TechBBQ is the quintessential and largest startup and innovation summit in Denmark and Greater Copenhagen in September. Meet your future customer, investor, co-founder, employer or employee. Explore new technologies and the companies that make them a reality and give yourself the opportunity to get that one special meeting, the one you did not know you needed.We're a Danish non-profit organisation established in 2012.

VAEKST is a Scandinavian start-up specialising in inside sales. We help B2B brands accelerate sales, generate leads and gather insights in the Nordics through a sales-as-a-service model. B2B sales require a personal connection and by blending tools such as telephone, email and LinkedIn, we cut through the digital noise and connect our clients with the right customers. While we are headquartered in Copenhagen, we drive sales in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Netherlands, UK and Finland. We value professionalism, service and quality and our sales philosophy is rooted in listening more than we talk. We are highly data-driven and powered by a young and energetic team with roots all over Scandinavia. Reach out for a cup of coffee!

Introduction to SurplusMap SurplusMap is on a mission to revolutionize the way we develop and optimize EV charging infrastructure. By leveraging advanced geospatial tools and machine learning models, we empower energy companies, local utilities, and charge point operators to make informed decisions about site selection and utilization prediction. This ensures the efficient and effective deployment of charging stations, addressing a critical need in the rapidly growing electric vehicle market. Our secret advantage is our ability to draw on Norway's leadership in EV infrastructure, combined with our collaborations with top-tier partners like Google and Bentley Systems, to deliver cutting-edge solutions. The challenge we face is significant: the current pace of infrastructure development is insufficient to meet the future demands of the booming EV market. The market is highly fragmented, causing inconvenience for EV users and difficulties for energy companies and local utilities trying to optimize their investments. For instance, the EU mandates the installation of 6,000 new charging points per week by 2030, a target that is far from being met with the current rate of deployment. This gap presents a substantial opportunity for innovative solutions like SurplusMap to make a real difference. At SurplusMap, we focus on ensuring our customers invest wisely. Our sophisticated, map-based software integrates geospatial data and machine learning algorithms to pinpoint optimal sites for new charging stations. This means our clients can invest in the right locations, install the ideal number of chargers, and maintain high utilization rates over time. By doing so, we help them maximize their investments and build a robust EV infrastructure network that meets the demands of the future. We are driven by a vision of cleaner, more sustainable cities. Electric vehicles are crucial in reducing air pollution and creating healthier urban environments. However, the key to this transition lies in the efficient deployment of charging infrastructure that provides greater flexibility to the energy grid, allowing for more renewable energy sources to be integrated. At SurplusMap, we are passionate about facilitating this energy transition. By optimizing EV charging infrastructure, we help accelerate the shift to cleaner energy, positively impacting both the environment and the communities we live in. Join us in our mission to create a greener, more sustainable future through innovative technology and strategic planning. Together, we can drive the change needed to make our cities cleaner and our energy systems more resilient.

🚀 Plaace (/pleɪs/) is a rapidly growing Norwegian tech startup on a mission to create vibrant streets and cities that people truly love. We do so with a platform fuelled by state-of-the-art analytics and newly available data sources to enable smarter decisions for every actor involved in the city floor. Our data-driven platform provides valuable insights and recommendations based on card transactions, footfall, demographics, and competition to empower businesses and organisations to make informed decisions. We work with some of the largest property companies, retailers and brokers including OBOS, Eiendomsspar, Alti Forvaltning, Stor-Oslo Eiendom, Norgesgruppen, CBRE, Princess, Fretex, etc. We’re at a stage where we focus on growing the customer list and harvesting the market potential both nationally and internationally. At Plaace you’ll join a high-paced environment in a rapidly growing startup. We work from a a kick-ass office environment at coworking space StartupLab, surrounded by other cool startups, and a convenient easy (5 mins) train access from the city center of Oslo. We work in a fun and inspiring culture where you’ll get a ton of responsibility and freedom to contribute with your talent and experience. We benefit from high flexibility, where everyone is free to work from home a couple of times/week, but not fully remote, as we reap the high benefits of bringing our bright and diverse minds together. You will join a team of smart, talented and committed colleagues from a variety of backgrounds, both culturally and academically. Because we are a small team and work closely together, we also enjoy a lots of social activities, Friday beers, social dinners and company trips. If this sounds like the right place for you, then we would love to hear from you. Check out our job openings below!

Because no coach grows alone, we’ve built CoCoach to be the partner every coach deserves, helping them get clients, grow their brand, and run their business with confidence. The real secret to coaching success? Great support behind the scenes. That’s what we do. Backed by a number of the most prominent investors in Europe, we’re 20 passionate people sharing a magnetic ambition of helping as many coaches as possible building their businesses. We’re currently operating across 6 different markets being UK, NL, FI, NO, SE with our HQ in Copenhagen, Denmark, looking to expand into other markets over the next couple of years.

Hairplant is helping men regain their confidence through safe, transparent, and high-quality hair transplant journeys. We guide clients from consultation to procedure and long-term follow-up, creating an honest, educational, and inspiring experience that breaks the stigma around hair loss. Our mission is to make the hair transplant journey simple, trustworthy, and something to be proud of.

Kodit.io is now Rive! Check this out: https://rivekodit.fi/ Rive means leading edge and groundbreaking, just like the idea Rive was founded on: that selling homes should be simple and stress-free. To make this a reality, the Rive platform brings together all the different solutions that you need to make your move in the housing market.

Stand stronger in the fight against cyber-attacks. We help every kind of company achieve an even better cyber security culture. Since 2016, we have helped all kinds of organisations strengthen their cyber security cultures. An improved cyber security culture is about making security the job of the entire organisation. The IT department is of course still important; however, they cannot do it alone. It is important that all employees are aware of cyber threats, and that personal data is something the whole organisation works with and takes care of.

Vision: To raise the bar for humanity and have a positive impact on people’s daily life and the world. We dream about contributing with a big impact, to connect people, the world, and make it a better place. We believe in consuming responsible by giving back to the world to create a better future for humanity. We wish to make it easy for Corporates to have a positive impact on human’s daily lives both within their organization and globally world-wide. Goal before 2030: 1B deliveries and 1B donated meals to children and families. Tribe is a dual service delivery-platform and marketplace, with convenient subscriptions, matching quality suppliers with Corporates’ recurring delivery needs, while donating a meal to a child in need for every delivery made. With a dual marketplace and a flexible subscription, we make it easy for Corporates to discover and get their needs delivered recurringly by bridging the gap between Corporates and suppliers.

The main piece of equipment in the gym is the barbell. It is as simple in its form as it is timeless in its design. But when it comes to using the proper safety equipment that comes with the barbell, that’s when the flaws become visible. Today’s methods of securing weight plates to a barbell is done by using collars or clips, which often lead to a poor user experience, and they are often hard to put on and pull off, can easily break or slip during lifts, they are often hard to find and even disappears. The Olympic barbell has remained virtually the same for the last 93 years, and despite today’s standards, improvements can be made. In a seemingly ever-growing market, people’s expectations of safety, design, quality, and user-friendliness in products are on the rise. Gungnir of Norway is a Norwegian startup company that designs and manufactures high-quality gym equipment. The company’s first product is the Allrounder, a standard Olympic barbell with built-in collars for securing weight plates. The built-in collar system or “SlideLock” makes the lifting experience safer, faster, easier, and more reliable than the standard safety equipment in use today. Also, the SlideLock system can be applied to several other bar types like compact group training bars or loadable dumbbells. This solution has shown enormous potential in the fitness market, which we intend to continue to take advantage of. The SlideLock is the first of many solutions that we seek to create within the fitness equipment industry. We started as a company in 2018 in Oslo, Norway, with an idea for a better solution to a problem well known to many who use weightlifting equipment regularly. Gungnir’s vision is to become the new standard solution for securing weight plates worldwide. A game-changing solution to a century old problem.

Lentii is the most versatile social travel tool on the market. Through Lentii you can easily coordinate the journey from the comfort of your browser. We make it easy for you to store all the best ideas in one place. Like Pinterest, our browser extension can store content from any website.  Save and share inspiration and ideas. You can quickly agree on what you want to rent, buy or experience during the trip.Our vision is to make travel planning fun, by gathering the essential tools in one place. We are are a dedicated team that aspires to change the way that people and groups manage the travel-planning. Our vision is to make travel planning fun, by gathering the essential tools in one place. If you have ever had to plan a trip for a group, then you know how frustrating it can be – especially if people have several different opinions. There are millions of things to do on a trip, and the best ideas are most often found across many different websites. Usually, everyone have to meet up, to settle on what to do for the trip. Lentii turns this tedious process on its head and makes travel-planning a fun experience. Now, no one have to end up planning all the activities by themselves. Lentii makes it a collaborative and enjoyable experience.

Made by AI is an AI startup that focuses on generating design for physical objects. We are exploring how artificial intelligence can be used in generating design and have released the world's first collection of AI designed necklaces. If you find what we are doing interesting, do not hesitate to get in touch with us.

Stingray Marine Solutions AS offers intelligent technology for the aquaculture industry. The mission is to facilitate sustainable, intelligent and increased salmon production. Through the use of camera vision, advanced software, data collection and laser technology, the Stingray system removes sea lice from the fish in a gentle, efficient and welfare friendly way. BIG DATA is collected, integrated, structured and presented as useful reports to farmers. This enables Stingray users to secure better fish welfare, reduce handling of the animals and harvest smarter from the sea.

Breach stands at the forefront of innovation, driving research and development in the realms of VR, AR, MR, and XR, with a firm commitment to shaping and propelling the future of immersive technologies. Our headquarters are strategically nestled in the heart of downtown Trondheim, positioning us at the epicenter of a thriving Norwegian entrepreneurial ecosystem. Here, we're surrounded by a vibrant community of skilled software and hardware developers, fostering an environment ripe for collaboration and innovation. Meet the minds behind Breach: Sindre Grønvoll, our Head of Art, brings a wealth of experience garnered over a decade in the gaming industry. Having lent his talents to notable companies like DICE, Criterion, Zynga, and The Chinese Room, Sindre's insights into game design are invaluable. He also shares his knowledge through occasional lectures on the subject. Martin Sivertsen, our Head of Experience and Product, embodies technical leadership honed by a remarkable journey spanning more than 25 years. His diverse background as a programmer, designer, journalist, and producer within VR, web, and online media in Norway enriches our team's capabilities. At the helm is Marius Thorvaldsen, our CEO. Marius boasts a proven track record in establishing and managing startups across various industries. Notably, he was the spearhead of Work-Work, a gamified co-working space, and has been serving as a digital educational technology advisor at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim. Together, we invite you to be a part of our transformative journey, as we collectively sculpt the landscape of immersive technology. Join us in building better realities!

Behold helps animals change people. Our technology turns everyday wildlife encounters into moments of discovery. It meets people where they are, whether at home, on their devices, or in their communities. It shifts how they see nature and their role in it. It is entertainment with a purpose, designed to inspire and influence behaviour in subtle but meaningful ways. But we are not just here to tell stories. We are building a network of thousands of garden cameras, creating the largest database of residential wildlife sightings. A powerful tool for conservation, citizen science, and understanding the changing natural world. Our first product, Behold Cam-1, became a massive success on Kickstarter – hitting its funding goal in under 2 hours, and raising almost $400k in pre-orders. We're now bringing that product to market. It’s an opportunity to join at the earliest stages—with all the challenges and rewards that come with it.