Investors in Norway

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Investinor

Investinor is a Norwegian venture capital firm based in Trondheim that invests in Norwegian startups with high growth potential and strong international orientation. Founded in 2008, it focuses on companies in internet, software, semiconductors, energy, cleantech, marine, and life sciences sectors, supporting ventures from early growth to expansion.
Made 62 investments in Norway

Skyfall Ventures

Skyfall Ventures is an Oslo-based venture capital firm that focuses on seed- and early-stage Nordic technology companies. It maintains a sector-agnostic approach, investing across a broad range of technologies with emphasis on consumer, software-as-a-service, and enterprise software ventures.
Made 13 investments in Norway

Startuplab

Startuplab is a Nordic tech investor, incubator, and accelerator based in Oslo, Norway. Founded in 2012, it supports early-stage technology ventures, having worked with more than 450 startups and invested in over 150 early-stage companies. The organization focuses on Norwegian technology companies across mobility, hardware, energy, and data science sectors. Its portfolio includes ReMarkable, Huddly, Attensi, Dragonbox, Ardoq, Sensibel, Oivi, NoIsolation, Vivaldi, Tunable, Hold, and OverEasy Solar.
Made 15 investments in Norway

IdeKapital

IdeKapital is a venture capital firm based in Oslo, Norway, founded in 2016. It invests in rapidly growing Norwegian technology companies across stages, including seed, early, and growth, with a focus on software, information technology, and related services. The firm provides growth equity and offers strategic advice and scale-up support to entrepreneurs to help them expand operations and scale their businesses.
Made 6 investments in Norway

Katapult Group

Katapult Group is an Oslo-based accelerator and venture firm founded in 2016 that invests in early-stage technology startups, with a focus on climate and ocean-related initiatives. The company operates Katapult Accelerator, a program that supports startups in environmental, societal, and exponential technologies, and Katapult Ocean, an ocean-focused venture initiative. Together, these platforms aim to steward capital and innovation toward sustainable development, aligning impact with technology and fostering multi-stakeholder collaboration.
Made 6 investments in Norway

Sandwater

Sandwater is a venture capital firm founded in 2021 and based in Oslo, Norway. It concentrates on investments in resource efficiency, energy transition, human health and wellbeing, and impact enablers, aiming to support ambitious companies that drive meaningful, measurable impact.
Made 3 investments in Norway

Arkwright X

Arkwright X is a venture capital and incubation firm based in Oslo, Norway, founded in 2017. It backs early-stage B2B technology startups in the Nordic region, with a focus on Norway, providing capital and hands-on support drawn from venture experience and a management consulting network. The firm primarily funds pre-seed and seed rounds and may participate in subsequent rounds to help founders scale, aiming to build strong, enduring companies.
Made 7 investments in Norway

Alliance VC

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.
Made 23 investments in Norway

ProVenture Management

ProVenture Management is a Norway-based venture capital firm focused on seed and early-stage investments. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Trondheim, with an additional office in Stavanger, it primarily targets Norwegian technology companies. The firm backs digital technology startups and seeks opportunities in energy and oil and gas technology, marine and material technology, process and medical technology, and information and communication technology. It aims to be a lead investor in early rounds and prefers co-investors for portfolio companies, supporting growth through active involvement and its Norwegian network.
Made 16 investments in Norway

Fjord Invest

Fjord Invest is a Norwegian growth and expansion investment firm founded in 2003 and based in Førde, Norway. The firm targets companies across the Norwegian region, providing capital across multiple lifecycle stages—from start-up and seed to growth and buyout. Its sector focus includes business products and services, information technology, oil and gas, ICT, energy and environment, and the marine sector.
Made 11 investments in Norway

Alliance Venture

An Oslo-based venture capital firm founded in 2001 that backs seed, startup and early-stage technology companies. It targets privately held technology firms across sectors such as information and communications technology, micro-technology, material technology, biotechnology, media, telecommunications and energy-related ICT, with investments in Norway and select international markets. The firm often takes a lead role and a board seat for Norwegian investments and also makes co-investments. Exit strategies commonly include IPOs or trade sales. The company is headquartered in Oslo and maintains additional offices in Palo Alto and Stockholm.

Yara Growth Ventures

Yara Growth Ventures is the venture investment team of Yara International ASA, based in Oslo, Norway. Established in 2021, the organization focuses on investing in innovative startups within the agri-food industry and the clean hydrogen sector. Its primary goal is to support the development of solutions that contribute to responsibly feeding the global population and protecting the environment. By targeting disruptive technologies and business models, Yara Growth Ventures aims to foster advancements that align with sustainable agricultural practices and energy solutions.
Made 2 investments in Norway

Ferd Capital

Ferd Capital is the private equity and venture capital arm of Ferd, based in Oslo with an additional office in Lysaker, Norway. It acts as an asset manager investing in privately held and listed companies across Europe and the Nordic region, pursuing a broad range of strategies from late-stage and growth capital to buyouts, recapitalization, and international expansion. The firm seeks equity investments typically in the 50 to 150 million range for ownership between 15 and 100 percent and often takes board seats with a preference for majority control. It maintains an industry-agnostic approach, targeting sectors including energy, materials, information technology, industrials, consumer goods, healthcare, financials, telecommunications, utilities, and ESG-focused opportunities. Ferd Capital emphasizes long-term, active ownership aligned with Ferd's value platform and competitive strengths, supporting portfolio companies through strategic and operational improvements.
Made 19 investments in Norway

Aidiom

Aidiom is a venture capital firm based in Oslo, Norway, founded in 2020. It is an early-stage investor that provides seed and venture capital to deep-tech startups focused on applied artificial intelligence for enterprise software, targeting opportunities across Europe.
Made 2 investments in Norway

Hadean Ventures

Hadean Ventures is an Oslo-based life science investment firm that backs European life science and healthcare companies, with a focus on the Nordic region. The firm targets opportunities across pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, medical devices and other health sectors, across all stages, seeking products with potential to address unmet medical needs. It operates across Europe and maintains offices in Oslo and Stockholm. The company collaborates with leading academic institutions and startup hubs to support portfolio companies through research, development and commercialization. Founded in 2014.
Made 1 investment in Norway

nHack

nHack is an investment firm that links Nordic businesses with Asian markets, acting as a cross-border investor and potential China joint venture partner. It invests in Nordic companies and seeks sustainable solutions, with a focus on female founders where possible. It maintains sector neutrality but emphasizes opportunities in ocean and maritime sectors, health and med-tech, consumer upgrading, education technology, and software as a service. It aims to help Nordic firms access Asia, including China, and pursues impact-oriented investments.
Made 1 investment in Norway

Birk Venture

Birk Venture is a venture capital firm based in Oslo, Norway, founded in 2010. It focuses on the life sciences sector and makes early-stage investments in pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, diagnostics, medical devices and instruments, and consumer health. The firm may co-invest with other investors and works with companies at private stages or those with potential to become publicly traded within one to two years.
Made 4 investments in Norway

Farvatn Venture

Farvatn Venture is a venture capital firm founded in 2016. Reported bases include Bergen, Norway, and San Francisco, reflecting a cross-border approach to technology investing. The firm focuses on early-stage opportunities in emerging tech companies, with activity spanning the Nordic region and Silicon Valley. Its sector interests include ocean, life science, and renewable energy, indicating a tilt toward deep-tech and sustainable sectors. Farvatn Venture backs startups that address global challenges by supporting innovative technologies and scalable business models across Europe and North America.
Made 12 investments in Norway

SNÖ Ventures

SNÖ Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2015 and based in Oslo, Norway, with an additional office in Palo Alto, California. It specializes in seed-stage investments in technology companies, primarily in the Nordic region, and supports early-stage Nordic tech entrepreneurs in their global growth.
Made 10 investments in Norway

Sagene Tech Ventures

Established in 2016, Sagene Tech Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Oslo, Norway. It focuses on investing in early-stage business-to-business SaaS companies within the Norwegian market.
Made 1 investment in Norway

Lean Venture

Lean Venture, founded in 2012 and based in Oslo, Norway, operates as a network of business angels, innovation mentors, and agile consultants. The organization specializes in supporting small and medium-sized enterprises within the IT software and IT services sectors, primarily focusing its investments across Europe. Lean Venture aims to foster innovation and growth among its portfolio companies by leveraging its extensive network and expertise in agile methodologies.

Farmhouse Capital

Founded in 1986, Farmhouse Capital is a venture capital firm based in Oslo, Norway. It invests in early-stage technology startups operating primarily in SaaS and TMT sectors.

SINTEF

SINTEF is the largest independent research organisation in Scandinavia. It creates value through knowledge generation and the development of technological solutions that are brought into practical use for industry and society.
Made 16 investments in Norway

Sarsia

Sarsia is an early-stage venture capital investor focused on science-based technology companies. Founded in 2006 and based in Bergen, Norway, the firm targets investments in life sciences, technology, energy, and sustainability sectors, supporting early-stage ventures with industry and technical expertise.
Made 8 investments in Norway

Norselab

Norselab is an Oslo-based Nordic impact investment platform, incubator and venture capital firm that backs net-positive startups and growth companies. Founded in 2015, it provides capital and strategic expertise to credit and equity investments in the impact sector across Norway and the Nordic region, with a focus on technology-enabled businesses such as data-centric platforms, online marketplaces, software as a service, and IoT. The firm seeks long-term investments in ventures that contribute to positive environmental and social outcomes in resource-intensive industries, leveraging its hands-on approach to help portfolio companies scale.
Made 9 investments in Norway

Northzone

Northzone is a venture capital firm founded in 1996 and headquartered in London, with offices in New York, Oslo and Stockholm. The firm backs technology-focused companies across stages, prioritizing software, hardware, and AI-enabled businesses, along with sectors such as healthcare, semiconductors, blockchain, gaming, fintech, and marketplaces. Northzone seeks to help founders scale internationally by connecting portfolio companies with customers, partners and talent through its global network. The firm has built a track record of partnering with category-defining founders and has a Nordic to European footprint complemented by a U.S. presence to support cross-border growth. Northzone emphasizes technology-driven models with potential for rapid expansion and tends to invest in companies at early to growth stages, leveraging its multi-region reach to support portfolio companies in scaling globally.
Made 23 investments in Norway

Antler

Antler is a global venture capital firm based in Singapore that backs early-stage technology companies. It runs incubation programs and provides a global community of co-founders, access to talent, expert advisors, expansion support, and capital to help startups grow. The firm targets a broad range of sectors, including healthcare, finance, software, energy, consumer and B2B technologies, and operates through regional programs across Europe, the United States, the United Kingdom, Southeast Asia, India, Africa, and beyond.
Made 13 investments in Norway

Firda

Firda is a venture capital firm based in Oslo, Norway, founded in 2015. It supports Norwegian technology startups with the goal of becoming global leaders, investing in IoT, robotics, clean energy, and software as a service, and is led by a founding team with strong technical expertise.
Made 7 investments in Norway

RunwayFBU

RunwayFBU is a venture capital firm founded in 2021 and based in Fornebu, Norway. It focuses on investing in software and technology startups, providing capital to support early growth. The firm describes itself as building a technology ecosystem in Fornebu, offering access to a broad network of mentors, investors, partners, and advisors to help entrepreneurs secure pilots, shape advisory boards, and access deal flow. It emphasizes collaboration with other tech hubs, incubators, and co-investors as part of its strategy to help portfolio companies succeed. The organization aims to support founders through funding and access to a collaborative ecosystem that facilitates market entry and scale. This description captures RunwayFBU as a regional venture investor with a tech hub approach to backing software and tech startups in Norway.
Made 2 investments in Norway

European Innovation Council

Established in 2020, the European Innovation Council supports innovative startups and researchers with promising ideas, focusing on early-stage companies with positive environmental, social, or governance impacts. It co-invests alongside private investors.
Made 14 investments in Norway

Kistefos

Kistefos is a privately owned Norwegian investment firm based in Oslo that makes direct and early to mid-stage investments across Europe. It targets sectors including offshore, shipping, banking and financial services, real estate, information technology and telecommunications, as well as technology-enabled services, green energy and alternative assets. The firm typically invests sizable rounds, often NOK 10 million or more, and seeks lead or co-lead positions while providing active support to management to drive long-term value creation. It pursues flexible mandates, including build-ups, growth capital, rescue financings and buyouts, with planned exits in roughly three to seven years through public offerings or strategic sales.
Made 2 investments in Norway

Link Capital

Link Capital is a Nordic venture capital firm that backs early-stage technology companies across Europe and the Nordic region. It focuses on software, mobility, clean energy, aquaculture, electric vehicles, and energy storage, seeking opportunities from pre-seed to Series A, with a portfolio approach that supports technology-driven solutions in the energy transition and sustainable economy.
Made 3 investments in Norway

CoFounder

CoFounder is a management and investment company and venture capital firm based in Trondheim, Norway, focusing on technology companies with strong growth potential and providing early-stage capital and hands-on management resources, working with spin-offs from research and industrial environments as well as standalone entrepreneurial ventures across sectors including B2B and B2C technology, energy, healthcare, information technology, digital health, agtech, e-commerce and fintech infrastructure in Norway.
Made 4 investments in Norway

Smedvig Capital

Smedvig Capital is a London-based, family-backed private equity and venture capital firm founded in 1996. It makes investments across early to growth stages in technology and technology-enabled companies, with a focus on B2B software such as B2B SaaS. The firm primarily targets opportunities in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Nordic markets, and prefers to back companies from early traction through expansion. Typical deal sizes range from £2 million to £15 million, with the ability to co-invest in larger financings and to participate across the spectrum from early-stage to small buyouts. The firm also invests across sectors such as information management, financial services, consumer goods and retail. Smedvig Capital emphasizes supporting a select portfolio with hands-on input to accelerate growth, drawing on over two decades of experience.
Made 2 investments in Norway

Alligate

Alligate is a venture capital investment firm based in Oslo that backs startups in the prop-tech sector, with a focus on property and real estate management in the Nordic region. It invests in, supports, and develops early-stage companies, helping them form partnerships with owners and developers. Through building a network of innovators and industry influencers, Alligate aims to drive meaningful change across the Nordic property and real estate industry.
Made 2 investments in Norway

TRK Group

TRK Group is an Oslo-based advisory and active ownership firm operating as a venture capital investor. It targets seed to emerging growth investments in disruptive technologies and digital service transformation, focusing on ESG technology, industrial technology, enterprise technology, retail technology, and health technology. The firm takes active ownership and advisory board positions for three to five years. Its geographic focus includes Nordic countries and Emerging Africa. Investments span med tech, IoT/software, and digital service transformation enablers such as marketplaces, media, coaching, and digital marketing.
Made 2 investments in Norway

Propagator Ventures

Propagator Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Oslo, Norway, that focuses on early-stage deep-tech investments in machine learning, artificial intelligence, quantum computing, robotics, encryption, and materials. With strong ties to science, the firm backs technology startups at the intersection of research and commercialization, supporting innovations from concept to early market adoption.
Made 1 investment in Norway

Spring Capital

Spring Capital is a Tallinn-based venture capital firm that backs technology companies in the Baltic and Nordic regions. Founded in 2008, it pursues seed and growth investments, focusing on scalable technology-driven startups and growth companies that are EBITDA-positive or approaching profitability. In seed rounds it typically writes checks of about €75,000–€200,000 to participate in larger rounds with runway, while in growth rounds it seeks minority stakes in rounds of €300,000–€700,000. The firm concentrates on the information technology sector and prefers opportunities in Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden, and the broader Baltics and Nordics. Management invests its own capital to support portfolio companies.

Kinnevik

Kinnevik is an industry-focused investment company based in Sweden that builds digital consumer businesses by partnering with talented founders and management teams to create, invest in, and lead fast-growing companies in developed and emerging markets. The group seeks to deliver shareholder value while contributing positively to society through well-governed ventures and responsible governance. Founded in 1936 by the Stenbeck, Klingspor and von Horn families, Kinnevik concentrates on digital consumer platforms and related technologies across global markets.
Made 8 investments in Norway

Zenith Group

Zenith Group is a Stockholm, Sweden-based venture capital firm focused on early-stage technology companies in the Nordic region. Founded in 2015 as Zenith Venture Capital, the firm partners with entrepreneurs, taking an active minority stake and providing strategic insight, hands-on support, and value creation. Zenith emphasizes a diverse portfolio and leverages an extensive network to source opportunities, aiming to help scalable startups grow quickly and profitably through experienced guidance and collaboration.
Made 1 investment in Norway

Hospitality Invest

Hospitality Invest is an Oslo-based investment company that operates in real estate, hospitality, and related sectors. It invests in hotels, nursing care facilities, travel and tourism properties, and resort areas, typically seeking controlling or influential stakes and often collaborating with the management of the target company or with partners to drive value.

NeoMed Management

NeoMed Management is a venture capital firm founded in 1997 that focuses on healthcare and life sciences, including pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, medical devices and diagnostics. It operates from offices in Norway and Switzerland and pursues international investments across Europe and North America, taking a multi-stage approach from early-stage start-ups to growth companies. The firm works closely with entrepreneurs and leverages a broad industry network to support portfolio companies through development, validation and market expansion, aiming at innovative medical products with substantial market opportunities.
Made 1 investment in Norway

Heavybit

Heavybit is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm specializing in early-stage software and enterprise infrastructure startups. It backs developer-first companies from inception and provides hands-on support to help founders convert code into scalable products. Through a partnership model and a community of technical founders and 600+ domain experts, Heavybit aims to nurture startups into platform-driven, community-building businesses. The firm focuses on areas such as DevSecOps, feature flagging, and AI-powered development tools, leveraging its network to accelerate product development, market traction, and long-term growth.
Made 4 investments in Norway

CapitalT

CapitalT is a venture capital firm based in Amsterdam, Netherlands, that funds seed and early-stage technology companies across Europe. It focuses on software technology and backs startups in areas such as edtech, climate tech, the future of work, social tech, and web3. The firm typically invests in the range of €0.25 million to €3 million per deal, supporting exceptional teams to develop groundbreaking ideas and scale across industries.

Crowberry Capital

Crowberry Capital is a Reykjavik, Iceland-based venture capital firm that backs seed and early‑stage technology startups in the Nordic region. It supports teams in building fast-paced, globally oriented companies from the Nordics by leveraging technology advantages and providing hands-on backing from seed to exit. The founding partners have worked together for several years and bring experience from managing numerous technology startups, negotiating multiple exits, and making seed investments. The team maintains a global outlook, having lived and worked in several countries across continents.

Sondo Capital

Sondo Capital is a venture capital investment firm based in Oslo, Norway, founded in 2021. The firm focuses on investing in pre-seed and seed-stage teams that have a connection to Norway. By targeting early-stage companies, Sondo Capital aims to support and foster innovation within the region, providing essential capital and resources to nascent businesses.

AMAVI Capital

AMAVI Capital is an independent pan-European venture capital firm established to back growth in the PropTech and real estate technology sectors. Founded in 2020 and headquartered in Belgium, AMAVI seeks to connect the traditional real estate industry with leading European PropTech companies by leveraging expertise from real estate, technology and private equity networks. The firm focuses on Benelux, the Nordics, Germany, Switzerland and France, aiming to accelerate ambitious PropTech players across the region.

Klein Group

Klein Group is a group of companies based in Oslo, Norway, founded in 2009, that invests across media, entertainment, web3, technology, artificial intelligence, i-gaming, and e-commerce, with holdings in real estate and other venture investments. The group focuses on building value through digital media and tech-enabled businesses as well as property ventures.

Nordic FoodTech VC

Nordic FoodTech VC is a Helsinki-based venture capital firm that backs early-stage Nordic food tech companies. It focuses on startups across the Nordic region, including Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, supporting innovations in food production, processing, distribution and consumer tech. As a dedicated investor in the future of food, the firm aims to help founders scale their technologies and build a sustainable food system throughout the region.

Maki.vc

Maki.vc is a venture capital firm founded in 2018 and based in Helsinki, Finland, with Nordic roots and a global investment approach. It backs early-stage companies across deep tech, artificial intelligence and machine learning, healthcare technology systems, consumer products, and commercial services, investing across Finland, Sweden, Norway, Germany, France, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The firm emphasizes strong intellectual property, scientific advances, and deep customer understanding as it supports companies from inception through Series A and beyond.