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Innovation Dock

Built to bring the right people together.

Today, Innovation Dock is owned by Nils-Henrik Stokke and Pia Warland together with IKM Invest, and run by a small, dedicated team supported by an experienced board.

Since 2014

  1. 2014

    Founded in the summer by Nils-Henrik Stokke and Magnus Meisal, with the ambition to build a coworking space in Stavanger. It started as a modest 50 m² idea.

  2. 2015

    By January, all nine sections of the Vannkanten building in Stavanger East were open.

  3. 2016

    Pia Warland joins as CEO. New premises at Kvitsøygata 30, followed by a growing range of events, projects and education programmes.

  4. 2019

    Nils-Henrik buys out Magnus, and Tore Gjedebo joins as a co-owner.

  5. 2020

    Apache, our first Sandnes location, opens fully leased.

  6. 2023

    We launch Impact Awards.

  7. 2024

    In partnership with Equinor, we expand into the international and industry-facing work that today includes Impact Summit, Impact Million and Nordic Energy Matchbox. At the end of the year Nils-Henrik Stokke and Pia Warland buy out Tore Gjedebo, and IKM Invest becomes a co-owner.

  8. 2026

    Mörtel opens on the docks in Sandnes: a hundred new office seats and more than six metres to the ceiling.

The first Innovation Dock being built, 2014
The first Innovation Dock, 2014

Meet the team behind Innovation Dock.

Nils-Henrik Stokke

Nils-Henrik Stokke

Founder & CGO

stokke@innovationdock.no404 51 984
Pia Warland

Pia Warland

Program Director & Co-Founder

pia@innovationdock.no908 65 351
Lill Maren Olsen Øvrebø

Lill Maren Olsen Øvrebø

CCO

lillmaren@innovationdock.no934 78 377
Elianne Strøm Topstad

Elianne Strøm Topstad

Program Manager

elianne@innovationdock.no926 42 583
Maylin Østrem

Maylin Østrem

Hospitality Manager

Jenny, the dog of the house, lying on the floor

Jenny

Dog of the house

Every day for 10+ years

Come by the dock.

A desk, a room, a pitch or a coffee. We'll make sure it lands with the right person.