SINTEF TTO AS

SINTEF TTO & Venture invest in spin-off companies from SINTEF, NTNU and other research based institutions in Norway. Our dealflow reflect results from state-of-art research and cover a variety of sectors. SINTEF Venture seek to co-invest with VC funds with sector expertise at an early stage.

Anders Lian

CEO

Nils Spidsøe

Director

36 past transactions

KIT-AR

Seed Round in 2022
KIT-AR Ltd designs and develops an integrated industrial augmented reality system for enhancing manufacturing productivity. The company provides all the information needed to assemble and engineer products to reduce unplanned downtime caused by human error. It offers KIT-ASSIST, that offers specialist knowledge and details directly to a heads up display; KIT-SMART, a set of intelligent modules that sense the working environment and monitor worker activity; KIT-BUILD, which allows users to manage work instructions according to the operations; and KIT-INSIGHT, which offers productivity and efficiency insights. KIT-AR Ltd was founded in 2018 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

Sonoclear AS

Venture Round in 2018
BrainImage is the provider of SonoClear® - an acoustic coupling fluid for enhanced ultrasound imaging. This technology removes surgically induced image artefacts providing basis for enhanced clinical decision support.

KIT-AR

Pre Seed Round in 2019
KIT-AR Ltd designs and develops an integrated industrial augmented reality system for enhancing manufacturing productivity. The company provides all the information needed to assemble and engineer products to reduce unplanned downtime caused by human error. It offers KIT-ASSIST, that offers specialist knowledge and details directly to a heads up display; KIT-SMART, a set of intelligent modules that sense the working environment and monitor worker activity; KIT-BUILD, which allows users to manage work instructions according to the operations; and KIT-INSIGHT, which offers productivity and efficiency insights. KIT-AR Ltd was founded in 2018 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

Listen

Seed Round in 2013
Listen AS develops hearing aid software solutions. The company’s solutions include software for speech and sound frequency amplification, noise filtering and removal, and selective directional listening. Its solutions helps people hear, whether in normal conversations or when listening to music and watching TV at concerts, conferences, and other environments where quality listening is challenging. The company’s software runs on smartphones and dedicated wearables. Listen AS was incorporated in 2014 and is based in Oslo, Norway.

AblePay Technologies

Seed Round in 2017
AblePay Technologies AS provides mobile payment solutions. It offers BlueSIM, a smart chip that adds Bluetooth to the payment terminal; upgrades any payment terminal for mobile payment; and supports various mobile payment applications and mobile phones or tablets with Bluetooth. Its BlueSIM also enables beacon services, such as prepayment customer identification and advertising; and allows the deployment of merchant infrastructure for mobile payment. It serves telecom companies and other customers. AblePay Technologies AS was formerly known as Simlink AS. The company was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Trondheim, Norway.

KIT-AR

Seed Round in 2019
KIT-AR Ltd designs and develops an integrated industrial augmented reality system for enhancing manufacturing productivity. The company provides all the information needed to assemble and engineer products to reduce unplanned downtime caused by human error. It offers KIT-ASSIST, that offers specialist knowledge and details directly to a heads up display; KIT-SMART, a set of intelligent modules that sense the working environment and monitor worker activity; KIT-BUILD, which allows users to manage work instructions according to the operations; and KIT-INSIGHT, which offers productivity and efficiency insights. KIT-AR Ltd was founded in 2018 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

Nomono

Seed Round in 2021
Nomono AS develops a smart product that uses a combination of hardware and software for sound recording, which keeps users on the creative track. The company was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Trondheim, Norway.

Biosergen AS

Funding Round in 2013
Biosergen AS develops variants of nystatin with improved properties. Its pipeline products include S44HP, an antibiotic that is more potent than nystatin against several fungal pathogens; and nystatin analogues produced through manipulation of the nystatin biosynthetic genes.

SonoClear

Private Placement in 2018
Sonoclear AS manufactures a acoustic coupling fluid for brain tumor surgery. The product eliminates image artifacts in resection cavities and can be used by doctors for performing brain tumor surgeries. Sonoclear AS was founded in 2016 and is based in Trondheim, Norway.

Revolt Technology

Series B in 2009
ReVolt Technology is a technology company, which is developing a rechargeable zinc-air battery. ReVolt's batteries may enable more high-power consumer devices, electric vehicles and renewable energy storage. The technology is a result of six years of intense research and development at SINTEF (the largest independent research institute in Scandinavia). Research on material combinations has solved issues historically related to the metal-air technology; power, lifetime and rechargeability.

GasSecure

Seed Round in 2009
GasSecure develops a wireless infrared hydrocarbon gas detector for industrial applications. It also develops technology solutions that provide wireless explosion protection in the oil, gas, and other industries. The company specializes in MEMS-based low-power gas detection and safe wireless communication. GasSecure was acquired by Drager USA in March 2015. GasSecure was founded by Knut Sandven and Hakon Sagberg in 2008.

C-Feed AS

Seed Round in 2015
C-Feed AS produces copepod eggs and live copepods for the early stage feeding of marine fishes, crustaceans, and other marine organisms in the aquaculture and aquarium industry. It serves end-users worldwide. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Trondheim, Norway.

SpinChip

Seed Round in 2013
SpinChip Diagnostics AS develops point of care systems that use the lab-on-a-chip technology for diagnosis of cardiovascular, endocrine, anemic, diabetic, infectious ad inflammatory diseases. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in Oslo, Norway.

VISAVI Technology

Private Placement in 2019
VISAVI Technology AS is a spin-off company from the Institute for Energy Technology (IFE) and NTNU Research Centre of Integrated Operations. The company was founded in 2014 by Øystein Veland and Gisle Andresen. They are experts on advanced visualization and collaboration design for complex organizations from world-leading research communities. VISAVI provides LivePlan, a software solution related to optimization of operation and maintenance primary for the energy and process industry. The LivePlan solution has been funded and developed in collaboration with industry leaders.

VISAVI Technology

Venture Round in 2019
VISAVI Technology AS is a spin-off company from the Institute for Energy Technology (IFE) and NTNU Research Centre of Integrated Operations. The company was founded in 2014 by Øystein Veland and Gisle Andresen. They are experts on advanced visualization and collaboration design for complex organizations from world-leading research communities. VISAVI provides LivePlan, a software solution related to optimization of operation and maintenance primary for the energy and process industry. The LivePlan solution has been funded and developed in collaboration with industry leaders.

Nomono

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Nomono AS develops a smart product that uses a combination of hardware and software for sound recording, which keeps users on the creative track. The company was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Trondheim, Norway.

Nisonic AS

Private Placement in 2018
Nisonic AS develops, market, and sells ultrasound technology to measure the pressure in the brain. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Trondheim, Norway.

Resman

Seed Round in 2005
RESMAN provides Wireless Reservoir Surveillance to enable customers to understand “what flows where, when, and how much” without the risk and cost associated with well interventions.

Zivid AS

Seed Round in 2016
Zivid AS develops three-dimensional (3D) machine vision cameras and software for robotics and industrial automation systems. The company offers Zivid One Plus, a structured light 3D color camera. Its products assist users in applications, such as de-palletizing; bin-picking; pick-and-place; assembly; packaging; and quality control. Zivid AS was formerly known as ShapeCrafter AS. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Oslo, Norway.

FunzioNano AS

Seed Round in 2016
FunzioNano AS develops nano-sized hybrid polymers, which lift commodity materials. The polymers cater to segments such as water repellant coatings, fire retardant materials and gas barrier packaging. FunzioNano AS was incorporated in 2015 and is based in Trondheim, Norway.

Minuendo

Venture Round in 2019
Minuendo is creating the earplugs with technology that adapts to the ambient noise.

poLight

Venture Round in 2009
poLight is developing micro optics components. The technology is based on proprietary and patented methods for creating active optical components based on deformable polymers. poLight's main project is to develop the world's smallest and most cost-efficient auto focus lens for micro cameras. The poLight technology is characterized by wafer scale manufacturability, compact size, low cost and high optical quality. poLight is based in Horten, outside Oslo, Norway.

KIT-AR

Seed Round in 2024
KIT-AR Ltd designs and develops an integrated industrial augmented reality system for enhancing manufacturing productivity. The company provides all the information needed to assemble and engineer products to reduce unplanned downtime caused by human error. It offers KIT-ASSIST, that offers specialist knowledge and details directly to a heads up display; KIT-SMART, a set of intelligent modules that sense the working environment and monitor worker activity; KIT-BUILD, which allows users to manage work instructions according to the operations; and KIT-INSIGHT, which offers productivity and efficiency insights. KIT-AR Ltd was founded in 2018 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

SonoClear

Private Placement in 2019
Sonoclear AS manufactures a acoustic coupling fluid for brain tumor surgery. The product eliminates image artifacts in resection cavities and can be used by doctors for performing brain tumor surgeries. Sonoclear AS was founded in 2016 and is based in Trondheim, Norway.

Nisonic

Venture Round in 2018
Nisonic is a medical technology company that develops products that will allow physicians to diagnose and monitor increased intracranial pressure (ICP) in an easier and cost-effective way. Nisonic will offer an accurate non-invasive ICP monitoring system for emergency departments, EMC, intensive care and critical care units. Early detection of ICP and intervention are critical to lowering death and disability rates, but currently only invasive methods are available to monitor increased ICP. Invasive methods are associated with risk of bleeding and infections, are only available at larger hospitals and have a considerable cost. While invasive intracranial pressure monitoring has been available for many years, non-invasive measurement has so far not been accurate enough. Nisonic is developing an software that analyzes ultrasound images of the eye to monitor increased ICP, and that can be integrated into ultrasound devices on the market, enabling widespread use among physicians and other health workers.

Hydrogen Mem-Tech

Venture Round in 2022
Hydrogen Mem-Tech aim is to make the green shift happen through our state-of-the-art hydrogen separation technology with carbon capture.

Nomono

Seed Round in 2020
Nomono AS develops a smart product that uses a combination of hardware and software for sound recording, which keeps users on the creative track. The company was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Trondheim, Norway.

Nomono

Seed Round in 2019
Nomono AS develops a smart product that uses a combination of hardware and software for sound recording, which keeps users on the creative track. The company was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Trondheim, Norway.

Tellu

Venture Round in 2017
Tellu IoT AS develops TelluCloud, an online platform focused on Internet of Things. The platform collect, processes, and orchestrates data from devices. The platform helps to link, manage, and control devices using standard application programming interface and services, to gain insights through the use of Internet of Things data, and to secure business assets. TelluCloud offers a powerful and fully scalable infrastructure for Internet of Things solutions that can transform your business. The company was founded in 2006 and is based in Asker, Norway.

Nomono

Private Placement in 2020
Nomono AS develops a smart product that uses a combination of hardware and software for sound recording, which keeps users on the creative track. The company was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Trondheim, Norway.

Tellu

Private Placement in 2020
Tellu IoT AS develops TelluCloud, an online platform focused on Internet of Things. The platform collect, processes, and orchestrates data from devices. The platform helps to link, manage, and control devices using standard application programming interface and services, to gain insights through the use of Internet of Things data, and to secure business assets. TelluCloud offers a powerful and fully scalable infrastructure for Internet of Things solutions that can transform your business. The company was founded in 2006 and is based in Asker, Norway.

Veritrack AS

Seed Round in 2010
Veritrack AS manufactures and sells delivers wireless micro transmitters with low installation cost and low operational costs to facilitate start-up of process and condition monitoring of field equipment.

sensiBel

Venture Round in 2024
sensiBel AS develops optical ultra-low noise micro-electro-mechanical system microphone. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Oslo, Norway.

Nomono

Seed Round in 2022
Nomono AS develops a smart product that uses a combination of hardware and software for sound recording, which keeps users on the creative track. The company was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Trondheim, Norway.