Industry Software Alliance

Where industry unlocks innovation

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Fast-Track
Advantage

We Fast-Track commercial value. Tap into a curated pipeline of global industrial software and deep tech startups to tackle your most strategic challenges, de-risk pilots, and turn new tech into measurable competitive edge in months rather than years

Share your challenges with us and join the alliance.

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What we
deliver

We connect industry leaders with promising tech startups, enhancing industry competitiveness and accelerating startup growth. Together, we uncover, test, and scale competitive-edge innovations.

Solve industrial challenges – co-define your highest-value problems and explore new tech & business models together.

Scale the right startup – match Norwegian and global B2B ventures to your requirements and help them grow around your use-case.

Strengthen competitive edge – turn collaboration into measurable advantage for your business (and for Norway’s industrial position).

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How you
can engage

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Understand

You are scanning the horizon. Get access to our events, workshops, knowledge sharing and insights

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Explore

Explore where there is a competitive edge in collaborating with startups and get access to dealflow sourcing for defined challenges or opportunities

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Accelerate

Take your innovation collaboration to the next level, both with startups and relevant industry players

“We were surprised to see startups that had come further than the latest research.” – Industry Software Alliance partner

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How we make
it happen

With the Nordic region uniquely positioned to lead in industrial software innovation, our Alliance gives entrepreneurs, corporates, and investors an advantage to innovate and grow faster.

Fast-Track model – open-innovation workflow that compresses pilots and commercial agreements to months, not years.

Data-driven scouting platform – algorithmic matching of startups to your exact technical and commercial criteria.

Cross-industry knowledge share – learn what works (and what flops) from peer partners inside the Alliance.

About the RunwayFBU
Industry Software Alliance

RunwayFBU’s Industry Software Alliance is the Nordic hub where industry meets software. We Fast-Track real solutions by pairing leading industrial corporates with a hand-picked pipeline of industry software startups, guiding each collaboration from challenge to pilot and scaled deployment in months - not years. Members gain privileged access to market-ready technology, peer insight, and an active community that turns industrial challenges into lasting competitive advantage.

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