Services

Strategy and business development

ÅKP helps businesses develop clear strategies and create growth. To succeed with innovation and desired change, the right skills and good tools are needed.

Services

Strategy and business development

ÅKP helps businesses develop clear strategies and create growth. To succeed with innovation and desired change, the right skills and good tools are needed.

Services

Strategy and business development

ÅKP helps businesses develop clear strategies and create growth. To succeed with innovation and desired change, the right skills and good tools are needed.

We make it easier to make good choices

We deliver strategy processes, business development, capital advisory, and leadership development. With solid expertise, extensive experience, proven methods, and a practical approach, we provide support that makes it easier to make good choices and build a stronger and more sustainable business.

Strategy, growth and export

Norway needs industrial winners that create value in Norway and succeed internationally. Therefore, we offer tailored paths for all phases a company goes through.

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ScaleUp

Growth

A run for growth strategy with documented results. ScaleUp is for companies that seek support to build their growth strategy, recognize the need to expand their network, and want to learn from experienced mentors, as well as understand that team building is part of a successful process.

Bente Lund Jacobsen

Senior Advisor

Bente Lund Jacobsen

Senior Advisor

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ScaleOut

Export

A plan that ensures a solid export strategy with an execution plan for success. ScaleOut is for companies that want to increase their chances of success in the export market, enter new export markets, and seek support to build their sales and distribution model.

Elisabeth Remøy

Senior Advisor and Administrative Leader for Strategy and Business Development

Elisabeth Remøy

Senior Advisor and Administrative Leader for Strategy and Business Development

Strategy lab

If your company is not quite ready to go through a complete process together with others, but wants a tailored process, Strategilab may be the solution. Through Strategilab, we offer a structured and facilitated process for companies that want to work on a strategic issue, such as:

  • Idea Generation

  • strategy processes

  • anchoring

  • implementation

  • follow-up

Anna With Rødstøl

Senior Advisor

Anna With Rødstøl

Senior Advisor

Business development one-on-one

ÅKP offers ongoing 1:1 support to companies that need assistance in realizing their growth ambitions. Typical themes may include:

  • Sales and marketing strategy

  • Capital raising

  • Team and leadership development

  • Leadership support

Bente Lund Jacobsen

Senior Advisor

Håvar Risnes

Subject Leader ÅKP Strategy and Business Development

Bente Lund Jacobsen

Senior Advisor

Håvar Risnes

Subject Leader ÅKP Strategy and Business Development

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A group of people mingling at an event, with one man looking upwards, appearing deep in thought.
Investormatch

Investormatch is a meeting place for investors and growth companies. The event takes place once a year. Investormatch aims to be a networking arena and platform where growth companies and investors can meet on real terms. Throughout a full day, both insights, debates, and concrete investment opportunities are shared. We continuously accept and evaluate growth cases.

Martha Gausdal

Leader of ÅKP Leadership Development

Martha Gausdal

Leader of ÅKP Leadership Development

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Advisory on capital raising

Capital is crucial, whether a business is in the startup phase or looking to grow. That’s why we help those seeking capital by providing guidance on how to develop a good pitch deck and find investors who see the potential.

Sometimes it’s good to have support from someone who knows where to look in the jungle and how to proceed wisely. Get in touch, and we’ll figure out how we can best help you.

Martha Gausdal

Leader of ÅKP Leadership Development

Martha Gausdal

Leader of ÅKP Leadership Development

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StepUp

Development and clarification

A clarification program for development and growth in the early or change phase. StepUp is for companies that need support to clarify strategic direction, find themselves in a market position with high competition, or are in a company going through a generational shift or leadership change.

Robert Voldnes

Senior Advisor

Robert Voldnes

Senior Advisor

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hoppid.no

Offers for you right in the startup phase

ÅKP provides the hoppid.no services, primarily offering business guidance for the municipalities of Hareid, Herøy, and Ulstein.

ÅKP also manages the municipalities' hoppid.no fund, which has been made available by Møre og Romsdal County Municipality. The Hoppid fund is a financial support scheme for early-stage entrepreneurs. The funds are to be used for smaller, yet crucial activities that help clarify profitability and market potential in a business idea, allowing entrepreneurs to have a better basis for assessing further investment. Support of up to 40,000 kroner can be granted per business idea.

Robert Voldnes

Senior Advisor

Robert Voldnes

Senior Advisor

Leadership development

Developing the companies of the future requires good leaders. ÅKP Leadership Development is our toolbox for developing the region's leaders.

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ÅKP Summit

The ÅKP Summit is the meeting place for leaders who turn insights into results. The ÅKP Summit is an annual gathering for leaders who wish to develop as leaders, learn more, and learn from others. In inspiring surroundings, the Summit offers both a breather, learning, thought-provoking reflections, problem-solving, and networking.

Elisabeth Remøy

Senior Advisor and Administrative Leader for Strategy and Business Development

Elisabeth Remøy

Senior Advisor and Administrative Leader for Strategy and Business Development

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A group of people mingling at an event, with one man looking upwards, appearing deep in thought.

Young leaders

Young leaders are more than a traditional leadership training program. It is a two-year journey for 30 selected young leaders who will shape the future of the business community in Møre and Romsdal.

Through six exclusive gatherings, participants will not only receive academic knowledge but also practical leadership training, insights from top executives, and the opportunity to build a network that will be invaluable for their careers.

Martha Gausdal

Leader of ÅKP Leadership Development

Martha Gausdal

Leader of ÅKP Leadership Development

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A group of people mingling at an event, with one man looking upwards, appearing deep in thought.

Communication consulting

Elisabeth Solvang is the head of communications at ÅKP, a role that works across the entire organization, including the clusters and Norwegian Katapult Digital.

She is used as an advisor in communication, presentation techniques, media handling, and marketing. In addition, she is often utilized as a moderator and leader for panel discussions, also for our customers and partners.

Elisabeth Solvang

Head of Strategic Communication

Elisabeth Solvang

Head of Strategic Communication

Research and innovation

Our advisors can help with the support system. With us, you get guidance to find the right funding schemes and potential project partners.

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Competence broker

Help to find the right competence environment

The competence broker scheme is a free service for companies that want to start with research and development activities (R&D) and need help to find the right expertise or research partner. ÅKP assists in connecting companies with relevant environments and experts, in collaboration with the Research Council and Møre og Romsdal county municipality.

The competence brokers can act as advisors in innovation and R&D projects, serve as a link between the company and the research environment, and help structure projects and find the right tools in the public support system. ÅKP's competence brokers are Håvar Risnes and Robert Voldnes. They offer non-binding conversations, preferably on-site at the company – free of charge and with confidentiality.

Håvar Risnes

Subject Leader ÅKP Strategy and Business Development

Jan Børre Rydningen

EU Advisor/Competence Broker/Senior Advisor Norwegian Catapult Digital

Håvar Risnes

Subject Leader ÅKP Strategy and Business Development

Jan Børre Rydningen

EU Advisor/Competence Broker/Senior Advisor Norwegian Catapult Digital

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EU advisor

Jan Børre Rydningen is an EU advisor in the ÅKP system, a role that works across the entire organization, including the clusters and Norwegian Catapult Digital. The function aims to lower the threshold for navigating European research and innovation pathways.

In this role, Jan Børre helps companies and clusters identify relevant EU calls, connect good project ideas with the right environments and consortia, both nationally and internationally, and make strategic choices before entering challenging EU pathways. The goal is to contribute to more businesses succeeding in the EU, as well as benefiting from European innovation funds and the results they can provide.

Jan Børre Rydningen

EU Advisor/Competence Broker/Senior Advisor Norwegian Catapult Digital

Jan Børre Rydningen

EU Advisor/Competence Broker/Senior Advisor Norwegian Catapult Digital

We thank Sparebank1 SMN for their support of our business development programs, and Agenda Vestlandet for their support of our leadership development programs.

As a SIVA incubator, aimed at developing the sustainable growth companies of the future, we have the opportunity to offer several of our services at a discount to SMB companies.

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