ESG-NRG PITCHES AT GRUNDERPRISEN FINAL

ESG-NRG was invited to the new Innoasis building in Stavanger to pitch for a jury representing the Norwegian bank sponsoring the prize, SpareBank 1 SR-Bank and Sparebankstiftelsen SR-Bank.

We represented one of 4 regions that partook in GründerAcademy’s accelerator program, the others being Agder (facilitated by Innoventus Sør in Kristiansand), Rogaland (facilitated by Validé in Stavanger) and Vestland (faciliated by Vis in Bergen).

GründerAcademy

In May 2022, ESG-NRG won GründerAcademy’s pitch competition for Norway’s Østlandet region (facilitated by TheFactory in Oslo) and received a NOK 50,000 prize. We represented one of 4 regions that partook in GründerAcademy’s accelerator program, the others being Agder (facilitated by Innoventus Sør in Kristiansand), Rogaland (facilitated by Validé in Stavanger) and Vestland (faciliated by Vis in Bergen).

GründerAcademy is an accelerator program for ambitious entrepreneurs in Norway. Since its inception, over 400 companies have participated in GründerAcademy and its predecessor, Gründerhub.

The four startups from their respective regions in the Spring 2022 cohort:

ESG-NRG - TheFactory

Dyrkbart - Vis

NUAer - Validé

Elstall AS - Innoventus Sør

Joining us were 4 startups from the Winter 2021 cohort:

Li-Tech - TheFactory

Wastech - Vis

Solintegra - Validé

FLXBL.no - Innoventus Sør

After many amazing 5 minute pitches and an excruciating wait for the judges to return with their verdict. NUAer was crowned the winner by SpareBank 1 SR-Bank.

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