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Tar med nyvinningen sin til Tyskland.

Bodø-selskapet Induvita, som nylig ble kåret til Årets helsegründer, trapper opp satsingen mot utlandet. Nå har de hentet Katrine Mevatne som ny kommersiell direktør (CCO) for å lede arbeidet.

At Helseteknologikonferansen 2025, Induvita AS was named Årets Helsegründer 2025. The award is presented by Tekna and Norway Health Tech to recognize startups that create real value for patients, healthcare professionals, and society.

Big party and celebration of the business community in Bodø and Salten, when the Opplyst conference took place at Scandic Havet (only in Norwegian)

– Det var vel egentlig bare et bilde på at nå var begeret fullt. Vi hadde gått med denne frustrasjonen over tid, at utstyret ikke fungerte optimalt, og vi kjente på et ønske om å gjøre ting bedre, sier Hege Hansen (only in Norwegian)

Jordmødre har vært avhengig av frivillige kvinner for å trene på vaginal undersøkelse – helt frem til nå (only in Norwegian).

Oppstartsselskapet Induvita har nettopp hentet 3,5 millioner kroner i en overtegnet emisjon. 

Shifter har tidligere skrevet at selskapet har et enormt marked, men at de færreste investorer ser muligheten. 

Det er nå både eksisterende og nye investorer som investerer. 

– Vi er utrolig takknemlige for tilliten fra både nye og eksisterende investorer. At emisjonen ble overtegnet er en sterk bekreftelse på at markedet ser verdien i det vi gjør, sier Hege Hansen i Induvita. (in Norwegian only)

They are referred to as a new wave of entrepreneurs in an upcoming multi-billion dollar market. - Quite simply one of our generation's biggest business opportunities, says one of them. (for subscribers only)

“Through our clinical experience, we identified significant gaps in women’s health equipment – both for patients and healthcare providers,” explains Hansen. “The current standard of care relies on tools that weren’t designed for their intended purpose, yet have been accepted due to lack of alternatives.”

Hege Hansen and Stine Andreasen experience great demand even before launch, but it has not been easy to raise capital for the start-up company which can mean a lot for the health of millions of women. (for subscribers only)

Watch the TED Talks, where our design team from EGGS talk about product design in healthcare and their passion for dedicating their knowledge to contributing to improving existing products to have a positive impact on people's lives – with Induvita as an example.

It may not be fast, but it is moving forward when it comes to technology developed by and for women. And we can't stop now. (In Norwegian)

A wide range of Norwegian companies have been selected to be part of the pipeline of a program designed to help them quickly reach the U.S. market

In 2023, the proportion of female entrepreneurs was 6.7 per cent, according to figures from the Norwegian Patent and Trademark Office based on the number who applied for a patent during the year.
This is a small increase from the record low year 2022 when the figure was only 4.9 per cent, after falling for five years in a row. (In Norwegian)

The proportion of female inventors in Norway is increasing, but is still only 6.7%. Two who have recently been granted a patent for their induction catheter for initiating births are Stine Andreasen and Hege Hansen. They have extensive experience as gynecologists and midwive, respectively, and have together started the company Induvita alongside their jobs at Nordlandssykehuset in Bodø. Induvita is now working on several products in women's health. (In Norwegian)

How can we rethink women's health? Many of the instruments gynecologists and doctors use today have not been changed for over a hundred years. It was one of many themes raised in the pitch competition by Hege Hansen and Stine Andreasen of Induvita AS during DNBNXT in Bodø. (In Norwegian)

Today, training is done directly on patients, and we think that's not okay,” says midwife Hege Hansen. (In Norwegian)

We want to make a difference!

Behind Induvita are midwife Hege Hansen and gynecologist Stine Andreasen. They create products that will provide better obstetric care. — There is little research and innovation in women's health - and especially obstetric health. (In Norwegian)

Superior continues the series about senior doctors who have made a name for themselves by making great efforts in areas other than their daily work as chief physician: Innovation in the delivery room. (In Norwegian)

Midwife Hege Hansen and head physician at the women's clinic, Stine Andreasen, want to make the experience of induction better for women. (In Norwegian)

Unwitnessed consequences for women and men affect the design, and even the safety of the products we use. (In Norwegian)

Midwife Hege Hansen and gynecologist Stine Andreasen will change the current practice for initiating births. (In Norwegian)

Frustrated with equipment that had not been developed for a very long time, Stine Andreasen and Hege Hanssen at Nordlandstook mattered into their own hands and developed it themselves. (In Norwegian)

It was developed to examine the lower abdomen of women in Roman times, and is currently in use. No worries about developments in the area. (In Norwegian)