Dogu is a software company founded in 2011 by students from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) who decided to take the road less traveled and build their own company. Dogu is an acronym for Data og Utvikling which in Norwegian means Data and Development. Since 2012, we achieved more than 185% year-on-year revenue growth. Today, Dogu has a team of 21 brave nerds working from 5 offices to build and operate amazing products: SalesScreen and LiveScreen.http://www.dogu.io/ Dogu is one of Norway’s fastest growing startups… but more important than the growth is the sense of family we’ve created.Dogu is a software company founded in 2011 by students from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology who decided to take the road less traveled and build their own company.Since 2012, we achieved more than 185% year-on-year revenue growth. Today, Dogu has a team of 19 brave nerds working from 5 offices to build and operate amazing products: SalesScreen and LiveScreen.The name Dogu is an acronym for Data og Utvikling which in Norwegian means Data and Development. We would have trademarked it, but Dogu happens to also be a Japanese mythical figurine dating back to over 10 000 years ago.So, what sets us apart and what makes us special?Aside from our finesse at the most important of startup sports, such as foosball, pingpong and beer pong, we do a LOT of activities together. We have a monthly budget for team building, which can be used for anything from Friday lunches at a restaurant to GoKarts and Lazer Tag to buying a new BBQ grill or Playstation 4 to play. But it’s not the STUFF that’s important, it’s the PEOPLE. Every day, we talk about the importance of building great culture. We invest in our people, in a BIG way!Professional development and growth is hugely important to us and we place a premium on face-to-face time and team building activities. We serve as groomsmen in each other’s weddings, we enjoy hanging out together on the weekends, and we plan each other’s bachelor parties. As cliche’ as it may sound, we really are best friends… and at the end of the day, that commitment that we have to each other pours out in our passion for building great products.We have a very horizontal leadership structure and do things not because we have to but because we want to. This company is 100% employee owned and we all care about the growth and success because we are invested in it… I’m not talking financially, I’m talking emotionally. We care about what we do and while one of our product mottos is “Never stop at “good enough” when you can be GREAT!”, we strive to go beyond great. We want to be known as entrepreneurs who dream big, plan well and dare to do the impossible.In addition to what sets us apart as people, there are some unique traits that set us apart as a company:1. We are bootstrappedDogu has never received outside funding. This has taught us a great deal about the need of creating great products that people are willing to pay money for, being cost-savings minded and adopting an agile approach to all aspects of our business.2. We are employee-ownedDogu is 100% owned by 12 of its employees keeping shareholders’ and employees’ interests completely aligned.3. We are profitableSince 2012, the company has been been profitable every single year.4. We are growingSince 2012, Dogu has grown its revenues by over 185% year-over-year.5. We are idea-drivenTop-to-bottom decision making is not our strongest suit. We always encourage everyone to come up with, debate and implement new ideas.6. We are distributedBack in the day, Dogu was located in one office in Trondheim. Our team is now distributed across Norway (Trondheim, Oslo, Bergen), USA (San Diego), France (Bayeux) and Holland (Amsterdam).7. We are flexibleWhile sitting together is necessary sometimes, we do not believe that you need to sit in an office from 9 to 17 to do your best work. We empower our team to work from where they want and on a flexible time schedule. All one needs is a laptop and a good internet connection.8. We are geared upAs true digital craftsmen, we want nothing but the best tools to do our work. We use the best tools available, such as Slack, Zoom, Office 365, Dropbox, Pipedrive, Trello, Github and of course, SalesScreen.9. We are brave nerdsWe love technology and are never scared to push the boundaries of what is possible. Our team may not be the largest but our developers are surely amongst the brightest.10. We are business mindedTechnology is only useful when it helps individuals and organizations achieve what was previously not possible. We strive everyday to understand our customers and find ways to help drive their business to become more profitable.11. We are agileWe are a small team and we cherish this. It has forced us to be agile in everything we do, to iterate quickly through possible solutions and to continuously bring improvements to our products and to our organization.12. We are independentWe are a small company with big responsibilities and we flourish with team work. But we are also good at taking ownership to get things done when we see something that needs to be improved.13. We are trustworthyIn the course of a few years, we have gone from being a 3 man unknown consultancy company to becoming a company with Products trusted by some of the most renowned companies in the Nordics: Nordea, Gjensidige, Subaru, Schibsted, Privatmegleren, Visma.14. We are familyWe see the Dogu team as a tightly knitted family who shares memories together and will keepon writing great stories. That also means that we try to include our better halves for social events.15. We are DoguIn December 2015, Dogu’s employees wrote and collectively approved the following internal vision: Dogu shall strive to be excellent and offer the best working environment possible while creating great stories for generations to come.

The future of appsAppOn is a unique SaaS company that brings app-ideas into life. Getting from an idea into a published app has never been this easy. Building and designing apps is now in the control of the entrepreneur or the project leader. Explore amazing pre-built features and create a perfect app with smart engagement tools, no coding needed. As AppOn is still in beta, we are working on new ground-breaking ideas that will reach the world in the beginning of 2018.  We are an entrepreneurial team that love business analytics, making beautiful products and reaching successful results. .

Univrses is a 3D Computer Vision and Machine Learning company, creating high-end technologies for autonomous systems. We work in several different areas, but our main focus is on self-driving vehicles, mobile robotics and smart city development. The Company is based in Stockholm, Sweden, but we work with clients all over the world. Our team now consists of 29 hard-working and friendly people, all working in our bright and spacious facilities by Medborgarplatsen in the heart of Södermalm, Stockholm.

Proximi.io is the first technology-agnostic positioning platform. It connects real-life locations - cities and buildings - with digital experiences through smartphones. Through combining technologies such as Bluetooth, WiFi, GPS and geomagnetic positioning, we allow developers to easily build indoor navigation and geofencing experiences for their mobile application users. The versatile technology is used in locating and guiding people indoors and outdoors in shopping malls, amusement parks, office buildings, museums and across cities. Proximi.io operates globally, with customers ranging from Aruba to Australia. We are a small, international team that takes pride in balancing cutting-edge technology with excellent customer experience. Proximi.io was established in 2014, and has been awarded many prizes, including nomination as TOP50 European mobility startups, and selection as TOP10 most promising European IoT startups.

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.

At Connected Cars, we’re helping automotive manufactures, importers, and dealerships, building long-lasting customer relationships, through intelligent use of real-time car telematics data. With our software solution, workshops can transform their business processes and customer dialogues from reactive to proactive. Our success so far has brought us to 200,000+ vehicles, in 6 countries – and this is just the beginning! Our team consists of people with backgrounds from strategy, tech, automotive, and financial services. Some of us have successful startup experience, many of us like the latest technologies and while we differ in profiles and personalities, all of us believe in team effort, fun at work, and relentless execution. Connected Cars is fully funded by Semler Gruppen and operates autonomously.

The Global Sustainability Platform   Worldfavor is a global digital platfrom and Software as a Service for Sustainability. It simplifies management and exchange of sustainability and compliance information for companies and their stakeholders, enabling sustainable growth. Sustainability is a quickly growing, global market and Worldfavor has large customers like Folksam, Intersport, Svenska Spel, Marginalen Bank. We are a fast growing company in need of great people and partners on the journey! We are a team of driven individuals with a clear vision of making sustainability data readily available in every place. We have expertise in different areas, ranging from corporate sustainability, business development, sales, digital technologies and sustainability reporting. Our team is a fun-loving group of diverse people who are all driven by creating a better world, while also doing what we love – creating and nurturing an awesome tech product. We are a bit like a family. We laugh a lot and have fun at work, but take what we do and our mission very seriously.   We value a team member that gives that little extra in everything they do, while also being able to take responsibility and deliver on time. We support each other and prioritize team efforts over individual prestige. We hope to see you develop within the company over the years and strive to support that journey in the best way we can. As part of our team you will take a lot of responsibility from day one and be able to influence the company.   Staying motivated by being acknowledged and engaging in the company is important. In between hard work we like to spend time together outside the office. We also like to look back at our progress from the past week on Friday's together with something to eat or drink.  Every milestone is celebrated.

Auddly is a revolutionary song project management hub where music creators can self-manage their songs, collaborations and music rights. Our digital platform and mobile app provides everything you need to simplify your creative and administrative workflow. It is not a rights society and not a publisher – it’s a new way of collecting information connected to a song, including who wrote it, splits, publisher affiliations – everything necessary for music creators to get paid and credited correctly.

Envira is a Copenhagen-based climate-tech company that turns satellite and environmental data into decision-ready intelligence for finance, government, and agriculture. By combining Earth Observation, advanced analytics and deep regulatory expertise, we translate complex, forward-looking signals into clear, auditable answers — not just raw layers — so organisations can quantify risk, build resilience and act with confidence. Read more on www.envira.dk

Blok is a digital real estate agency for residential properties. Simply put, we help people buy and sell apartments. Why? Real estate transactions are notorious for being the largest and most stressful financial decisions we take during our lives. There are a lot of questions, uncertainty and the process has traditionally been opaque and costly. Our goal at Blok is to fix that by providing a transparent and cost-efficient service, where the customer feels that she’s in control. At the core, we’re a technology company, since we recognize that winning in this market requires us to augment the best real estate agents with the best technology. Our digital services enable us to give our customers a modern customer experience and provides massive operational efficiencies for our real estate agents, which saves time and money, both for us and our customers. Founded in 2017, the company has grown rapidly with apartments sold for the combined value of over 500 MEUR to date and employs over 35 people in Finland and Sweden. We’re backed by prominent Nordic and Swiss investors and our financial situation is solid. The Story Blok's story started from our own experiences in the real estate market. In January 2015 our CEO Rudi Skogman found his dream apartment. To afford it he had to sell his old flat. After some price negotiations the apartment was sold and the real estate agent cashed in a 7000 € commission. Afterwards Rudi started thinking if using an agent had been right choice after all. There had to be a better (and cheaper) way to sell apartments. In the spring of 2016 Rudi got the idea of using technology to automate most of the selling process. Soon after that Juha, Samu and Olli joined. Things started to fall in place: What if we would let the owner arrange viewings? What if bids could be made online? What if the home valuation would be done by an algorithm? What if the transaction cost was a bit more reasonable? After taking a leap of faith and founding Blok the service was officially launched in the spring of 2017. Since then the company has served thousands of home sellers and buyers across Finland and Sweden. The company has won recognition as one of the hottest startups in Europe (Wired) and as the best new web service of the year (Grand One). The Service Our apartment sales service provides an easy and seamless digital experience for selling and buying an apartment throughout the whole home buying and selling process: - The valuation service estimates the value of your apartment based on advanced algorithms and actual transactions. - The trading platform enables bidding for apartments electronically. - The agent service automates nearly all routine tasks of the real estate agent, making the whole process extremely cost-efficient. Our Etsivä service offers an unique way to buyers to find their dream apartment. The service looks for a suitable apartment among all existing apartments in the Helsinki Capital Region and can tell you how many actually exist, how many are sold per year and for what price. You can ask us to contact the owners of those apartments to check if they are interested in buying. Our digital services matched with our stellar customer service team has resulted in a world-class customer happiness which has steadily measured in the 80-90 range on the NPS scale.

MoveNation is a startup company of people that want to make the worlds best country moving platform. Our first goal is to help 1 million people moving with a strong focus on leisure financial freedom. We are backed by the venture capital fund Antler.co. We work towards making country moving as transparent and easy as possible. Today we see moving country as challenging as booking airline tickets before the 1990's and before Expedia, Momondo etc - complex, expensive and super slow. Our mission is to make it as easy to move nations as it is to book an airline ticket. Our solution is to give our users an instant overview of all the options that nations have to offer. How many steps it requires to move and the total costs of everything included. (advisors, taxes, etc) When we succeed with the above we will truly have made an impact and changed the world. Thinking BIG - We believe that we can change entire countries by helping more people move from expensive cities to less expensive cities. Moving pensions & wealth will create entire new economies. We believe we can help retirees with bad health conditions retire 10 year earlier if they had the insights of where they alternatively could retire and live from their savings. We are in the absolute early-stage of our journey and you will have a huge influence on shaping our way forward.

For companies in need of flexible workforce, Gigstar marketplace provides access to workers on-demand. Unlike temp agencies, who employ temps, Gigstar matches rated freelancers directly with companies. Problem: Hiring & paying for jobs is time-consuming & costly. Difficult to up/down scale workforce. The consequence: Company is understaffed, Production is down and customers are left with poor service. Solution: A unique on-demand marketplace for companies to acquire blue collar freelancers without any concerns. Workers are rated, contracts & payment is automated. Gigstar is the solution for the Gig-Economy and Future Workforce! How it works: 1. Company posts a shift on Gigstar. 2. Relevant freelancers gets notified. 3. Company chooses the best rated worker for the specific shift. 4. Once freelancer is chosen, payment is reserved & contract locked. Revenue is created through Commissions & Subscriptions Take Rate: 20% Subscription: 600-1000 DKK per month. At our current state, we are creating revenue, onboarding companies and freelancers. We have proved that a company can find quality-workers within minutes on our platform. Next is scaling. Hire the future now and Start@Gigstar.app

Dianox is a founder-led pharmatech startup with a computational drug platform for targeting undruggable proteins. Big opportunity as 85% of proteins are undruggable with small molecules and unreachable by antibodies. We are always on the lookout for passionate partners in the health space. If you are excited about the potential of our work, please reach out.

Pexip Infinity. A scalable meeting platform providing personal meeting rooms for any number of users on video, voice and mobile. A fully distributed architecture allowing global enterprises and service providers so host large meetings while saving WAN bandwidth usage. Fully interoperable with industry standard endpoints using SIP and H.323. Works equally well with Microsoft(R) Lync(R) clients using H.264SVC, and with WebRTC-capable browsers.

NØIE is set out to help people. Our mission is to improve the quality of life for each individual with skin issues. We do so with a unique feedback-driven data model that is able to match individuals with a personalised and scientifically-backed solution customised on their skin’s needs. NØIE is backed by top investors, such as LEO Pharma, PreSeed Ventures, Seed Capital, Inventure, Talis Capital, Thomas Ryge Mikkelsen, and other fantastic business angels.