gift cards directly from hosts — without hidden markups or confusing redirects. Discovery is curated and increasingly personalized through an AI travel assistant that understands structured tourism data and recommends experiences based on interests, companions, timing, and location. For hosts, Bellis is not a traditional OTA. There are no setup fees, subscriptions, or long-term lock-ins. Partners only pay a low transaction fee when they actually make a sale. Bellis provides the infrastructure — checkout, gift cards, partner dashboards, analytics, and server-side tracking — while hosts retain control over pricing, branding, and customer relationships. A key part of the solution is measurement and data transparency. Bellis ensures that marketing and traffic can be tracked and optimized even when bookings happen in external systems, allowing partners to understand real performance and invest confidently in direct sales. Bellis started from first-hand experience working closely with tourism businesses and seeing how much value was lost to intermediaries. Again and again, great local hosts struggled to make direct sales while paying high commissions to platforms that added little beyond distribution. At the same time, as travelers ourselves, we felt how impersonal and repetitive travel discovery had become — even in a country full of unique places and passionate hosts. The inspiration came from Denmark’s Marguerite Route: guiding people away from the highways and toward hidden gems. Bellis is the digital version of that idea. The motivation is simple: keep more value local, make discovery feel human again, and give both travelers and hosts tools that work in their favor — not against them.

We're Tairo Partners - Scandinavia's AI transformation agency We turn your support into your competitive advantage. Here's what we're seeing: Businesses are losing clients and revenue due to slow response. → Your support team wastes up to 60% of their time on repetitive questions & tasks. → Leads go cold because manual follow-up doesn't scale. → You're guessing what customers want instead of knowing. We Fix All Three: → Tailored AI Agents: Handle customer inquires 24/7 (chat + voice, 40+ languages) → Lead Intelligence: Pre-qualify, nurture, upsell or re-engage cold prospects → Success Dashboard: Get real-time insights and analytics into your customer needs and opportunities like never before. The difference? Your customers never wait again. No "business hours." No hold music. No "we'll get back to you." Just instant help when they need it - Which means they're happier, more loyal, and more likely to recommend you. Happy customers drive revenue. What if support became your biggest growth lever?

Koppelmann Art is an art-based startup working with abstract macro photography and handmade ceramics. The work centers on slowing down the gaze and bringing attention to details that are often overlooked — surfaces, structures, light, and quiet moments in nature and material. The problem I’m responding to isn’t a practical one in the traditional sense, but a perceptual one. We live in a visually loud, fast-moving world where images are consumed quickly and replaced just as fast. Much of what surrounds us is designed for efficiency rather than presence. My work offers an alternative - a moment when nothing is needed from you. My art invites people to pause, look closer, and give space for their imagination to flow fostering a calmer, more attentive way of living. Through macro photography, familiar natural elements are transformed into abstract compositions that create space for interpretation rather than explanation. The ceramics follow the same principle — tactile, functional objects made with care, precision, and respect for material and process. Both mediums aim to bring a sense of quiet quality into everyday environments, whether that’s a home, a workspace, or a clinical setting. I started Koppelmann Art to build a sustainable artistic practice where quality, craftsmanship, and longevity matter more than speed or trends. The goal is to create art and objects that people choose and live with for a long time, acting as an anchor they can return to — visually and physically — in the rush of their daily lives.

Car inspections have been a law since the 1960s, while we humans often crash before we go for an inspection? We want to help change this. We were frustrated with the health checks offered: too general, too stressful, outdated, and left people with health anxiety instead of clarity about their health. So we decided to change that. At BizMed, we offer modern, personalized and medically quality-assured health checks for companies & individuals – to catch health risks in time. Our services also include vaccinations, CPR training and work environment expertise – always with committed staff who truly care about making a difference. Because good health should not be left to chance.

Nippon HiFi is a Finnish-based distributor and representative of high-end hi-fi audio equipment, focused on delivering premium sound solutions for audiophiles and music enthusiasts. The company specializes in the distribution, promotion, and representation of high-quality audio brands, primarily from Japan and Europe. Nippon HiFi works with manufacturers known for their engineering excellence, natural sound reproduction, and uncompromising approach to audio design. Their portfolio includes high-end amplifiers, turntables, loudspeakers, cartridges, and other audiophile components. Beyond distribution, Nippon HiFi acts as a bridge between manufacturers and the European market, supporting brand development, dealer networks, and international partnerships. A strong emphasis is placed on sound purity, musicality, and innovative technologies, often targeting listeners who value authentic and fatigue-free listening experiences. In summary, Nippon HiFi is a premium hi-fi audio distributor and brand representative, dedicated to bringing carefully selected, world-class audio equipment to the European audiophile community.

Willit is a digital marketplace for Nordic wild and natural foods for example wild fish, game, foraged berries and mushrooms, and artisanal farm products. The problem: Finland has a €950M market for these products, yet 90% of wild berries go unpicked and 55% of harvesters cannot find buyers. Informal channels like Facebook groups lack payments, logistics, and trust. This is not a supply problem. It is a marketplace failure. Our solution: Willit provides the missing infrastructure. We handle payments, coordinate logistics, and build trust through verified sellers and transparent product information. We unlock latent supply and connect consumers with products that would otherwise never reach the market. Why now: Growing demand for traceable, sustainable food combined with regulatory complexity creates the right conditions for a purpose-built marketplace. We navigate compliance while preserving Nordic food culture.

ProV is a global IT consulting and services company specializing in ERP implementation (IFS, SAP, ServiceNow), managed services, and data engineering solutions powered by platforms like Snowflake and Databricks. We help organizations modernize legacy systems, optimize business processes, and manage their IT operations with scalable, cost-efficient service models. With teams across the US, Europe, India and LATAM, ProV delivers end-to-end digital transformation, from strategy and implementation to ongoing support.

We're the small teams’ marketing agency. Without the price tag. We're based in Stockholm, but built for ambitious brands everywhere. We're developing an AI-powered marketing platform, specifically designed to help small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) succeed with their marketing efforts. Our platform automates the entire marketing cycle; from strategic planning and content creation to publishing, data-driven analysis, and continuous optimization. We create a self-learning, closed-loop ecosystem where the results from every activity are automatically fed back into the strategy, ensuring our customers' marketing constantly improves. Our team combines deep expertise in marketing and AI development.