Orkla

Orkla is a prominent supplier of branded consumer goods and concept solutions, primarily serving the grocery sector, out-of-home sector, and bakeries, with a strong presence in the Nordic and Baltic regions, as well as selected markets in Central Europe and India. The company operates through four main business areas: Orkla Foods, Orkla Confectionery & Snacks, Orkla Home & Personal, and Orkla Food Ingredients. Orkla Foods encompasses various food businesses across the Nordics, Baltics, Austria, the Czech Republic, and India, including brands such as Orkla Foods Norge and MTR Foods. In addition to its consumer goods operations, Orkla engages in investments related to hydro power, real estate, and financial assets. Founded in 1918 and headquartered in Oslo, Orkla employs approximately 13,000 people and had a turnover of NOK 30 billion in 2014. The company has been focused on optimizing its manufacturing structure and sales functions to enhance efficiency and strengthen its partnerships within the retail sector.

Sverre Prytz

Executive Vice President, M&A Strategy

Johan Wilhelmsson

CEO and Executive Vice President Orkla Foods (International)

26 past transactions

BUBS Godis

Acquisition in 2022
BUBS is a high-tech company that makes candy in one of the Nordics' most modern candy factories. There is advanced and automated equipment, and BUBS is likely the country's only candy factory with driverless trucks.

Khell-Food

Acquisition in 2022
Khell Food is a Hungary-based producer of ready-made foods, specializing in a diverse range of sandwiches and baguettes. The company focuses on using premium ingredients to cater to various market needs, offering products such as pitas and triangular sandwiches. Khell Food distributes its offerings through multiple sales channels, including petrol stations, ensuring accessibility for consumers seeking convenient meal options.

Denali Ingredients

Acquisition in 2022
Denali Ingredients is a manufacturer specializing in food ingredients tailored for the ice cream, novelty, fluid dairy, bakery, and foodservice markets. The company offers a diverse range of products, including baked inclusions, cookie dough, flakes, barks, variegates, flavor bases, fruit packs and purees, eggnog bases, as well as stabilizers and texture systems. By focusing on these sectors, Denali Ingredients provides solutions that enhance the quality and variety of food products, catering to the specific needs of its clients in the food industry.

Knodd

Venture Round in 2022
Knodd is a developer of a mobile application focused on child and parental healthcare. The application serves as a centralized platform for children's health, offering personalized tips and guidance from experienced child nurses and doctors. Utilizing an artificial intelligence engine, Knodd aims to empower parents during the early stages of parenthood by providing quick access to healthcare information. Users can engage in video calls to address their child’s health-related concerns, ensuring they receive timely and relevant support without charge.

Healthily

Venture Round in 2022
Healthily is a global digital health company that operates a medically approved self-care app designed to provide personalized health assistance. The app uses responsive AI to match users' personal needs with trusted insights and tools from doctors and healthcare specialists, enabling individuals to understand their health better and take informed steps towards self-care. Healthily's approach to online clinical safety has garnered support from leading investors and health organizations, making it a popular choice for millions of users worldwide.

Knodd

Seed Round in 2022
Knodd is a developer of a mobile application focused on child and parental healthcare. The application serves as a centralized platform for children's health, offering personalized tips and guidance from experienced child nurses and doctors. Utilizing an artificial intelligence engine, Knodd aims to empower parents during the early stages of parenthood by providing quick access to healthcare information. Users can engage in video calls to address their child’s health-related concerns, ensuring they receive timely and relevant support without charge.

Cerve

Seed Round in 2022
Cerve is a technology company that specializes in enhancing communication and operational efficiency within the food industry. It provides an end-to-end platform that facilitates automated, two-way interactions between wholesalers and B2B buyers. Cerve's offerings include personalized product catalogs, dynamic pricing, tailored delivery terms, and customized deals accessible across various platforms and devices. The company also equips wholesalers with a comprehensive suite of tools, including an AI infrastructure, an ordering platform, a sales application, and a dedicated wholesaler platform. By focusing on integration and standardization, Cerve enables organizations within the food sector, such as manufacturers, wholesalers, and caterers, to streamline their operations and scale their commercial activities effectively.

Hadecoup

Acquisition in 2022
Hadecoup is a distributor based in Herk-de-stad, Belgium, specializing in the sale and distribution of ice cream ingredients and accessories. The company offers a comprehensive product portfolio that includes coupes, cups, cones, toppings, and decorations, as well as essential ingredients like base powders, sugars, and flavor pastes. By providing a wide range of products, Hadecoup enables ice cream makers to source all the necessary components for ice cream preparation from a single supplier, streamlining the production process for its clients.

Bower

Series A in 2022
Bower is a mobile application designed to incentivize recycling by assigning a monetary value to various consumer packaging materials, such as plastic bags and takeaway boxes. The app utilizes unique position-based scanning technology, allowing users to scan their packaging either at home or at designated recycling stations. By doing so, consumers can receive deposit rewards directly on their mobile devices, encouraging responsible disposal of packaging and minimizing environmental waste. Bower connects with existing recycling stations, eliminating the need for costly reverse vending machines and leveraging consumers' habitual behavior towards recycling. This approach not only enhances recycling rates but also fosters a direct relationship between consumer brands and their customers, promoting greater accountability for packaging waste.

Vesterålen Marine Oil

Acquisition in 2022
Vesterålen Marine’s business concept is stewarding raw material and producing marine oils and marine proteins from the residual raw materials from white fish for local, national, and international markets. the company purchases residual raw materials from white fish from fish landing centers throughout North Norway.

GroGro

Seed Round in 2021
Grogro is a Norwegian company that specializes in fresh, organic prepared food for babies and toddlers. Founded by nutritionist Malin Bruset, the company aims to make it easier for parents to provide their children with nutritious, tasty meals that resemble homemade food. Grogro seeks to disrupt the prepared baby food market by raising awareness about children's nutrition and transforming the consumption of baby food. The company is run by a team of four businesswomen and parents who possess expertise in nutrition sciences, business strategy, and marketing. Grogro's products feature premium organic ingredients and utilize innovative high-pressure technology to preserve nutrients and flavor, offering nutritious, gluten-free, and milk-free alternatives to traditional shelf-stable products.

BioCraft Pet Nutrition

Seed Round in 2021
BioCraft Pet Nutrition is a biotechnology company focused on creating sustainable and nutritious pet food for dogs and cats. Established in 2016 and based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the company specializes in developing all-natural, organic products that incorporate innovative ingredients such as probiotics, nutritional yeast, and cultured meat. BioCraft aims to promote the health of pets while minimizing environmental impact and animal harm. The company's unique approach leverages green biotechnology to produce its offerings, which are available for purchase online. Through its commitment to sustainability and animal welfare, BioCraft Pet Nutrition stands out as a pioneer in the pet food industry.

Fort Deli

Acquisition in 2021
Fort Deli is a food import company. we develop together according to customers' needs. Fort Deli is well known in Finland for concepts such as Hank’s Sauces, Nonna’s Sauces, and Texas Pete Hot Sauce, and is an established supplier of frozen products, sauces, and condiments in Finland.

NutraQ

Acquisition in 2021
NutraQ is a Norwegian manufacturer specializing in the production of nutritional supplements, medical devices, and skincare products. Based in Oslo, the company focuses on creating dietary supplements and immune-modulating ingredients like yeast beta-glucans, which are used in various food, beverage, and personal care applications.

Farmforce

Venture Round in 2020
Farmforce is a developer of a digital farming platform designed to enhance food supply quality through improved visibility and traceability in the initial stages of food sourcing. The company's software as a service (SaaS) solutions facilitate data-driven insights into food-sourcing operations, enabling organizations to ensure sustainable sourcing practices. By digitizing information on smallholder producers, Farmforce empowers clients to enhance the quality of life for farmers and promote environmental sustainability. This innovative platform supports users in making informed decisions that positively impact both agricultural communities and the broader ecosystem.

Bower

Seed Round in 2020
Bower is a mobile application designed to incentivize recycling by assigning a monetary value to various consumer packaging materials, such as plastic bags and takeaway boxes. The app utilizes unique position-based scanning technology, allowing users to scan their packaging either at home or at designated recycling stations. By doing so, consumers can receive deposit rewards directly on their mobile devices, encouraging responsible disposal of packaging and minimizing environmental waste. Bower connects with existing recycling stations, eliminating the need for costly reverse vending machines and leveraging consumers' habitual behavior towards recycling. This approach not only enhances recycling rates but also fosters a direct relationship between consumer brands and their customers, promoting greater accountability for packaging waste.

GroGro

Seed Round in 2019
Grogro is a Norwegian company that specializes in fresh, organic prepared food for babies and toddlers. Founded by nutritionist Malin Bruset, the company aims to make it easier for parents to provide their children with nutritious, tasty meals that resemble homemade food. Grogro seeks to disrupt the prepared baby food market by raising awareness about children's nutrition and transforming the consumption of baby food. The company is run by a team of four businesswomen and parents who possess expertise in nutrition sciences, business strategy, and marketing. Grogro's products feature premium organic ingredients and utilize innovative high-pressure technology to preserve nutrients and flavor, offering nutritious, gluten-free, and milk-free alternatives to traditional shelf-stable products.

Tise

Seed Round in 2019
Tise is a Norwegian software company focused on sustainability through its mobile marketplace app for iOS and Android. The app, also named Tise, combines elements of Instagram and Craigslist to facilitate the buying and selling of second-hand fashion, interior decor, and furniture. By making the process of selling items more engaging and less stigmatizing, Tise aims to encourage more people to participate in the second-hand market, thereby promoting a greener lifestyle. The company handles all aspects of development, from coding and design to business growth, in-house.

Vibbio

Angel Round in 2017
VIBBIO is a video creation platform that focuses on enhancing workplace communications through engaging video storytelling. The company’s SaaS application allows users to easily create videos for various purposes, such as employee engagement, training, and internal messaging. With features that enable users to upload content, record directly, and utilize stock materials, VIBBIO facilitates the production of polished videos. Users can soft-edit their content by adding supporting texts, subtitles, and automatic branding, ensuring that messages remain on-brand while being visually appealing. The platform also supports collaboration, allowing teams to reuse videos and create custom templates. By leveraging video as a communication tool, VIBBIO aims to make internal messaging more effective and engaging.

Healthily

Venture Round in 2017
Healthily is a global digital health company that operates a medically approved self-care app designed to provide personalized health assistance. The app uses responsive AI to match users' personal needs with trusted insights and tools from doctors and healthcare specialists, enabling individuals to understand their health better and take informed steps towards self-care. Healthily's approach to online clinical safety has garnered support from leading investors and health organizations, making it a popular choice for millions of users worldwide.

SR Food

Acquisition in 2017
SR Food A/S is a Danish company based in Randers that specializes in the production and sale of a diverse range of food products. Founded in 2002, it focuses on convenience items, ready meals, fresh pasta, charcuterie, and dairy products, catering primarily to the Scandinavian market. The company also offers a variety of other food items, including doughs, barbecue and sausage products, tapas and snacks, organic products, and bacon. SR Food aims to provide customers with affordable access to fresh food and snacks. As of May 2017, it operates as a subsidiary of Dragsbæk A/S.

Cederroth Intressenter AB

Acquisition in 2015
Cederroth International AB is a manufacturer and distributor of a diverse range of products in the personal care, healthcare, wound care, household, and first aid sectors, primarily in Europe. The company's personal care offerings include soaps, shower gels, creams, deodorants, and dental products, while its healthcare segment features over-the-counter pharmaceuticals and dietary supplements. Cederroth specializes in wound care solutions, providing a variety of plasters, including sports and burn plasters, as well as comprehensive first aid equipment like kits and dispensers. In the household category, it offers cleaning products, washing detergents, and household essentials. Cederroth markets its products under several well-established brands, including Salve, Allévo, and L300. The company operates manufacturing facilities in Sweden, Denmark, Poland, and Spain, ensuring strong control over its production processes. Founded in 1895 and headquartered in Upplands Vasby, Sweden, Cederroth has a longstanding presence in the market and operates as a subsidiary of Weifa ASA.

MTR Foods

Acquisition in 2007
MTR Foods is a food products company based in Bangalore, India, specializing in the production of a diverse range of packaged foods. The company's offerings include breakfast mixes, ready-to-eat meals, masalas and spices, snacks, rice pastes, beverages, desserts, and various vegetarian foods. MTR Foods operates as a subsidiary of Orkla, a Norwegian conglomerate. The brand name MTR stands for Mavalli Tiffin Rooms, reflecting its heritage and commitment to quality culinary offerings.

Dansk Droge

Acquisition in 2006
Dansk Droge manufactures and markets a wide range of health-related consumer products, including the Futura, Gerimax, Livol.

Tinde

Acquisition in 2004
Tinde is leading Norwegian online marketplace and service provider for property services. The marketplace (www.tinde.com) offers users the ability to search a database of residential and professional real-estate objects for sale and rent. The service is distributed through real estate agents.
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