Possibia Wins 100 Pitches at DNB NXT
November 3, 2025
Chelsea Ranger, CBO at Possibia, celebrates the team’s victory at DNB NXT after winning the 100 Pitches competition.
At this year’s DNB NXT, one of Norway’s largest gatherings for entrepreneurs, investors, and innovators, the 100 Pitches competition brought together the country’s most promising startups to showcase groundbreaking ideas. After an intense round of presentations, Possibia emerged as the winner, securing the $30,000 prize.
Led by Chelsea Ranger (Chief Business Officer), Possibia impressed the jury with a powerful pitch addressing one of healthcare’s most complex challenges: making clinical trials more accessible, transparent, and human. The company’s platform connects patients, hospitals, sponsors, and patient organizations to simplify the clinical trial process, ensuring no patient is left behind due to lack of information or access.
Following their big win, we spoke with Chelsea about how it feels, what drives Possibia’s mission, and her advice for other founders.
How does it feel to win 100 Pitches at DNB NXT?
It feels a bit unreal, honestly. We have been on a «high» since Thursday. In the startup world, most of the time you’re just trying to hold the vision steady while everything around you is warp-speed and uncertain. So when a competent jury like that says, “We see it too,” it leaves us emotional and proud. It’s less about the win and more about being reminded that our work matters. And our success matters a lot for those we can impact on the receiving end. It is personal for many of us.
Can you briefly introduce Possibia and the challenge you are working on to solve?
Clinical trials are the bedrock of medicine for each of us, but the system is a maze for those who need access to these trials the most. Patients don’t know what’s out there, the doctors who could help themare buried in busy clinics and admin, sponsors can’t recruit fast enough, and patient organizations sit on incredible knowledge that can easily stay hidden in a crowded ecosystem. Our work is to bring these groups of people together in one ethical, intelligent platform. We make trials discoverable and simple to understand, we simplify and automate workflows, and we help everyone move faster without losing the human part of the process. Not least, we help drug companies save a huge amount of money while doing it, which will benefit us all individually and our health systems at large.
Your pitch clearly resonated with the jury. How did you approach communicating Possibia’s value to such a diverse audience?
I tried to start where everyone can relate - loss. All of us have lost someone to illness. And many of those people could’ve been helped if they’d known a trial existed. That truth sits heavy, and it should. From there, it’s about clarity. I’m not a fan of buzzwords and jargon. Just: the system is broken, people are waiting, and we can fix it. You can’t connect people to a mission they don’t understand, and many early founders overcomplicate what they are selling. Of course, what we are building is complicated – and we all are the experts of our own science. But if we can’t make it simple for those who aren’t the experts, our story sits only with us.
How do you envision scaling Possibia in the coming years? What are the next milestones for Possibia?
We’re scaling carefully, with purpose, not only speed. Our tech is built to grow, and our focus is on building trust simultaneously. We’re working with global pharma and hospitals already, and our numbers give clients and investors confidence. But this all has to happen in bulk, so now our goal is to land the funding, use it to grow internally with the right people who can help us to both scale the technology, further automate the system, and to grow externally with the right stakeholders. We have busy years ahead.
Lastly, what advice would you give to other founders preparing for big pitch competitions like this one?
I think my favorite mantra is that business is never business, it is always personal. When you reach people personally, the business case gets clearer. Have a purpose for every single word used in the script. Write the script first and then practice. Practice is what gives us all a leg up. I perform a pitch dozens of times before it goes onto stage – and many people have given me feedback along the way before it goes live. We should never outgrow constructive criticism or coachability.