THE INCUBATOR PROGRAM

Blå Kors Stavanger (Norway)

Sondre is the Founder of Blå Kors Stavanger, that launched an initiative in 2020 to address the increasing issues of loneliness and exclusion. The initiative, Steg for Steg Stavanger, focuses on community participation, education, and employment to combat social exclusion.

Healper (Denmark)

Andreas, Rasmus and Tobias are the Co-founders of Healper; a matching service between clients and therapists to support emerging adults to get the right certified mental health counselor, while for therapists they offer an administration system to enable them to provide the world's best therapy.

Boblberg (Denmark)

Nikolaj, Anders and Rasmus are the Co-founders of Boblberg; an organisation that offers a safe and inclusive platform and app where people find and build new supportive communities and enhance their social skills and networks based on their interests.

MinPlan International (Denmark)

Jette is the Founder and CEO of Minplan; a safety plan integrated into public health systems in Denmark and Norway that enhances self-awareness, encourages proactive mental health approaches, and fosters support from family and healthcare, ultimately assisting in preventing suicidal thoughts.

My Mental Wellbeing (Denmark)

Subhi serves as the Founder & CEO of My Mental Wellbeing, alongside Olga, who is the co-founder of this impactful startup. Their mission is to educate, train, and empower emerging adults by providing them with science-based techniques and practical tools to enhance their mental, physical, and emotional wellbeing. Through their efforts, they aim to support individuals in leading fulfilled lives, both personally and professionally.

Girku SOS (Norway)

Gry is the Project Manager at Girku SOS; a cross-border helpline-service driven by volunteers for the Sami population. The service is a collaboration between Church SOS in Norway and Church SOS in Sweden. Girku SOS is a low-threshold service and a suicide prevention measure.

Headspace/Mental Helse (Norway)

Tom Guldberg is the Head of Headspace Norway and one of the founders of Nordic Headspace.; a place where young people count and have a voice. There is no cost involved, anonymity for those who prefer that and dialogue with trained volunteers - where no problem is too small or too big to be put on the table.

Norse Feedback (Norway)

Joachim is the CEO of Norse Feedback; an organisation that turns data into wisdom, and wisdom into action by measuring mental health and showing systems how to manage it.

Young Happy Minds (Norway)

Martine is the Founder of Young Happy Minds alongside the Co-founders Lise and Karina. Together with SeeYouAI, a pioneer in ethical, human-centered AI-solutions, they have teamed up to develop a global, AI-enhanced mental health support platform for young people.

Kukunori -The central association of Culture and Wellbeing- (Finland)

The Co-founder Markus has designed a new approach to mental healthcare that enables those with severe mental health challenges such as psychosis, personality disorders, and severe depression to focus on skill sharing and co-creation in the arts to build self-confidence, resilience, and community.

MARKED with purpose (Finland)

Ida is the Founder of MARKED with purpose which is a Finnish 12-step program, accompanied with a mobile app, that empowers 18-25-year-old students through experiential learning, increasing self-awareness and emotional intelligence for a profound sense of purpose and the realization of their full potential.

Sekasin (MIELI Mental Health Finland) (Finland)

Satu serves as the CEO of Sekasin, while Johanna is an online crisis worker at the national chat service. This platform, aimed at supporting mental wellbeing and aiding in coping with mental health challenges, caters specifically to young people aged 12-29. The service is provided free of charge, ensuring anonymity and confidentiality, and offers extended operating hours.

We Encourage Oy Ltd (Finland)

Anna is the CEO/Founder of We Encourage and Ulla is the Head of Ecosytems partnerships/Co-founderA; an Impact Startup that offers a conversational chatbot and a knowledge base with essential and valuable resources, to those experiencing or affected by domestic violence.

Healthy Women Idrotts- och Kulturförening (Sweden)

Susan is the Founder of Healthy Women; an organisation that provides a safe network for women aged 13-30 by offering physical and social activities. They believe that knowledge, a sense of belonging and a meaningful leisure time is key to a physical and mental well being.

Insight Gap (Sweden)

Joakim is the Founder, joined by Krister and Simon as Co-founders of Insight Gap. Together, they have developed an award-winning digital education that is quick, easy to distribute and effective in making mental health easier to understand. By reaching the target group with a customized version of the education they increase awareness and knowledge, fight stigma and strengthen emerging adults' resilience against mental illness.

Right by Me (Sweden)

Anna is the Founder and Secretary-General of Right By Me; an organisation that amplifies the voices of the youth and aims to contribute to a shift in the perception of young people with foreign backgrounds – towards a view of youth with the power to drive change both for themselves and for society at large. Right By Me’s programs focus on physical and mental health, employment readiness and youth leadership.

Stiftelsen 1825 (Sweden)

Karin works as a Business Developer with responsibility for business management at Stiftelsen 1825, where they .offer psychotherapy and psychosocial support to emerging adults aged 18-25 in Sweden, customized to their individual needs.

Stiftelsen Fryshuset - ICbility, (Sweden)

Jan-Ulf leads as the Head of Operations, while Sacharias holds the position of Head of Education within the ICbility program. This initiative, a collaboration between Fryshuset, University of Cambridge, and Umeå University, is dedicated to aiding young adults in navigating today's complex world, find adaptive ways to work out differences and disagreements through focusing on how others think rather than what, and to increase their capabilities for better complex thinking through improved self-regulation, critical thinking, problem-solving and conflict handling.

Tilia (Sweden)

Annso is the Founder of Tilia; a non-profit organization working for the mental health of young adults. The organization was founded in 2012 and operates, among other things, a support chat open every evening, all year round.

Tjejzonen (Sweden)

Erika is the General Secretary in tjejzonen; Sweden's largest support organization for girls.The young women are offered a service entailing being listened to by a fellow volunteering who has undergone training in how to best conduct a coaching conversation based on a researched methodology.