Hans Johan Hekland

Sarsia Venture Management AS (SVM) is a venture capital advisory and management firm based in Bergen, Norway. They manage and advise the Sarsia Life Science Fund, established in 2005, which focuses on life science and biotechnology opportunities in the Nordic region.

Novel Diagnostics AS provides biomedical research and diagnostics development services. It sells and develops medical and diagnostic products and drives commercialization of research results. The firm also invests in securities; either in form of follow-up investments in companies already has invested in, or as part of other strategic investments. The company was founded on June 10, 2002 and is headquartered in Bergen, Norway.

Uni Targeting Research AS is a holding company that provides the biopharmaceutical industry with tools and services for mammalian cell-line based development procedures and production processes. It offers upstream solutions to reduce complementary deoxyribonucleic acid and mammalian cell-line based timelines and increase protein production yields. Its technology enables both enhanced synthesis/secretion of naturally secreted proteins, and secretion of intracellular proteins. Its services include vector improvement, tailor-made vectors, and tool proteins. The company was founded by Ian Fraser Pryme, John E. Hesketh, Albert Tauler, and Beate Stern in 2001 and is headquartered in Bergen, Norway.

Epsis AS is a holding company that specializes in development and sales of its software Epsis TeamBox. Its product is a collaboration management software solution designed to facilitate meeting workflows and sharing of information, enabling "real-time" decision making in a collaborative environment. The company was founded on June 27, 2001 and is headquartered in Kokstad, Norway.

Balter Medical AS engages in the development and commercialization of biomedical technology. Its product assists healthcare professionals in diagnosing patients with Melanoma. The company was founded by Jakob Johan Stamnes and Knut Stamnes on December 13, 2000 and is headquartered in Bergen, Norway.