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Nordic Microfinance Initiative AS is an Independent Private Equity/Venture Capital firm founded in 2008 by Hans Olav Torsen and Herbjørn Skjervold. Nordic Microfinance Initiative AS is headquartered in Trondheim.

Verdande Technology AS develops products and services for the re-use of knowledge. Its core technology is based on the principle of case based reasoning; a process of solving new problems, based on the solutions of similar past problems, and has applications across industries. Its application, DrillEdge* is developed for oil and gas real-time drilling operations. It is designed to reduce risk, increase rate of penetration and reduce non-productive time while drilling. They help operators to re-use knowledge in order to diagnose and avoid costly drilling problems before they escalate.

Dynamic Rock Support AS provides mining tools and solutions. Its products include D-Bolt, an energy-absorbent element for rock reinforcement; and face plate that absorbs energy without destroying mesh or shotcrete. The firm products are applied in tunnels, construction, and other areas. The company was founded by Charlie Li, Kristian Bøckman and Robert Hermansen on October 11, 2008 and is headquartered in Trondheim, Norway.

EMTEK AS is a provider of electromagnetic technologies, methods and services. The Company´s technology offerings consist of both control source EM solution as well as passive EM solutions. The company is based on more then 200 years of expertise from research and projects based on various electromagnetic technologies and methods. EMTEK was founded in 2007, headquartered in Stavanger, Norway with a branch office in Trondheim, and with two R & D centers in Russia. (Organized in two separate operational companies, EMTEK Prospecting and EMTEK Monitoring) EMTEK technology is based on research and development initially started in Russia more then 30 years ago. Its R&D and survey teams consist of very experience engineers with unique understanding of EM, and EMTEK holds several U.S. patents dating to the end the past millennium.

Voxelvision AS develops and provides software solutions for visualization, management and interpretation of seismic data. The company provides the development of high-performance processing technologies for managing, visualizing and interpreting massive 3D volumes on Intel processor-based Linux platforms. It has developed software designed to meet the industry's current and future issues, including quick project turnaround times, large amounts of data and complicated hydrocarbon reservoirs. With sales offices in Stavanger, Houston, London, Rio de Janeiro and Beijing, the company is headquartered in Trondheim, Norway.

Marine Cybernetics AS provides ships and offshore installations through testing of computer control systems. It offers DP HIL testing; PMS HIL testing; HIL testing of other systems; DP thrust capacity analysis for various weather conditions, thrust failures, thrust locations, and thrust vendors; DP capability analysis; simulation of marine operations, vessels, and environmental loads; and concept and design review of control systems, including dynamic positioning systems, vessel automatic systems, thruster and propulsion systems, crane systems, and drilling systems, as well as navigation, sensor, and nautical systems. The company was founded by Olav Egeland, Tor Arne Johansen, Arild Ove Paulsen and Jan Andreas Biti in 2002 and is headquartered in Tiler, Norway.

Resman AS engages in the provision of wireless reservoir surveillance. It offers continuous reservoir monitoring, inter-well water and gas diagnostics, inter-well saturation, and near-well oil saturation services. The company was founded by Fridtjof Nyhavn and Anne Dalager Dyrli in 2005 and is headquartered in Trondheim, Norway.