Application deadline: January 20, 2024
Participation fee: NOK 20,000 per company.
The companies themselves cover travel and accommodation at the meetings.
Registration requires registration in Crowd Works.
FutureSea helps startups succeed.
FutureSea is a cohort-based incubator for startups and scale-up companies, with the purpose of promoting innovative ocean-related ideas.
Participants gain unique access to relevant industry experts, expertise, and networks that open doors and create opportunities.
We are looking for innovative companies with growth potential operating within ocean-related sectors, such as automation, IoT, sensor technology, and high-value products derived from marine raw materials.
The incubator is delivered by DNB and Norinnova.
We know that networking events, experience sharing, and hands-on guidance are essential for successful company development. That is why we engage funding partners, industry partners, academic partners, and key individuals to contribute with mentoring, networking, talks, and workshops.
Participants may be at a very early stage or actively working on scaling their business. What they all have in common is that they use the ocean as a business opportunity. We welcome participants from across the country.
FutureSea is a cohort-based incubator with both physical and digital meeting points. The sessions are primarily held in Tromsø and Oslo.
In addition to gatherings featuring inspiring speakers and experts, participants receive follow-up support between sessions from their dedicated business developer at Norinnova.
Our goal is to strengthen both your business idea and your team, preparing you for growth. To achieve this, we leverage our national and international network.
Head of Energy Transition Solutions at DNB Ocean Industries. Andreas has more than 20 years of experience from the maritime, energy and renewable sectors. He is an experienced strategist with an international leadership background and a deep understanding of innovation in the ocean industries.
Director of the Norwegian Industrial Property Office and Deputy Chairman of the Norwegian Export Council. Kathrine has extensive experience in innovation, business and export strategy, public and private financing, as well as establishing and scaling companies.
VP product management and sustainability, Aker BioMarine. Ragnhild has worked across the entire value chain of innovation with a focus on food, feed and health applications. She uses her experience from research, funding and commercial entities to evaluate the scalability and commercial attractiveness of a new business or new idea.
CTO, Vesterålen Havbruk. Previously Chief Product Officer at HUB Ocean, Chief Digital Officer at Wilhelmsen. Background as an entrepreneur and CEO in venture capital backed technology startups with a global focus. Worked at Opera Software, HP, PwC and Telenor.
Head of Research, Torvald Klaveness. Peter has built up the research function at Klaveness from scratch. The research team creates value by combining in-depth domain knowledge with state-of-the-art data analysis and data science skills.
CEO Dualog. Dualog is a Tromsø-based IT company that has grown from a clever research-based product idea about resource management at sea, to now being a global player offering solutions to the world's leading shipping companies as well as Norwegian fishing vessels of all sizes.
Portfolio manager for DNB Disruptive Opportunities and DNB FutureSea Waves. Audun analyzes and invests in companies that change your world and mine. In that sense, he thinks more about what happens in 2030 than what happens tomorrow.
Application deadline: January 20, 2024
Participation fee: NOK 20,000 per company.
The companies themselves cover travel and accommodation at the meetings.
Registration requires registration in Crowd Works.
2024 / 2025
Get in touch:
Hedda Crogh
Incubator Manager, Norinnova
hedda@norinnova.no
Norinnova is one of Northern Norways most competent and experienced competence environments in the commercialization of research. We connect researchers, start-up environments, companies and commercial actors to develop and utilize the innovation power in the region. By developing new and innovative workplaces, we are help create the business for the future.
DNB has been a bank for the maritime industries for more than 100 years. We are proud of our industrial expertise and advise companies internationally and along the entire coastline of Norway. At DNB, we want to contribute to the sustainable development of the entire marine industry, so that future generations also can make a good living from the sea. We will invest in and lend money to companies that are forward-looking and represent a sustainable perspective.
The platform used for registration of applications is provided by CrowdWorks, which is responsible for handling data in the solution.