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Introduction by CEO 3Key figures 2003–2013 4Innovation system 6Innovative ideas 8Innovation projects 9
Verification projects 12Owners and research environments 15Licenses and Start-ups 18Where are our innovations today? 20TTO Network 22
Prekubator TTO Team 26Prekubator TTO Board of directors 28Interviews 29What’s your idea? 31
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A driving force for value creation and commercialisation through innovation processes: Prekubator tto develops new products and services from research-based results.
Prekubator TTO is the regional technology transfer office in Rogaland, responsible for commercialisation of new innovations from a broad base of scientific research. This includes developing a culture for knowledge-based innovation, identifying commercial potential, securing intellectual property rights, business development and innovation management.
The owners of Prekubator TTO are the key research- and knowledge institutions of the region, with the University of Stavanger as the main owner. A good partner in the early innovation phase is IRIS-Forskningsinvest AS who is also co-owner in start-ups from IRIS and UiS.
Developing new products and services – creating benefits to society.
Prekubator TTO is a partner in innovation programs and innovation networks; FORNY 2020, FORNY Proof of Concept, Innomed and VRI. Research based innovation, Userdriven Innovation and Open Innovation in synergy. Furthermore we are working on pilot projects such as Innovation across Industry Sectors together with other TTO’s and innovation environments. You will read more about this and more in this report.
Working in early phase innovation is both demanding and fantastic. Demanding in the context of not knowing the result when you start a project and fantastic when you see all the small victories that are won together with innovative researchers, institutes and other professionals.
The owners of Prekubator TTO agreed in 2002 and in 2006 that they were to work together and create a com-mon tech transfer environment through Prekubator TTO. We are now at a new stepping stone and have to decide in which context Prekubator TTO is to be of service for their owners and partners. Still close to the research envi-ronments or focused further into the commercial phase.
Exciting times for those of us working in the company and challenging for the Board of Directors and Owners.
In relation to daily business, our challenges are mainly in attracting competence and financing. Within Oil&Gas we have a well-developed value chain from Research, Product development, Financing and towards Industry Creation. However, in newer markets like Health, we have holes in our value chain that we need to bridge either through regional initiatives or by going directly to the international market to attract financing and competence.
I am proud of everyone in Prekubator TTO, the Research Environments, Public organizations, the County, Munici-palities and Companies for all being part of innovation, product and service development.
The results presented on the following pages in this report are all because of your effort “to make things happen”, and together we strive towards worldclass tech transfer!
Anne cathrin ØstebøCEO
Dear allI am glad to be able to present to you a report that concludes with the fact that we are delivering results. Here in Rogaland we are delivering new innovative ideas, patents, new products and services, new companies, license deals, workplaces, and attracting public and private funding! We develop good and exciting projects within oil&Gas, Renewable energy, Ict, Food and Health.
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Key figures 2003–2012
tuRnoveR IN MILLION NOK
72,5‘03‘04‘05‘06‘07‘08‘09‘10‘11
2,8962,7763,8814,789
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ReAlIzeD PRoFIt FRom StARt-uPS IN MILLION NOK
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20,5commeRcIAl ReSult IN MILLION NOK
Prekubator TTOs existing value of shares in companies established last ten years, except the period 2007-2009 when Prekubator established 9 companies without taking any direct ownership.
Sum realized and existing value through ownership and licensing. 199
JobS cReAteD
Total number of jobs created in start-up companies based on research-driven innovation in Rogaland.
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PRIoRIty DAte PAtent APPlIcAtIonS
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cAPItAl RAISeD FoR StARt-uPS IN MILLION NOK
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125,611‘12 103,055Capital raised for start-ups in portfolio less than five years old.
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InnovAtIon SyStem
Innovation System
1 IDeA SeARcH
2 IDeA evAluAtIon
3 QuAlIFIcAtIon
value chain
FoRny2020
FORNY2020 is the Research Council of Norway’s programme for commercialising research results and promoting innovation based on R&D.
The FORNY2020 programme is designed to trigger the value-creating potential of projects conducted at publiclyfunded research institutions. Prekubator TTO is responsible for the implementation of the FORNY2020 programme in the Rogaland region.
• Gather and diffuse knowledge about the possibilities emerging from commercialising research results
• Manage IPR on behalf of publicly financed R&D institutions
• Secure and maintain the rights to commercially exploit R&D-results from publicly financed R&D institutions
• Further develop commercial ideas in order to produce new or improved products, services or processes
• Strengthen the collaboration between R&D-institutions and the industry
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3 QuAlIFIcAtIon
4 veRIFIcAtIon
5 FunDInG
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Innomed
InnoMed is a network for innovation in the health care sector. The goal is to contribute to increased efficiency and quality in health care through the development of new solutions. These are based upon national needs and have international market opportunities. The solutions are developed in close collaboration between users in the health sector, Norwegian companies, reputable specialists and funding agencies. InnoMed is financed by the Norwegian Directorate of Health and Innovation Norway.
Prekubator TTO is the innovation point of contact in Rogaland.
vRI
VRI is the Research Council of Norway’s programme designed to promote greater regional collaboration between trade and industry, R&D institutions and the government authorities, and to establish close ties to other national and international network and innovation measures such as the Arena programme, Norwegian Centres of Expertise (NCE) and the Regions of Knowledge initiative. The primary goal for VRI is to encourage innovation, knowledge development, and added value through regional cooperation and a strengthened research and development effort within and for the regions. Rogaland County is the project owner of VRI in Rogaland.
Prekubator TTO is the innovation point of contact for VRI Health in Rogaland.
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InnovAtIve IDeAS
energy
• Oil and gas within advanced drilling, well technology, EOR methods, subsea solutions, production chemi-cals, environmental technology and offshore marine constructions
• Renewables such as offshore windmills and biogas
• ICT linked to imaging, cloud technology, different sensors and software development
Health
• Medical technology and imaging
• Biomarkers for diagnostics and therapy
• Functional food, bioactive peptides, nutrition and treatment of inflammations
• Autoimmune diseases
• Molecular biology in biotechnology and life science
Innovative ideas
DIStRIbutIon by SectoR DIStRIbutIon by ReSeARcH envIRonment
HeAltH 34%
eneRGy 33%
otHeRS 33%
uIS 36%
SuS 26%
IRIS 24%
noFImA 4%
otHeRS 10%
major contributors to the Prekubator tto deal flow are the university of Stavanger, International Research Institute of Stavanger and Stavanger university Hospital.
Rogaland County is a leading region within oil & gas and agriculture & food. Prekubator TTO has built competence
to handle innovative ideas from these sectors throughout a ten year history.
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Innovation projects
InnovAtIon PRoJectS
every year, several of the best ideas from the research environments are pursued as innovation projects. Here are some examples of projects developed by Prekubator tto.
eco-Inhibitors
A specialist provider of environmentally acceptable chemical products and services within flow assurance for the oil and gas industry.
The product portfolio of Eco Inhibitors will include state of the art low dosage hydrate inhibitors(LDHIs), agglo-merants and synergists focusing on chemicals that meet the green standard for environmentally sensitive areas. LDHIs are a relatively new class of hydrate inhibitors that are used in significantly smaller volumes and do not require the extensive facilities for storage and reprocessing
of the current technologies. Eco Inhibitors plans to develop a complimentary consultancy and laboratory services that will offer the service industry and oil and gas companies’ expert advice and services within hydrate inhibition. In so doing Eco Inhibitors will effectively leverage the know-how developed by the University of Stavanger and the Green Production Chemicals Program to position the company in a central position in the hydrate inhibition market.
Inventor: Malcolm KellandInstitute: UiSIndustry: Energy established: 2010Funding: FORNY Verification >>
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InnovAtIon PRoJectS
Subsea tunnel
A tunnel-based production system for offshore oil and gas deposits in environmentally sensitive regions.
Oil spills in environmentally sensitive areas are of major concern; even more so in areas with ice. The company meets these challenges by placing the drilling- and production system in under-sea tunnel systems with transfer of the untreated well stream to processing facilities onshore. Such a new concept necessitates the use and further development of fully automatic drilling equipment that can operate in caverns without personnel overlooking the operation. The tunnels will be driven from shore to a location where a cavern is prepared for installation of drilling equipment. A major concern for the company is to develop products that manage the risk and safety aspects with such tunnel based operations.
Inventors: O.T Gudmestad and A. Zolotukhin Institute: UiSIndustry: Energyestablished: 2011Funding: Acona AS, Multiconsult AS and Ipark AS
Plastid
A more environmentally secure method for genetically transform-ing plants; for improved crops and pharmaceutical applications.
Plastid plant transformation methods enable new genes to be introduced into plants. For example to confer drought or insect resistance to crop plants, or to create biofactories – using plants as factories to produce proteins that can then be used in pharmaceutical or industrial process-es. It offers a low cost, highly scalable, versatile and environmentally friendly protein production technology. In addition no antibiotics are used for selection of transformed cells and the new traits cannot be transferred through pollen. Plastid AS is initially focusing its R&D in developing cereal crops where single or multiple traits have been introduced for better yields.
Inventor: Simon G Møller Institute: UiSestablished: 2007Funding: Research Council of Norway (GNBIO, FUGE, FORNY Verification)
WHcc
optimising process methods of food to minimize water loss and ensure juicy and tender food products
Juicy food products with a soft and tender texture are requested by consumers. However, during heat processing water loss occurs in several food products and additionally the foods’ capacity to bind water/juice is reduced. This both results in loss of juiciness and a tough texture as well as weight loss of the product and unpleasant exudates in the food package. A need for a method for analyzing the changes in water holding capacity for a wide range of combina-tions of processing time and tempera-ture was identified. The Water Holding Capacity Cup and related method enables the optimisation of processing conditions of several fish species under the slogan “No more dry fish!”. The product was further developed together with the German company Hettich. Today the product is used within research and referred to in several scientific books and journal articles.
Inventor: Dagbjørn SkipnesInstitute: Nofima
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Sekal
Sekal provides real-time drilling solutions designed to significantly reduce visible and invisible non-productive time and to reduce risk.
Sekal is based on more than 20 years of research and combines two tech-nologies – Drillscene and Drilltronics. DrillScene Advanced Monitoring is a unique early symptom detection system that warns of deteriorating hole conditions while drilling, provid-ing the drill crew with the rapid feedback required to make critical decisions in order to avoid drilling problems. DrillTronics is a drilling automation system that uses transient modelling results to actively control velocities and accelerations of the draw-work, top-drive and mud pumps to account for the dynamic behaviour of the well. It automates tasks such as pump start-up, friction tests and reciprocation, all protected with active safeguards and safety triggers.
Institute: IRISestablished: Drilltronics AS and Drillscene AS 2004, merged into Sekal AS in 2011Funding: IRIS FI AS, Statoil Technology Invest AS, Såkorninvest II AS, Saudi Aramco Energi Ventures LLCIndustry: Energy
Diabetes
new service using telemedicine in treatment of patients with diabetes
Diabetes is increasing world wide, and diabetes related foot ulcers are very common in patients. Such com-plications lead to risky infections and pains, and also costly treatment and follow-up. A new service for follow-up and prevention of severe foot ulcers based on telemedicine was devel-oped and tested in a project with Stavanger University Hospital (SUS), Bergen University College, Preku-bator TTO and several municipalities in Rogaland.
The service allows health personnel treating patients in home care to use imaging and a mobile device in com-bination with a database to quickly connect to the specialist department in the hospital. This saves a lot of time, increases quality of life for the patients and reduces cost of treat-ment by preventing further develop-ment of foot ulcers and complications. Institute: SUS + Bergen University CollegePartners: Several municipalities in RogalandFunding: InnoMed, Helse VestIndustry: Health
Preventing life-style diseases
A new tool for self screening and monitoring of risk factors
World Health Organisation (WHO) has estimated that 80% of the occurences of cardiac infarctions, 90% of diabetes 2 and 30 % of cancer cases can be prevented by better diet, regular activity and staying away from tobacco. A new tool for self screening and monitoring of risk factors for such lifestyle dis-eases was developed in partnership with Randaberg municipality.
The tool gives each individual and the municipality a better understanding of the local challenges related to health and lifestyle diseases, and a possibility to target these areas using preventive measures with documented effects.
Partners: Randaberg municipality, Rogaland County, Enforme ASFunding: InnoMed, the Research Council of Norway (VRI)Industry: Health
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veRIFIcAtIon PRoJectS
yeAR PRoJect Amount
2006
Gender Decision – Diagnostic method for gender differentiation in sperm cells (mammals) 124 000
Inlet device for hydrocyclones 298 000
Bioprotein – a nutrition source for animal and fish feed 166 000
Method related to allergic reactions on skin 97 000
Gender Guide – Gender differentiation in sperm cells (fish) 1 517 000
2007
New method for cementless prosthesis anchorage for use in all arthroplasties 1 140 000
Gender Decision – Gender differentiation in sperm cells (cattle) 500 000
The use of plastids in plants as efficient biofactories for protein production 850 000
HoleinOneProducer – New method for drilling and constructing extended horizontal wells for the production of hydrocarbons 1 210 000
2008 Increasing fatty acid content in plants for more efficient biofuel production 1 323 000
2009
KickRisk – Risk based operational planning with focus on well specific kick and blowout risk 1 600 000
Automated Chemical Injection System 1 050 000
Nonsutured Anastomosis Kit 2 000 000
2010 Automatic Appetite Based Feeding Control System for Aquaculture Farming Industry 3 194 000
2011
Novel biomarkers in colorectal cancer: PHGR1 mRNA and protein 3 200 000
Development, qualification and commercialization of floating Vertical Axis Wind Turbine-Proof of concept 2 750 000
Development of next generation hydrate inhibitors for the oil and gas industry 2 999 000
2012
Preparation technology and application of polymer monolithic columns for nanoscale peptide separations 4 125 000
Advanced security system for cloud storage 3 953 000
Flooring for Radiation Shielding 1 180 000
totAl 33 276 000
PRoJect DetAIlS AMOUNTS IN NOK
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Rcn PRoJect FInAncInG 2006–2012 MILL. NOK
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verification projectsPrekubator tto designs verification projects to test and demon-strate concepts, technologies or prototypes, and clarify application and market potential. this also involves development of business models, securing rights and establishing contact with customers and users. the aim is to reduce the level of risk and making the project more attractive for further investment.
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typhonix AS
A cyclonic valve to increase the efficiency of oil/water separation during field production
Shear forces break oil or water drop-lets and create more or less stable emulsions in petroleum flows. This has a negative impact on oil/water separation as well as on transportation. Generally, research and develop-ment on separation of oil and water and produced water treatment has been focusing on how to repair the problems of unwanted oil/water mixing caused by upstream process equipment. In contrast, Typhonix’ approach is to remedy the source of the mixing problem.
The first product is the Typhoon Valve which improves the separation process by reducing shear forces and the emulsification of oil and water. Typhonix are also in process of optimizing other parts of the oil and gas process train when it comes to pumps and other flow devices.
Inventor: Trygve HusvegInstitute: UiSIndustry: Energy established: 2006Funding: Petromaks, Demo2000
Hole-in-one-Producer
An innovative well construction device, providing extremely long and high capacity production wells.
The HOP technology will enable the connection of additional reserves to existing infrastructure in a cost efficient and environmentally friendly way, enabling the exploitation of near coast oil and gas fields from onshore facilities. The HOP concept introduces a new way of constructing production wells, drilling to the final target with one hole diameter. The drilling operation is performed by a steerable drilling module. A dual wall casing replacing the drillstring allows for transport of drill cuttings to surface while the annulus is closed and pressure maintained by packers. Tools for well completion, including sand screens, sensors and control systems, are integrated in the dual wall casing.
Inventor: Sigmund StokkaInstitute: IRISIndustry: Energyestablished: 2009Funding: Project funded through the Research Council of Norway and industry
GWind AS
A floating vertical axis wind turbine suited for use in the open ocean.
Land turbine design captures wind energy high in the air, and is there-fore not appropriate for floating turbines. In GWind the main wind-capture components are kept close to the sea level. This ensures favor-able motion characteristics and improves access for maintenance for the generator. In addition the use of gyro stabilization has been patented, which will reduce motion further and increase the lifetime of the turbine. The gyro function has recently been tested in a wave tank with favourable results, and a 1 kw demonstrator will be placed in the Stavanger port area for further concept verification.
Inventor: Arnfinn NergaardInstitute: UiSIndustry: Energyestablished: 2012Funding: FORNY Verification
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Anastomosis AS
medical devices to replace standard suturing methods using innovative ‘snap’ connections
An anastomosis refers to the connection between blood vessels or between other tubular structures such as loops of intestine. The increasing interest in minimally invasive surgery has put focus on the need for new methods for anastomosing tubular structures. In contrast to conven-tional surgical procedures, access to the target organs is limited in minimal invasive procedures. This makes use of standard anastomosis techniques based on manual sutur-ing complicated. The problem is of particular relevance in the context of coronary bypass surgery, because the anatomic nature of the heart is a demanding environment for surgical procedures.
SnapCon is the first innovative product from Anastomosis AS. This device provides an elegant and simple solution for the current medical unmet needs associated with vascular anastomosis, including for minimal invasive surgical pro-cedures. SnapCon will lead to simplified graft implantation and connection, less complications in procedures and reduced operating time. The device is comprised of two telescoping tubular components that can be rapidly anasto-mosed with a simple technique that even surgical novices will be able to master in a short time. The goal is that the SnapCon product will make it possible to perform an anasto-mosis procedure within one minute without bleeding. The SnapCon product line will consist of a set of implants and deployment tools, and will be a valuable addition to the surgical standard equipment. Proof of principle for the SnapCon technology has already been demonstrated in animals where it was shown that non-sutured anasto-mosis can be rapidly and safely established with the implant even on a beating heart.
Inventors: Sumit Roy, Erik Fosse and Ole Jakob ElleInstitute: SUS + OUSIndustry: Healthestablished: 2012Funding: FORNY Verification
>> Advanced security system for cloud storage
A security system for large volume cloud data
In modern information technology, big data is a term applied to data sets whose size is beyond the ability of commonly used software systems to store, manage, and process within a tolerable elapsed time. Big data sizes are a constantly moving target currently ranging from a few dozen terabytes to many petabytes of datain a data center. Data centers play an important role in modern information systems, which always perform complex computations and retrieve large amount of datasets. In a distributed environment, an application may need several datasets located in different data centers and therefore face challenges such as data security, privacy protection and authentication.
The traditional network data security schemes are not sufficiently efficient to protect the big data for cloud tenants from some threats, especially the security threat of abusing the tenants’ private information and data. Currently, tenants’ data stored in the cloud platform are becoming more complicated and diversified than ever, especially in our modern advanced information society, people have a variety of personalized requirements on their data information. Undoubtedly, privacy and security of personal data information is the most important concern for tenants when they store their confidential data on cloud storage. In order to make the tenants’ confidential big data secure, we proposed a secure cloud big data storage mechanism based on cryptographic hash value of virtual mapping.
Inventor: Chunming RongInstitute: UiSIndustry: ICTlicensed: 2012Funding: FORNY, Innovation Norway, GST, F5
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oWneRS AnD ReSeARcH envIRonmentS
uiS
The University of Stavanger has about 9200 students and 1300 faculty, adminis-tration and service staff. UiS is organized into three faculties comprising a total of 14 departments and schools and as well as research centres and the Museum of Archaeology. Many of the externally financed research activities are performed in coop-eration with International Research Institute of Stavanger (IRIS) which is partly owned by the university.
owners and research environments
SuS
Stavanger University hospital (SUS) is one of five trusts owned by The Western Norway Regional Health Authority (Helse Vest). SUS employs 7500 people and with a budget of approximately 5,6 billion kroner which makes it the fourth biggest hospital in Norway. The hospital has four main tasks: patient care, research, education of health personnel and patient training.
IRIS
IRIS International Research Institute of Stavanger, is a research and innovation company established in 2006. The company has 210 employees and is owned by the University of Stavanger and the foundation “Rogaland Research”. The company consists of three research departments, IRIS Forsk-ningsinvest and related subsidiaries. R&D activities by IRIS embrace both contract research and basic research. Key research areas are in the energy, environment and society sector. The goal is to help the community’s need for knowledge and idea development and the industry’s need for innovative solutions.
nofima
Nofima is Europe’s largest institute for applied research within the fields of fisheries, aquaculture and food. The institute has offices and R&D facilities in several locations in Norway, including Stavanger.
Nofima has an annual turnover of about NOK 500 million and carries out internationally recognized research and develop solutions that provide a competitive edge through-out the value chain.
the Stavanger region is the third largest city region in norway. Approximately 320,000 people live, work and study here. In 2005, the Stavanger region gained the distinction of becoming norway’s most successful economic region and has held this position ever since.
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Ipark
Ipark – Innovation ParkStavanger – contributes to increased innovation and value creation through active participation in the develop-ment of new, promising companies. During the past decades, more than 100 companies have been established together with talented entrepreneurs. Every year, Ipark evaluates nearly 200 ideas from indi-viduals, businesses and public entities. Between 20 and 25 of the ideas that are most innovative and have the greatest growth potential are accepted into the Ipark Incubator, where the com-panies are followed closely in an established and struc-tured innovation community that provides competence, networks and capital.
HSH
Stord/Haugesund University College is a modern state institution of higher edu-cation with approximately 3000 students and 280 employees. The institution offers studies of high quality, directed towards specific professions in society, and there is a great demand for graduates from our study programmes. The areas of commitment are teacher education, petro-maritime business activities and health education.
Polytec
Polytec is an independent research organization located in the city of Haugesund. Their primary goal is to create values for their partners through research and develop-ment within areas such as process/transportation, energy/environment and risk and safety. Polytec was founded back in 1988 and has delivered solutions to the Norwegian oil and gas subsea industry for more than 20 years. Polytec is owned by the districts with-in the Rogaland County and has 55 employees with high competence in all our core fields. In 2012 Polytec had a turnover of $8 million.
bioforsk
Bioforsk, the Norwegian Institute for Agricultural and Environmental Research, conducts applied and specifically targeted research linked to multifunctional agri-culture and rural develop-ment, plant sciences, environmental protection and natural resource management. Bioforsk consists of several R&D facilities covering all the different geographical areas of Norway. Their facility at Særheim/Klepp is the main contact point for Prekubator TTO.
InteReStS
uIS 37%
IRIS 28%
IPARK 20%
SuS 15%
noFImA 1%
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RoGAlAnD county
mHS
MHS – School of Mission and Theology is a private, specialised university owned by the Norwegian Mission Society (NMS), committed to education and research related to global perspectives on the church’s mission as well as religious and cultural encounters.
MHS has around 300 students, including around 80 Master’s students and 25 PhD students and 40 employees, The body of international students is significant, often with students from 15-20 countries.
nvH
The Norwegian School of Veterinary Science (NVH) is the only institution in Norway that is authorized to offer education and award professional and PhD degrees within the field of veterinary medicine and related sciences. The school has a student body of 470, including 80 doctoral students. NVH has four academic departments, all involved in teaching and research. Their facility at Høyland/Sandnes specializing on small ruminants is the main contact point for Prekubator TTO.
Helse Fonna
Helse Fonna is part of Helse Vest, providing specialist services to a population of about 170 000 people. The activity of Helse Fonna Hospitals includes, in addition to treatment of patients, research, education of health professionals and education of patients and their families.
Helse Fonna consists of Haugesund Hospital, Stord Hospital, Odda Hospitals and Valen hospital, and also the four community mental health centers, Folgefonn DPS, DPS Haugaland, Karmøy DPS and DPS Stord. Main Office and Administration is in Haugesund.
The Stavanger region is well known for its large oil and gas sector, and has been the main center for the development of Norway as an energy nation for the past forty years.
Stavanger and the region is also Norway’s food county. It has the greatest value creation in both agriculture and aquaculture. The food industry’s formal research participants are the leading of its kind both nationally and internationally.
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licenses and Start-ups from research in Rogaland
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licenses and Start-ups from research in Rogaland
Rogaland is well-known for its entrepreneurial spirit, proactive industry and high-quality commercialisation of research.the local research institutes established 5 companies and licensed 11 technologies between 1996–2001. the start-ups and licenses established the last ten years are:
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Prekubator tto aims to identify and commercialize products and services with an international potential. the map illustrates where some of Prekubator tto’s former and current projects have activity and partners on the world stage.
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The TTOs have competence, procedures and routines for selecting the best projects and R&D-based ideas from the publicly funded research institutions, and funding for testing and verification of technology to reduce technological and commercial risk in the early stages of business development.
tHe nAtIonAl netWoRK conSIStS oF 6 ttoS:• Kjeller Innovasjon AS• Inven2 AS• NTNU TTO AS• Bergen Teknologioverføring AS• Norinnova Technology Transfer AS• Prekubator TTO AS
technology transfer in norway is carried out through a commer-cialisation system involving a network of professional, efficient and specialised ttos throughout the country. the tto network works closely with research- and knowledge institutions, industry and governmental bodies related to innovation and commercialisation of R&D on a daily basis.
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tto netWoRK
Prekubator tto is also a member of several other national and international professional networks:
leS licensing executives Society is a world-wide non-profit association of licensing professionals with the aim of helping its members gain knowledge, acquire skills and make contacts with their counterparts around the world. LES Scandinavia is a regional society of LES Interna-tional.
Autm
Association of university technology managers is a nonprofit association of technology managers and business executives who manage intellectual property.
AStP
Association of european Science and technology transfer Profes-sionals consists of more than 600 members, covering 41 countries. The majority of the members are technology transfer professionals at public knowledge institutions. The associations main goal is to professionalise and promote technology and knowledge transfer between the European science base and industry.
network Stavanger
network Stavanger is a common arena for strategic relations among young resource persons in Rogaland. Network Stavanger organize activ-ities, meetings and seminars that give you the opportunity to found new contacts and connections across various industries.
Stavanger chamber of commerce
Norway’s largest chamber of com-merce. Promotes business interests in the Stavanger-region to ensure that the region has the merits to attract people to live and work here.
oslo medtech
oslo medtech is a Norwegian Medtech cluster of companies, hospitals, finance-, knowledge and research institutions focusing on medical technology. Oslo Medtech generates innovation and facilitates development of medtech products and services.
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Ipark Incubator
Ipark Incubator is an instrument which connects promising entrepreneurial ideas and start-ups with established and structured innovation communi-ties that contribute with competence, network and capital. The Incubator also offers a physical community hat contributes to the company’s develop-ment, collaboration, customer contact and networking. The combination of office facilities, collaboration between the companies, services that are supplied by the incubator and a com-petency network ensures that entre-preneurs like yourself get the optimal starting point for the development of business ideas.
Innomed
Innomed is a national competence network for user driven innovation in the health care sector. Established by the Norwegian Directorate of Health on behalf of the Ministry of Health and Care Services, the goal is to contribute to increased efficiency and quality in the health care sector through the development of new solutions. The solutions are devel-oped in close collaboration between users in the health sector, Norwegian companies, reputable specialists and funding agencies.
Space & energy Space & energy is a network of technology companies, knowledge and research institutions focusing on the parallel challenges and opportunities in the space and energy sectors. The network was established in 2009 to foster cooperation between the industries, and promotes open innovation, competence and technology transfer as well as meeting arenas for exchange of best practice within several areas. Some examples are operations in extreme environments, remote operations, automation, materials, safety and risk management.
noRttH
noRttH – nordic network for tech transfer and Health is the Nordic platform within health, where indi-viduals active in technology and knowledge transfer can build their knowledge, exchange experiences, develop methods and contribute to more effective knowledge and technology transfer within their organizations. Development of best practice can enhance innovation and provide better innovation projects within the field which could lead to an improved and more efficient health sector. The network aims for a better cooperation within the Nordic countries and thereby to well-functioning Nordic market.
AttP
the Alliance of technology transfer Professionals is the international body for professionals engaged in technology transfer. The transfer of discoveries and knowledge from academic research into the marketplace is recognized globally as paramount to building and sustaining a robust and innova-tive world economy. The Alliance of Technology Transfer Professionals was established to provide the global standard for professional achievement on this field.
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Prekubator tto team
Anne cathrin ØstebøCEO
Anne Cathrin holds a Cand. Mag. degree in economy and marketing. In addition she has studied entrepreneurship and innovation, and has a long track record working with innovation, commerciali-sation and early stage company development. She has worked as a tech-nology broker, consultant and IPR manager, and also held manager roles and board positions in multiple start-ups, network organizations and innova-tion committees.
Katrine vetlesenProject Manager Innovation and Business Development
Katrine holds an MSc in Telecommunications from NTNU in Trondheim and TU Munich. She has also completed a Master of Management in Strategy and Business Development at NTNU and the Nor-wegian School of Entre-preneurship (Gründer-skolen) in Singapore. She came to Stavanger in 2007 from the European Space Agency (ESA) in the Netherlands, where she worked for ESA’s Technol-ogy Transfer Programme. Katrine is responsible for several innovation projects and programs and is involved in technology projects within health, space, energy and nutri-tion.
Gunnar KleppeSenior Project ManagerIdea and Business Development
Gunnar has a Cand. Real in biochemistry from the University of Bergen. His background is varied, with experince as associated professor at the University of Stavanger, laboratory manager at Statoil and as business developer at StatoilHydro in the Department of Industry and Technology. Between 1993-2006 he was CTO at Norferm AS, responsible for product development and product approval for the different protein prod-ucts based on BioProtein
mátyás KolsofszkiRTTP IP & Business Development Manager
Technology Transfer Profes-sional with extensive know-ledge in biotech, medtech and natural sciences. Over 8 years comprehensive experience on Intellectual Asset Management, special-ised on portfolio manage-ment, technology verifica-tion and valuation, licensing and IPR. Additional focus on innovation strategies, innovation management systems, education and networking. Throughout his career, Mátyás worked with a couple of dozen high-tech start-ups on business development and over 100 science based technolo-gies as IP and technology manager. Mátyás has a BSc in Enterprise management, a BSc in Applied physics, an MSc in Physics and currently finalising his PhD in Nano-biotechnology.
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Simen malmin Project ManagerInnovation and Business Development
Simen came to Prekubator TTO from a similar position in Bergen at BTO and before that he worked as COO of BalterMedical, a com-pany that develops new technology for optical diagnosis of skin cancer. Simen has his degree from NTNUEntrepreneur School (MSc.), with marine engineering as a technical field. Simen’s main focus in Prekubator TTO is commercialisation of technology developed at cooperating research institutions.
Fredrik FjellsåProject ManagerInnovation and Business Development
Fredrik will be working as a project manager dealing with innovation and business development for Prekubator TTO from August 2013. He holds a MSc in Energy and Environmental Engineering from NTNU in addition to a Graduate Diploma in Entrepreneurial Manage-ment from Boston Univer-sity. Fredrik has experience with the renewable energy and the oil and gas sector through engineering and business development. Fredrik’s main responsi-bility at Prekubator TTO is commercialization of technology developed by Prekubator TTO´s partners.
christina Kildal Project Coordinator
Christina started working as Project Coordinator for Prekubator TTO in autumn 2011. Her responsibilitiesinclude coordinating various projects, patents and events, as well as marketing, social media and reporting. Christina has broad experience from service trade and office administration, in addition to planning and organising events.
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Per Ramvi ChairmanSpecial adviser Innovation & Entrepreneurship, University of Stavanger
Hans tore FrydnesManaging Director, Stavanger University Hospital
marit HaglandIncubator Manager, Ipark
Helge bergslienFasilitator Knowledge, NCE Culinology, Nofima
liv Reidun GrimstvedtRector, Stord/Haugesund University College
torkell GjerstadCEO, IRIS Forskningsinvest AS
elin Schanche Director Planning & Development, Avinor
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Per RamviChairman of the boardSpecial adviser Innovation & Entrepreneurship,University of Stavanger
your link to Prekubator tto?I am Chairman for the Board of Directors at Prekubator TTO. Furthermore I am Special Adviser for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the University of Stavanger (UiS), and appointed to the board by rector. I have been involved in research and commercialisation for 20 years, and as former University director I actively worked to es-tablish Prekubator as a formal Technology Transfer Office (TTO) when UiS became University.
Why is a tto important to uiS?With the establishment of the University in 2005 it was important that we had a clear and visible TTO function. It had either to be as a part of the university or as a separate company. Prekubator TTO was already estab-lished and had developed experience, project portfolio and a number of good partners. We decided to continue focusing on innovation together with the other research environments through Prekubator TTO. Over the years UiS has increased it ownership position and is the lead owner, as agreed upon with the other owners.
Universities have social responsibilities for research, teaching and innovation. Universities were given greater responsibility for innovation and commercialisation of re-search by law change in 2003. The university is to clearly focus on contract research and commercialisation. This was done through increased ownership in both IRIS and Prekubator TTO. Major player for contract research and major player for commercialisation.
What is the universitys’ role in research-based innovation?For universities it is a social mission, emphasised also in the latest White Paper on Research. A TTO is the main tool for the university to develop research ideas into innovation and to take research results into use. The University has in its strategy to be an Innovative University. UiS is built upon and integral to this region’s social and commercial life. The University sees innovation as an important part of its activities to contribute to the development of business and value/wealth creation.
looking back over these 10 years, what is important for future commercial activity?Ullandhaug/Stavanger environment started early to commercialise research results and has developed inno-vation models over the last 15 years. We started early to think about cooperation and have linked research environments with innovation environments. This creates flexibility but also emphasises the challenges related to having an integrated model for innovation – going from basic research at UiS and commissioned research with IRIS via Prekubator TTO to incubators and subsequently Industry and Venture Capital. The model focuses on pro-fessionalising every link in the innovation chain but is also a challenging partnership model. Seen from the outside it can be experienced as bewildering – Who does what? It will therefore be important in the future to develop the overall innovation system for the purpose of clarity and transparency, and to ensure speed/quickness to market. At the same time, we need to illuminate the total activity in a good way to show that we also have a good position in a national context. The main challenge in general will be funding in the early stages before another industry/ venture capital invests.
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Jostein AleksandersenCEO & Director ReelWell AS
your link to Prekubator tto?My connection to Prekubator TTO started when I was asked to be Chairman of Reelwell. The founder Ola Vestavik was recommended by Prekubator TTO and Ipark to contact me in 2006 to be part of the further development of the company. My role in the beginning was Chairman of the Board and the main task was to bring financial and oil service industry expertise into Reelwell. The initial idea and patent was developed by Ola Vestavik, who has worked in Rogalandsforskning (now IRIS) and Statoil before he founded Reelwell in 2004. The company has developed several technologies and won numerous prizes for their innovative way of thinking. Reelwell have today a number of ongoing projects with international oil companies.
Why is Prekubator tto important? It is critical for any startup company to get financial support and key human resources. Prekubator TTO and Ipark can use their network to help startup companies to source competent people, particularly for board work in order to help the company to reach the next level. In the Reelwell’s case, Prekubator had a critical role as the company was developing the technology and needed someone in the board with the right experience.
It is essential that we have organisations and networks that focus on innovation, and that are able to be a facili-tator related to finance and board expertise. Sadly, some times it is also important to realize that the startup com-pany have no future, and it is then the role of advisors & board to stop it. Not all startup companies can be a success, and sometime it is important to stop before too much money is sunk into the business. lesson learned & the future?Finally, the time it takes to market is often twice the length as guessed by the most competent people, something that needs to be factored in by the owners and founders.
toril nagExecutive Vice President Telecom in Lyse Energi
your link to Prekubator tto?I joined the board of prekubator TTO in 2008 and served as a non-owner representative in the board for four years. Why did you support the establishment of Prekubator tto?The owners of Prekubator TTO wanted external board members with a commercial profile and experience from start ups. I believe the establishment of Prekubator was a very important step for the innovation activities in the Stavanger region, and represented a professionalization of the commercialization of research projects in the region. My background from commercial technology organisations as well as from finance institutions was relevant and I was enthusiastic about activities that would promote the research centres and the innovators in our region. I had been chairman of the Board of Stavanger Helseforskning for several years, and I am also on the board of the Research Council of Norway Programme VERDIKT, the largest IT related research programme of RCN. Why is Prekubator tto important? I believe Research Based Innovation builds up and strengthens our research groups that work in close collaboration with partners from innovative industry and innovative public enterprises. Collaboration between universities, research institutes and industrial partners provides a good basis for exchange between different research groups, and between research environments and industry. Prekubator TTO plays an important role here for the Rogaland industry and research. looking back over these 10 years, what is important for future commercial activity?Prekubator started up the Rogaland way, by laying stone on stone. Over the years, it has been interesting to follow the institution grow stronger and rise its ambition. We represent an innovative region – aim high!
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