Manuscript Manager is a B2B SaaS platform that enables research institutions, funding bodies, and scholarly journals to manage and streamline the peer review process for research articles, grant applications, and other forms of scientific content. Today, we serve over 500 journals worldwide – primarily in Science, Technology, and Medical research. As a provider of mission-critical infrastructure, we deliver flexible workflows, intuitive user experiences, and efficient process automation, allowing our customers to focus on what matters most: ensuring research quality. The volume of scholarly output is growing at an unprecedented rate, bringing with it significant challenges: fraudulent practices, disruptive technological advances, and shifting business and publishing models. We address these challenges with tools that strengthen trust in the scholarly record and bring transparency to the entire peer review process.

Kora is a personal safety app that allows you to share your journey with trusted contacts and discreetly alert nearby users (“Allays”)in the event of a real emergency. Kora is for everyone who values feeling connected and supported, whether you’re walking home after an evening out, waiting for public transport, or exploring new places. We believe that everyone deserves to feel safe, and Kora is here to help make that possible.

Nordic Valley is a Scandinavian innovation hub focused on building, owning, and scaling AI-driven digital platforms. We create and manage technology ventures that address real structural challenges across talent, innovation, and organisational development. Our approach combines long-term ownership, disciplined execution, and close collaboration with founders, institutions, and ecosystem partners. Nordic Valley serves as the strategic and operational backbone behind our portfolio providing governance, capital structure, and product direction from early build to scale. Under the Nordic Valley umbrella, we develop and own AI-powered platforms including: - Nordly: Talent Hiring Platform - Automated Funding Discovery & Application Tool - Founder & Startup Collaboration Networks - Strategic Advisory & Venture Support

At CVX, we invest in start-ups and growth companies together with a community of experienced business people with venture capital and knowledge that makes a difference to our portfolio companies. Since 2020, we’ve helped more than 100 companies through board recruitment and investment. Together with our partners, we have more than DKK 800 million available for investment.

AILiveSim is a Helsinki-based company that offers a state-of-the-art simulation platform bringing together AI, robotics, and video game technology. We are active in several industries such as automotive, mining, maritime, robotics, and defense. With controlled simulations, AILiveSim accelerates the development cycle and provides a scalable solution for testing, training, and validating autonomous machines and Artificial Intelligence algorithms.

The next few years will bring a revolution in how we interact with computers. It’s not just chat; more things are coming in AI than ever previously thought possible. We’re bringing it to lawyers because they deal with lots of text daily, and because frankly, they deserve delightful software. We are fast-moving, highly ambitious, love shipping, and deeply care for our users. We are on a rocket trajectory, live with 1000s of lawyers, and the biggest firms in several markets, backed by Benchmark, SV Angel, and Y Combinator, and are having a blast doing it. At Leya, you won’t only experience the future, but you’ll get to dictate it.

Autoholly is out to fix the $Bn auto transport industry in Europe. From our base in Copenhagen, we help car buyers and car sellers to move their cars safely from A-B. The auto transport industry in Europe lacks transparency, and transports are often seen (half-) empty and burning a lot of unnecessary CO2. Autholly is out to change this by eliminating all waste in vehicle logistics. Holly - is super friendly, always picks up the phone, and always delivers what she promises. Join us in building Autoholly into the best place to work in Copenhagen and fixing an old (but fun!) industry for good!

Neucom builds ultra-efficient hardware accelerators that combine minimal power consumption with maximum human oversight. We work towards a freer and fairer world with trustworthy technology, one chip at the time. Our hardware is informed by neuroscience to achieve minimal power consumption. Our headquarter is in Lyngby, just north of Copenhagen Denmark.

As the world pushes to limit global warming, energy remains one of the hardest industries to trace, even though it accounts for 73% of global carbon emissions. Traditional tracking systems rely on basic, annual certificates that lack the detail and transparency needed to drive meaningful change. Companies spend over €24.4 billion annually on these outdated certificates, facing high costs and uncertainty—obstacles that slow down progress toward carbon neutrality. At Spritju, we're changing that. Our B2B marketplace for energy certificates empowers companies to cut costs by 20% and track their energy use with precision, offering certificates with 8,760 times the granularity. By joining Spritju, you’ll play a hands-on role in shaping a more transparent, sustainable energy landscape. Your work will contribute to a future where companies can confidently reduce their carbon footprint, moving us all closer to a sustainable and accountable energy future.

THE PROBLEM Searching second-hand online requires navigating hundreds of platforms and incomplete listings, forcing shoppers to do the heavy lifting of finding and comparing relevant items. The decentralized and the fragmented second-hand market creates a time-consuming and frustrating experience for shoppers to locate desired items among incomplete listings and outdated platforms. THE SOLUTION Koral aggregates millions of second-hand listings into one searchable platform with categorized, indexed data to create a one-stop solution. This eliminates tedious searches across individual platforms, making shopping second-hand is easier by improving discoverability and streamlining the process of finding desired items online.

Fictive Reality is a startup that believes failing is the best way to learn, and that talking with an avatar is better than watching a boring video or clicking through easy quizzes. We are using the latest in Generative AI and Large Language Models along with custom models. We are building a platform for AI and VR-powered educational role-plays for soft skills, with customers such as ICA, SEB such as Linnéuniversitetet and Högskolan i Gävle. We also have received a grant to help improve digital inclusivity in Sweden.

We are in indie game developer based out of Oslo, Norway. We have to date launched five games for PC, Switch and mobile platforms. At the moment we develop "Life Below", a creative strategy city-builder where you build and manage ocean ecosystems. So a reef builder! In addition to our own IP, we develop games and gamification projects for society. We call ourselves an impact game developer as many of our projects are focused on positive change to society. Right now we develop a game for all kids going into hospital, a history game to spice up history learning in schools, a city cleaning game using the mascot of Oslo, a climate game and an awareness game tackling difficult issues in relation to sex and identify. Many of our impact projects are successes, and are widely used. Our aim is to make society better, one game at the time.

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.

In early 2021, we began exploring eye-tracking technology. We discovered its enormous potential when combined with in-game statistics and data analytics. The esports industry is becoming increasingly data-driven and professionalized. Teams are more focused on sustainable and healthy gaming routines. We can help them improve their skills and take care of eye health, sleep, and more.

Many professions in Finland are regulated and those who have been qualified abroad for a profession that is regulated in Finland will need to apply to the relevant authority for a decision on whether or not they are also qualified for the same profession in Finland. Several international professionals living in Finland are either unemployed, underemployed, or working outside the scope of their expertise. This has a negative impact on Finland’s economy as these professionals are unable to use their skills to contribute to the Finnish society. Consequently, the Finnish economy is unable to benefit symbiotically from international talent already living in Finland. Through a diverse range of programs and services, we assist international professionals qualified for a profession abroad to overcome obstacles hindering them from utilizing their skills in Finland. We provide customised support as well as mentorship and networking opportunities. We also offer one-on-one guidance as they take huge career steps toward transitioning into the Finnish workforce and advancing their skillset to contribute to the society they now call home.