KPB AS (Kunnskapsparken Bodø) is amongst Northern Norway largest supplier of development and innovation services. Our key competence is within industries such as aquaculture, mining, renewable energy and petroleum. Amongst our key areas of focus is to provide customers with reliable and relevant marked intelligence. For more than a decade Kunnskapsparken Bodø has been collecting data and analysing industry structures, development and growth in Northern Norway. Our datasets and services have proved valuable both for companies considering doing business in the region as well as for general information. Kunnskapsparken Bodø provides reports and publications regularly on a various set of topics and sectors. We also have solid competence within project management for industrial clusters, including Mining and Mineral Cluster Norway, Norwegian Centres of Expertise (“NCE Aquaculture”) and Information and Communication-forum.

SpareBank 1 Nord-Norge has grown in step with the development of the local communities and the region. In the new century, Northern Norway boasts progressive businesses ranging from aquaculture and fishing to high tech and tourism.

AgriTech Nordic contributes to innovation where new technology intersects with agricultural, forestal and aquacultural industry based out of the region of Trøndelag AgriTech Nordic is an initiative by T:Lab, Trønder-Avisa and Steinkjerfestivalen located in Steinkjer, Norway. Together with a broad spectre of collaborators, our purpose is to contribute to innovation where new technology intersects with agricultural, forestal and aquacultural industry based out of the region of Trøndelag. Norway in general, as well as Trøndelag, is yet to establish a platform focusing on creating new industry, new businesses and new jobs alongside our main industries based on the challenges we face during our times, where technology is the main force behind innovation and development. Technology used in the Norwegian main industries today is primarily imported, this being services and goods which could just as well have been developed and produced domestically.

Ard Innovation is approved as a commercialization actor at The Norwegian Research Council, and operates as the Technology Transfer Office on behalf of The Norwegian Institute of BioEconomy (NIBIO) and Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU). The company assist both students and employees at these institutions with commercialization of research and student-based ideas, in addition to promote innovation and entrepreneurship in general. The company has currently 7 employees.

The BLUEBIO ALLIANCE is a national network that includes all subsectors of the marine bioresources value chain in Portugal. It ranges from raw material producers, R&D units, to biotech SMEs, transforming centers and manufacturers, public sector entities and support companies, up to the final consumer product developers. The BLUEBIO ALLIANCE aims at collectively organizing this value chain, to foster its relations and dynamics, leveraging its SMEs growth and accelerating their internationalization by increasing their outreach and exportations, leading to more jobs and value creation for Portugal.

BOld (Blue Ocean leading drivers) is a global organisation that selects carefully and supports, with the help of its investors, high value startups. BOld identifies entrepreneurs and helps them achieve its full potential, with our portfolio of services and the help of our mentors and investors. We work on green solutions for the Industry 4.0, transport and urban development. We focus on clean energy (generation, storage and CO2 capture), and the maritime sector. Our startups take care of the environment with their ideas for clean energy, fuel saving, pollution control, energy storage… They strive to achieve the maximum efficiency and quality. These high value startups are selected carefully: its product, technical and economic viability, management, growth opportunities. This way, our investors can trust the startups are worth their support.

DNV GL is a global quality assurance and risk management company. Driven by our purpose of safeguarding life, property and the environment, we enable our customers to advance the safety and sustainability of their business. We provide classification, technical assurance, software and independent expert advisory services to the maritime, oil & gas, power and renewables industries. We also provide certification, supply chain and data management services to customers across a wide range of industries. Combining technical, digital and operational expertise, risk methodology and in-depth industry knowledge, we empower our customers’ decisions and actions with trust and confidence. We continuously invest in research and collaborative innovation to provide customers and society with operational and technological foresight. With origins stretching back to 1864 and operations in more than 100 countries, our experts are dedicated to helping customers make the world safer, smarter and greener.

InnoRate is a H2020 project that aims to facilitate tech-driven SMEs showcase their potential and access more easily financial solutions necessary to scale and grow. Towards this aim, InnoRate introduces a novel service platform that evaluates and benchmarks tech-driven companies based on the well-established Korean Technology Rating System, that has a track record of assessing over 200,000 cases and helping SMEs acquire more than EUR 75 billion. The platform bears the signature of nine leading institutions from six European countries: Q-Plan International, TechTour Global, Ernst and Young, European Business and Innovation Centre Network (EBN), Jolt Capital, White Research and Ontotext. These institutions came together over a period of 36 months in the quest of making an unrivalled platform that uses cutting-edge technologies to evaluate and benchmark the potential your company.

KUPA is an industry-oriented innovation and consulting company. We have offices in Harstad, Narvik, Finnsnes and Tromsø, but work independently. We are where the customer is and have customers from all over the country. Our main goal is to create strong businesses. As the question mark in our logo reflects, it is often about asking the right questions. Our advisory team helps start-ups, established companies, clusters and networks with business development, innovation projects, commercialization of new products and services, strategy and quality, change management, financing, streamlining production and development projects.

Katapult Ocean‘s vision is a thriving ocean in harmony with economic development. To fulfil this, Katapult Ocean invests in and supports startups with a positive impact on our oceans. We do this through our ocean impact accelerator and the Katapult Ocean fund. Similarly, we create positive awareness of the great business opportunities in a sustainable ocean. We have made 23 investments in exciting ocean tech companies from 14 countries. All our portfolio companies take part in a 3-month long accelerator program out of Oslo, Norway. We have a global network of more than 100 mentors supporting this. In addition to this, our Katapult Ocean team based in Oslo, Norway and San Francisco, US. A fund with international investors (Norway, Sweden, Germany, the Netherlands, Canada, Singapore) back the investments. We have built a platform to push the green shift in the ocean industries. Though, our impact is much bigger than the direct investments we make. We work with corporates and investors to encourage more investment, piloting, and engagement with ocean tech startups. We attract interest from start-ups all over the world. Currently, we have a pipeline of more than 1000 ocean technology start-ups. We have launched our report the Blue World Perspective with an overview of the global landscape for ocean impact startups.

Kunnskapsparken Helgeland is a regional innovation company located in Nordland. We facilitate innovation and growth through cooperation, cluster management, business development, incubation and competence development. We are a part of a national innovation network owned by national and regional public actors and regional industrial companies. Our vision is to be a national role model for cooperation and regional development.

NCE Seafood Innovation aims to contribute to sustainable seafood growth, by focusing on innovation. We believe that mobilizing joint forces is the way forward, and our cluster contributes through sustainable innovation projects and by facilitating interaction across the industry. Promoting team efforts is a focal point.

Nord innovasjon AS is Nord University’s TTO (Technology Transfer Office), for commercialization of research results.

T:Lab helps ambitious entrepreneurs finding customers, capital and competence. We connect you with the right advisors, partners and potential investors. T:Lab is part of a seed fund called «Tidligfasefondet» and they are behind the leading startup incubator in Trondheim called 6AM.