Our previous seminar was fully booked, we have therefore set up extra date for business modeling seminar. Few seats available, sign up today! The seminar takes place on Wednesday 11th of April at 0900-1500. Location: the HUB Bergen.
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BTO invites: Business Modeling Seminar – Extra date!
Thursday, February 23rd, 2012- Regional industry must contribute to fund start-up companies!
Wednesday, February 15th, 2012Marit Warncke, CEO of Bergen Chamber of Commerce, encourages industry to step up and and contribute in the funding of start-up companies! Read her blog post from 15 February about BTOs new initiative to establish a new private investment funds, NIK II. Warncke emphasizes the importance of local industry & commerce to contribute in the recapitalization of this fund in order to achieve the development of new growth companies in our region.
Milliondryss til UiB – bioteknologi prioritert
Tuesday, February 14th, 2012Universitetet i Bergen er tildelt millionstøtte fra Forskningsrådet, bioteknologi er spesielt prioritert. Dette betyr at UiB får muligheter til å bruke 42 millioner kroner mer pr år i tre år fremover. Les oppslaget i BT her
One2touch – the foldable, no-charging keyboard for smartphones – in DN 02.02.2012
Wednesday, February 1st, 2012One2touch is the worlds first NFC full size keyboard for smartphones. It’s developed in Bergen by Haukeland Hospital employee and commercialised by BTO, launched in Las Vegas last month and soon available for the japanese market. Attend the Innovation conference GROW 2012 at 15th of March in Bergen and experience live-demo
“Den praktiske professor” – ny film om professor Hammer og mangfoldet i innovasjon
Thursday, January 26th, 2012Universitetet i Bergen har laget film om mangfoldet i innovasjon – med professor emeritus Erling Hammer i hovedrollen. Fredag 27. januar kunne en fullsatt “kino”sal oppleve en omfattende karriere gjennom 50 år til en kunnskapsrik multigrunder og innovasjonpionér som er “still going strong”.
The biodream in Bergen – BerGenBio against the current in midst of financial crisis
Wednesday, January 18th, 2012The newspaper Bergens Tidende (BT) published a major article yesterday about a recent study by NHH which has investigated the financial crisis and what we have learned from it. The study concludes that the high-tech start-up companies are among the first to perish in the midst of a global financial crisis. The small biotech company BerGenBio AS, a BTO startup company, is an example of the oposite. Before Christmas 2011, the company accomplished to raise substantial funding from investors, 52 mill NOK in equity capital.Read complete article here
The worlds fastest and most precise bacteria test – RipSeq by iSentio – now launched in the US
Tuesday, January 10th, 2012The life science software company iSentio AS opened office in Silicon Valley, US, last year as part of the company’s strategy to grow globally. Their goal is to make their unique bacteria test, RipSeq, the leading DNA analysis tool for pathogen identification. Today more than 30 european hospitals are using the RipSeq-technology on a daily basis, and experience shows that this fast and precise technology makes a difference in the treatment of patients. Main focus this year is to raise further funding, the goal is 30-40 mill NOK in 2012 in order to accelerate the development of the company as well as grow sales and marketing. Read complete article in todays edition of Dagens Næringsliv
BerGenBio AS raised NOK 52 MILL funding from investor group
Monday, January 9th, 2012The biotech company BerGenBio AS has now raised NOK 52 MILL funding from an investor group to finance a large clinical study with purpose to develop new cancer medicine. The BTO fund Norsk Innovasjonskapital II is one of the partners in this investor group, as well as the Bergen billionaire Trond Mohn. BTO has also contributed in the development and implementation of strategy, some legal aspects and accounting. BerGenBio is a spin-out company from BTO, and has experienced rapid growth the last year now counting 14 employees. Read Dagens Næringsliv article here
BTO inviterer – fagseminar om forretningsmodellering. Få ledige plasser!
Wednesday, January 4th, 2012En forretningsmodell beskriver hvordan en organisasjon skaper, leverer, og fanger opp verdier. BTO inviterer til fagseminar om forretningsmodellering. Få ledige plasser, meld deg på idag! Påmeldingsfrist: 20. januar. Seminaret foregår tirsdag 14. februar kl 0900-1400. Sted: the HUB Bergen
RFID/NFC miniklynge etablert gjennom BTO, NTNU og CK samhandlingsprosjekt
Wednesday, December 21st, 2011BTO har gjennom et samhandlingsprosjekt med NTNU Technology Transfer og Campus Kjeller samlet noen oppstartselskaper med fokus på RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) og NFC (Near Field communication). Formålet med miniklyngen er å undersøke om dette kan bidra til økt vekst og styrket markedsposisjon gjennom et felles prosjekt. Samhandlingsprosjektet er støttet av FORNY-programmet i Norges Forskningsråd. Bladet FOKUS har møtt aktørene under samling på GS1 smart Centre, les hele saken her