What works in Trondheim
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Evidence snapshot for Trondheim
NTNU Technology Transfer AS — Trondheim's University Spin-off Engine shows that Trondheim hosts a university technology-transfer office that has established 73 spin-off companies since 2003, spanning sectors including subsea robotics, cybersecurity and medical sensing. The office's most prominent success is Kahoot!, which grew to 40 million+ monthly users across 180 countries by 2017. SINTEF TTO — Technology Transfer Office of Europe's Largest Independent Research Institute adds that Trondheim also hosts SINTEF's venture-capital arm, which has invested NOK 500 million across 42 spin-offs since 1987 and drawn NOK 3 billion in external investment. However, the practices do not provide aggregate employment, revenue or economic-impact figures for Trondheim's deep-tech ecosystem as a whole.
Drawn from: NTNU's Copilot Pilot in Norway's Data Protection Sandbox — A Public University Concludes It Is Not Ready to Roll Out Microsoft 365 Copilot · SINTEF TTO — Technology Transfer Office of Europe's Largest Independent Research Institute · NTNU Technology Transfer AS — Trondheim's University Spin-off Engine · National Mire Restoration Programme — Norway · NTNU Technology Transfer AS — university spin-off office behind Kahoot! · NTNU Technology Transfer AS — University-Hospital Spin-off Engine
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Transparency, fairness & accountability +46 pts 100 here · 54 average
Governance, certification & transferability +20 pts 83 here · 64 average
Water & soil — retention, infiltration, erosion control +19 pts 67 here · 48 average
Weaknesses
Evidence of impact / measured results -11 pts 47 here · 57 average
Innovation -12 pts 50 here · 62 average
Biodiversity — conservation / improvement, evidenced -15 pts 33 here · 48 average
Inclusiveness / equity -43 pts 0 here · 43 average
Score profile vs peers
Coloured bar: Trondheim. Grey bar: peer average across the corpus. Both on a common 0–100 scale.
Points compare this place's average on each dimension with the average across all evaluated places, on a common 0–100 scale. Know more
Top good practices here
SINTEF TTO — Technology Transfer Office of Europe's Largest Independent Research Institute · 67
NTNU Technology Transfer AS — Trondheim's University Spin-off Engine · 67
National Mire Restoration Programme — Norway · 40
NTNU Technology Transfer AS — university spin-off office behind Kahoot! · 38
NTNU Technology Transfer AS — University-Hospital Spin-off Engine · 38
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Recommended to adopt or replicate
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