ABOUT HealthCatalyst

Getting health technology faster to the population!

The board of HealthCatalyst AS are – chairman Arild Kristensen (Director Health Validé and COO NHT), Ketil Widerberg (CEO OCC) and Lena Nymo Helli (CEO NHT).

Our mission is to develop Norway as a global innovation and testarena for the health industry, increase health related export and strengthen public-private collaboration.

Ownership and Board

HealthCatalyst AS is owned with equal parts by Validé AS, Oslo Cancer Cluster and Norway Health Tech. The company is non-profit and thus will not pay dividends to shareholders. If the company makes a profit, it will be added to equity and used for further development of the company.

Our Goals

  • Build an attractive national testarena for Norwegian and international companies, municipalities and hostpitals to test their solutions
  • Help Norwegian companies to grow their export
  • Strengthen public private collaboration


The initiation of HealthCatalyst were supported by Rogaland fylkeskommune and Stavanger kommune, and the development of our testarena/katapult concept has been supported by a project for Oslo kommune.

The Story Behind HealthCatalyst AS - read here!