Octo Ventures, based in Oslo, Norway, is an incubator that initiates, invests in, and develops companies together with external co-founders. Based on investment criteria that have proved to deliver superior returns, we have developed a proprietary algorithm that generates high-potential ideas. Our methodology combines best practices within innovation, product development, and business design to accelerate the process from concept development to MVP and commercial launch.

Entro is an energy- and environmental consultancy firm with two clients – our customers and the environment. We save our customers time and money, and we help the environment by reducing energy consumption and carbon footprints. Entro has about 60 employees in Oslo, Trondheim, and Bergen. We had a turnover of NOK 63 million in 2016 and saved our customers NOK 400 million. Entro has a unique interdisciplinary expertise with a good mix of practical and academic skills. Among our staff we have more trade certificates in electrical and construction, more than 60% of the employees are civil engineers and engineers and we have several employees with training in economics and management. We have expertise in electrical, plumbing, building, environment, and IT.

Anzyz is an Artificial Intelligence company, which uniquely integrates supervised, unsupervised and manual rule-based learning through a text analytical algorithm, called CCL (Corpus Cube Linguistics). CCL is self-learning and enables interpretation and understanding of the contextual meaning in Big Data. CCL stems from innovations led by Professor Ole-Christoffer Granmo at the University of Agder. Granmo and entrepreneur Svein Olaf Olsen established Anzyz Technologies AS in 2014. The company seeks to become one of the world's leading providers of Artificial Intelligence - driven business solutions.

An employee management system that´s designed to be easy to use. By thinking differently and smarter than our competitors we are making an employee management system that is easy to use, especially for elderly users. And the system is not complicated. We are focusing on that our typical customer is both 20 and 60 years old. Therefore is it important for us to listen to them, so we can make a system that is understandable for them. By getting satisfied customers, we will be the preferred system for small and medium-sized businesses. We are providing a web-based system that is available on all devices. In our system, you find timesheets, deviation, weekly plans/schedules, resource-planner, groups, CRM, newsfeeds, to-do-list, use on projects, travel logs, and many more tools for communication and registration. We want to make a smart and effective day for small and medium businesses. KPI - Key Performance Indicator:- MVP - Minimum Viable Product- 20 costumers- Founding from Innovation Norway (marked clarification)- 2016 revenue: 318.000NOK

Ecomerden is a complete producer of semi-closed cage systems for Aquaculture founded in 2012. With over 25 years of experience in delivering technology in the aquaculture industry, we started developing Ecomerden, a European patented semi-closed system for the lice-free production of fish. By 2015 the first cage was installed in Solund. Sogn & Fjordane. Here we have produced lice-free post-smolt of Atlantic salmon (90 grams-1kg) for 2 years with groundbreaking results. Using Ecomerden as a combination in the production line of the fish not only prevents lice pressure but also makes a more robust smolt ready for the open cages. With the results so far showing that the technology and biology are working, the company is now ready for commercialization.

We have now published the first version of the website Devent for Agility. The idea is to have a website where you can find agility-related information in the form of a meeting overview (list or calendar), results, annual overviews, and statistics for dog/organizer/judge (graphs are best viewed on a PC or landline phone). You manage which dogs you want to see statistics for easily on "my page". The system also has modules for setting up and running your own events and supports e.g. 5 size classes if desired. If you want to use the system for your event, you can read more and register here. We are still in an early phase and the system is under constant development. We are grateful for all constructive feedback, whether you experience errors or see things that should be solved in a different way. You will find a link for feedback here.

Connecting Grounds is a food start-up based in Aarhus that up-cycles spent coffee grounds (a.k.a. coffee waste) into a food ingredient for B2B snack and confectionary companies and restaurants. Why do we do it? 1. Environment Spent coffee grounds are often treated as waste. Think about how many cups of coffee you or the people around you drink per day. All the coffee waste from drinking coffee adds to the Greenhouse Gas Emissions. 2. Nutritional Value When we brew our cup of coffee, we are only taking advantage of 1% of coffee's nutrients. 99% of these nutrients stay in the spent coffee grounds. These nutrients include caffeine, dietary fibre, proteins and valuable minerals. What we do is change the narrative behind hidden food waste by starting with coffee by-products. By up-cycling such a product, we evert emissions, take advantage of our resources and raise awareness on the importance of up-cycling. Rethinking food is what we do, and we will not stop with coffee by-products. We will continue to search for resources/ingredients that have the potential of being reintroduced in the food stream, again.

Meet life’s challenges—with a little more kindness towards yourself. Unie is your daily companion for more self-kindness, designed to help you navigate the difficult parts of life. Whether you're dealing with self-doubt, anxiety, or other challenges in your life, Unie offers audio sessions that guide you toward a kinder self. The Problem: Have you ever been told to "be kinder to yourself"? Even though it is a sentence that is supposed to be uplifting, we rarely know how to be just that. Kind to me. Our Solution: Unie is developed in a collaboration between youth and psychologists, making all our relateable, yet simple and motivating. All you have to do is press play. The app provides three different types of audio content: 🌍 Todays: Kickstart your day with 5-minute audio sessions focused on cultivating self-kindness. These quick sessions are your daily push towards a better you. 🍋 Lemons: When life gives you lemons, these courses help you turn them into lemonade. Every course is a journey towards more self-kindness, available whenever you need it. ☁️ Clouds: Self-kindness at the times you need it most. Simple, clear exercises to help you cope with the cloudy moments of your day. IMAGINE THIS: You've had a challenging day, feeling like you're just not good enough. Instead of spiraling into self-doubt, you plug in your headphones and listen to a session from our 'I never feel good enough' Lemon. As you listen, you're reminded of your worth, your strengths, and the fact that it's okay to be imperfect. By the end, you feel uplifted, understood, and ready to face another day. WHY UNIE MATTERS: Unie is more than an app; we are a movement towards changing how society perceives mental health. By offering a space that is both understanding and practical, Unie empowers members to face life's challenges with self-kindness, fostering resilience and a supportive community. Our app not only encourages individual growth but also aims to shift cultural narratives, making self-kindness a recognized and essential part of mental health.

BeiZ & Lola Panda team help children learn to read, count and develop logical thinking with our popular subscription based Lola's Learningland solution. Our speciality is learn-to-read area which is the most difficult and most important early learning area. We have developed our solution based on our loved Lola Panda apps which have been downloaded over 40 million times globally. Our aim is to make Lola's Learningland best early education learn-to-read solution globally.

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.

We are a Finnish-based impact fund focusing on the Nordics. In alignment with founders of sustainable companies with environmental and social objectives, we invest and engage to make their impact operational, measurable, and profitable with a common goal to reduce the carbon footprint of consumption.

Goscore - a fair human credit scoring company. We help banks to increase creditworthy customers by as much as 19% while reducing default rates by as much as 49%. Banks can not only see «can» consumers repay a loan, but «will» they do that. Unlike other credit reference agencies, who rely on outdated tax reports, we leverage up-to-date transactional data to build a real-time comprehensive financial profile. Like many Europeans, we have experienced that traditional credit scoring is unfair and does not consider you creditworthy, even if: - you are a successful entrepreneur, - a blogger with a million subscribers, - decide to get your first credit card, or - you moved from one country to another. So, goscore brings a new golden standard of fair human credit scoring for the EU.

We make it as easy as possible for you! Our own developed online health test analyzes your answers and gives you a personalized mix of vitamins and minerals. Zentabox is a subscription service and our customers receive their nutritional supplements every single month. At Zentabox, we are proud to be a 100% Danish-owned company, based in Køge and production in Stege on Møn. We were founded based on the idea and ambition to make it easy and simple to personalize your nutritional supplement. In addition, we would like to state that Zentabox works based on evidence-based science and the National Board of Health's recommendations. We do not want any waste of resources in our production, therefore our team always works hard to be able to offer as climate-conscious and sustainable a product as possible.

Ayd is a telehealth platform that connects consumers with licensed doctors for high-quality medical care within stigmatized verticals. We are on a mission to create the most convenient access to affordable and personalized healthcare. We believe that everyone should have the opportunity to get the best help possible, with easy access to proactive health decisions for increased well-being and happiness.

Upotential is a place where you train your mental skills to improve performance and mental wellbeing together with other people from all over the world. Upotential was founded 2019 in Sweden by Marianne 'Maja' Marescotti, a former elite tennis player, and Catrin Eriksson, an Ironman finisher. Maja and Catrin felt that something was off in the discussions around mental health. Instead of focusing on what can be done proactively to avoid mental health problems, too much focus had been put on reactive treatment. Why wasn't there an inspiring place for people who want to proactively train their mental skills to improve performance and mental well-being?! United by a clear vision to contribute to a healthier and more fun world to live in, the founders felt it was time to create a new solution and make mental fitness training social, accessible and affordable. The main idea behind the gym for mental fitness was to create a typical kind of gym, but instead of training your body, you would train your mental skills and work on everything it means to be human, such as discovering yourself, finding your passion points, going for your goals, and learning how to connect to yourself and others! The next addition to the team was Camilo Sáenz-Moncaelano, an expert with a PhD in Sport- & Performance Psychology. Together this trio has created a concept of science-based mental workouts designed to fit anyone who wants to develop and improve performance and mental wellbeing.