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Northforce Oy provides hydration and recovery drinks for athletes and exercisers. Its products include extreme hydration drink that is used to prevent fluid and salt balance disorders, and tournament hydration drink, which helps to prevent muscle cramps and to speed up the fluid balance recovery, and universal hydration drink that is used to prevent mild fluid balance disorders. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Lahti, Finland.

Veraventure Oy is a venture capital investment firm based in Kuopio, Finland. Established in 2003, they are a wholly-owned subsidiary of Finnvera Oy. Veraventure is responsible for the management and development of the parent firm's investments linked to regional funds. Finnvera is a specialized financing firm, owned and operated by the Finnish Government and supervised by the Ministry of Trade and Industry. Veraventure specializes in complementing regional markets in equity financing. They have a particular focus on early-stage financing as well as providing capital related to generational changes and for small and mid-size firms. They are the investment manager of the Seed Fund Vera. The firm also has offices in Oulu and Helsinki, Finland.

CadFaster Oy is a holding company, which develops three-dimensional computer-aided design (3D CAD) visualization technology used in their MyCadbox 3D CAD viewing and collaboration application. Its solutions enable users to share and distribute 3D CAD models and building information modeling designs for review; invite their team, clients, or partners to view and mark up their models remotely and in real time from a workstation, laptop, or with an iPad; display their model with standard or section views for measurement or markup; navigate through their designs using the zoom, pan, section views or walk-through mode; annotate concerns requiring further review and attention; and control results with visibility filters, phase filters, and design option filters. Its product MyCadbox is an application for viewing, measuring, and sharing 3D CAD files in various formats. It enables fast collection of feedback from every stakeholder in the design process without the need for software installations and high-end workstations. The company was founded by Raimo Kuismin and Janne Hietanen in May, 2001 and is headquartered in Oulu, Finland.

Autoprod Oy specializes in development, production, and sale of production automation systems for the production of wood roof trusses (rafter frames). It also offers production automation services. The firm provides installation, maintenance, and repair services for their products. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Kempele, Finland.

GasEK Oy produces wood chip-fuelled combined heat and power plants, which are based on wood gasification technology. Its gasifier produces pure wood gas for combustion in the boiler. The firm's technology uses its own patented gasification reactor, which ensures emissions-free combustion. The company was founded by Eero Kangasoja in 2008 and is headquartered in Kempele, Finland.

Pelion (Finland) Oy develops software technology for the Internet of things. The company was founded by Mikko Johannes Saarnivala and Zach Shelby on December 23, 2015 and is headquartered in Oulu, Finland.

Medanets Oy designs wireless system products for health care industry. It offers wireless tools that facilitate tasks at hospitals, health centers, and treatment facilities. The firm’s solutions include Medanets ABS, wireless filing, wristband management, automatic filing, mobile dictation, and mobile EPR. The company was founded by Tuomo Henrik Niemi in 2004 and is headquartered in Oulu, Finland.