ICA Odenhallen in Östersund became the first store in Östersund to offer its customers store-grown herbs. Thanks to BlåGrön Odling's system, the basil does not have to travel by truck over long distances before reaching the store. The store uses a recently upgraded cultivation system supplied by BlåGrön Odling from Härnösand. The company has been working for several years to develop ... Read more
Josefin Jaen Nilsson
The app developer WatchItGolf is ready to simplify the work of all the world's golf coaches through the industry's best analysis tool, directly on the phone. "A problem for us has been to get people to believe that it actually works, because this works just as well as the expensive stuff," says Patric Hörnsten Nilsson. For entrepreneurs Patrik Hörnsten Nilsson and Nicklas Boström ... Read more
Start-up company Original Creation is taking big steps forward with its digital traceability system. With funding from Vinnova and new contacts from BizMakers Forest Business Accelerator, the company is approaching its first pilot. In December, Original Creation was granted just over SEK 1 million in support from Vinnova through the research and innovation program Advanced Digitalization. The money will be used to develop a working product during the first ... Read more
Safer workplaces are the goal of DIRI Safety Solutions, which is developing a system for digital risk cards based on its own experience. The company is now leaving the pilot phase with several customer agreements - and is preparing to scale up. - Whatever the industry and product, people are needed to work, service and maintain it. We are the ones who keep people safe, ... Read more
With environmentally smart production and bikes in the premium segment, Eker Bikes aims to change the market both in its home country Sweden, the production country Uganda and in the rest of the world. The bamboo bikes can now be seen in the hands of ambassadors such as Anja Pärson. "We want to increase brand awareness. Digital presence and visibility have been in focus recently, says co-owner Johan ... Read more
Innovation development is part of BizMaker's DNA. So says business developer Cecilia Nordlund, who was recently approved as a certified innovation manager by the research institute RISE. "This quality assures the support we provide in systematic innovation work," she says. Contributing to strengthening the innovative power of companies in Västernorrland's business community and developing the ability of start-up companies to work strategically with innovations is ... Read more
Tailor-made travel experiences under your own brand, resulting in loyal customers and additional sales. This is what Your Brand Travel offers its customers. Now, the startup has signed an agreement with the outdoor brand Isbjörn of Sweden, which will launch the travel club Isbjörn Adventure. The Örnsköldsvik-based startup Your Brand Travel wants to give more brands the opportunity to offer targeted quality experiences to their customers, ... Read more
Hans Persson at Hamek Verkstad has just had his last meeting in the Business Scaleup growth program. - "I have received help in developing a five-year plan, so even though the program is over, I know how to continue working. My toolbox is bigger today. Within five years, we want to turn over 50 million and become ... Read more
Companies in Västernorrland, Västerbotten and Norrbotten now have the opportunity to take the temperature of their innovation climate with a simple digital tool. The tool is a free self-assessment test that consists of a number of questions in different areas - once the entrepreneur has answered the questions, they receive an innovation analysis with concrete tips on how they can work to create a ... Read more
Traditional approaches to managing waste streams are often not flexible or innovative enough for the environmental challenges we face. BizMaker, through the Innovation Power for Green Transition project, has therefore developed a simple structure to help industrial companies identify and sort valuable residual streams that can pave the way for new circular business models, collaborations and an increased ... Read more
Härnösand-based company Lumiary and its international partners have been awarded over SEK 40 million in funding for the development of next-generation microphone technology through the prestigious EIC Pathfinder (European Innovation Council's program for the development of breakthrough technologies). Starting in February, Lumiary will coordinate and lead the four-year PIONEAR project, which involves seven European partners in electronics, ... Read more
Anette Andersson, creator of the quirky shoe horn WALLi, has had an inspiring journey. Since the idea stage in 2020, she has created a prototype and finished product, pitched in Draknästet and Paris, found retailers and created an online shop. The practical WALLi shoehorn - which is impossible to lose - can now be found in design and interior design stores, hotel rooms, ... Read more