Akvareforma AS strengthens the potential of Norwegian aquaculture with an eternal perspective by using principles from circular economy. By growing salmon in closed fish cages, using locally produced feed, and recycling waste, Akvareforma minimizes the land area used and associated climate footprint.
AlgaePro is developing technology for cultivating microalgae through circular bioeconomy. Their aim is to recycle biowaste, CO2 and waste heat to fuel the microalgae cultivation. AlgaePro works towards becoming a world leader in sustainable biomass and circular bioeconomy.
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.
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.
Aquafarm Equipment has solved some of the biggest challenges faced by modern aqua-culture industry. We have developed a cost-effective, closed fish cage for post-smolt production that prevents the escape of fish, drastically reduces the risk of salmon louse, and reduces the release of organic nutrients and waste into the surrounding environment.
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.
Aquapro aims to build and develop a mobile processing facility that transforms sludge/waste from the aquaculture industry into combustible material. This fuel will have a great potential in cement production or district heating. The project is in the start-up phase and the focus is to develop the technology, as well as the creation of solutions for sludge handling, food and biowaste.
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 Genetics Norway is a breeding company that supplies eggs of Atlantic salmon. Customers are mainly salmon farmers in Norway, but roe is also exported to other markets on several continents. An extensive breeding program ensures top quality roe, with high performance on selected properties.
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.
BI Norwegian Business School is an independent, not-for-profit foundation whose sole focus is education and research. The students are divided into four campuses; Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim and Stavanger. They have graduated more than 270.000 students since 1983, within business, economics and administration.
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.
We 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 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.
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.
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.
Coast Seafood started as an exporter of Atlantic salmon in 1994 and has since developed into a complete seafood company with stakes in different parts of the value chain. Today, Coast Seafood is engaged in aquaculture, processing, sales & marketing as well as air cargo handling. Their head office in the coastal town Måløy.
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.
Scantrol Deep Vision is dedicated to the development and sales of their fish measuring board, the FishMeter, and underwater camera system, Deep Vision. The company has worked in close cooperation with Institue of Marine Research in Bergen, and is a partner in CRISP, Centre for Research-based Innovation in Sustainable fish capture and Processing technology.
Deloitte is a leading global provider of audit and assurance, consulting, financial advisory, risk advisory, tax, and related services. With 175 years of hard work and commitment to making a real difference, our organization has grown in scale and diversity. Deloitte has approximately 312.000 people in 150 countries.
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.
Dynaspace provides the shrimp industry with key production data. By using computer vision, proprietary machine learning algorithms, and their multi-spectral satellite image processing capabilities, they are able to provide real time global information on shrimp farming.
Eide Fjordbruk AS is a farming company based in Hardangerfjord, Fensfjorden and Osterfjorden, Norway. They produce around 12,000 tonnes of salmon and rainbow trout a year, which hosts worldwide sales. Through over 45 years, the company has been among the pioneers in the industry and helped shape fish farming to the success we see today.
Elanco is a global animal health company that develops products and knowledge services to prevent, protect and enhance animal health. With expertise in parasitology, therapeutics, microbiology and vaccines, Elanco Aqua have 12 products marketed in global aquaculture, and have a strong focus on Atlantic salmon and Rainbow trout.
Evoy moves electric propulsion into faster planing hull boats. Users will enjoy voyages without noise, smell, pollution and breakdowns. The significantly lower maintenance and usage cost will give owners peace of mind to use their boats like they should – every day. Evoy will deliver the first systems to customers in Q2 2020.
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 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.
Fishency360 is a hardware and software solution for fish welfare that monitors fish health, lice, and growth in the pen. With a 360° view, the entire surface of every passing fish will be scanned and analysed. Fishency uses technology to promote affordable sustainable development of the aquaculture industry.
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 %.
Garware Technical Fibres is the world’s largest manufacturer of aquaculture cage nets and a variety of complementary products with a leading market share in Norway, Scotland, British Columbia, and Chile. Garware is listed on the Mumbai Stock Exchange and has over 5000 employees where their highly qualified R&D team of scientists and PhDs has resulted in 12 global patents.
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 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.
HATCH is the world’s first sustainable aquaculture accelerator program seeking to find, develop and scale disruptive aquaculture startups. We believe in a sustainable aquaculture industry capable of meeting global demand.
Hauge Aqua was established in 2012 and presents a new robust technology for industrial fish farming. The aim is to enable sustainable growth in the aquaculture industry that may feed millions, and offer a trustworthy and competitive alternative to today’s aquaculture farms which are based upon open net pen production.
Hordafor AS processes marine by-products collected from breeding and abattoirs market to produce protein supplements and salmon oil. The company also provides standby services to the breeding industry related to the destruction of fish to control fish diseases or other problems. It serves customers in Norway and Denmark.
Inka AS is a family-owned company founded in 2002 by Karsten Austevoll and is located on the west coast of Norway. Their main focus is production of value-added products of salmon and trout.
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 Akavakultur 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 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.
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 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.
JET Seafood has developed Seafoodportal.com – a digitalized marketplace for seafood trading and belonging services. They are a seafood tech company with the aim of making B2B seafood sales both more efficient and at a lower cost. The goal is to increase the transparency and liquidity in an efficient and reliable way for buyers and sellers of global seafood.
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. 23 investments have been made in exciting ocean tech companies from all over the world (14 countries, 4 continents)
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 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 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.
Marine Technology Innovation tailors natural biocides to prevent fouling for different environments. They are currently in test stage two after a successful stage one.
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.
Metapod is an innovative startup establishing insect production for aquaculture on an industrial scale in Norway. The company is made up of engineers, biologists, bioengineers, and other skilled individuals. In 2020, Metapod landed a large contract with Salmon Group.
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 %
Momentum is a venture fund investing in innovative, ambitious companies in their early stages. We invest in sustainable businesses and have a particular focus on the ocean industries. We take an active role in scaling our portfolio companies, brining competence and involvement to the table. We believe in aligned incentives, honesty, integrity, passion, hard work and straight talk.
MSD Animal Health is a global research-based company developing, producing and marketing veterinary pharmaceuticals and services. The company offers one of the industry’s most innovative product portfolios extracts from prevention, treatment and control of diseases.
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.
NCE Maritime CleanTech (NCE MCT) represents one of the world’s most complete maritime commercial hubs. The cluster organisation uses the Norwegian maritime expertise, built up over generations, as a springboard for the development of new energy-efficient and environmental friendly technologies.
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.
Njord Robotics develops autonomous underwater cleaning drones for tanks in land-based fish farms. Their goal is to eliminate the need for manual tank cleaning—a time-consuming, tedious, and hazardous process—and thereby boost production efficiency and improve safety.
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.
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 contribuiting to the development of knowledge for society and business.
University of Nordland is a young university with a strong regional connection and a global perspective. They provide forward-looking study programs and relevant research focusing on blue and green growth, innovation and entrepreneurship; and welfare, health and upbringing.
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.
Oceanium is a biotech start-up utilising a proprietary, green and clean biorefinery technology to extract high demand products from sustainably-farmed seaweed including marine safe, bio-packaging, OceanwareTM, and food ingredients. Our first products to market will be the plant-based food ingredients including protein, fibre, and nutraceuticals.
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.
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 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.
Quantidoc is looking at the ability to severely reduce the amount of antibiotics in fish farming. They have developed a diagnostic method that quantitatively assesses the distribution, abundance and volume of mucous cells in the skin, gills and guts of fish. The company is aiming to make the technology more accessible by reducing costs.
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. Our producers have a long experience and tradition in farming during generations. Sustainability, good service, and continued cooperation ensures availability.
Seas of Norway is a modern seaweed farming and development company creating automated bio-filtration cultivation systems attached to aquaculture using waste nutrients as a resource to create new food, feed, and materials for a more circular sustainable future.
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 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.
ShrimpVision is probably the World’s most northern farmer of L. vannamei shrimps, a start-up company born in the Salmon Capital of the World. They is currently building experience and knowledge in the grow-out stage at Marineholmen in Bergen. When successful ShrimpVision will mature a full-scale production close to Europe’s largest Aluminium plant.
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 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.
Skanem is a family-owned Norwegian company with head office and the Norwegian production located in Stavanger. The group has 12 factories in 8 countries and is today the largest supplier of product decoration with labels in Scandinavia and one of the largest in Europe. Their position in Africa, India, and Thailand is also significant.
Submerged delivers RollEye. Maintenance-free and autonomous technology for accurate machine vision measurements of sea lice counting and biomass measurement. RollEye is a multi-patented sensor solution allowing automatic and accurate measurements of lice and fish. Imagery from all parts of the fish and all positions in the pen are processed and analyzed in real-time. Anti-biofouling technology minimizes the need for maintenance.
All of us that started Tekslo were raised by the ocean, and together we share a dream of creating a more sustainable Earth and reverse the trends on food and health – as we introduce seaweed to the world. Our 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 (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 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 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 (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 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.
TomKat Global Solutions offers an environmentally responsible packaging solution in a reusable form designed to protect perishable and temperature sensitive products, preserve the environment, save money and help meet environmental targets on sustainable packaging – the KoolPak.
Tracio has since 2016 been working on the development of a leading IoT sensor application and related software for the food industry. The goal has always been to design affordable and disposable electronic chip technology using electronic identifiers that can measure important parameters in the shipping process and storages.
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.
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 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).
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.
