Our partners and members — NCE Seafood Innovation

Aanderaa

Aanderaa is part of Xylem Analytics and a leading provider of water measurement solutions. We develop and produce reliable and robust state-of-the-art environmental sensors for the marine environment. Over the past 55 years, our sensors have become the leading choice for aquaculture installations worldwide. Our employees combine deep technical understanding with a broad range of applications expertise, delivering on our vision of a future where knowledge is the foundation for ocean management.

Algena Developments

Algena Developments is a startup that harnesses the power of micro algae to produce sustainable and nutritious products for the health and wellness market.

Anteo

Anteo is a software company focusing on decision making systems for a sustainable aquaculture industry. Their realtime solutions monitor and alert breach of biosecurity principles. This also leads to risk reducing measurements and possibilities for a closer cooperation in the industry and research community.

Aqua Pharma Group

Aqua Pharma Group (APG) is a leading services provider for the aquaculture industry. They design and develop solutions for fish and shrimp health globally. They operate in eight countries, with around 50 employees across the world. Among their customers they count all major salmon producing companies and large shrimp producers in Indonesia. The main market for Aqua Pharma is delousing systems for salmon farms.

Aquabyte

Aquabyte surpasses modern farm monitoring products with their holistic software platform. The solution offers easy installation, continuous monitoring and multiple applications. Once the company has optimized its algorithms for salmon, it intends to move on to other kinds of fish as well as other markets.

Aquamedic

Aquamedic AS delivers high-level scientific expertise to secure fish health and welfare. Zoo-sanitary analysis and advice on the control of infectious diseases and parasites, support for the licensing of fish vaccines, therapeutics, and disinfectants in addition to welfare assessment of aquaculture equipment and methods are among our products and services.

AquaPredict

AquaPredict provides unique technology to perform on-site blood testing of farmed fish. We use machine learning models to predict a biological condition, state, and timeline within minutes. This helps the aquaculture industry to optimize production, increase value and reduce loss of fish.

AS Bolaks

AS Bolaks is a company founded and owned by the Holmefjord family. Most of our salmon farming activities are located in the Municipality of Fusa in Hordaland, Norway. Two sites are located in the Municipality of Os. The head office is placed in Eikelandsosen, one hour drive from Bergen. AS Bolaks currently holds twelve licenses for salmon production.

Benchmark

Benchmark is a global market-leading aquaculture and biotechnology company that works with genetics, advanced nutrition, and fish health. We provide top-quality ova to salmon hatcheries worldwide and sea lice treatments to the grow-out sector with a focus on welfare and the environment.

Bergen municipality

With a population of 280.000, Bergen is Norway’s second largest city and the largest in the county of Hordaland. It is also the capital of Western Norway, which is the leading region for all significant Norwegian export industries.

Bioceanor

Bioceanor has developed AquaREAL, the first underwater weather station for real-time and predictive monitoring of water quality. The team of marine biologists and data scientists has built an innovative and unique offer on the market using IoT and machine learning.

BioMar

BioMar are innovators in high performance aquaculture feed dedicated to doing our part in creating a healthy and sustainable global aquaculture industry. BioMar operates 17 feed factories across the globe in Norway, Chile, Denmark, Scotland, Spain, France, Greece, Turkey, China, Vietnam, Costa Rica, Ecuador, and Australia. Worldwide, we supply feed to around 90 countries and for more than 45 different species. BioMar is wholly owned by the Danish industrial group Schouw & Co.

Biovivo Technologies

Biovivo Technologies AS is located in Bodø, Nordland, Norway and is part of the Scientific Research & Development Services Industry. They specialize in the field of fish health and welfare of farmed fish.

Blue Lice

Blue Lice catch salmon lice in the larval stage before they attach themselves to the salmon. This reduces the number of infestations and thus reduces the need for treatment. By exploiting the salmon lice’s natural instincts we eliminate salmon lice without any adverse effects on the fish or the ecosystem.

Bremnes Seashore

Bremnes Seashore is one of the leading suppliers of farmed salmon in Norway. Bremnes Seashore currently has a whole production chain for salmon and is one of the largest private owned fish farms in Norway. Bremnes Seashore is the producer of SALMA, Norway’s first brand for fresh fish.

BuoyTech AS

BuoyTech AS has created a technology to prevent the loss of passive fishing gear. The loss of fishing gear from both recreational and commercial fishing has a significant environmental impact, and their goal is to reduce marine pollution, ghost fishing, and animal welfare with their technology.

Cargill

Cargill provides food, agriculture, financial and industrial products, and services to the world. Together with farmers, customers, governments, and communities, they help people thrive by applying their insights and nearly 150 years of experience.

Catchwise

Catchwise helps commercial fisheries become more efficient and sustainable through software, data and AI. By leveraging open environment data and prediction algorithms, Catchwise can drastically reduce the fisheries unnecessary hours (and diesel) spent at sea to fill their quotas.

Centre for Digital Life Norway

Centre for Digital Life Norway is a unique transdisciplinary research centre creating the biotechnology for tomorrow. Our aim is to evolve new knowledge and methods to create value and address societal challenges.

Circmar

Circmar – will make a system change in the seafood transportation industry happen by making the physical movement of goods sustainable and digital. A more sustainable way to deliver your fish – environmentally and financially. For us, sustainability is not a trade-off, it’s a huge opportunity to increase efficiency and reduce both CO2 emissions, and costs. Our way of transporting seafood helps address the second greatest source of pollution in this industry, namely transportation, in addition to saving money.

Connect Norway

Connect Norway is a non-profit organization that helps entrepreneurs succeed. They also help investors to identify the good cases that deserve capital. Furthermore, Connect Norge is a network organization and present in all Norwegian counties. Their aim is to help entrepreneurs who have a business idea that is partially or completely unique, and where the business idea is scalable.

Deloitte

Deloitte provides industry-leading services and has its global seafood team located in Bergen. Future business challenges will increasingly require creative problem-solving that is generated by the fusion of different disciplines. Deloitte’s multi-dimensional approach connects professionals across countries, industries, and service areas to uniquely provide the seafood industry sustained innovation and growth.

DNB

DNB ASA is a commercial bank. The bank’s services include retail, commercial, corporate, and investment banking, and life, pension, and non-life insurance. The services are provided to private customers, small businesses, and large companies. The bank operates through several subsidiaries in Norway and abroad.

Easy X

EasyX is developing the VCR (Vertical Cleaning Robot) for cleaning and disinfection of fish-tanks at smolt plants and land based fish farms. Their goal is to increase the cleaning efficiency, reduce hard work under harsh conditions and the amount of chemicals used.

EY

Ernst & Young, EY, as a multidisciplinary provider of professional services to the seafood industry, possesses in-depth insight into the characteristics of each segment of the value chain. In addition to a global marine team, EY has specialist seafood sector teams located in numerous seafood clusters and marketplaces around the world.

Farvatn

Farvatn is a Norwegian family-owned investment company seeking to preserve and grow our wealth while leaving a positive footprint on the world. We are continuously looking for new investment opportunities with attractive long-term, risk-adjusted returns and seek to direct our capital towards exceptional ideas, teams, and capital partners.

Fjord Maritime

Fjord Maritime was established in 2016 by persons with more than 30 years of experience from the fish farming industry. Fjord Hybrid is their main product. The solution reduces the running time of the diesel-generators on feeding barges up to 80 %.

GCE Ocean Technology

GCE Ocean Technology is an industry driven initiative for strengthening and internationalisation of businesses, research and education. The cluster represents the world’s most complete cluster for subsea life-of-field solutions. Their goal is to increase the cluster’s competitiveness and global market share, and take a leading position in sustainable utilisation of ocean resources.

Grieg Seafood

Grieg Seafood is a major Norwegian-based salmon farmer with farming operations in Norway, UK and Canada, and a total of 650 employees. Grieg Seafood is headquartered in Bergen and has two farming divisions in Norway: Finnmark and Rogaland.

Handelens miljøfond

Norwegian Retailers’ Environment Fund is Norway’s largest private environmental fund. They support projects that reduce plastic pollution, reduce new plastic to market through reuse systems and new business models, increase recycling and reduce the consumption of plastic bags.

Innomar AS

Innomar AS develops high tech fishing traps which can be equipped with light as an attractor of fish, and sensors for catch monitoring and traceability. The fish traps catch fish in a sustainable manner that is gentle to the seabed. A team of world class researchers develop new tools based on scientific data observation, and their clients are fishermen, fish farmers and distributors.

Innovasea

Innovasea AS has more than 10 years experience with providing cloud based environmental data to the aquaculture industry. Most Farmers know them through the website Realfish, which is the user interface used to provide the data to the customers. Realfish has been built and set up in cooperation with customers, and according to the needs of the industry.

Innovation Norway

Innovation Norway is the Norwegian Government’s most important instrument for innovation and development of Norwegian enterprises and industry. Innovation Norway supports companies in developing their competitive advantage and to enhance innovation.

Institut of Marine Research

The Institute of Marine Research is Norway’s largest center of marine science with almost 750 employees. Their main task is to provide advice to Norwegian authorities on aquaculture and the ecosystem of the Barents Sea, the Norwegian Sea, the North Sea and the Norwegian coastal zone.

Invest in Bergen

Invest in Bergen is the official organization for investments in Greater Bergen. Invest in Bergen gives assistance in finding business opportunities in the region and support international and national companies to settle in Greater Bergen and in Hordaland County. Our service is free of charge.

Ittinsect

Ittinsect is the biotech startup that developed a sustainable alternative protein ingredient, both from the environmental and economic standpoint. Ittinsect produces high performance feed ingredients through the biotechnological treatment of novel raw ingredients including insects, microalgae and agricultural by-products, in line with the circular economy principles. A fish raised with Ittinsect-based feeds has a healthier digestion and improved growth performance at no extra cost for the fish farmer.

Katapult Ocean

Katapult Ocean invests in and supports startups with a positive impact on our ocean. They do this through their ocean impact accelerator, the Katapult Ocean fund and by creating a positive awareness of the great business opportunities in a sustainable ocean. 32 investments have been made in exciting ocean tech companies from all over the world (17 countries, 5 continents)

Konree Innovation Ltd

Konree Innovation Ltd is a developer of innovative robotic pest management and control solutions that transform the aquaculture industry and quality of life for aquaculture fish species. Their solutions aim to solve the current obstacle to growth in open pen sea farmed salmon production due to sea lice issues and use sustainable technology to effectively manage fish health and fish welfare issues.

Kontali

Kontali Analyse is a worldwide and independent analysis company with fisheries and aquaculture as most important area. In addition to analytics and investigations, Kontali publish a wide range of reports, present its own or contributes to other’s speeches and workshops and accomplish many other jobs within this special field.

Lerøy Seafood Group

Lerøy Seafood Group is one of the world’s largest salmon farmers and Norway’s largest distributor of salmon and seafood products. Based in Bergen, the company has a history of more than 100 years within sales and distribution and has been involved in salmon farming since 2003.

Lingalaks AS

Lingalaks is a fish farming company rearing Atlantic Salmon under naturally ideal conditions in the Hardanger Fjord and Northern part of Hordaland. Through local knowledge and experience they supply the world market with Norwegian high quality salmon.

Maritime Bergen

Maritime Bergen is a platform of cooperation for the maritime industry. They work towards development and sharing of knowledge, recruitment towards the industry, making the industry visible and enhancing the reputation.

MicroClean

MicroClean AS has developed a scientifically documented technology for removing pathogenic bacteria in food production. Dealing with pathogenic bacteria in plastic production aids is one of the biggest challenges faced by food industries worldwide. Plastic production aids include trays, sensors, and conveyor belts, as well as machine parts and equipment, and more. MicroClean’s patented method is green, quick, and free from chemicals, with a killing rate of bacteria at over 99,99 %

Miljøstiftelsen Bellona

With 35 years of experience, Bellona have established a unique network both nationally and internationally. Their work has gained international attention within several disciplines, and Bellona`s advisors are frequently sources and experts on climate change issues both in national and international press.

Mowi

Mowi ASA is one of the largest seafood companies in the world, and the world’s largest producer of Atlantic salmon with harvest volumes of 464 000 tonnes in 2022, equivalent to a global market share of approximately 20%.

NASF

NASF is a world-leading executive meeting place. The NASF conference provides new and invaluable insight and is your fasttrack to the global seafood markets. Get insight into vital developments shaping the future of the industry, the latest news in innovative and commercial development, and facts about the industry’s political and legislative directions.

Nereus Analytics

Nereus Analytics introduces NeruScope, an innovative solution designed to reduce costs and emissions in the commercial fishing industry. By merging environmental data, catch statistics, and near real-time activity analysis, NeruScope provides captains with unprecedented insights into their target fisheries and fishing grounds, while empowering vessel owners to monitor operational energy efficiency.

NHH

NHH is one of the leading business schools in Scandinavia. Since the opening in 1936, NHH has been dedicated to preparing highly talented and motivated students for leadership challenges in a changing world. NHH offers study programmes at all levels and is renowned for its high academic standards and contributions to the international research community.

NMBU

NMBU’s mission is to contribute to the well-being of the planet. Their interdisciplinary research and study programmes generate innovations in food, health, environmental protection, climate and sustainable use of natural resources.

Nofima

Nofima is one of the largest institutes for applied research within the fields of fisheries, aquaculture and food research in Europe. Nofima supplies internationally renowned research and solutions that provide competitive advantages along the complete chain of value.

NoMy

NoMy contributes to a more sustainable and resilient future by creating foods and materials from the untapped potential of fungi. New meat alternatives, new bio-composites and new protein sources – all from mycelium (the root-like filaments of fungi). Locally produced, using local resources, with no agricultural land, no chemicals. And at a fraction of the ecological footprint.

NORCE

NORCE is working to find solutions that benefit the community and that increase sustainable value creation, both nationally and globally. NORCE carries out research in a wide range of technical and social science disciplines contributing to the development of knowledge for society and business.

Nordic USV

Nordic USV aims to make coastal data more accessible by reducing planning and mobilization time, resulting in lower costs. Their self-serviced solution enables the creation of complete coastal surveys down to the details. Once all information is inputted, an offer is generated automatically.

Norges Sjømatråd AS

The Norwegian Seafood Council is a marketing communications organisation working together with the Norwegian seafood industry to increase the value of Norwegian seafood in new and established markets all over the world.

Nutrimar AS

Nutrimar processes all new raw material fresh and without the use of preservatives, this enables the company to produce high quality oils, protein hydrolysates and meals for customers in the pet food and aquaculture sectors.

Ocean Industries Accelerator, OIA

Ocean Industries Accelerator, OIA is a community for companies from the ocean industries, providing 18 offices and an open-space office, surrounded by other entrepreneurs. The ambition with the accelerator is to provide actors from the ocean industries shipping, seafood, oil & gas the possibility to cooperate closer and in a more efficient way.

Optimeering Aqua

Optimeering Aqua builds and deliver advanced optimization and artificial intelligence systems to transform the way their customers make decisions. Optimeering deliver models and systems that support human decision makers to figure out what information is important, how it can impact their operations, and to make effective operational and planning decisions.

OVUM

OVUM is a leading innovator and supplier of Floating Closed Containment Systems for the international aquaculture industry.

Patogen

Patogenis a biotechnology company that develops and sells gene technology analysis that are used to reduce disease-related loss in the aquaculture industry. Patogen has a strong focus on product development in Fisheries Services, and has both small and large R&D projects in collaboration with customers and key research and competence communities in fish health in Norway and internationally.

Pharmaq

Pharmaq is the world’s leading pharmaceutical company supplying the aquaculture industry. The company provides environmentally sound, safe and efficacious health products to the global aquaculture industry through targeted research and the commitment of decated people. The vaccines are manufactured in a state of the art production facility in Overhalla and Oslo, Norway.

Pronofa ASA

Pronofa produces new and sustainable animal proteins for use in feed, food, and foodstuff. Made from tunicates and insects. Their protein meal, oils, frass, and chitin, which is extracted from Black Soldier Flies (BSF), can be used for a wide range of exciting products, including fish feed, animal feed, foodstuff, and organic fertilizer.

Pure Lobster AS

Pure Lobster will be the first to conduct intensive farming of Australian red claw in land-based facilities. The species is highly fertile, tolerant of various environmental conditions, with a simple reproductive cycle and fast growth. Biological features ideal for commercial aquaculture. We are combining red claw´s unique features with existing Recirculating Aquaculture System (RAS) technology, sustainable organic feed and fresh Norwegian water.

PwC

PwC is an international network with over 250,000 employees worldwide. We have 28 offices all over Norway. With global and local top talent we can help your business with consulting, auditing, accounting, and tax and legal services. We assist both the public and private sector to achieve their goals, and we want them to succeed.

Quantidoc

QuantiDoc AS is the pioneer in mucosal health management, helping customers take the guesswork out of fish health and welfare. The award-winning technology, Veribarr™, verifies objectively the health of barriers such as skin, gills and intestines. Quantidoc has also developed Veribarr Grid, the comprehensive database with over 10 thousand datapoints to help evaluate how your fish experience their environment.

Ragn Sells

Ragn Sells Aquaculture aims to become a key player in the development of technology and logistics for the recycling of resources from aquaculture. They want to become one of the leading players, and will strengthen the aquaculture industry in the face of the challenges within the environment and recycling.

Remora Robotics

A robot that cleans and inspects fish pens while collecting data.

Salmon City

Salmon City annually organizes Norway’s largest meeting place for students and the seafood industry in Bergen and offers consultancy services in employer branding. It is Salmon City’s mission to communicate that the aquaculture industry can play a key role in the post oil economy in Norway and the fight for a sustainable world.

Sea Farm Innovations

Sea Farm Innovations (SFI), established in 2017 in the Faroe Islands, specializes in providing cutting-edge equipment for the aquaculture industry. Our flagship product, the patented SFI SYSTEM delousing equipment, has been widely adopted by customers and has demonstrated its effectiveness over the years. SFI collaborates closely with its clients to develop customized solutions that address complex challenges and enable them to achieve better, more productive, and sustainable results.

Seaborn

Seaborn AS is a major distributor of Norwegian Salmon and Norwegian Fjord Trout founded and owned by a number of Norwegian fish-farming companies located along the Norwegian coast. Their producers have a long experience and tradition in farming during generations. Sustainability, good service, and continued cooperation ensures availability.

SeaRAS

SeaRAS helps your company reduce technical and financial risk in water recycling systems, through their award-winning products and solutions on water management.

SeaSmart

SeaSmart has developed a drone for continuous measurement of environmental conditions in the cage that is wireless, cost effective and maintenance-free. Information on fish appetite, stress level and welfare provide reduced feed, better planning and reduced mortality. SeaSmart will give continuous water quality information in the cages resulting in reduced mortality, increased production and good documentation.

Sekkingstad

Sekkingstad AS is a family company with a long history and strong roots within the production, sales and marketing of seafood. Innovation, commitment and competence are key words in Sekkingstad’s history, and have made the company a leading supplier of high quality Norwegian salmon and trout.

Sintef Ocean

SINTEF Ocean conducts research and innovation relating to the ocean space for national and international industry. Together with the industry and government, they are developing future-orientated solutions for sustainable utilization of the ocean.

Siva

Siva is a public enterprise owned by the Norwegian Ministry of Trade and Fisheries, and facilitates innovation by building, owning and developing infrastructure for industry, startups and research environments. Siva develops knowledge and startup environments, and connect them to regional, national and international networks.

Solution Seeker

Solution Seeker is a deep-tech company that extracts the hidden value of data. We utilize machine learning, optimization algorithms and data in real-time to improve production. Our unique tech-stack lets us deploy functionality rapidly and robustly, tailored to the needs of the decision-maker.

SpareBank 1 SR-Bank

SpareBank 1 SR-Bank is the second largest Norwegian financial group and operates in most of southern Norway. We provide a wide range of financial products for private customers, small and medium-sized enterprises, and large companies.

StartupLab

At StartupLab we empower ambitious founders on their earliest journey. As entrepreneurs ourself we are 20 StartupLab team members all committed to increasing the likelihood of founder’s success throughout the most challenging stage of their venture. By offering a unique work environment, with outstanding lab facilities, funding and a network of impactful investors, hard-won advice and tech savvy corporates – we have developed a new model to accelerate early stage startups.

Tekslo Seafood

All the founders of Tekslo were raised by the ocean, and together they share a dream of creating a more sustainable Earth and reverse the trends on food and health – as they introduce seaweed to the world. Their first product has made the entrance to the supermarkets in Norway, and now is the time to build a global Norwegian seaweed brand.

The Norwegian Institute for Water Research

The Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA) is Norway’s leading institute for basic and applied research on marine and freshwaters. The institute’s research comprises a wide array of environmental, climatic and resource-related fields.

The Norwegian Veterinary Institute

The Norwegian Veterinary Institute is a biomedical research institute and the leading centre of expertise in biosafety for fish and animals. Their main function in readiness and competence to avert health threats to fish, animals and humans. The core activities are research, innovation, monitoring, risk assessment, counselling and mediation as well as diagnostics.

The Research Council of Norway

The Research Council of Norway serves as the chief advisory body for the government authorities on research policy issues, and distributes roughly NOK nine billion to research and innovation activities each year. They work to promote international cooperation and increase participation in the EU framework program on research and innovation, and creates meeting places and provides a platform for dialogue between researchers, users of research and research funders.

The University of Bergen

The University of Bergen (UiB) is an internationally recognized research university. Academic diversity and high quality are fundamental for us. There are six faculties at UiB and there are a total of 14.800 students at the university.

Thommessen

Thommessen was founded in 1856, their vision is to be the most trusted legal advisor in the market. With broad expertise they assist clients in all phases: from patents, through negotiations and contracts, to reorganizations or administrative and criminal law.

UE – Ungt Entreprenørskap

Ungt Entreprenørskap is a non-profit, nationwide organization that, together with the education system, business and other actors, works to develop children and young people’s creativity, joy of creation and self-belief.

Vestland County Council

Vestland County Council takes care of tasks that are too large for all municipalities can manage them alone, or issues that cross over municipalities. There are 43 municipalities in Vestland. They have a number of services to citizens, the leader of teams and organizations or to employees in the municipalities in the county.

Viking Aqua AS

Viking Aqua is building the world’s most sustainable and technological land-based salmon farm. The facility is located in Skipavika, in the western region of Norway which is the world’s leading competence center for aquaculture.

VIS

VIS is the technology transfer office in Bergen. VIS works to develop innovation and commercialisation of research in the Bergen region. They are the regional centre of expertise for innovation and commercialisation of research results.

W•SENSE

W•SENSE is a fast scaling up high tech SME, founded as a spin-off of Sapienza University of Rome, with a strong and experienced R&D team specialized in monitoring and communication systems with pioneering patented solutions in the Internet of Underwater Things (IoUT).

WellFish Diagnostics

WellFish Tech provides rapid, non-lethal fish health assessment for the aquaculture sector using blood based clinical chemistry analysis. They provide clinically interpreted results within 24h their sample receipt, facilitating continuous health monitoring to support data informed husbandry decisions, improving fish health & welfare management.

Western Norway University of Applied Science

Western Norway University of Applied Science is one of the largest higher education institutions in Norway with 16.000 students. The institution offers a broad range of academic programs at Bachelor’s, Master’s and PhD levels at five campuses in Bergen, Førde, Haugesund, Sogndal and Stord.

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