🇳🇴 What an incredible afternoon celebrating the future of tech in Norway! 🚀
A massive thank you to everyone who joined us for the Norway as Female Tech Founder Frontrunner scale-up showcase. Celebrating the end of the first cohort of our International Accelerator Programme alongside so many brilliant founders, investors and ecosystem champions was the perfect way to kick off the summer.
This initiative is all about changing the landscape of tech leadership. And seeing a room of people dedicated to backing women in tech was incredibly powerful.
A special thank you to our incredible hosts, partners and speakers who made the afternoon possible, in particular:
🙏 Karianne Vintervoll, Hugo Andre Haugsnes Isaksen and the team at KPMG Norway for welcoming us to your offices again and for arranging rooftop drinks on the terrace after the pitches
🙏 Jeanette Grendahl (Feminvest) for co-hosting the event with us, and for your unwavering championing of female tech leaders.
The highlight of the day was undoubtedly hearing from the founders themselves. Listening to them sharing their journeys through the accelerator and watching these exceptional women take to the stage to pitch for us one last time made us so proud.
The innovation, drive and vision on show proved exactly why these companies are going to be Norway’s next tech giants.
Huge congratulations to the pitching companies:
👉 round 1:
1. Sara M. Rakstang, CEO and Co-founder of Repasdo
2. Siri G. Grønli, Co-founder and CCO of GIND AS
3. Benedicte Økland, CEO of Wenn Property
4. Tonje Steigedal, PhD, CEO and Co-founder of Lybe Scientific AS
5. Helene Austbø (Birkeland), CEO and Founder of Blizbi
6. Nina Skarra, CEO and Founder of IDNTFY
👉 round 2:
1. Linda Lorense Refsnes, CEO and Founder of Bloomlet Technologies AS
2. Cecilie Drange, CEO of Sandcatch Solutions
3. Madeleine Bjørnestad Røed, CEO and Founder of Stackby.me
4. Siv Kristiansen, CEO and Founder of Day of Week
5. Anne Helene Wirstad, CEO of Suntean
6. Assel Issina, Founder of LogIQ
7. Verena Hagspiel-Janssen, CEO and Co-Founder of ProDecs
8. Lene Koll, CEO of Compera (with Susanne Wærholm Bærheim, who’s also been on the programme, watching in the audience)
Sadly Glenda Anfinsen from GrabEAT (who was also on the programme) couldn’t join us on the day – we missed you, Glenda!
Thank you to everyone who stayed for networking drinks in the sunshine afterwards. The journey doesn't stop here though – we can't wait to see where our scaleups head next! 🌍✨
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Kaja van den Berg, Marit Wetterhus, Sagar Chandna, Solveig Peersen, Karianne Vintervoll, Kristin Willoch Haugen