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Accelerator
Main contact: Erik Andreas Sæther
Secondary contact: Marcus Nickelsen
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Questions and inquiries about the accelerator program and its contents. Also, see our home page for more information.
Gnist Capital: Equity funding
Main contact: Marcus Nickelsen
Secondary contact: Thor Richard Isaksen
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At Gnist, we do pre-seed investments up to 1 MNOK in tech startups with a strong connection to Trøndelag. Co-investor required.
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Check out Gnist's website for more information.
StartupTRD: Community building
Main contact: Marianne Øverbø Olsen
Secondary contant: Thor Richard Isaksen
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StartupTRD represents an ever growing community of startup founders and founder friendly offerings such as events, co-working, meetups, travel grants and more. More info over at StartupTRD's website.
Not quite sure? That's okay!
Main contact: Thor Richard Isaksen
Secondary contact: Marcus Nickelsen
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In this category we put all the general stuff, all the uncategorized inquiries, collaborations, etc. Let's chat!
Head of Accelerator
Erik Andreas Sæther
All the way from California!
Diverse background from academia, advising, account management and sales, including experience in large and small organizations. PhD in innovation management.
Ask me about anything related to our accelerator and incubator programs, mentoring, competency-building, or international outreach.
+47 916 16 649
Head of StartupTRD
Marianne Øverbø Olsen
Experience with project management from Trondheim Tech Port and community building from Trondheim's culture and music scene​s.
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Contact me if you have any questions regarding StartupTRD.​
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â€+47 922 09 056‬
Head of Startups & Investments
Marcus Nickelsen
All the way from Bærum!
Experience as a founder from Njord Robotics (rip) and was deeply entangled in the student entrepreneurship ecosystem at NTNU: ES, Spark, Gründerbrakka.
Contact if you have any questions regarding our accelerator program or our investment fund Gnist Capital.
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+47 948 95 752
CEO
Thor Richard Isaksen
All the way from Gursken!
Experience as a founder from InstaPoll, and fromZedge during their scale-up and IPO.
Contact me for our corporate innovationprogram, StartupTRD, or ourinvestment fund Gnist Capital.
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+47 908 23 779
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