Alliance Venture is a venture capital and private equity firm founded in 2001, with headquarters in Oslo, Norway, and additional offices in Palo Alto, California, and Stockholm, Sweden. The firm specializes in seed, startup, and early-stage investments, primarily targeting privately held technology companies that operate at the intersection of information communication technology, micro-technology, material technology, and biotechnology. It also focuses on media, telecommunications, and information technology within the oil and energy sectors. Alliance Venture invests in regions including Scandinavia, the United States, Latin America, and parts of Asia and Africa, typically committing between $0.2 million and $1.7 million to its portfolio companies. The firm aims for a lead role and board seat in Norwegian investments, while co-investing in other regions without insisting on board representation. With total funds under management of approximately $100 million, Alliance Venture seeks to exit its investments through initial public offerings or trade sales.
Tana is a software development company founded in 2020 and based in Oslo, Norway. The company has created an online work platform aimed at transforming the way individuals, teams, and computers collaborate. This innovative platform allows users to convert raw notes into actionable tasks, bugs, and follow-ups, streamlining information retrieval. By presenting data in a graphical format, Tana helps clients eliminate the need for traditional files and folders, enabling more efficient access to critical information for decision-making and follow-ups.
Lightbringer
Seed Round in 2024
Generative AI technology company offering tools for preparing patent applications more quickly, more easily, and with incredible quality
DeckMatch
Seed Round in 2024
DeckMatch simplifies routine tasks through automation, helping VC professionals optimize their workflow and concentrate on their tasks. The company aims to enhance the art of investment, transforming ordinary tasks that occupy daily routines into actions that carry substantial and meaningful significance. By freeing investors from the burden of routine duties, the opportunity arises for them to concentrate on what is genuinely important - the establishment and nurturing of impactful, value-centered connections.
Ciloo
Venture Round in 2024
Ciloo operates a global on-demand platform that delivers e-commerce software for branded products and corporate gifts. The platform facilitates local and on-demand production across more than 30 countries, effectively minimizing shipping distances, waste, and associated costs. By integrating with existing systems such as ERP, DAM, and SSO, Ciloo streamlines workflows, allowing companies to manage their branded products with enhanced control and efficiency on a global scale.
Mjuk
Seed Round in 2023
Mjuk operates an online marketplace that facilitates the buying and selling of used furniture, aiming to streamline what can often be a complicated process. The company provides a curated selection of second-hand furniture and manages the entire transaction process for customers. This includes picking up the furniture, conducting quality checks, taking photographs, washing the items, marketing, and handling sales. By taking care of these various aspects, Mjuk enables customers to find affordable furniture while also simplifying the process of selling their unused items. The company's mission is to make transactions involving used furniture straightforward and secure, addressing common challenges like unpredictable payments and lengthy procedures.
Bits Technology
Seed Round in 2023
Bits Technology develops automation software aimed at simplifying and democratizing financial technology services. The company's platform orchestrates and automates the management of infrastructure providers for fintech companies, utilizing a low-code experience. By connecting various data sources and streamlining workflows, Bits Technology enables clients to efficiently launch new products across multiple markets. This approach allows clients to create dynamic onboarding workflows, ultimately helping them focus on achieving meaningful customer outcomes.
1X
Series A in 2023
1X designs and develops humanoid robots to operate in the physical world. Its robots enable security, retail, logistics, and healthcare companies to deploy safe, capable, and affordable robots to work alongside their employees.
Two
Series A in 2023
Two is a fintech startup that is building something akin to buy now, pay later for B2B purchases.
Apexx
Series B in 2023
APEXX operates a payments-as-a-service platform that integrates various payment methods, acquirers, gateways, and shopping carts into a single, efficient interface. The company focuses on enterprise-level clients, helping them streamline their payment service provider relationships while consolidating all reporting and transactional data. In addition to simplifying payment processing, APEXX offers a marketplace for global payments that includes services such as VAT calculation tools and AML management, allowing merchants to compare costs and receive expert guidance on payment providers. Through its holistic approach, APEXX aims to enhance the payment experience for its partners.
Ripe
Pre Seed Round in 2022
Ripe is a data-driven customer engagement platform designed to assist modern sales and customer success teams in increasing revenue. It provides actionable insights that enable SaaS teams to effectively convert opportunities and engage with valuable customers. By facilitating interactions on websites and within products, Ripe's platform empowers businesses to expand their customer base and enhance their overall sales performance.
Bits Technology
Pre Seed Round in 2022
Bits Technology develops automation software aimed at simplifying and democratizing financial technology services. The company's platform orchestrates and automates the management of infrastructure providers for fintech companies, utilizing a low-code experience. By connecting various data sources and streamlining workflows, Bits Technology enables clients to efficiently launch new products across multiple markets. This approach allows clients to create dynamic onboarding workflows, ultimately helping them focus on achieving meaningful customer outcomes.
Gilion
Funding Round in 2022
Gilion is a precision financing company focused on empowering technology businesses to achieve rapid growth through tailored funding solutions. By leveraging artificial intelligence and machine learning, Gilion analyzes the financial health of enterprises to offer long-term loans that allow founders to maintain control while minimizing risk for investors. The company specializes in creating custom, dynamic loan structures with fair terms, ensuring that businesses have access to the resources they need to thrive. Through its innovative approach, Gilion aims to facilitate smart growth for companies by providing them with the necessary financial support based on predictive insights into future revenue.
Globus
Seed Round in 2022
Globus is an AI-powered platform that enhances the staffing and recruitment industry by streamlining and automating various processes. Launched in 2017, it focuses on empowering recruiters and candidates through a sophisticated Software as a Service (SaaS) solution. The platform specializes in engaging and activating existing candidates, efficiently managing incoming job requests, and placing candidates in suitable positions. Additionally, Globus provides actionable business insights that help clients maximize their opportunities and better utilize their talent pools. This innovative approach is aimed at redefining the recruitment landscape, enabling recruiters to place candidates more effectively and rapidly.
Hemby
Seed Round in 2022
Helppy is a provider of elderly care services focused on delivering comprehensive support to seniors across Europe. Originating in Ullanlinna, Helsinki, it quickly established itself as the largest private elderly care provider in the area, subsequently expanding to Lauttasaari. Helppy combines a dedicated team of local in-house nurses with structured resources, training, and partnerships with local retailers, hospitals, and pharmacies. This approach allows Helppy to offer a range of services, including personal and medical care, assistance with household chores, and support for outdoor errands. By enhancing municipal home care services, Helppy aims to facilitate a happier and more stress-free life for elderly individuals and their families.
Mjuk
Venture Round in 2022
Mjuk operates an online marketplace that facilitates the buying and selling of used furniture, aiming to streamline what can often be a complicated process. The company provides a curated selection of second-hand furniture and manages the entire transaction process for customers. This includes picking up the furniture, conducting quality checks, taking photographs, washing the items, marketing, and handling sales. By taking care of these various aspects, Mjuk enables customers to find affordable furniture while also simplifying the process of selling their unused items. The company's mission is to make transactions involving used furniture straightforward and secure, addressing common challenges like unpredictable payments and lengthy procedures.
Unleash
Series A in 2022
Unleash is an enterprise-focused open source feature management platform that enables developers and organizations to manage product features effectively. The platform facilitates controlled rollouts of new features through feature toggles, allowing users to deploy updates in a systematic manner. Additionally, it supports experimentation by enabling the testing of multiple variants of features, ensuring that clients can assess performance without disrupting the overall functionality of their applications. This capability is crucial for organizations seeking to enhance their product deployment processes while maintaining stability and performance.
IndyKite
Seed Round in 2022
IndyKite is a cloud identity platform focused on securing and managing identities for both humans and non-person entities, such as IoT devices. The company develops an identity-centric data platform that integrates identity and business information into a cohesive operational data layer. This unified approach facilitates authorization, application development, and analytics, all supported by a knowledge graph data model. By leveraging artificial intelligence and machine learning, IndyKite provides developers with flexible application programming interfaces, fostering a growing open-source ecosystem that enhances the overall value and trust in data management.
Aquabyte
Venture Round in 2022
Aquabyte, Inc. specializes in developing advanced monitoring systems for the fish farming industry, employing computer vision and machine learning technologies. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, with an office in Bergen, Norway, Aquabyte's smart camera system enables real-time applications such as detecting biomass, counting sea lice, and monitoring fish appetite. The accompanying web dashboard provides continuous metrics to enhance operational efficiency. By integrating these technologies, Aquabyte aims to reduce operational costs and fish mortality while promoting sustainability in aquaculture. The company’s innovative approach seeks to address the challenges faced by fish farms, ultimately contributing to a more efficient and environmentally friendly industry.
CharmVerse
Funding Round in 2021
CharmVerse is a blockchain-based platform designed to facilitate coordination among contributors in decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs). It offers an all-in-one workspace that integrates various functions, including task management, document organization, and bounty tracking. By connecting contributors, projects, and documentation, CharmVerse enables users to efficiently manage daily operations and enhance collaboration. The platform streamlines processes, allowing developers to focus on their work while also providing opportunities to earn NFTs as part of their engagement.
Medal
Series C in 2021
Medal is a short-form gaming video clips platform used to share digital game clips and highlights with gamers. Its platform helps to capture the final seconds of gameplay utilizing completely different recording mechanisms that can be shared on the application that provide clips of live streams and that enable users to share their skills and get an enjoyable experience. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Naarden, North-Holland.
IndyKite
Pre Seed Round in 2021
IndyKite is a cloud identity platform focused on securing and managing identities for both humans and non-person entities, such as IoT devices. The company develops an identity-centric data platform that integrates identity and business information into a cohesive operational data layer. This unified approach facilitates authorization, application development, and analytics, all supported by a knowledge graph data model. By leveraging artificial intelligence and machine learning, IndyKite provides developers with flexible application programming interfaces, fostering a growing open-source ecosystem that enhances the overall value and trust in data management.
Equality Check
Seed Round in 2021
Equality Check is a community-based platform based in Ireland that focuses on employee reviews related to workplace equality. It enables users to anonymously share their experiences regarding equality and opportunity at their current or former employers. The platform not only allows individuals to leave reviews but also facilitates research on various companies, helping users make informed decisions about their employment. Additionally, Equality Check offers a B2B solution that assists organizations in identifying gender imbalances and provides data-driven recommendations for improvement. By fostering transparency and accountability, Equality Check aims to promote equal and inclusive workplaces through collective action and insightful reporting.
Sanity
Series B in 2021
Sanity AS is a Norwegian company that provides a content platform designed for software developers and teams to collaboratively create and manage digital content. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Oslo, with an additional office in San Francisco, Sanity offers a structured content solution that leverages APIs and technologies such as GraphQL and JavaScript. The platform facilitates real-time collaboration, enabling features like live multi-user editing and change tracking. It is utilized across various applications, including e-commerce sites, mobile apps, and marketing platforms, supporting workflows such as collaborative editing and content localization. By treating content as data, Sanity aims to enhance digital velocity, allowing organizations to efficiently distribute content to multiple devices, applications, and channels.
&Repeat
Seed Round in 2021
&Repeat is a company focused on promoting sustainable practices in the food packaging industry by offering solutions for both disposable and reusable packaging. It operates through a loyalty app that connects with the hospitality sector, particularly restaurants. The company's technology platform encourages consumers to transition from a linear economy to a circular economy, thereby enhancing the sustainability of takeaway food. By implementing Recycling Reward and Reuse solutions, &Repeat aims to minimize the waste associated with single-use packaging. Customers can scan a quick response code on the packaging to receive a deposit back upon recycling, facilitating responsible disposal for restaurants and food professionals while reducing overall waste generation.
Enode
Seed Round in 2021
Enode is a company focused on advancing the transition to a sustainable energy system by connecting and optimizing energy devices. Through its digital platform, Enode's APIs allow businesses to seamlessly integrate users' energy hardware, such as electric vehicles, solar inverters, home batteries, and thermostats, into their applications. This streamlined approach significantly reduces the time and resources needed for integration and ongoing maintenance, making it easier for companies to develop energy management applications. By optimizing energy consumption and enabling participation in flexible energy markets, Enode supports clients in their efforts to contribute to a zero-carbon energy grid.
Boost AI
Funding Round in 2021
Boost.ai is a company that specializes in enterprise-grade conversational artificial intelligence (AI), offering a highly scalable platform designed to automate customer service and internal support functions. Its proprietary self-learning AI technology provides a no-code solution that is quick to deploy and user-friendly. The platform can handle an unlimited number of intents while maintaining a resolution rate exceeding 90 percent. This capability allows virtual agents created with Boost.ai's technology to manage thousands of interactions daily for major clients such as Telenor, DNB, and Silvercar by Audi. Headquartered in Stavanger, Norway, Boost.ai also has offices in Los Angeles, Oslo, Stockholm, and Copenhagen, underscoring its international presence in the AI-driven customer consulting market.
AlexisHR
Seed Round in 2020
AlexisHR offers a comprehensive human resource platform designed to streamline HR processes and enhance workplace efficiency. By providing a modern solution, the platform integrates functionalities that support various HR tasks, including onboarding, offboarding, time reporting, and employee evaluations. It enables organizations to collect and manage employee data in a GDPR-compliant manner, facilitating task automation and simplifying the tracking and approval of time-off requests. This data-driven approach empowers HR executives to make informed decisions, ultimately contributing to a more effective and engaging work environment.
ShiftX
Seed Round in 2020
ShiftX is a software development company that focuses on helping organizations map and understand their processes, routines, and customer journeys, particularly in the information and technology sectors. The company's collaborative platform aims to enhance workplace efficiency by allowing users to visualize current workflows and identify areas for improvement. By facilitating the modeling of processes, ShiftX's tool clarifies roles and responsibilities, highlights challenges, and enables effective time tracking. This comprehensive approach assists businesses in optimizing their operations and streamlining their enterprise architecture, ultimately fostering a deeper understanding of how workflows are interconnected and promoting overall process improvement.
Sanity
Series A in 2020
Sanity AS is a Norwegian company that provides a content platform designed for software developers and teams to collaboratively create and manage digital content. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Oslo, with an additional office in San Francisco, Sanity offers a structured content solution that leverages APIs and technologies such as GraphQL and JavaScript. The platform facilitates real-time collaboration, enabling features like live multi-user editing and change tracking. It is utilized across various applications, including e-commerce sites, mobile apps, and marketing platforms, supporting workflows such as collaborative editing and content localization. By treating content as data, Sanity aims to enhance digital velocity, allowing organizations to efficiently distribute content to multiple devices, applications, and channels.
Apexx
Series A in 2020
APEXX operates a payments-as-a-service platform that integrates various payment methods, acquirers, gateways, and shopping carts into a single, efficient interface. The company focuses on enterprise-level clients, helping them streamline their payment service provider relationships while consolidating all reporting and transactional data. In addition to simplifying payment processing, APEXX offers a marketplace for global payments that includes services such as VAT calculation tools and AML management, allowing merchants to compare costs and receive expert guidance on payment providers. Through its holistic approach, APEXX aims to enhance the payment experience for its partners.
Aprila Bank
Series B in 2020
Aprila Bank is a technology-driven financial services provider focused on delivering automated lending solutions to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The company utilizes an API-based platform, which connects with approximately 130,000 SMEs through partnerships with prominent online accounting systems and other relevant service providers. By leveraging in-house developed machine learning models, Aprila Bank predicts lending outcomes and assesses risk using both real-time data and traditional credit information. This approach enables the company to offer credit lines that enhance the borrowing experience for SMEs, ensuring efficiency and accessibility in the lending process.
Shoreline
Series A in 2020
Shoreline AS is a data analytics and simulation software development and consulting company focused on the offshore wind industry. Founded in 2014 and based in Stavanger, Norway, the company offers innovative solutions that facilitate the planning, optimization, and analysis of energy production facilities. Its products, including MAINTSYS and SIMSTALL, provide subscription-based services geared towards the operational and maintenance aspects of offshore wind farms, covering logistics, installation, commissioning, and testing. Additionally, Shoreline AS delivers consultancy services throughout the entire life cycle of offshore wind projects, assisting developers, energy companies, and other stakeholders from initial assessments to decommissioning. With a strong emphasis on proprietary simulation and optimization algorithms, Shoreline aims to enhance efficiency and reduce risks and costs associated with renewable energy projects.
Medal
Series B in 2020
Medal is a short-form gaming video clips platform used to share digital game clips and highlights with gamers. Its platform helps to capture the final seconds of gameplay utilizing completely different recording mechanisms that can be shared on the application that provide clips of live streams and that enable users to share their skills and get an enjoyable experience. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Naarden, North-Holland.
Superside
Seed Round in 2019
Superside is an on-demand freelancer agency that provides a range of creative services to businesses, enabling them to streamline their design processes. Formerly known as Konsus Inc., the company rebranded in September 2019 and has been operational since 2015, with headquarters in Palo Alto, California and an additional office in Oslo. Superside specializes in areas such as graphic design, web design, branding, motion graphics, and video production. The platform allows clients to easily submit tasks via email, chat, or a Slack bot, and assigns pre-qualified freelancers to handle these requests efficiently. With a client base of over 3,000 businesses, including major corporations like Cisco, Airbus, and Walmart, Superside aims to make design hassle-free for marketing and creative teams while delivering high-quality results at scale.
Sanity
Seed Round in 2019
Sanity AS is a Norwegian company that provides a content platform designed for software developers and teams to collaboratively create and manage digital content. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Oslo, with an additional office in San Francisco, Sanity offers a structured content solution that leverages APIs and technologies such as GraphQL and JavaScript. The platform facilitates real-time collaboration, enabling features like live multi-user editing and change tracking. It is utilized across various applications, including e-commerce sites, mobile apps, and marketing platforms, supporting workflows such as collaborative editing and content localization. By treating content as data, Sanity aims to enhance digital velocity, allowing organizations to efficiently distribute content to multiple devices, applications, and channels.
Aquabyte
Series A in 2019
Aquabyte, Inc. specializes in developing advanced monitoring systems for the fish farming industry, employing computer vision and machine learning technologies. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, with an office in Bergen, Norway, Aquabyte's smart camera system enables real-time applications such as detecting biomass, counting sea lice, and monitoring fish appetite. The accompanying web dashboard provides continuous metrics to enhance operational efficiency. By integrating these technologies, Aquabyte aims to reduce operational costs and fish mortality while promoting sustainability in aquaculture. The company’s innovative approach seeks to address the challenges faced by fish farms, ultimately contributing to a more efficient and environmentally friendly industry.
Enevate
Funding Round in 2018
Enevate Corporation specializes in the development of advanced silicon-dominant lithium-ion battery technologies, focusing primarily on electric vehicles (EVs). Founded in 2005 and headquartered in Irvine, California, Enevate aims to revolutionize EV charging by enabling extreme fast charging capabilities, allowing vehicles to recharge in approximately five minutes. The company's proprietary HD-Energy and XFC-Energy technologies boast high energy density, low-temperature performance, and enhanced safety features compared to traditional graphite-based batteries. Enevate's innovations in battery design have garnered significant investment, raising over $110 million from notable partners, including major automotive and technology firms. The company is dedicated to accelerating the mass adoption of electric vehicles by making charging as convenient as refueling gasoline cars.
Novelda
Funding Round in 2018
Novelda is a privately held semiconductor company based in Norway that focuses on research and development of nanoscale wireless low-power ultra wideband (UWB) technology. The company specializes in high-resolution impulse radar sensors designed to detect human presence by monitoring minute movements, such as breathing and heartbeat. These sensors have various indoor applications, including consumer electronic devices and smart building systems. By integrating this advanced technology, Novelda aims to enhance user experience, improve safety, and promote energy efficiency in diverse settings.
Boost AI
Series A in 2018
Boost.ai is a company that specializes in enterprise-grade conversational artificial intelligence (AI), offering a highly scalable platform designed to automate customer service and internal support functions. Its proprietary self-learning AI technology provides a no-code solution that is quick to deploy and user-friendly. The platform can handle an unlimited number of intents while maintaining a resolution rate exceeding 90 percent. This capability allows virtual agents created with Boost.ai's technology to manage thousands of interactions daily for major clients such as Telenor, DNB, and Silvercar by Audi. Headquartered in Stavanger, Norway, Boost.ai also has offices in Los Angeles, Oslo, Stockholm, and Copenhagen, underscoring its international presence in the AI-driven customer consulting market.
Aquabyte
Seed Round in 2018
Aquabyte, Inc. specializes in developing advanced monitoring systems for the fish farming industry, employing computer vision and machine learning technologies. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, with an office in Bergen, Norway, Aquabyte's smart camera system enables real-time applications such as detecting biomass, counting sea lice, and monitoring fish appetite. The accompanying web dashboard provides continuous metrics to enhance operational efficiency. By integrating these technologies, Aquabyte aims to reduce operational costs and fish mortality while promoting sustainability in aquaculture. The company’s innovative approach seeks to address the challenges faced by fish farms, ultimately contributing to a more efficient and environmentally friendly industry.
Swarm64
Series B in 2018
Swarm64 is a Norwegian company founded in 2013, specializing in accelerators for relational databases to facilitate real-time analytics on high-velocity data. The company operates in Berlin, Germany, and is supported by prominent venture investors from Norway and Germany. Swarm64's technology leverages micro-server architecture and FPGA acceleration to enhance database performance, allowing for the execution of Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) and Online Transaction Processing (OLTP) workloads simultaneously. This approach simplifies the complexities associated with Extract, Transform, Load (ETL) processes, enabling organizations to derive value from big data while maintaining transaction safety. By utilizing SQL for big data analysis, Swarm64 empowers businesses to achieve in-memory database performance at a competitive cost.
Aprila Bank
Venture Round in 2017
Aprila Bank is a technology-driven financial services provider focused on delivering automated lending solutions to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The company utilizes an API-based platform, which connects with approximately 130,000 SMEs through partnerships with prominent online accounting systems and other relevant service providers. By leveraging in-house developed machine learning models, Aprila Bank predicts lending outcomes and assesses risk using both real-time data and traditional credit information. This approach enables the company to offer credit lines that enhance the borrowing experience for SMEs, ensuring efficiency and accessibility in the lending process.
Northern.tech
Series A in 2017
Northern.tech AS, based in Oslo, Norway, develops security software for connected devices, catering to industries such as banking, automotive, telecommunications, and oil and gas. The company offers a suite of products designed to enhance security and operational efficiency. Mender is an open-source solution for secure over-the-air software updates for embedded and IoT devices, ensuring robustness and recovery even during potential disruptions. CFEngine, another key offering, is a configuration management and automation framework that enables system administrators in large IT organizations to maintain compliance and agility through infrastructure-as-code. This solution manages the desired and actual states of IT infrastructure, making it suitable for regulated industries. The company's products are designed to be user-friendly and complementary, allowing both small businesses and large enterprises to select solutions tailored to their specific needs. Northern.tech was incorporated in 2008 and also has an office in Palo Alto, California.
Apexx
Seed Round in 2017
APEXX operates a payments-as-a-service platform that integrates various payment methods, acquirers, gateways, and shopping carts into a single, efficient interface. The company focuses on enterprise-level clients, helping them streamline their payment service provider relationships while consolidating all reporting and transactional data. In addition to simplifying payment processing, APEXX offers a marketplace for global payments that includes services such as VAT calculation tools and AML management, allowing merchants to compare costs and receive expert guidance on payment providers. Through its holistic approach, APEXX aims to enhance the payment experience for its partners.
Shoreline
Seed Round in 2017
Shoreline AS is a data analytics and simulation software development and consulting company focused on the offshore wind industry. Founded in 2014 and based in Stavanger, Norway, the company offers innovative solutions that facilitate the planning, optimization, and analysis of energy production facilities. Its products, including MAINTSYS and SIMSTALL, provide subscription-based services geared towards the operational and maintenance aspects of offshore wind farms, covering logistics, installation, commissioning, and testing. Additionally, Shoreline AS delivers consultancy services throughout the entire life cycle of offshore wind projects, assisting developers, energy companies, and other stakeholders from initial assessments to decommissioning. With a strong emphasis on proprietary simulation and optimization algorithms, Shoreline aims to enhance efficiency and reduce risks and costs associated with renewable energy projects.
Megacool
Seed Round in 2017
Megacool Inc., based in San Francisco, California, provides a mobile SDK that allows game developers to enhance player acquisition through gameplay sharing. The company's platform enables users to capture and share animated GIFs and screenshots of their gaming experiences, facilitating easy distribution of game highlights via messaging platforms. By offering tools that make it simple for players to invite friends with engaging previews of their games, Megacool serves as an effective distribution channel for mobile applications. As of October 2019, Megacool operates as a subsidiary of Medal B.V.
Scrimba
Seed Round in 2017
Scrimba is an online educational platform focused on teaching programming through an innovative video format that combines interactive coding screencasts. This approach not only enhances the learning experience for students but also simplifies content creation for instructors. With over 120,000 monthly active students, Scrimba aims to improve software development skills by making coding more accessible and engaging. The platform's unique format facilitates an effective learning environment, allowing users to actively participate in coding exercises while they learn.
MemoScale
Venture Round in 2017
MemoScale specializes in developing advanced software solutions for data storage, focusing on erasure coding and data protection. The company's offerings enhance data scrubbing operations and provide an interface for end-to-end checksum protection. This technology enables users to operate the software efficiently with minimal hardware resources while maximizing storage capacity utilization. MemoScale's innovative approach aims to improve data integrity and security in various storage environments.
Xeneta
Series B in 2017
Xeneta is a company that specializes in container freight pricing transparency, offering a comprehensive platform that provides real-time and on-demand analytics for ocean and air freight rates. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Oslo, Norway, Xeneta enables shippers and freight forwarders to make informed decisions regarding their freight procurement. The platform aggregates over 45 million spot and long-term contracted rates across more than 160,000 trade lanes, allowing clients to benchmark freight costs and stay updated on market movements. By optimizing supply chain strategies, Xeneta helps various industries balance timely delivery of goods with cost efficiency, empowering clients to take control of their freight rate data.
Fuse
Series A in 2017
Fuse specializes in mobile app development, full stack development, and advisory services, providing a comprehensive suite of tools aimed at enhancing user experience for designers and developers. Founded by veterans in mobile graphics, the company focuses on bridging the gap between prototyping and actual development, thus facilitating the creation of digital products. Its platform enables clients to build applications that operate seamlessly from backend to frontend, ensuring end-to-end type safety. By combining technical expertise with innovative solutions, Fuse aims to improve the overall process of app and user experience creation.
Eventum
Seed Round in 2016
Eventum operates an online marketplace that simplifies the process of finding and booking venues for both corporate and private events. Through its platform, eventum.no, organizers can easily identify and reserve spaces suitable for a variety of occasions, including parties, celebrations, conferences, meetings, and courses. The service caters to the needs of organizations by providing a user-friendly system that ensures a seamless booking experience, allowing event planners to focus on the details of their events while efficiently securing the ideal location.
Arundo Analytics
Venture Round in 2016
Arundo Analytics, Inc. is a provider of cloud-based and edge-enabled software solutions designed to analyze data from industrial assets and predict potential failures, thereby enhancing operational efficiency. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Houston, Texas, with additional offices in Palo Alto, Oslo, Stockholm, and London, the company primarily serves asset-intensive industries in the United States. Arundo's software employs machine learning and advanced analytics to help organizations improve revenue, reduce costs, and mitigate risks by effectively connecting industrial data to decision-making models. The company gained recognition after graduating from Stanford University’s StartX accelerator program and receiving investment from the Stanford-StartX Fund, further solidifying its reputation as a leader in industrial data science solutions.
Swarm64
Series A in 2015
Swarm64 is a Norwegian company founded in 2013, specializing in accelerators for relational databases to facilitate real-time analytics on high-velocity data. The company operates in Berlin, Germany, and is supported by prominent venture investors from Norway and Germany. Swarm64's technology leverages micro-server architecture and FPGA acceleration to enhance database performance, allowing for the execution of Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) and Online Transaction Processing (OLTP) workloads simultaneously. This approach simplifies the complexities associated with Extract, Transform, Load (ETL) processes, enabling organizations to derive value from big data while maintaining transaction safety. By utilizing SQL for big data analysis, Swarm64 empowers businesses to achieve in-memory database performance at a competitive cost.
Wake
Seed Round in 2015
Wake is a web-based application designed specifically for product designers to facilitate the sharing and discussion of design work within teams. Available for download on iOS, the application allows users to share animations and videos of prototypes, as well as capture designs from notebooks and whiteboards. By providing a private space for collaboration, Wake enables designers to communicate effectively with their teams and gather feedback on their work and products.
Arundo Analytics
Seed Round in 2015
Arundo Analytics, Inc. is a provider of cloud-based and edge-enabled software solutions designed to analyze data from industrial assets and predict potential failures, thereby enhancing operational efficiency. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Houston, Texas, with additional offices in Palo Alto, Oslo, Stockholm, and London, the company primarily serves asset-intensive industries in the United States. Arundo's software employs machine learning and advanced analytics to help organizations improve revenue, reduce costs, and mitigate risks by effectively connecting industrial data to decision-making models. The company gained recognition after graduating from Stanford University’s StartX accelerator program and receiving investment from the Stanford-StartX Fund, further solidifying its reputation as a leader in industrial data science solutions.
Oda
Seed Round in 2015
Oda, formerly known as Kolonial.no AS, is a prominent online grocery retailer based in Oslo, Norway. Founded in 2013, the company specializes in providing a wide array of grocery items, including fresh produce, dairy products, meats, seafood, baked goods, household essentials, and personal care items. Oda employs a data-driven approach to enhance efficiency and sustainability throughout its supply chain, aiming to deliver high-quality products directly to customers' doorsteps or designated collection points. The platform caters to millions of consumers, ensuring convenient access to everyday staples and ready-made meals while emphasizing a commitment to sustainable retail practices.
poLight
Venture Round in 2015
poLight is a Norwegian company based in Horten, specializing in the development of micro optical components using proprietary methods involving deformable polymers. The company focuses on creating the world's smallest and most cost-effective autofocus lenses for micro cameras, which are applicable in smartphones, wearables like smartwatches and smart glasses, as well as in industrial sectors such as medical and retail. poLight's technology is distinguished by its ability to manufacture components at the wafer scale, ensuring compact size, low cost, and high optical quality. Its product offerings include Driver ASIC and TLens, serving markets across the United States, Asia, and Europe.
Xeneta
Series A in 2015
Xeneta is a company that specializes in container freight pricing transparency, offering a comprehensive platform that provides real-time and on-demand analytics for ocean and air freight rates. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Oslo, Norway, Xeneta enables shippers and freight forwarders to make informed decisions regarding their freight procurement. The platform aggregates over 45 million spot and long-term contracted rates across more than 160,000 trade lanes, allowing clients to benchmark freight costs and stay updated on market movements. By optimizing supply chain strategies, Xeneta helps various industries balance timely delivery of goods with cost efficiency, empowering clients to take control of their freight rate data.
Fuse
Seed Round in 2015
Fuse specializes in mobile app development, full stack development, and advisory services, providing a comprehensive suite of tools aimed at enhancing user experience for designers and developers. Founded by veterans in mobile graphics, the company focuses on bridging the gap between prototyping and actual development, thus facilitating the creation of digital products. Its platform enables clients to build applications that operate seamlessly from backend to frontend, ensuring end-to-end type safety. By combining technical expertise with innovative solutions, Fuse aims to improve the overall process of app and user experience creation.
Novelda
Funding Round in 2014
Novelda is a privately held semiconductor company based in Norway that focuses on research and development of nanoscale wireless low-power ultra wideband (UWB) technology. The company specializes in high-resolution impulse radar sensors designed to detect human presence by monitoring minute movements, such as breathing and heartbeat. These sensors have various indoor applications, including consumer electronic devices and smart building systems. By integrating this advanced technology, Novelda aims to enhance user experience, improve safety, and promote energy efficiency in diverse settings.
Fuse
Seed Round in 2014
Fuse specializes in mobile app development, full stack development, and advisory services, providing a comprehensive suite of tools aimed at enhancing user experience for designers and developers. Founded by veterans in mobile graphics, the company focuses on bridging the gap between prototyping and actual development, thus facilitating the creation of digital products. Its platform enables clients to build applications that operate seamlessly from backend to frontend, ensuring end-to-end type safety. By combining technical expertise with innovative solutions, Fuse aims to improve the overall process of app and user experience creation.
poLight
Series B in 2011
poLight is a Norwegian company based in Horten, specializing in the development of micro optical components using proprietary methods involving deformable polymers. The company focuses on creating the world's smallest and most cost-effective autofocus lenses for micro cameras, which are applicable in smartphones, wearables like smartwatches and smart glasses, as well as in industrial sectors such as medical and retail. poLight's technology is distinguished by its ability to manufacture components at the wafer scale, ensuring compact size, low cost, and high optical quality. Its product offerings include Driver ASIC and TLens, serving markets across the United States, Asia, and Europe.
MemfoACT
Venture Round in 2010
MemfoACT AS, founded in 2008 and located in Trondheim, Norway, specializes in the production and supply of carbon membrane solutions for gas separation and biogas upgrading. The company emerged from a joint venture involving NTNU Technology Transfer and several entrepreneurs, including professor May-Britt Hägg and PhDs Jon Arvid Lie and Arne Lindbråthen. MemfoACT's proprietary technology focuses on gas purification, particularly for converting biogas into fuel-quality gas using a novel carbon molecular sieve membrane. This advanced membrane technology offers a significant advantage over traditional polymer membranes, allowing for efficient separation and acceptable recovery in a single-stage process.
Ping Communications
Venture Round in 2010
Ping Communication AS, founded in 2007 and based in Oslo, Norway, specializes in developing internet products that enhance connectivity and communication. The company offers a range of devices, including analog telephone adapters, broadband gateways, integrated access devices, and fiber equipment. These products support various services such as video, data, telephony, and wireless communication, often incorporating features like firewalls and remote monitoring capabilities. By combining the functionalities of broadband modems and wireless routers, Ping Communication aims to provide comprehensive solutions for modern communication needs.
Encap Security
Seed Round in 2010
Encap Security is a technology company that specializes in providing mobile-based security solutions for user authentication. The company develops software security products tailored for the financial services and enterprise markets, focusing on sectors such as telecommunications and banking. Its offerings include simple software-based two-factor authentication and digital signing, which enhance customer authentication while prioritizing user convenience and security. By addressing the specific needs of various industries, Encap Security aims to deliver effective and adaptable security services.
poLight
Venture Round in 2009
poLight is a Norwegian company based in Horten, specializing in the development of micro optical components using proprietary methods involving deformable polymers. The company focuses on creating the world's smallest and most cost-effective autofocus lenses for micro cameras, which are applicable in smartphones, wearables like smartwatches and smart glasses, as well as in industrial sectors such as medical and retail. poLight's technology is distinguished by its ability to manufacture components at the wafer scale, ensuring compact size, low cost, and high optical quality. Its product offerings include Driver ASIC and TLens, serving markets across the United States, Asia, and Europe.
DeckMatch
DeckMatch simplifies routine tasks through automation, helping VC professionals optimize their workflow and concentrate on their tasks. The company aims to enhance the art of investment, transforming ordinary tasks that occupy daily routines into actions that carry substantial and meaningful significance. By freeing investors from the burden of routine duties, the opportunity arises for them to concentrate on what is genuinely important - the establishment and nurturing of impactful, value-centered connections.
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