Respire is a Norwegian venture studio focused on building companies within the energy transition and sustainability. We work hands-on from early problem exploration through company formation and early growth, typically partnering closely with founders as active co-builders. Our team brings experience from energy, industry, startups, and venture building, and we believe a systematic approach gives better odds in complex, capital-intensive domains. We build a small number of ventures at a time and take a long-term view. Respire contributes sector insight, structured venture development, access to relevant networks, and in-house capacity for early MVP development. We work with entrepreneurs who want real ownership and responsibility, and who are motivated by solving concrete problems in energy and green industry rather than chasing hype. We’re based at RE Gründerhus in Asker, a hub for sustainable innovation, and are now scaling the studio.

Nordic boba, a young startup founded in 2022, has experienced significant growth over the past two years. Specializing in the production of popping boba for bubble tea, Nordic Boba primarily exports within EU. The company has HQ in Aarhus, Denmark. Currently Nordic Boba consists of a small Aarhus based team and collaborative partnerships with various companies. We have customers in over 12 European countries, including retail businesses, restaurants, production facilities and wholesalers. Our mission is to become the leading wholesale provider of bubble tea equipment and supplies.

SASHA is at the forefront of developing groundbreaking technology to address the urgent issues surrounding online privacy and image-based abuse. Our commitment to creating a safer digital space is fueled by a collective responsibility to future generations. We strive to foster an online community where diversity is embraced, and justice prevails. We value creativity, collaboration, and a commitment to quality, and we believe in fostering an environment where our team members can thrive and contribute to cutting-edge developments.

Reprice is a small startup providing e-commerce stores with tools to automate pricing and monitor competitors. Our solution helps our clients maintain competitive prices, increase their margins, and drive a more profitable e-commerce strategy. In 2024, we were accepted to StartupLab and DNB NXT Accelerator as one of 9 out of 200 applicants! We brought Reprice to life out of a simple desire to solve a problem. Our founder, Anders Åberg, is a software designer who wanted to create a product that would improve processes for people who were doing things manually. We are proud to be a Norwegian created company with a customer-designed approach, meaning that our software is developed with the needs and input of our users at the forefront. We believe this customer-driven approach is what sets us apart from others, guaranteeing our software is tailored to the needs of our users of both today and tomorrow.

IT.no ble stiftet sent i 2020 med en klar visjon om å forenkle IT og digitalisere Norges bedrifter. Målet var å klare dette med til gunstige priser og den beste kundereisen med ansatte som har langvarig erfaring fra bransjen. Vi skulle bistå både som en komplett IT-avdeling for bedriftene, men også for muligheten til å begrense tilbudet til medhjelpere for eksisterende IT-ressurser hos kundene. Gründerne i selskapet har begge langvarig erfaring fra ISP og IT bransjen der de bygget opp egne avdelinger. Det var viktig at både en tekniker og en selger begge stod på eiersiden for å ivareta produkt og service så vel som det kommersielle. NØKKELINFO 53MNOK omsetning 2025 30 ansatte Ingen eksterne eiere Tilbyr komplette IT-løsninger Oslo basert hovedkontor UTVIKLING Med produkt, “go to market” strategi, visjon og gode innkjøpsavtaler lanserte vi selskapet mot det Norske bedriftsmarkedet i 2021. Det tok ikke lang tid til før flere anerkjente bedrifter stod på kundelisten og flere dyktige ansatte tiltrådde. Selskapet selger i dag hovedsakelig basert på anbefalinger bedrifter i mellom med kun en aktiv selger, men har måttet stoppe salg ved flere for å ivareta gode kundereiser. Vi starter nå et nytt selskap som skal fornye maskinvare/hardware markedet B2B som er bygget på en plattform vi utvikler.

House of Control Group is a tech company that develops software as a service (SaaS) solutions for contract management and IFRS 16 compliance (Lease Accounting). Our Software-as-a-Service solutions solves important, time-consuming, and professionally challenging work for the CFO and finance department. The CFO and the finance departments of medium-sized and large companies are our main target groups, and our software helps them improve financial and operational management. Private and public enterprises use our software to manage contracts and assets, communicate with suppliers, and get a faster overview over their business via dashboards. Cut costs, save time, reduce risk, and improve compliance – all key ingredients of a better-working finance department. Today, House of Control Group has 2700+ customers, with thousands of users worldwide.

MedicQuant is an Aarhus based medtech startup that is revolutionizing patient care by developing a tool that measures drug levels at the point of care. This provides clinicians with the crucial information they need for rapid and life-saving management of patients. MedicQuant’s first solution focuses on anticoagulation therapy for acute stroke patients. By providing insight into this therapy, clinicians can determine the correct life-saving management of stroke patients, greatly improving time to treatment and reducing mortality and disability.

Next-generation building blocks for developers Weavy is a complete toolkit for developers to add collaboration, productivity, and community features to web and mobile apps at a fraction of the cost and time. Our API and SDKs for Chat, Files, and Feeds, allow product teams to add commodity features for end users, without taking time and resources away from developing their core product.

Monetor is an automated currency department for corporate market. The market segment is hugely under-serviced and Monetor will offer the similar services that a large corporate enjoys to small and medium sized companies.Non-transparent pricing and partially complex solutions of foreign exchange products coupled with marginal resources and competence are challenging factors for the SME market, when doing cross border business. Our offering is to gather and analyse vendor invoices, historical transactional information, FX rate feeds thereby providing the user with real-time Monitoring of currency exposure on an invoice by invoice basis. This information will be used to determine the to the customer cost regarding currency exposure and cross border payments. Monetor will execute spot payments and hedge future credits/debits, within the parameters of the firms’ pre-set policy or strategy for managing foreign exchange risk.  Our aim is to reduce the costs to the business and eliminate currency risk.

Otivio’s main product, FlowOx™, is addressing chronic wounds with focus on peripheral arterial disease (PAD), which is a serious condition leading to pain, chronic wounds and in many cases amputation and mortality. The patient population is very large and increasing. There are limited adequate treatment options offered to the patients aside from surgical interventions. FlowOx™ is a non-invasive product intended for home use. Long-term patient testing in more than 50 patients documents increased blood flow, reduced pain and wound healing. FlowOx™ is CE marked. In fourth quarter 2017 had its commercial break-through through sales of FlowOx to public customers.

Med BLING Capital ska vi demokratisera tillgången på kapital genom att skifta flödet av investeringar från slutna homogena grupper och traditionella nätverk till entreprenörer som normalt inte nås av riskkapital, som till exempel kvinnor, minoriteter och människor som bor utanför storstadskärnorna. Nu söker vi dig som vill vara med och förändra. Med BLING Capital siktar vi på att tidigt investera och vara en långsiktig partner i företag som grundats av underrepresenterade entreprenörer i världsklass eller entreprenörer med minoritetsbakgrund som skapar värde för människor och samhälle. Vi värdesätter företag med en hållbar och framåtlutad affärsmodell som angriper stora, globala marknader och löser verkliga problem. Det övergripande målet för BLING Capital är att skapa stark, hållbar avkastning genom att vara en långsiktig partner som tillför värde till våra portföljbolag.

With a core technology of thermal energy harvesting, TEGnology works on smart power supply solutions for future IoT devices, which don't rely on batteries or cables. It opens opporutnities for generating more data, making more precise moniroting, or installing sensor in the places difficult to reach. Digital transition and industrial automantion sill based on installing a large number of wireless sensor nodes, most of which are currently powered by batteries. Despite the relatively low cost of batteries, the enevitable man-powered involved in maintaining the keeping track of batteries might be problematic, not to mention batteries pollutes. Thermal energy harvesting converts temperature gradience directly into electricity. No moving parts or chemical reactions are involved. The lifetime of thermal generator is therefore typically decades. During the entire lifetime, more energy can be provided than any type of batteries. All materials used in TEGnology’s thermal energy harvesters are abundant and environmentally-friendly. The manufacture method is compatible with existing industrial standard. It makes up-scaling of production relatively straightforward.

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.

AgriRobot is founded by Tommy and Henrik who have solid experience from the agricultural domain. Both have gained profound insight into the international market and technical aspects of agtech /robotics. AgroRobot is founded 2021 and has a been residence at DTU Skylab Pilots /Developer Hall since August 2021. AgriRobot is proving solutions for full autonomy for field robots, by developing safety solutions based on proven sensors and our own SW for obstacle detection. We want to provide a safety solution that allows the operator of the robot to leave the field without jeopardizing the safety of the robot. Our solution is dedicated to agriculture and our primary customers are manufacturers (OEM) of field robots or integrators of autonomy solutions.

Mai is a tech startup that helps sell people's clothes. The resale market is on a rise, but it is still too troublesome for people to get their items into the market and get their items sold. We are building an engine that automatically sells an item for them, and they keep 80% of the price. Read more at maiapp.se. TO DO THIS, SOME OF THE CHALLENGES WE TACKLE ARE: - Predict any resale items market valuation - Publish the item om multiple resale platforms for bigger reach - Predict on what platforms the item will sell - Provide a hassle free peer 2 peer shipping experience WHAT MAKES US BELIEVE IN THIS After running a beta version of our service for 6 months we see that our users love Mai. With a retention at 50% and a low customer aquisition cost the potential to scale is huge. We have sold 1000+ items with high user retention and happiness, and we have a 3x higher share sold rate and 1.5x higher sold price compared to other siloed resale marketplaces. And the best of all (what drives us): At scale, Mai could play a significant role in lowering the emissions from the fashion industry. Buying and selling used instead of new is the #1 most effective way to lower the emissions. THE OFFER After closing a first round of investments we are now looking to expand our team with 2-3 senior developers. The team will be relatively small and we will have a lot of fun! As an early employee, we'll offer you shares of the company together with good salary. You will work next to our amazing Co-Founder and CTO Daniel Sundman with 20+ years engineering experience from Silicon Valley and Stockholm.