What works in Trondheim
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Evidence snapshot for Trondheim
Trondheim has established itself as a significant deep-tech innovation hub through two major technology-transfer offices. NTNU Technology Transfer AS has spun off 73 companies since 2003, including the globally successful Kahoot!, which reached 40 million+ monthly users across 180 countries by 2017. SINTEF TTO, the venture arm of Europe's largest independent research institute, has invested NOK 500 million across 42 spin-offs since 1987 and drawn in NOK 3 billion from external investors, with managed venture capital growing to NOK 517 million by 2022. However, the full economic footprint of these spin-offs—including aggregate jobs, revenue, and portfolio-wide follow-on investment—remains largely unquantified in publicly available reporting.
Drawn from: 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
Water & soil — retention, infiltration, erosion control +16 pts 67 here · 51 average
Weaknesses
Fire resilience — risk reduction, evidenced -9 pts 0 here · 9 average
Transferability / demonstrated replication -9 pts 50 here · 59 average
Evidence of impact / measured results -10 pts 50 here · 60 average
Innovation -14 pts 50 here · 64 average
Biodiversity — conservation / improvement, evidenced -20 pts 33 here · 53 average
Inclusiveness / equity -41 pts 0 here · 41 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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Rwanda's Land Tenure Regularization Programme — Titling Land in Women's Names · fit 90/100
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- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
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- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
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- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
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Fit estimates how well a practice matches this place, 0 (poor) to 100 (excellent); the list is ordered to favour practices that address this place's gaps. Know more