THE URGENT ISSUE IN TODAY'S JOB MARKET IN THE NORDIC COUNTRIES: ✪ Traditional recruitment prioritizes CV algorithms and keywords over human potential, by an astonishing 90%. When ATS/AI control who gets seen, we lose the most important factor: the human behind the CV. This creates not just unemployment, but social exclusion - when people can't find work, they lose connection to society and experience profound isolation. ✪ Todays recruitment methods are narrowly fixated purely on qualifications and historical experience, relying heavily on algorithms to sift through CVs. This approach overlooks the unique talents and motivations of individuals, drivingforces, personality and thus missing out on valuable opportunities for growth and success. ✪ THE RESULT: People are often using ChatGPT or Copilot to write their applications + HR are using AI to read them = nobody is getting hired. ✪ Sweden struggles with high youth unemployment and urban-rural divides. Refugee integration remains uneven, and platform work is eroding traditional protections. Union influence is waning, especially in tech and service sectors. ✪ Denmark’s famed flexicurity model is under pressure. Women are overrepresented in part-time roles, and older workers exit early. Gig work is expanding faster than regulation, challenging collective bargaining norms. ✪ Finland faces persistent long-term unemployment and mental health-related exclusion. Industrial restructuring is shifting jobs to tech hubs, leaving peripheral regions behind. Labor mobility remains low despite retraining efforts. In conclusion; the Nordic countries face mounting labor market exclusion despite strong welfare models. Norway leads with 700,000 adults outside the labor force, driven by regional stagnation, immigrant underemployment, and early retirement. The green and digital transitions are creating jobs—but not where displaced workers live. THE PERFECT STORM FOR US! TURNING THE RECRUITMENT MARKET UPSIDE-DOWN «From employer initiated to 100% talent focused.» Our Solution: Talentity.ai = AI meets empathy! Nordic's first community for job seekers, where talent takes center stage. Meeting the talents, rather than relying on historical data on a piece of paper. Creating an empathic AI, that combines human expertise with technology, supporting decision making and not taking over the entire process.

Float is an analytics software for e-commerce fashion brands focussed on reducing returns. Today very few fashion brands have a clear understanding of why their customers make returns and with a lack of visibility, decisions are made on an ad hoc basis. We help fashion brands leverage returns data to get a better understanding of return root causes, lower their return rates and boost their marketing efforts.

About BELLA Intelligence BELLAINTEL is a legal insolvency case management tool which was created in 2018 by an insolvency lawyer. In 2022, Karnov Group AB. took over BELLA Intelligence 100% as one of their commercial Legal Tech portfolio. The system itself is a cloud-based platform based on the Software as a Service license model. The core service supports daily workflows for handling insolvency cases, included in the service is the hosting of case-related data. Using AI and machine learning, BELLA ( "Bankruptcy Estate Lawyer's Legal Assistant" ) provides estate lawyers with an efficient way of managing bankruptcy cases, from asset management through documentation and task handling. We have a two person development team nearshored, a part-time Solution architect and 3 more colleagues based in our Copenhagen offices, where we are co-located with other startups and Karnov Group. Owner: Karnov Group AB Karnov Group clears the path to justice, providing mission critical knowledge and workflow solutions to European professionals in the areas of legal, tax and accounting, and environmental, health and safety. With content provided by over 7,000 well-renowned authors and experts, Karnov Group delivers knowledge and insights, enabling more than 500,000 users to make better decisions, faster – every day. With offices in Sweden, Denmark, Norway, France, Spain and Portugal, Karnov Group employs around 1,300 people. The Karnov share is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm, Mid Cap segment under the ticker “KAR”.

MDSI are working on innovative new products, which we believe will fill a gap within the Defence Industry. Our mission is to combine military operational experience with rapid innovation to deliver innovative solutions to a market that is traditionally slow moving. MDSI currently consists of 25 dedicated employees, including 8 engineers, and we expect to add 10-15 new employees to our team within the next year.

Xait is a company with an award-winning document automation solution and they are at the forefront of digitalization. Xait is an international software technology company with headquarters in Stavanger, Norway as well as operations in Texas, US. The company’s main product is XaitPorter – a document collaboration and production solution for producing complex documents such as tenders, proposals, and reports. This benchmark solution is used by major corporations around the world. Xait is growing as a company with an amazing solution that every company needs. They have strong owners and a great work environment where they love to laugh. Xait is located across the road from Sola Golfklubb in a new building with modern facilities.

Are You Content? er et konsulentbureau der tilbyder senior rådgivning, strategi, SEO og eksekvering af digitale kampagner. Vores speciale er at tage udgangspunkt i de historier og den begejstring, ihærdighed og omhu, der i forvejen eksisterer i din virksomhed. Dem kombinerer vi med en datadreven tilgang til marketing og kommunikation. Data er nemlig målbart. Data fortæller os, hvilke knapper, vi kan skrue på for at skaffe dig begejstrede kunder i butikken. I sidste ende handler det om mennesker: Dine kunder, brugere og læsere ud i den virkelige verden. Data fortæller os, hvad de kan lide, hvad de reagerer på, og hvordan vi når dem. Data kan fortælle os i hvilken retning, du skal bevæge din forretning og få den til at vokse. Vi har mere end 25 års specialiseret erfaring med digital formidling og online markedsføring. Vores kompetencer strækker sig over digitale kampagner, SEO, content-produktion og videre til sociale medier og hjemmesider, e-mail-marketing, annoncering på Facebook, Instagram og LinkedIn, retargeting, tracking og analyse.

AutoPi is the first extendable Internet-of-Things (IoT) platform for your car, built on the Raspberry Pi. The AutoPi system consists of a hardware dongle with many extension possibilities and an IoT software platform from which you can monitor and configure your car. You can set up advanced triggers, add widgets to your customizable dashboard, install new features and much more.

We're at a critical juncture as the combined effects of climate change and urbanization are impacting communities worldwide, with a higher frequency and intensity. At 7Analytics, we are on a mission to revolutionize physical climate risk insight with state-of-the-art technology, specializing in flood forecasting and analytics. We use hydrology, geology, and data science to develop high-precision risk models that help everyone from asset owners to insurers to plan for imminent and future impacts of climate change. Join our passionate team as we are scaling from the Nordics and into the global scene.

Graitor is a new digital solution that gives you points every time you recycle cans and bottles with or without a deposit label. You can use your points on free treats, offered all over the country. Graitor connects companies and consumers on one platform and together creates circular responsibility.

At Mycorena®, we use fungi biotechnology to create healthy meat alternative products with minimal environmental impact. In 2017, with the vision of providing a next-generation food ingredient, Mycorena® was founded with the ability to disrupt the entire food industry. During the rapid growing five years, Mycorena® has been en route to becoming a world leader in fungi-based protein products. Our state-of-the-art pilot production facility in Gothenburg, Sweden, enables us to create innovative products such as our flagship product, Promyc®. This versatile and nutritious product offers many health benefits and provides companies with the opportunity to diversify their product range with a highly sustainable solution. Furthermore, through global partnerships and collaborations, we aim to influence climate-friendly food consumption habits around the globe. The high-quality fungi-based protein products that we create at Mycorena® require far fewer resources than traditional farming. Our technology actively solves food sustainability issues while meeting the ever-growing consumer demand for healthier vegan protein sources.

Centrally located in Copenhagen, Flowering is developing bouquets with a reduced CO2 output to help environmentally conscious customers reduce waste and promote sustainability with beautifully crafted, eco-friendly floral arrangements. Flowering addresses the significant issue of flower waste in the floral industry. This problem affects both the environment and flower producers, contributing to unnecessary carbon footprints. The widespread waste impacts growers, retailers, and consumers who seek sustainable alternatives. Our team at Flowering sources surplus flowers that would otherwise be discarded and repurposes them into beautiful, high-quality bouquets in combination with local and certified flowers. By implementing efficient logistics and innovative design processes, we ensure these flowers reach customers fresh and vibrant, reducing waste and promoting sustainability without any intermediaries. The inspiration for Flowering came from witnessing the vast amounts of perfectly good flowers being discarded daily. Motivated by a passion for sustainability and a desire to make a positive environmental impact, we left our jobs and studies to focus on creating a business that not only delivers beauty but also champions environmental responsibility.

Nordic Strong ApS is a Copenhagen-based fitness company. The Nordic Strong fitness concept is inspired by the active outdoor, Nordic lifestyle, with the concept centered around the Nordic Trainer, a multi-functional training machine (formerly known as the ThoraxTrainer). The Nordic Trainer connects to an accompanying workout app, the Nordic Strong App, via Bluetooth. The app offers an increasingly wide range of online workouts, that will make your home training easy, fun, and effective. In November 2022, Nordic Strong opened its first flagship fitness studio in Nordhavn, Copenhagen. The studio has Nordic Trainer based classes, a spa with sauna and ice buckets, a regular fitness space and a cozy cafe. Nordic Strong was founded in 2021. For more information please contact us at contact@nordicstrong.com

We believe that conversations and negotiations – especially in a business-to-business context – are not ideal. Our skewed motivations and insufficient knowledge about the situation lead to suboptimal proposals: we say things that do not matter and leave some essentials unsaid. We waste everyone's time discussing with the wrong people, and we make deals that are actually bad for us. We at Stealth Black believe that a computer that sees things just as they really are and knows everything about everything can make a difference here. We are building the guardian angel that sits on your shoulder, guides you forward, and watches your back.

Avallone's Vision: To become the world’s leading platform for secure and seamless enterprise KYC exchange. Avallone's Mission: We empower corporates, funds and banks to seamlessly exchange KYC information through innovative technology and deep expertise. We want to create an organization with a culture and set of values that reflect who we are and that we can look back at and be proud of. The co-founders of Avallone have combined their many years of experience from the corporate world, the financial industry, and several start-ups to build a company that unites systems and resources in the fight against financial crime. Our KYC platform enables large corporates, funds and banks to handle all of their anti-financial-crime documentation and processes in a smooth, secure and compliant manner. We are deliberately blending the best from the corporate world with the best from the start-up world. We value execution discipline, structure and process - where it makes sense - but we have zero patience for bureaucracy and politics. We encourage and expect big ambitions and high-performance, and we constantly strive to provide the coaching, training and working environment to facilitate this. We are guided by our company values, which you will hear us refer to and discuss often. One of these values is: EDGE - Be who you are, it's your contribution that counts. That is how we think about inclusion. We are a workplace for everyone. Period. Join us! //Team Avallone

Hococo is a simple and intuitive tenant experience and operations platform that ensures great tenant engagement, untapped data insights and operational efficiency with a state of the art digital solution. Traditional real estate and tenant administration relies on outdated, non-compliant systems that don't embrace the new modern technologies. Tenants are left with a bad, not transparent, experience in a non-digital home. The landlords on the other hand still struggle with rent collections, huge amounts of unstructured tenant inquiries and no tools to communicate effectively with the tenants. Hococo acts as a customer centric layer and helps digitise, streamline and improve all processes and bridge the gap between the property owners and their tenants. We do this via our modern B2B SaaS-administration platform and dedicated IOS and Android apps for the tenants. Our mission is to provide the perfect tenant experience - always referring to our statement that a good tenant experience can also be good business. Why? As modern tenants we expect more of the places we live. Most of us have bad experiences with landlords, not knowing who to contact when shit hits the fan. Most of us can recognise the frustration of tons of paper work or extra bills coming in when moving in or out. And most of us also can imagine how a perfect tenant experience would look like if we could choose our selves. Rent is, after all, for most of us the biggest recurring expense in our lives! Therefore it is only fair to expect something extraordinary in return for all those rent payments and service charges. As tenants we expect more of our rentals, looking to utilize the full potential of our stay whether it be through vibrant communities, new services offerings or pure convenience. Times are changing and Hococo is there to help.