We gather the best from the Nordic startup community, with the ambition to recognise and celebrate all the achievements! An award show like none before, Nordic Startup Awards is a series of events in the Nordic countries with the mission to celebrate and unite the Nordic startup eco-systems. All the events lead up to the grand finale where the startup kings and queens of the entire Nordic region will be revealed. The main purpose behind the event is to consolidate the Nordic startup scene and place Scandinavian startup ecosystem on the map as a leading center for innovation in Europe. …

Type: Media

Inspiring Private Investments FiBAN is a Finnish non-profit association of private investors and one of the largest and most active business angel networks in Europe with 650+ approved members. Our vision is to make Finland the best country in the world for growth-company investing. Our three main activities are: 👉 Matchmaking startups and private investors 👉 Sharing and developing angel investing best practices 👉 Representing private investors'​ interest Get to know us: https://www.fiban.org/ Submit your startup: https://www.fiban.org/submit Business Angels, Syndication, Network, and Startups

Type: Incubators & VCs

Malaysia's only independent radio station, focused on business news, current affairs, and building a better Malaysia. BFM is Malaysia's only independent radio station, focused on business news and current affairs. BFM's purpose is to build a better Malaysia by championing rational, evidence-based discourse as a key element of good policy decisions. BFM applies its discourse-based approach to other programming areas such as entrepreneurship, health, fashion, the arts, sports and music, as well as to its executive education initiative, The BFM-EDGE Education. We can be heard on air at the frequency - 89.9 MHz in Wilayah Persekutuan, Selangor, and parts of …

Type: Media

The world's largest online marketplace for authenticated, consigned luxury goods. Nasdaq listed: REAL #TheRealReal The RealReal is the world’s largest online marketplace for authenticated, resale luxury goods. With a rigorous authentication process overseen by experts, we provide a safe and reliable platform for consumers to buy and sell their luxury items. As a sustainable company, we give new life to pieces by hundreds of brands, from Gucci to Cartier, supporting the circular economy. We make consigning effortless with free in-home pickup, drop-off service, virtual appointments, and direct shipping. luxury designer fashion, luxury designer items, luxury resale, ecommerce, and consignment

Type: Large company

Fairness, choice, climate responsibility. Vihreät - De Gröna - The Greens of Finland The Greens work for a fair change. Today the world wide green movement is needed more than ever. Climate change is threatening the future of our environment and our way of life. People's well-being is threatened by changes in working life caused by the global economy. The green movement is offering a fair and safe solution. We want to leave future generations a world which is in a better condition than it is today. Background The party was founded February 28, 1987, and registered as a political …

Type: NGO, Think-tanks, Ed, & Culture Activities: cleantech greentech

The Swedish Olympic Committee, SOC, is the supreme authority for the olympic movement within Sweden. The Swedish Olympic Committee (SOC, Swedish: Sveriges Olympiska Kommitté (SOK)) is the Swedish National Olympic Committee (NOC). The SOC mission is to prepare and manage Sweden's participation in the Olympic Games, and to develop competitive Swedish Olympic Teams. With this mission in mind, SOC works to: - Give Olympic athletes an opportunity to grow and advance in their chosen sport, regardless of background and without discrimination of any sort - Inspire people to grow in sports - Promote the Olympic message of friendship, respect and …

Type: Media

Discover Finnish startups, SMEs and innovations – and the people behind them. Good News from Finland covers positive and globally interesting news topics related to Finnish startups, SMEs and innovations. We publish news in English and Chinese. The largest share of our international audience can be found in the US, the UK, Sweden, India and Germany. Good News from Finland is a part of Business Finland, a government-funded organisation bringing growth to Finland. (In the U.S. this material is distributed by Business Finland USA Inc. on behalf of Business Finland Ltd.) journalism, media, startups, business, Finland, internationalisation, and innovation

Type: Public

ThinkProgress is a news site dedicated to providing our readers with rigorous reporting and analysis from a progressive perspective. Founded in 2005, ThinkProgress is an editorially independent project of the Center for American Progress Action Fund. Over the past decade, the site has evolved from a small rapid response blog to a newsroom of reporters and editors covering the intersections between politics, policy, culture, and social justice. ThinkProgress seeks to engage our readers on issues that have a real impact on people’s lives. Our progressive values inform our news priorities. Driven by a mission to hold the powerful accountable and …

Type: Media

We help individuals and companies improve productivity and health outcomes through science-backed behavior change. Founded by Arianna Huffington in 2016, Thrive Global is a leading behavior change technology company with the mission to improve productivity and health outcomes – one Microstep at a time. Thrive helps individuals and organizations improve well-being, performance and mental resilience with its AI-powered behavior change technology platform. Thrive’s Microsteps – small, science-backed steps to improve health and productivity – have been adopted by employees at more than 200 organizations in over 160 countries, from frontline and call center workers to executives at multinational companies. For …

Type: NGO, Think-tanks, Ed, & Culture Activities: deeptech healthtech

Welcome to SJ. We are a Swedish train operator that offers sustainable travel. SJ is a Swedish train operator that offers sustainable travel, both independently and in collaboration with others. As the market-leading train operator, we link Sweden together and open the doors to Scandinavia’s capitals: Stockholm, Copenhagen and Oslo. We make it possible for many people to choose to travel by rail — the most sustainable mode of travel for longer distances. Every day, some 140,000 people choose to travel with SJ availing themselves of more than 1,200 departure times from 284 stations. We are part of the solution …

Type: Large company

Chemistry with a purpose. Better every day. At Kemira, you’ll be part of a team of more than 5,000 people who are creating a more sustainable future through chemistry. Safe, sustainable chemistries are a part of good life, ensuring hygiene, safe water, food safety and more. With over 100 years of experience, we are the chosen partners for water-intensive industries worldwide, helping our customers improve product quality, process and resource efficiency. Our results-oriented and collaborative culture inspires and empowers our people to solve societal challenges and make a positive impact. Ready to create better every day? Join us. water, energy …

Type: Large company

Cision is the global leader in consumer and media intelligence, engagement, and communication solutions. We equip PR and corporate communications, marketing, and social media professionals with the tools they need to excel in today’s data-driven world. Our deep expertise, exclusive data partnerships, and award-winning brands and products, including CisionOne, Brandwatch, and PR Newswire, enable over 75,000 companies and organizations, including 84% of the Fortune 500, to see and be seen, understand and be understood by the audiences that matter most to them. Interested in working for Cision? Visit cision.com/careers for available opportunities! PR Software, Social Media Software, Global Insights, and …

Type: Large company

[Automatic translation follows] St1 Nordic Oy is an energy group whose vision is to be a leading producer and seller of CO2-friendly energy. The group researches and develops economically profitable and environmentally sustainable energy solutions. St1 focuses on fuel marketing, oil refining and renewable energy solutions such as advanced biofuels and industrial wind power. The group has a total of 1,270 St1 and Shell gas stations and gas filling points in Finland, Sweden and Norway. St1's head office is in Helsinki and it employs more than 1,000 people. Renewable energy, Nordic Service station network, Advanced fuels, P2X, Windpower, Synthetic fuels, …

Type: SMB Activities: greentech cleantech energytech Technologies: Decarbonization

Every day we serve our communities to make San Diego not just a fine city, but a great City. The City of San Diego is dedicated to helping foster the region's economic base to improve the quality of life for its citizens and business community. CITY HALL: City Council meets on Mondays at 2 p.m. and on Tuesdays at 10 a.m. at the City Administration Building, 12th floor, 202 C St. in downtown San Diego. View the City Council Docket and City Council Meeting Webcast Archives online: bit.ly/2o6hUTm. FOLLOW US: Facebook.com/CityofSanDiego X.com/CityofSanDiego/ Instagram: @thecityofsandiego Threads:@cityofsandiego YouTube: https://goo.gl/7ouxaq

Type: Public

Dagens industri is Sweden's leading business daily newspaper – visit www.di.se for business and finance news and analytics. Ekonomi, Företag, Börs, Aktieanalys, Bank- och finans, Industri, Nyheter, entreprenörskap, and Digitalisering

Type: Media

Making Los Angeles Work: A Record of Accomplishment Together, we are doing big things in Los Angeles. We raised the minimum wage, lowered the business tax, and brought Hollywood jobs home. We are executing the nation’s largest infrastructure plan and we are outpacing the nation on jobs. We also passed the nation's boldest transportation plan and a groundbreaking initiative to house L.A.'s homeless. And we will keep getting things done. It’s up to us to show our nation what American values are all about and what American progress looks like. I hope you’ll join me as we work for an …

Type: NGO, Think-tanks, Ed, & Culture Activities: entertainment

The debut of the English edition of Global Times on April 20, 2009 establishes a new reliable channel for Chinese people and the rest of the world to understand one another. The Chinese edition of Global Times has been devoting itself to the same mission by showing Chinese readers how they are tightly connected to global affairs and introducing an exuberant and intricate China to the world as well. Global Times particularly focuses on expressing Chinese people’s real feelings, sharing their opinions and standpoints on significant international issues and promoting their understanding of the global views on China. Global Times …

Type: Public

Collaboratively Advancing Growth and Prosperity for All LAEDC drives action in support of a reimagined Los Angeles regional economy that is growing, equitable, sustainable and resilient, and provides a healthy and high standard of living for all. A public-benefit nonprofit celebrating its 40th year of working collaboratively to improve the lives of people through economic inclusion, LAEDC is a trusted partner working on behalf of the people of Los Angeles County. economic development, economic research, public policy, Los Angeles, business assistance, and workforce development

Type: NGO, Think-tanks, Ed, & Culture Activities: cleantech

We deliver bold, game-changing climate solutions to build a vital Earth, for everyone. We are Environmental Defense Fund, a leading environmental nonprofit focused on stabilizing the climate while helping build strong and healthy communities. Our game-changing solutions put people at the center of everything we do. Communities, governments, NGOs and businesses invite us to the table because our people find innovative solutions to the climate crisis. We work where we can make the biggest impact: fighting climate change, saving rainforests, supporting community-led clean air efforts and more. We bring team members together from a wide range of backgrounds. We are …

Type: NGO, Think-tanks, Ed, & Culture Activities: cleantech greentech

We cover sustainability and social impact through the lens of solutions journalism. Launched in 2005, TriplePundit is one of the longest-running online news platforms for sustainability in business. We’ve built a global community by reporting the latest on sustainability and social impact for nearly two decades. Now, we’re bringing solutions journalism to sustainable business news. Our in-depth reporting and analysis spark action by illuminating the people and organizations tackling the world’s most pressing environmental, social, and economic challenges. Environmental business reporting, Editorial look at sustainable business, Sustainability, Sustainable business, ESG, Triple bottom line, and Solutions Journalism

Type: Media

45,000+ network connecting #SiliconValley and the #NewNordics (the Nordics and Baltics) We Collaborate Silicon Vikings is a collaborative non-profit organization for networking and promotion of technologies and businesses intersecting #SiliconValley (California, USA) and the #NewNordics countries (Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, and Lithuania, Norway, Sweden) #NordicMade #baltictech We Connect We connect the Nordic & Baltic Regions to Silicon Valley's networked business and educational ecosystems. We Create Silicon Vikings delivers value to its members through technology and business driven events, activities and projects. News curated by Christian Olsson (@OlssonChristian) Follow us also on Silicon Vikings: Web: http://www.siliconvikings.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SiliconVikings Google+: https://plus.google.com/+Siliconvikings …

Type: NGO, Think-tanks, Ed, & Culture Activities: it services

Leading international NGO working with business, government & civil society to solve complex sustainability challenges Forum for the Future is a leading international sustainability organisation running out of offices in the UK, US, India and Singapore. Since we were founded in 1996, we’ve been working in partnership with business, governments and civil society to accelerate the shift towards a just and regenerative future in which both people and the planet thrive. Climate change, mounting inequality, nature in crisis: the world is facing complex challenges that are intensifying every single day. And while people and organisations are responding, we continue to …

Type: NGO, Think-tanks, Ed, & Culture Activities: cleantech greentech

[Automatic translation follows] The Ministry for Foreign Affairs promotes the security and welfare of Finland and the Finns, and strives to achieve a fair and secure world. The Ministry for Foreign Affairs and the network of Diplomatic Missions abroad subordinate to the Ministry serve Finns, Finland's economy and society, government leaders and Parliament. The network of Finnish Missions abroad comprises 92 offices. In addition, Finland has about 400 honorary consulates. Alongside the embassies, consulates and other service points in different countries, Finland has Diplomatic Missions to international organizations, such as the United Nations. The scope of activities extends from relations …

Type: Public

Follow us on EDGE Technologies to stay up to date! https://www.linkedin.com/company/edgetechnologies OVG Real Estate is a fast-growing, global, real estate development company headquartered in Amsterdam, with offices in Rotterdam, Hamburg, Berlin and New York. We are currently in the middle of transforming ourselves from a real estate developer into a real estate technology company. Our ultimate goal is to become the leading brand in the business. It is our core purpose to use technology to connect people and create healthy and sustainable environments. Real Estate, Sustainability, Development, Redevelopment, Investment Management, and Asset Management

Type: Incubators & VCs

Catalysing Clean Energy Solutions for All Mission Innovation is a global initiative catalysing a decade of action and investment in research, development and demonstration to make clean energy affordable, attractive and accessible for all. This will accelerate progress towards the Paris Agreement goals and pathways to net zero.

Type: Public

Fortune lights the path for global leaders — and gives them the tools to make business better FORTUNE is a global media organization dedicated to helping its readers, viewers, and attendees succeed big in business through unrivaled access and best-in-class storytelling. We drive the conversation about business. With a global perspective, the guiding wisdom of history, and an unflinching eye to the future, we report and reveal the stories that matter today—and that will matter even more tomorrow. With the trusted power to convene and challenge those who are shaping industry, commerce and society around the world, FORTUNE lights the …

Type: Media

[Automatic translation follows] Swedish Radio broadcasts radio in the public service. Our mission is to contribute to democracy and the equal value of all human beings. With us, you get access to smart colleagues, a variety of angles and a stimulating and developing job - here you contribute to society and here there is room to grow. Working at Swedish Radio is meaningful, everyone regardless of professional role is involved and contributes to our important mission. Our CEO Cilla Benkö was named Manager of the Year 2017. Swedish Radio broadcasts in the public service. Our mission is to contribute to …

Type: Media

[Automatic translation follows] Porsche embodies a strong identity, unique in its kind, supported by asserted ideals. But also through values and a philosophy that are perceptible in each of the brand's creations and that give our strategic choices the force of evidence. A prestigious past very present in our minds. Solid achievements on which we rely with confidence when it comes to tackling new challenges. Principles to which it is all the easier for us to remain faithful, that we impose on ourselves a very high level of requirements., Porsche embodies a strong identity, unique in its kind, carried by …

Type: Corporate subsidiary

[Automatic translation follows] Embassy of Finland, Paris #Finlande #TeamFinland Suivez: @NoraKlami, @SetalaPia, @AnuEerika Viljanen, Heli Pasanen-Zentz @ hpz14 @HennaYliheljo

Type: Media

Driving the shift towards a sustainable transport system Scania is a world-leading provider of transport solutions committed to a better tomorrow. Our purpose is to drive the shift towards a sustainable transport system. In doing so, we are creating a world of mobility that’s better for business, society and our environment. Employing more than 50,000 people in about 100 countries, Scania’s research and development is concentrated in Sweden, while production takes place in Europe and South America. truck manufacturing, truck leasing and finance, truck sales and services, truck parts sales, automotive, bus manufacturing, engine manufacturing, and solutions provider

Type: Large company Activities: transporttech

We offer companies a unified customer journey for innovation activities, internationalization, investments and tourism. Business Finland offers Finnish companies a unified customer journey for innovation activities, internationalization, investments, and tourism promotion. Business Finland is the Finnish government organization for innovation funding and trade, travel and investment promotion. Business Finland's 600 experts work in 40 offices globally and in 16 regional offices around Finland. Business Finland is part of the Team Finland network.

Type: Public