TUEs
day
Oct 22
OPENING NIGHT
The City of Bergen and the Mayor invites you to one of Bergen's most historical buildings for the official opening of Acceler8. Investor Summit. Food, drinks and great networking.
Venue: Håkonshallen
17:30
OFFICIAL
RECEPTION
Directly after the reception, First Tuesday invites you to join "From Start-up to Scale-up". Enjoy an interesting evening with great talks, discussions, like-minded people and mingling. Full program available here.
Venue: Radisson Blu Royal Hotel
19:00
FIRST TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
Oct 23
INVESTOR SUMMIT
Meet the companies selected by Acceler8. Electorate. The day is structured as follows: One hour of presentations from stage, followed by one hour of company meetings per round.
Venue: Media City Bergen
OTHER ACTIVITIES
ESCALON WORKSHOP
Financial modeling for companies
Venue: Tower 3, 9th floor
10:00
ESCALON WORKSHOP
Financial modeling for companies
Venue: Tower 3, 9th floor
14:00
PARTY
17:00
REGISTRATION OPENS
AT 08:15
by Silje Vallestad (Acceler8.) and Ingrid Von Streng Velken (BKK)
Host for the day: Jørn Haanæs (OBR)
09:00
OPENING
Ably medical, Dignio, Capeesh, 121Gameon, No isolation, Nofence, Smart Plants, Zdata
09:10
ROUND 1
Oivi, Mixmove, Kitemill, Simp, Quantfolio, Think Outside, Vibbio, Beyonder, Teston, Fonn
11:00
ROUND 2
Heimdall Power, Picterus, Sevendof, Wheel.me, ZTL Payment solution, Dimension10, ONiO, Vake, Diffia
13:00
ROUND 3
Simplifai, Disruptive Technologies, Greenstat, My Voice AI, Bio-Me, IGT Technology, Celerway Communication, Desert Control, GrepS
15:00
ROUND 4
THURSDAY
Oct 24
Horizons Selected
(Private meetings)
Li Ka Shing Foundation
(Private meetings)
CONFERENCE DAY
While Horizons Ventures meets privately with the 60 companies they have selected, you are welcome to join a full day of interesting sessions and talks. We will put the spotlight on Norway as a growing startup nation, and we are especially proud that Horizons Ventures has decided to host their annual TechCracker Lab featuring some of their most incredible founders in partnership with Acceler8.
SPECIAL
ACTIVITIES
REGISTRATION OPENS
AT 08:15
OPENING by and today's host: Birgit Liodden (TOOL)
WHY ARE NORWEGIAN STARTUPS NOT ATTRACTING MORE FOREIGN VENTURE CAPITAL?
Moderated by Ingrid Streng von Velken (BKK)
Participants: Edgeir Aksnes (Tibber), Tom Christer Nilsen (Politician, Høyre) and Gunnar Sellæg (Spring Capital)
CAPITAL FOR GROWTH - GOVERNMENTAL INTERVENTION FOR BRIDGING THE GAP
Johan Bjørkevoll (Investment Director, Innovation Norway)
09:00
Acceler8.
Spotlight Norway
OPENING by Silje Vallestad (Acceler8.)
PERFECT DAY - Ryan Pandya & Perumal Ghandi
Fireside chat host: Carolina Sachs
SOILCQUEST - Guy Webb
Fireside chat host :Ole Christian Sivertsen
IMPOSSIBLE FOODS - Nick Halla & David Lee
Fireside chat host: Helene Frihammer
GENVID - Jacob Navok
Fireside chat host Anette D. Ståløy
SOUL MACHINES - Mark Sagar & Greg Cross
Fireside chat host Connor Mitchell
*** Lunch is served at 12:15
10:15
TechCracker Lab
Founder Stories by Horizon Ventures
Moderator: Ellen Amalie Vold (Argentum)
Participants: Anders Milde Gjendemsjø (McKinsey), Shauna Cecilia McNeill (Executive VP Innovation Aker Biomarine), Birgit Liodden (TOOL) and Ingrid Kylstad (Katapult Ocean)
*** Program is finished at 16:00
15:00
Acceler8.
Innovation in the Ocean Nation