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Season 2022

Iceland Innovation Week brought back Nordic Startup Awards to Reykjavik, Iceland. Congratulations to all the winners who will elevate to the Global Startup Awards, and thanks to all the 300 founders, investors and other ecosystem stakeholders who attended.

The award show took place in Harpa, one of the world’s most beautiful concert houses.

The host, Matt Smith, did an amazing job creating a fun experience and cleverly implementing his insights from the startup world and from working in all the Nordic counties.

There were also talented musicians performing between the awards and the visuals produced by DROBE.media lit the room with the colours of the Nordic through the animations showcasing the winners.

All in all, a fantastic night that, of course, ended with an after-party with a view over the Icelandic landscape.

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Nordic Winners

Best Green Tech

Spirii

Denmark

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.

Best HealthTech

Cerebriu

Denmark

Cerebriu is simplifying radiology to improve patient journeys

Best Newcomer

Cogo

Denmark

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.

Ecosystem Hero of the Year

Mia Grosen

Denmark

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.

Best VC

Chalmers Ventures

Sweden

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.

Startup of the Year

IQM Quantum Computers

Finland

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.

Founder of the Year

Shameek Ghosh

Sweden

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.

Best Accelerator/Incubator Program

Katapult Ocean

Norway

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

Best AI/Machine Learning Startup

Glint Solar

Norway

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.

Best Co-working Space

Impact Hub Stockholm

Sweden

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

People's Choice

Bower

Sweden

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.

Regional Finalists

DENMARK NATIONAL FINALISTS
FINLAND NATIONAL FINALISTS
ICELAND NATIONAL FINALISTS
NORWAY NATIONAL FINALISTS
SWEDEN NATIONAL FINALIST

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Startup of the Year

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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).

Best Newcomer

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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).

Founder of the Year

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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).

VC of the Year

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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.

Best Co-working Space

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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.

Best Accelerator/Incubator Program

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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.

Ecosystem Hero of the Year

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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.

Best Green Tech Startup

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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.

Best Health Tech Startup

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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.

Best AI / Machine Learning Startup

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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.

People's Choice

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

Jury board

Rasmus Schjødt Pedersen

Denmark

Sustainia

Peter Lundgreen

Denmark

Founding CEO at Lundgreen's Capital

Claes Mikko Nilsen

Finland

Investment Director

Peter Faaborg-Andersen

Denmark

Senior Vice President, Global Commercial Management and Product Portfolio

Endre Kluge

Hungary

International sales man with Computer Sciences- and Technology background

Martin Klee

Denmark

Pre-seed investor /BA

Jesper Lindholt

Denmark

CEO, economist and a one-time software developer

Alberte Katrine Schmidt

Denmark

Investment Manager at PreSeed Ventures

Alexander Goodwille

United Kingdom

Development Director at Goodwille

David Helgason

Iceland

Programmer-technologist, Co-founded Unity

Douglas Stark

Co-Founder at Voi

Hajdi Cenan

Croatia

Co-founder & CEO of the AI startup Airt

Henna Keränen

Sweden

Head of Partnerships & Community at Sting

Henrik Ibsen

Denmark

OpenTeleHealth

Maryrose Francica

Malta

Entrepreneur and Owner of Skills Zone Malta Company Limited

Michael Bak

Denmark

TechBBQ

Nina Dremelj

Slovenia

Business Angels of Slovenia

Pia Ella Elmegård

Denmark

Bobbie & Beastie

Simon Ruud

Norway

TheFactory Accelerator & VC

Tilde Reffstrup

Denmark

The Danish Foundation for Entrepreneurship

Marie Claire Maxwell

Sweden

Business Sweden

Jo Griffiths

South Africa

Global Innovation Initiative Group