I over 35 år har Norinnova vært en drivkraft for innovasjon og verdiskaping i Nord-Norge. Vi kobler forskning, næringsliv og entreprenørskap for å utvikle fremtidens løsninger.
Norinnova is a team of 29 people with broad expertise in research commercialisation, innovation projects and business scaling. Together, we support the entire journey from start-up to launch and growth, ensuring that your idea has the potential to make a difference. Our strategic focus areas are Ocean, Health, Tech and Space.
I flere tiår har vi jobbet tett med forskningsmiljøene i Nord-Norge for å utvikle produkter og tjenester som har gjort seg bemerket internasjonalt. Gjennom å utvikle nye og innovative arbeidsplasser bidrar vi til å skape spennende synergier mellom forskning og næringsliv lokalt, nasjonalt og internasjonalt.
Norinnova is one of Norway’s most experienced and highly skilled organisations in research commercialisation. We connect researchers, start-up communities, companies and commercial partners to develop and harness the region’s innovative potential. In doing so, we help create growth by bringing new technologies to businesses, strengthening their competitiveness.
Browse through some of the highlights from our history.
FORUT (the Research Foundation at UiT) became Norut – the Northern Research Institute – in 1992. This laid the foundation for what would later become Norinnova.
The Tromsø Science Park is established, and the Green Building, also known as the Non-stop Building, is completed.
MABIT is established, an industry-oriented R&D programme in marine biotechnology in Northern Norway.
Norut Medicine and Health became the official Technology Transfer Office (TTO) for the University Hospital of North Norway (UNN).
Telediagnose (later Well Diagnostics, which was acquired by Dips in 2008) is established as the first academic spin-out from Norut Medicine and Health.
Inkubator Tromsø etableres med støtte fra Siva, Innovasjon Norge og Tromsø kommune.
Selskapet har nå en årlig omsetning på 12 millioner kroner.
Tromsø Science Park AS changed its name to NorInnova AS in 2003, and Building 2 was completed.
The first formal invention disclosure from UNN (DOFI) is submitted. The invention would later become Prophylix Pharma.
Following the revision of the Employee Inventions Act, UiT needed to collaborate with a Technology Transfer Office. This laid the foundation for Norut Medicine and Health to become TTO Nord.
The company now has 10 employees.
Norinnova Invest AS was established with NOK 271.5 million to make seed and venture investments.
The company’s portfolio included Dualog, which achieved a successful exit in 2023.
Building 3, a combined laboratory and office building, is completed at the Science Park.
TTO Nord and NorInnova merge to form Norinnova Technology Transfer.
The company has an annual revenue of NOK 24 million.
UiT becomes the company’s largest shareholder, and Norinnova AS, as we know it today, is established.
Norinnova moves into newly renovated premises in Building 2, and Incubator Tromsø becomes Startup IX.
The first edition of the Scaleup IX programme is held. Participants include Avju, Marealis and Keenious.
Norinnova now has 20 employees.
Arctic Ignite is held for the first time with support from the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
We achieve an all-time high of 38 new research-based invention disclosures submitted by UiT and UNN.
Siva Innovation Centre Tromsø begins construction of its fourth building phase and is renamed Tromsø Science Park.
The building would later become known as “the world’s northernmost BREEAM-NOR Outstanding building.”
A milestone year for Norinnova:
- Revenue exceeding NOK 39 million
- 25 employees
- We became an ESA BIC node
- A record-high level of success in securing externally funded innovation projects worth more than NOK 60 million
Vi får tematiske inkubatorer innenfor våre kompetanseområder: hav, helse, tech & space.
Startup IX is 25 years!
If you arrive by bus, UiT or Breivika are the nearest stops.
