Domestic violence is one of the most difficult challenges facing society today – yet much of the support currently available focuses on the acute phase. Sundsvall entrepreneur Linda Bjermqvist is now developing Concensra, an anonymous web service designed to provide structured support before, during, and after a breakup. This spring, the tool is being tested at one of the country's women's shelters. A place at ... Read more
With new technology, the founders of EcoVibes want to make it easier to measure biodiversity. The solution makes it easier to find and protect rare species, and to choose the right areas for forestry and construction projects early on in the process. Inventorying with sound sensors, or "bugging the forest," is effective, safe, and causes no disturbance to the environment being inventoried. Read more
Permitify's digital solution replaces the manual handling of work permits for high-risk jobs. With fresh venture capital behind it, the Sundsvall-based company is ready to ramp up both development and sales. High-risk work in industry requires both risk analysis and work permits, which must be approved by both the client and the contractor. The Sundsvall-based company Permitify has developed a digital platform that provides a better overview, ... Read more
Collecct and ITSL Solutions are each awarded SEK 500,000 in this year's call for Innovative Startups. A total of three companies in Västernorrland receive funding, which places Västernorrland among the most successful in northern Sweden in terms of this year's call. In Vinnova's call for Innovative Startups 2025, two companies in BizMaker's network, Collecct and ITSL Solutions, have been granted SEK 500,000 each. The funding strengthens two promising ... Read more
Create selling, up-to-date content that follows brand guidelines - all at the touch of a button. Sundsvall-based Octopus wants to help companies streamline their content creation and drive sales with the right business data."In a few seconds, we can do what takes several hours in, for example, Canva," says Henrik Nygren, founder and CEO. Many companies want to simplify the work of ... Read more
Seven years after the first business trip with BizMaker to Canada, Sundsvall-based PlantVation has signed its biggest contract to date - in Montreal. The company will deliver two large units for vegetable cultivation to a foodtech company. A big step forward, and at the same time back to the roots for PlantVation and CEO Johanna Westman.
A new digital platform makes it easier for sports clubs to ensure that their leaders do not have a criminal record. "Children's safety should never depend on carelessness or lack of checks," say Elliot Timander and Emil Andersson, who run the start-up Registercentralen. All sports clubs are obliged to check that their leaders and officials do not have a ... Read more
Startup company ITSL Solutions from Sundsvall develops tools for secure digital communication, technology that will once and for all replace faxes in healthcare, among other areas. Now the company has sold its interface HubS to Habo Municipality and is preparing to scale up. Handling confidential information has long been one of the major challenges of digitalization, where legislation has not kept up … Read more
Today, Nordea's Norrlandsstiftelse awarded its sustainability prize of SEK 50,000 to three startups from BizMaker's incubator program. The award ceremony was held in connection with Grönborg's 150th anniversary and was led by Carina Bergquist-Palm from Nordea's Norrlandsstiftelse together with Ewa Sandeheim from BizMaker. Sustainable business model: SEK 25,000 ConScan's Henrik Gelfgren was rewarded for a more sustainable construction process and a ... Read more
This spring, Rottneros' Vallvik pulp mill is testing a digital solution that replaces the manual handling of work permits for hazardous work. Behind the innovation is the startup Permitify. A risk analysis and a work permit. It is required every time a contractor performs hazardous work in an industry. The permit is signed by both the client in the industry and the person who will carry out the work, for example ... Read more
With the help of the Anekdotes platform, Elvira Utterström, Emma Arenlind and Linnea Sundin have developed the app Härnta, which collects everything that happens in Härnösand. The platform makes it possible to quickly realize their app without needing technical skills. The idea for Härnta was born when Emma, who worked at First Hotel during the summer, noticed that tourists often asked for a ... Read more
The startups that have participated in BizMaker's incubator and accelerator programs generate as much as 17 times the public funds invested - a figure that shows the impact innovation and entrepreneurship can have on Västernorrland's development. In 2023, start-ups supported by BizMaker generated over half a billion SEK in turnover and employed 340 people. Through their ... Read more
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