At Spirii, we strive to provide high-quality, innovative software that allows companies, municipalities, real-estate dev. and facility owners to build and deploy their EV charging buisness within months and not years. Electrifying the speed for change within adoption to EVs.

Cerebriu is simplifying radiology to improve patient journeys

Cogo shows you all shared rides in one app as long as they are human- or electric powered. Find shared electric scooters, cars, bikes and mopeds from over 130 operators in 400 cities worldwide.

Founder of Canute. Previously co-founder of Comundu and UK Country Manager for LuggageHero. Also worked as external consultant for the Danish Trade Council. Has lived in Istanbul, Bangkok, Budapest and latest London. Has in depth experience consulting danish tech companies in their international expansion. With her work in Canute Mia has helped more than 100 Danish startups and scaleup expand to new markets and getting international investor contacts.

Chalmers Ventures is one of Swedens most active tech investors in early stage and a globally top-10 ranked university incubator. We are supported by world leading competence and knowledge from Chalmers University. Powered by true passion, curiosity and courage.

IQM is the European leader in superconducting quantum computers. In two years, we have grown to 100+ employees. We build quantum computers for supercomputing centers and industrial customers. We deliver quantum advantage through our unique application-specific co-design approach.

As CEO at TrusTrace, I have used my past experience to identify and forge partnerships with Investors, Brand Leadership and Ecosystem partners to help them develop their business strategy around traceable, transparent and sustainable supply chains.

We invest in, and accelerate, ocean-tech startups with a positive impact on our ocean.

Glint Solar is changing the origination process of solar energy projects. By utilizing satellite data and machine learning, we scan thousands of potential project sites in a region to find the most suitable sites for solar developers.

Impact Hub is the worlds first movement for changemakers and entrepreneurs that want to make a difference. The Impact Hub experience consist of a great space, a locally rooted and globally conscious community and support from local community events to global scaling programs

Bower is a world-unique app where you can recycle all your packaging that has a barcode and get cash-back while simultaneously helping the climate.

A startup that inspires the next generation of founders while positively impacting the economy and the world in general. It is a product and/or service which is already a success on the market, disrupting its industry with an innovative approach.

Criteria: The startup must be maximum 5 years of age (calculated from establishment date until public nominations open).

A startup up to 2 years of age with the potential to become Startup of the Year in the future. Its product and/or service is already on the market on a path to disrupt its industry and positively impact the economy and the world.

Criteria: The startup must be maximum 2 years of age (calculated from establishment date until public nominations open).

A startup founder or co-founder who has shown strong leadership skills and achieved exceptional business results while being an inspiration to their team and a role model for the next generation of founders.

Criteria: The individual must be a founder or co-founder of a startup that is a maximum of 5 years of age (calculated from establishment date until public nominations open).

A VC who has created impressive financial results while investing bravely in innovative companies which can positively impact the economy as well as the world, supporting them also with resources other than just financial.

Criteria: The VC must be established in the country it is participating in.

A co-working space that deserves recognition for its services, support, and resources to fast-growth startups, and for creating a culture and environment that fosters innovation and focuses on positively impacting the world.

Criteria: The co-working space must be established in the country it is participating in.

A fixed-term, cohort-based, mentorship-driven program that helps and empowers entrepreneurs to foster the growth of their innovative companies by providing tools, resources, connections, knowledge and expertise.

Criteria: The Accelerator/Incubator Program must be established in the country it is participating in.

An individual known by its passion for entrepreneurship and ability as well as willingness to help startups and entrepreneurship grow.

Criteria: The individual must perform their activity in the country that they are participating in.

A startup with a good business model that has a green impact on the world with its product and/or service that reduces energy consumption, creates renewable energy and/or makes process optimization.

Criteria: The startup must be maximum 5 years of age (calcuated from establisment date until public nominations open). The product and/or service needs to fall into one of the following areas; energy saving, renewable energy or resource optimization.

A startup that is on the path to disrupt the healthcare industry through the use of technology and by developing new business models improving the lives of patients. The startup’s product and/or service is already showing early traction on the market.

Criteria: The startup must be maximum 5 years of age (calculated from establishment date until public nominations open). The product and/or service has to fall under one or more of the following areas: Clinical efficiency, Patient engagement, Medical devices, Digital health, Predictive analytics, New technology solution, Fitness and wellness.

A startup that has shown the greatest development over the last year based on growth, innovation and most efficient and powerful application of Artificial Intelligence and/or Machine Learning to reinvent how business and societies develop solutions to previously unsolvable problems.

Criteria: The startup must have maximum 5 years of age and no exits (calculated from establisment date until public nominations open). It must be founded and incorporated in the same country as it is competing in, and its product and/or service must at least have a MVP ready and/or have received institutional funding from a VC/Angel. Moreover, the startup must be developing or selling a product and/or service that falls under one of these areas: Big Data, Machine Learning, Deep learning, Computer Vision, NLP, Recommenders, Time Series Analysis, Speech recognition, Robotics and/or General AI.

A company that got the most accumulated votes throughout the regional round.