We are the lucky supporters

We are the team for early-stage business development.

Validé is an non-profit innovation company with 25 dedicated and experienced employees.

We are all passionate about innovation. It´s in the DNA of Validé that we use each other's expertise, our huge network and properties to the benefit of the researchers, entrepreneurs or students.

We are organized into competence team:
• TTO: Business development and IP based on research-based ideas

• Incubator: Growth and guidance for entrepreneurs and start-up companies

• Accelerator: 12-week acceleration program to make early-stage company ready for investments

• Investment: Validé AS invest in the best incubator companies. We also invest from a pre-seed fund; called Validé Invest I. We have expertise for supporting applications to other public supporters, and we manage some investment programs.

• Clusters: Validé is the homebase of the Health care cluster, Norwegian Smart Care Cluster, that qualified and recieved the ArenaPro-status from Innovation Norway's cluster program in November 2019. That gives five more years of cluster-acitivites.

We are partners with five other business clusters:
- Norwegian Tunnel Safety Cluster (ArenaPro, nov-19)
- Norwegian Energy Solutions
- Nordic Edge Smart City Innovation Cluster
- Stiim Aqua Cluster
- Norwegian Offshore Wind Cluster

VRI-brokers: We want to increase collaboration between established business / start-up companies and research communities to achieve innovation and increased value. Our brokers assist businesses to find the right financial support schemes. Validé is VRI-broker on behalf of VRI Rogaland and Rogaland county municipality.

Read more about our team of employees and get in contact with us.

Ower owners

• Stiftelsen Rogaland Kunnskapspark, 27,2%
• Rogaland fylkeskommune, 24,7%
• SIVA, 14,8%
• Equinor Technology Ventures, 7,3%
• Universitetet i Stavanger (UiS) 12,0%
• Norce Innovasjon 9,1%
• Helse Stavanger (SUS) 4,6%
• Nofima, 0,2%

Validé is best in test

THE COMPANY FOR INDUSTRIAL GROWTH: Siva is a partner in finances the operation of incubators in Norway. (Photo: Hilde Garlid)

Validé gets the highest scores from Siva. That will ensure Norway more good and viable industries and companies.

Validé is ranked, together with VIS in Bergen and StartupLab in Oslo, as the best incubator in Norway. These three incubators get equally score from Siva and are the Top3 incubators.

In 2018 Siva developed 20 criteria that will better distinguish between active and successful and not that active enviroment among the næringshager and the incubators throughout the country. In practice, this means a financially larger divide in grants from Siva for the operation of the incubators and the næringshager. There are now five categories, before four, starting at NOK 1 million in grants and NOK 5 million giving full pot and top score.

Siva has valueted Validé's operation, goals and results. Surveys show very good satisfaction from the customers, the incubator's ecosystem works very well because Validé has a network of players and resources that contribute to the incubator companies' development and value creation.

And then the most important results; Validé's incubator companies get high score on annual growth and creation of values.

The board of Validé

Chairman of the Board: Odd Torland

Board members: Murshid Ali, Marianne Chesak, Arild Austigard, Merete Vadla Madland, Anne Hjelle and Mette Rønning.

Validé is located four places in Rogaland

SATELLITE: Rikke T. Lønning and Åse Tveit Samdal are the team in Validé Haugesundregionen. (Foto: Hilde Garlid)

Validé Stavanger - main office
Innovasjonspark Stavanger
Måltidets hus
Richard Johnsensgate 4,
4021 Stavanger
Phone: 51 87 40 00
Email: post@valide.no

CEO: Anne Cathrin Østebø

Validé Haugesundregionen
Oasen Storsenter, 3. etg. inngang fra takparkering
Austbøvegen 16,
Post Office box: 1900,
5508 Karmsund
Contact: Åse Tveit Samdal
Phone: 932 45 566
E-mail: aase.samdal@validehaugesund.no

Validé Jæren
Forum Jæren
Inngang C, 6. etasje
Hetlandsgata 9
4340 Bryne

Phone: +47 98 67 22 69
Email: anne.helen@valide.no

Validé Dalane
Blandeverket Næringssenter
Sokndalsveien 26
4370 Egersund

Contact: Ronny Gløbstad
Phone:+47 911 43 889
Email: ronny@iparkdalane.no