Silicon Valhalla is a Nordic tech intelligence hub that maps startups, founders, investors, and market signals across the Nordic region, with a particular emphasis on AI, SaaS, and frontier innovation. It exists to make the “Silicon Valhalla” ecosystem - Nordic tech’s answer to Silicon Valley - more visible, navigable, and investable for founders, operators, and capital. The platform combines a curated startup directory, an events calendar, and ecosystem insights into a single, neutral entry point for Nordic tech. Startups and scaleups get structured profiles highlighting what they do, where they are based, which sector they play in, and how to reach them, while investors and partners can quickly scan emerging companies across AI, climate, fintech, deep tech, and more. A continuously updated view of companies and activity aims to surface momentum early, so users can spot new categories, breakout teams, and upcoming fundraising stories before they hit the mainstream. Silicon Valhalla is designed to be independent and ecosystem-first rather than a job board or paywalled database. The service is currently free to use, making discovery accessible while opening the door for future premium offerings such as featured profiles, highlighted events, and deeper signal products for investors and corporates. In short, Silicon Valhalla is building the default map and narrative for Nordic tech: a living overview of the startups, talent, and ideas turning the region into one of the most dynamic innovation hubs in Europe.

Meet the next Swedish unicorn straight from the streets of Stockholm sitting at SSE Business Lab Pango is building the world's first Agentic Operating System for e-commerce logistics. Our vision is to create the AI e-commerce employee of the future. While deliveries and returns are a hidden and often tedious aspect of e-commerce, we are bringing innovation to a legacy $90 billion industry. When we started, we already had 39 competitors in the Nordics. Yet, just two months after launching, we achieved product-market fit and are now powering million-dollar brands with our product. We’re building the future with those who want to say “I was there when it all started.”

🌍 About Xbrandify Xbrandify is an AI-powered, white-label experiential travel platform that helps brands turn their audiences into communities—and their marketing into revenue. We empower lifestyle, sports, and media brands to launch their own travel platforms where they can offer everything from curated local activities to full-scale adventures—without needing to build any tech or operations themselves. 🚨 The Problem We're Solving In a world of banner blindness, short attention spans, and rising ad costs, traditional marketing is losing its impact. At the same time, experiential marketing—creating memorable, real-world brand moments—is outperforming static campaigns. But most brands lack the tools or infrastructure to deliver meaningful experiences at scale. Travel is one of the most powerful experiential touchpoints in the world—but it’s underused and difficult to execute. ✅ Our Solution Xbrandify turns travel into a scalable experiential marketing engine. We provide: - A white-label travel platform for brands to launch their own booking site - A library of curated experiential travel products (local and global) - A system to engage communities and drive conversions, loyalty, and content - An AI-driven backend (AgentOS) to automate customer journeys and support Result: Brands grow community, loyalty, and revenue—all through branded experiences that inspire action. 💡 Why It Matters - Consumers are demanding experiences over ads, and community over clicks - Brands are sitting on untapped audiences with massive travel potential - New tools in AI and fintech now make this model scalable and profitable - We're giving brands a new kind of growth engine—experiential, emotional, and revenue-generating. Instead of spending on ads, brands use travel to engage their audience, create loyalty, and generate profit. Powered by automation and embedded fintech, we make it scalable.

Cobrief er et AI-drevet anbudsverktøy for deg som vil bruke mindre tid på å besvare offentlige anbud. Med vårt AI-anbudverktøy kan du finne, vurdere og skrive anbud på en måte du kanskje ikke trodde var mulig. Finner anbud Cobrief finner offentlige anbud som passer selskapet ditt og varsler deg via e-post eller Slack. Vurderer på sekunder AI skanner gjennom anbudet og gir deg beslutningsgrunnlaget strukturert på én side. Skriv anbud med AI Cobrief AI hjelper deg å besvare anbudet, med ditt innhold og dine egne ord.

We have a passion for helping inspiring people and companies grow. Stride Partners helps promising growth companies on key CEO agendas with spikes within raising capital and strategy consulting. We are an energetic team with backgrounds from top tier investment banking, management consulting and investing across company stages.

We're future-proofing the chocolate industry. We are tackling a major environmental issue in the food industry—chocolate production’s significant contribution to deforestation and unsustainable farming practices. This problem affects not just chocolate manufacturers but the entire food supply chain. With growing concerns over climate change, labor issues, and the vulnerability of cacao supply, there’s an urgent need for alternatives. Our solution benefits both manufacturers and consumers by offering a product that is environmentally friendly and reduces the demand on traditional cacao farming. Endless Food Co is creating THIC (This Isn’t Chocolate), a chocolate alternative made from upcycled ingredients. It delivers the same indulgent experience but without the environmental impact of traditional cacao farming. Our product integrates easily into existing chocolate applications, offering a sustainable choice for manufacturers. We saw the environmental and ethical challenges of chocolate production and wanted to create a solution. Combining our passion for food innovation and sustainability, we founded Endless Food Co to offer a delicious, eco-friendly alternative that future-proofs the chocolate industry.

Bilberry Technologies is a Norwegian technology company deeply rooted in the travel and tourism sector. Our state-of-the-art tech stack develops cutting-edge travel technology, addressing challenges in the travel industry and making experiences available in a sustainable way. Our journey began in the Lofoten Islands, far up in the north of Norway, where we identified a gap in technology solutions for activity providers and tour operators. With our talented teams of top developers, who possess strong travel industry knowledge, we set out to create smart booking platforms. The Norwegian travel industry quickly recognized our solutions as the answer to their needs, and within just a year, we became market leaders. We have since successfully expanded to international markets. By building a company based on individual skill, creativity, adventure, loyalty, and empathy, we offer robust solutions and a reliable business partner for the long haul. For activity companies, we offer Bilberry Base, a tool that helps manage day-to-day operations while planning for the next season. For larger operators, we offer Bilberry Blend, a powerful package builder that works 24/7 through direct integrations. Bilberry is a wholly-owned subsidiary of DSD and a proud member of the DSD Explore family. We elevate the travel industry by building digital tools that help companies plan, sell, deliver, and scale. We go beyond the basics, delivering tools that help businesses extend their seasons and scale their operations.

Wasted exists to feed people food waste. Coming from the food industry, we’ve seen firsthand how much food is thrown away while people in our communities lack the food they need. We’ve developed the world’s first pasta made from bread waste and a self-sufficient giving model! For each kilogram of pasta we sell, we donate one portion to an organization feeding food-insecure community members.

Fygë is a dynamic and innovative company at the forefront of transforming the corporate catering industry. We're on a mission to make corporate events and food for work exceptional through our ‘soon-to-launch’ collection of enterprise solutions. We back this up with business-grade, best-in-class, customer service and technology as a differentiator, which are key components of our success. Trust powers everything we do. We push ourselves every day to improve performance and deliver an amazing customer experience with high-quality products. Our culture relies on trust, innovation, and transparency.

We strive for creative ways to make people healthier, think outside the box – and are always curious to learn new things and get things done. So join us in our mission for health and become part of one of Europe's fastest-growing health apps - Stepler! Physical activity has value for the individual, society, and the world. Our mission is to increase movement incentives by gamifying health and rewarding our users' efforts. The outcome? - A healthier lifestyle and a happier wallet :) Do you have what it takes to change our sedentary world once and for all by gamifying health? Then you might fit into our team of talented heroes.

BitPet is an AR multiplayer mobile game making physical activity fun and social. Each player has a pet whose health depends on the activity from their step counter, and players can meet each other's pets in multiplayer AR which is fun and social. The idea for the game is based on research by a professor of game technology and co-founder of Kahoot! The game is currently in early beta and will be launched commercially in 2023.

Etain is a software company founded by lawyers, technologists, finance experts, and industry leaders determined to enable better collaboration and automation of legal and business processes within all aspects of the corporate world. Our first software products are already in use in large legal projects handled by the most prestigious law firms in Scandinavia.

We improve the way the shipping industry works and communicates. The whole industry is currently bogged down with unstructured emails and ship data.We have built a great ship database, and have a growing and happy customer base just from this. But we are not done. We are building communication tools on top of this, massively increasing the number of users we can help out!

Silvi is a Copenhagen-based AI company that supports scientific research by speeding up literature reviewing and evidence synthesis. To quickly synthesize the growing body of scientific literature, without compromising transparency, Silvi combines the well-established evidence-based methodology with the emerging capabilities of AI. This approach is in line with the Nordic roots of the company priritizin transparency, honesty, and functional design. Silvi was founded by Professor Tove Holm Larsen, with extensive experience in evidence-based research, and Rasmus Hvingelby, with more than 10 years of experience in AI research.

Plus-Plus is on a journey to Inspire creative minds through open-ended play. We want to engage with consumers around the world through timeless products that encourage creativity. One important step in this journey has been to launch our DTC webshop that should be a platform for inspiration and the possibility to purchase our entire assortment. We have a small but very dedicated team but we realize that we need more resources to boost this journey even further. Plus-Plus was developed in the eighties in Holbæk, Denmark. The idea was to create a simplistic toy that would spark the imagination and creativity of children of all ages. The educational market immediately saw the potential in Plus-Plus and supported the idea of simplicity and open play in schools and kindergartens. Today, Plus-Plus is internationally recognized as a high-quality toy brand and the winner of multiple product awards. We are proud of our Danish heritage, and we continue to produce Plus-Plus at our factory in Holbæk. In 2012 we opened US sales offices in South Carolina and Ohio, and Plus-Plus is currently distributed in more than 40 countries around the world. Plus-Plus is a socially and environmentally responsible company. We work with non-profit organizations to support hospitalized children, and our factory and headquarters run on 100% green energy from wind power. All products and packaging are 100% recyclable.