Sarsia Innovation shall find, develop and finance research-based concepts to create businesses whose potential makes them interesting investment objects for industry and international capital providers. We support research-based commercialisation initiatives through:

Incubator : Nyskapingsparken
In partnership with the University in Bergen, Bergen College, the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration, and Bergen Art College, we help run a local company incubator at the Bergen Science Centre. Here, local starting businesses are offered affordable office space and an environment that supports entrepreneurial development. www.nyskapingsparken.no

In addition we have facilitated the establishment of the following investment funds:

Seed capital
Sarsia Seed Fund is a seed stage investor focusing on life science and energy start-ups in Norway. The NOK 334 million fund (~ €40 million) is managed by Sarsia Seed Management AS. www.sarsiaseed.com

Venture capital
Sarsia Life Science Fund is a venture fund targeting life science opportunities in the Nordic region. This NOK 377 million fund (~ €40 million) is managed by Sarsia Venture Management AS. www.sarsiaventure.com 

New cleantech fund
SparebankenVest and BKK, together with Sarsia / Marin Forvaltning as management group, have taken the initiative to establish Sarsia Cleantech Fund in Bergen before year-end 2008. The partners plan to raise capital in two tranches, the first at MNOK 150-200 from local investors, to thereafter expand the fund to a targeted MNOK 1 000 during 2009. more information (norwegian)