Of our 26 members, about half are new or established companies in the biotech, biomarine, fishery, and aquaculture arenas. Others are R&D players, service providers and actors for the stimulation of innovation. Our members enjoy courses and workshops designed for further education, network activities to connect people, business development services, help for startups, and international branding and promotion.
Members
ArcticZymes Technology
Contact: Jethro Holter
Develops, manufactures and markets novel molecular enzymes for use in research, molecular diagnostics and applied markets.
Barents Biocentre Lab
Contact: Erling Sandsdalen
A research laboratory offering access to advanced equipment for biotechnology companies, research communities and educational institutions in northern Norway
Biotec Betaglucans
Contact: Børge Sørvoll
Develops and manufactures immune modulating compounds for the human health sectors.
Norinnova
Contact: Asbjørn Lilletun
An innovation company with the objective of commercializing business ideas from research activities and new technologies.
Brødrene Karlsen
Contact: Randi Karlsen
A seafood corporation supplying high quality seafood from the Arctic, offering both farmed and wild fish.
Calanus
Contact: Gunnar Rørstad
Offers superior, all-natural Arctic Marine Bioactives derived from the marine crustacean Calanus finmarchicus, providing health benefits to people and animals all over the world.
Chitinor
Contact: Trond Håkon Solbo
A manufacturer and a provider of high quality biopolymers chitin and chitosan, derived from the raw material Pandalus Borealis caught in the Arctic part of the North Atlantic.
Eurofins
Contact: Natalia Dahl
The largest laboratory in Norway, leading the industry in the chemical, microbiological and sensory analysis of the environment, food, feed and agriculture.
GenØk
Contact: Anne Ingeborg Myhr
A Centre for Biosafety with a focus on the safe use of biotechnology.
Kloosterman BioConsult
Contact: Ernst Kloosterman
Offers support-services to actors in the marine biotechnology, industrial biotechnology and other bio-based industry sectors in Norway and abroad.
Tromsø Chamber of Commerce
Contact: Trude Nilsen
The fourth largest business association in Norway with approximately 850 members, from all sectors.
MABIT
Contact: Victoria S Paulsen
An industrial R&D program for marine biotechnology in Northern Norway with a focus on increasing value in the fishery, aquaculture, and biotechnological industries.
Marbank
Contact: Kjersti Lie Gabrielsen
Marbank is a national marine biobank with a mission to provide academia and industry with easy access to marine biodiversity, its associated data and extractable products.
Marealis
Contact: Andreas Semmingsen
A marine biotechnology company with a focus on the development and commercialization of novel bioactive peptides from sustainable marine sources of the Arctic Ocean for human health and food ingredients.
Nofima
Contact: Ragnhild Dragøy Whitaker
One of the largest institutes for applied research within the fields of fisheries, aquaculture and food research in Europe.
Nordic Pharma Inc
Contact: Jørgen B. Lødemel
Develops and produces novel ingredients based on bioactive compounds from the Arctic with a focus on marine lipids, and applies to cGMP API.
UiT The Arctic University of Norway
Contact: Kathrine Tveiterås
The world’s northernmost university, located in Tromsø, Norway.
Trofi - Tromsø Fiskeindustri
Contact: Jens-Petter Jøstensen
Core activities are the production of marine phospholipids and starter feed for marine larval and juvenile fish as well as handling of marine raw materials and process development.
NORCE
Contact: Erling Sandsdalen
NORCE delivers research and innovation in energy, health care, climate, the environment, society and technology.
Olivita
Contact: Børge Robertsen
A nutraceutical company with a patented Norwegian omega-3 product for health called Olivita, a unique combination of seal oil and extra virgin olive oil.
LYFSTONE
Contact: Stein Lian
Lyfstone is a med-tech company developing informative and functional biomarkers for the orthopaedic market.
TosLab
Contact: Vegard Tennes
Sells microbiological and chemical analyses of food, water, sewage, hygiene, and environment with a wide range of accredited and unaccredited analyses.
Partners
Troms and Finnmark County Council
The County Council is financially supporting Biotech North’s current innovation project.
Responsible for certain cross-municipal tasks and initiates and coordinates regional political and administrative activities.
Innovation Norway
Innovation Norway is financially supporting Biotech North’s current innovation project.
The Norwegian Government’s most important instrument for innovation and development of Norwegian enterprises and industry.
The Research Council of Norway
The Research Council is actively supporting Biotech North’s current innovation project
A governmental funding instrument seeking to add value to the research system by facilitating research that actors in the system could not successfully achieve working on their own.
Norwegian Innovation Clusters
A governmental cluster program aiming to trigger and enhance collaborative development activities in clusters in order to increase cluster dynamics and attractiveness while boosting the individual company’s innovativeness and competitiveness.
SIVA
A public enterprise owned by the Norwegian Ministry of Trade and Fisheries that is a part of the public funding agencies for innovation, working closely with Innovation Norway, the Norwegian Research Council and the Norwegian Patent Office.
Tromsø Municipality
Formed by the majority in the city council and has the overall responsibility for the everyday work within the municipality.
