Sparebanken Vest

Sparebanken Vest is an independent financial services company based in Bergen, Norway, founded in 1823. It offers a range of banking and financing services primarily in the counties of Hordaland, Rogaland, and Sogn og Fjordane. The company's operations are structured into several segments, including Corporate Market, Retail Market, Bulder Bank, Treasury, and Estate Agency activities. The Retail Market segment generates the majority of its revenue, while the company also engages in estate agency and home mortgage services. As of December 31, 2019, Sparebanken Vest operated 33 points of sale outlets, serving both private and corporate clients.

Magne Morken

Deputy Chairman and Board Member

6 past transactions

Folio

Funding Round in 2018
Folio AS is a Norwegian company founded in 2017 and based in Oslo. It specializes in developing a virtual finance manager that offers a comprehensive suite of tools for banking, accounting, and financial forecasting. The company provides its services through a software as a service (SaaS) model, focusing on enhancing financial planning capabilities for businesses. Folio's solutions aim to streamline financial management processes and improve decision-making for its clients.

bSafe

Seed Round in 2011
Rich experienced every parent’s worst nightmare when, in 2012 his daughter, Charlen, at the age of 16, was raped by two of her friends. This incident changed his and his family’s lives forever. In the fight against rape and sexual abuse, bSafe developed voice alarm activation, live streaming and automatically audio and video recording. Today, father and daughter are working together to prevent other women and families from going through the same nightmare with the world-leading safety- and security bSafe app. The company has developed pioneering technology that will make women safer. bSafe includes features such as voice activation, live-streaming and downloads of recordings, which makes the app unique world-wide. You can simply activate the SOS button by voice even if your mobile phone is placed inside your pocket, purse or jacket. You don’t need to press the SOS button. Your guardians can see and hear everything in real-time through live streaming. Both audio and video recordings record up to 5 minutes. When activating the SOS button, your guardians will receive an audio alarm and they will be able to see your location and to see and hear everything that is happening in real-time in the area where you are. Everything is automatically recorded by using our audio and video system. Both audio and video recordings are instantly sent to the guardians simultaneously; therefore no information is lost, even if the perpetrator destroys your mobile phone. bSafe has additional features Follow me and Fake call.

bSafe

Seed Round in 2010
Rich experienced every parent’s worst nightmare when, in 2012 his daughter, Charlen, at the age of 16, was raped by two of her friends. This incident changed his and his family’s lives forever. In the fight against rape and sexual abuse, bSafe developed voice alarm activation, live streaming and automatically audio and video recording. Today, father and daughter are working together to prevent other women and families from going through the same nightmare with the world-leading safety- and security bSafe app. The company has developed pioneering technology that will make women safer. bSafe includes features such as voice activation, live-streaming and downloads of recordings, which makes the app unique world-wide. You can simply activate the SOS button by voice even if your mobile phone is placed inside your pocket, purse or jacket. You don’t need to press the SOS button. Your guardians can see and hear everything in real-time through live streaming. Both audio and video recordings record up to 5 minutes. When activating the SOS button, your guardians will receive an audio alarm and they will be able to see your location and to see and hear everything that is happening in real-time in the area where you are. Everything is automatically recorded by using our audio and video system. Both audio and video recordings are instantly sent to the guardians simultaneously; therefore no information is lost, even if the perpetrator destroys your mobile phone. bSafe has additional features Follow me and Fake call.

bSafe

Seed Round in 2009
Rich experienced every parent’s worst nightmare when, in 2012 his daughter, Charlen, at the age of 16, was raped by two of her friends. This incident changed his and his family’s lives forever. In the fight against rape and sexual abuse, bSafe developed voice alarm activation, live streaming and automatically audio and video recording. Today, father and daughter are working together to prevent other women and families from going through the same nightmare with the world-leading safety- and security bSafe app. The company has developed pioneering technology that will make women safer. bSafe includes features such as voice activation, live-streaming and downloads of recordings, which makes the app unique world-wide. You can simply activate the SOS button by voice even if your mobile phone is placed inside your pocket, purse or jacket. You don’t need to press the SOS button. Your guardians can see and hear everything in real-time through live streaming. Both audio and video recordings record up to 5 minutes. When activating the SOS button, your guardians will receive an audio alarm and they will be able to see your location and to see and hear everything that is happening in real-time in the area where you are. Everything is automatically recorded by using our audio and video system. Both audio and video recordings are instantly sent to the guardians simultaneously; therefore no information is lost, even if the perpetrator destroys your mobile phone. bSafe has additional features Follow me and Fake call.

bSafe

Seed Round in 2009
Rich experienced every parent’s worst nightmare when, in 2012 his daughter, Charlen, at the age of 16, was raped by two of her friends. This incident changed his and his family’s lives forever. In the fight against rape and sexual abuse, bSafe developed voice alarm activation, live streaming and automatically audio and video recording. Today, father and daughter are working together to prevent other women and families from going through the same nightmare with the world-leading safety- and security bSafe app. The company has developed pioneering technology that will make women safer. bSafe includes features such as voice activation, live-streaming and downloads of recordings, which makes the app unique world-wide. You can simply activate the SOS button by voice even if your mobile phone is placed inside your pocket, purse or jacket. You don’t need to press the SOS button. Your guardians can see and hear everything in real-time through live streaming. Both audio and video recordings record up to 5 minutes. When activating the SOS button, your guardians will receive an audio alarm and they will be able to see your location and to see and hear everything that is happening in real-time in the area where you are. Everything is automatically recorded by using our audio and video system. Both audio and video recordings are instantly sent to the guardians simultaneously; therefore no information is lost, even if the perpetrator destroys your mobile phone. bSafe has additional features Follow me and Fake call.

Yast

Seed Round in 2008
Yast is a "Software as a service" company. The service at www.yast.com is an online time-tracking application The company focuses on userfriendly interfaces When launced as a beta-solution in november 2009, it got a massive response from testers all around the world thanks to good reviews in blogs like lifehacker, downloadsquad, makeuseof and web-workers daily.
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