# Top 50 Climate Startup Investors in Norway in October 2023 ## Investinor - Type: VC Fund - Location: Trondheim, Sor-Trondelag, Norway - Relevant deals: 13 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Biotechnology, Manufacturing Investinor invests in Norwegian based, high potential companies that are internationally oriented and in the phases ranging from early growth to expansion. The company has BNOK 4.2 ($500 m) under management and focus on companies within the internet, software, semiconductors, energy, cleantech, marine and life sciences sectors. ## ProVenture - Type: VC Fund - Location: Trondheim, Sor-Trondelag, Norway - Relevant deals: 12 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Oil and Gas, Software, Information Technology ProVenture invest in young digital technology startups in Norway. ProVenture have three seed funds and more than a billion NOK under management. ProVenture is a member of Norwegian Venture Association (NVCA). ## SINTEF Venture AS - Type: VC Fund - Location: Trondheim, Sor-Trondelag, Norway - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Manufacturing, Software, Energy SINTEF TTO & Venture invest in spin-off companies from SINTEF, NTNU and other research based institutions in Norway. Our dealflow reflect results from state-of-art research and cover a variety of sectors. SINTEF Venture seek to co-invest with VC funds with sector expertise at an early stage. ## Alliance - Type: VC Fund - Location: Oslo, Oslo, Norway - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Analytics Alliance Venture is a Nordic venture capital firm investing in exceptional early-stage tech companies and purpose-driven founders. ## Antler - Type: VC Fund - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS Build your next company with Antler, a global day zero investor enabling exceptional founders to start great companies, from the very beginning. Apply now! ## Speedinvest - Type: VC Fund - Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services Speedinvest is one of Europe’s most active early-stage investors, with more than €1bn AUM, 40 investors, and offices in Berlin, London, Munich, Paris, Vienna and San Francisco. Your success is our priority, so we don’t just send some money and "check in" at board meetings. Our mission is to empower you with game-changing support throughevery stage of your journey. Our focused investment teams know your industry inside and out. Their Deep Tech, Fintech, Industrial Tech, Network Effects, Digital Health and Subscriptions experience, know-how and deep networks are yours from day one. You also have full access to our in-house Platform+ team of operational experts who can provide tailored growth marketing, people (HR), US business development, and networking support throughout every stage of your journey. ## RunwayFBU - Type: VC Fund - Location: Fornebu, Akershus, Norway - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, SaaS, B2B An early stage VC fund that invests in software-driven technology companies built by ambitious entrepreneurs. ## Chris Murphy - Type: Angel - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology Chris Murphy is a Venture Partner at MS&AD Ventures. He previously worked at SaaStock and attended Dublin City University. ## Voyagers - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note - Focus: B2B, Biotechnology, Machinery Manufacturing VOYAGERS organises by-invitation adventures designed to build close connections between exceptional people, with the goal of accelerating positive impact. Relationships deepen through our regular video calls, group chats and in-person dinner salons. ## Valinor AS - Type: VC Fund - Location: Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Renewable Energy, Robotics, SaaS Established in 1996 as Norsk Vind AS, re-branded Valinor AS in 2019, the company is a family owned investment firm that holds controlling interest in Norsk Vind Energi AS, Norway's largest private wind company. The company re-invests 90% of its profits into clean tech and renewable energy companies worldwide. Its largest investments includeglobal leader in electricity infrastructure Zaptec, and solar energy developer Norsk Solar AS. ## Momentum - Type: VC Fund - Location: Bergen, Hordaland, Norway - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Manufacturing, AgTech, Consumer Momentum Partners clear ambition is to build the leading consulting environment in Western Norway within our service. They create value and growth for their clients through a wide range of services with an operational approach to strategy development and profitability improvement. ## Link Venture Capital - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Renewable Energy Link Venture Capital operates a series of early-stage investment funds. ## Shell Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Rijswijk, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Series A, Series B - Focus: Energy, Renewable Energy, Software Shell Ventures invests in companies to speed up development and deployment of new technologies which complement our business. ## Blue Bear Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Beverly Hills, California, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology Blue Bear Capital is a venture capital investor supporting companies that apply AI and data-driven technologies to energy infrastructures. The firm specializes in the fields of venture capital, financial services, and clean energy investments. It was founded in 2016 and headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. ## Singularity - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Convertible Note - Focus: SaaS, Software, CleanTech Luxembourg-based family office ## Petter Stordalen - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Focus: Apps, Energy, Customer Service Petter Stordalen ## Statkraft Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Big Data, Information Technology Statkraft Ventures is a long-term partner for entrepreneurs disrupting the energy sector. ## Loyal VC - Type: VC Fund - Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce Loyal runs a global venture fund with quarterly redemptions and a proprietary gate-stage process, reducing investment bias and unlocking greater returns. Partnered with INSEAD, Founder Institute, and 500+ advisors, we are Loyal to the world with 250+ investments in 50+ countries. ## Amadeus Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Madrid, Madrid, Spain - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Travel, Mobile Amadeus Ventures is the strategic funding program from Amadeus to invest in early stage startups focusing on the travel industry. ## Vinyl Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Analytics Investing in the future of how people buy stuff. ## Wiski Capital - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Software, AgTech, Energy Venture capital firm focused on tech startups. ## Bakken & Baeck - Type: VC Fund - Location: Oslo, Oslo, Norway - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Chemical, Software, Life Science A technology-driven design studio. Building digital products, brands and businesses, we help ambitious companies identify, explore and respond to new opportunities. ## Butterfly Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Oulu, Oulu, Finland - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Health Care, Software, Information Technology Butterfly Ventures is a seed-stage focused VC in the Nordics, investing in deep tech, hardware, and hardware interfacing software. The company prefers to get involved with companies early on; 80% of Butterfly Ventures portfolio companies don't have any revenue at the time of their entry. Butterfly Ventures was founded in 2012 and ever sincethen it has been one of the most active early stage VCs in the region. The company has offices in Oulu, Helsinki and Stockholm. ## Lyse Group - Type: VC Fund - Location: Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: SaaS, Water, Analytics Lyse er et norsk industrikonsern med virksomhet innen energi, telekommunikasjon og infrastruktur. ## Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Dhahran, Ash Sharqiyah, Saudi Arabia - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series C, Series B - Focus: Energy, Oil and Gas, Software Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of Aramco Oil Company. It's mission is to invest globally into start-up and high growth companies with technologies of strategic importance to Saudi Aramco, and to accelerate their development and deployment in Saudi Aramco’s operations. Based out of Dhahran (Saudi Arabia),SAEV also operates through regional offices in North America and Europe. SAEV's Objectives are: - Enhance reserve identification, management and production - Increase energy production - Improve operational efficiency - Increase value in downstream processes - Optimize energy & water consumption in Saudi ArabiaSAEV's investment Focus Areas are: - Upstream Oil & Gas - Downstream & Petrochemicals - Sustainability - Digitalization and IR4.0 - New Drivers of Hydrocarbon Demand ## TRUMPF Venture - Type: VC Fund - Location: Ditzingen, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Series B - Focus: Manufacturing, Software, Artificial Intelligence The corporate venture capital arm TRUMPF Venture extends TRUMPF’s comprehensive activities to promote innovation and to detect disruptive technologies and business models early on. TRUMPF is the world technological and market leader for machine tools used in flexible sheet metal processing as well as industrial lasers. TRUMPF Venture investsglobally in early-stage start-ups active in areas complementary or adjacent to the TRUMPF core, such as Advances Photonics and Smart Factory. Funded start-ups benefit from an extensive network, deep domain knowhow, proven skills in scalability as well as support to access the TRUMPF group and its ecosystem. The requirements for a potential investment are a strategic fit, a high innovation leverage and differentiation in business model or technology, an experienced management team and risk adequate financial returns. ## Dawn Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C - Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology We are a family of investors, entrepreneurs, strategists and operational specialists, drawn together by our passion for helping B2B founders build category-defining companies. ## CoFounder - Type: VC Fund - Location: Trondheim, Sor-Trondelag, Norway - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Manufacturing, Industrial, SaaS CoFounder is a management and investment company for technology companies with great growth potential. They are experienced entrepreneurs and business developers who provide management resources and early-stage capital. They work with spin-offs from both research and industrial environments, as well as standalone entrepreneurial companies. ## Contrarian Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Vilnius, Vilniaus Apskritis, Lithuania - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Energy We are a hands-on, community-focused and founders vetted early-stage sustainable energy transition focused VC in Europe & Israel ## Ferd - Type: VC Fund - Location: Lysaker, Akershus, Norway - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Private Equity, Post-IPO Equity - Focus: Energy, Software, Manufacturing Ferd er et familieeid investeringsselskap som er eid av femte og sjette generasjon Andresen. ## 547 Energy - Type: VC Fund - Location: Houston, Texas, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Private Equity - Focus: Renewable Energy, Solar, Energy 547 Energy invests in & partners with companies in cleantech, renewable power, energy efficiency, grid resilience & the digitalization of the energy sector. ## GenZero - Type: VC Fund - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Software, CleanTech, Developer APIs GenZero is an investment platform company that aims to accelerate decarbonisation, for future generations towards a net zero world. Wholly-owned by Temasek, GenZero has a flexible investment approach and will invest globally across three focus areas: technology-based solutions, nature-based solutions as well as carbon ecosystem enablers. GenZero seeks to deliver positive climate impact alongside long term sustainable financial returns. ## We Are Human - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Convertible Note - Focus: SaaS, Mobile, Software We Are Human strategise, design and build products and services that add value to people's lives through fulfilling a need or satisfying a desire. We Are Human is a platform to invest in great ideas and make them happen. By co-creating innovative new businesses, we can have impact in areas where they have a strong passion and desire toinfluence, improving their knowledge and skillset along the way. Through insights, future vision and human-centric design. We Are Human empower people, create change and instigate shared experiences that deliver tangible results. ## Michiko - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Fuel, Energy, Shipping Michiko is a family holding company of Dag Lilletvedt ## General Motors Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Warren, Michigan, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series B - Focus: Automotive, Software, Energy GM Ventures combines investing in automotive-related tech startups with General Motors support to drive innovation and advance the future of mobility. ## FinStart Nordic - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: SaaS, Software, CleanTech The strategic investment arm of SpareBank 1 SR-Bank in fintech, technology and impact companies ## Gaztransport & Technigaz - Type: VC Fund - Location: Saint-rémy-lès-chevreuse, Centre, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Focus: Manufacturing, Nanotechnology, Test and Measurement GTT is an engineering company expert in containment systems with cryogenic membranes used to transport and store liquefied gas, in particular LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas). For over 50 years, GTT has offered to its customers technologies which allow them to optimize storage space and reduce the construction and operation costs of ships or tanksequipped with these systems. ## Grieg Kapital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Bergen, Hordaland, Norway - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Robotics, Manufacturing, Semiconductor Grieg Kapital is an investment company creating sustainable businesses. Do you have an investment opportunity for us that fits our strategy? ## Per Lachenmeier - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Robotics, Software, Industrial Automation Per Lachenmeier is CEO of EasyRobotics. He is a mechanical engineer and was previously the CEO of Lachenmeier ApS for 16 years. Lachenmeier ApS, is a world leader in the production of pallet packaging machines for the global market. ## Newday - Type: VC Fund - Location: Viken, Troms, Norway - Relevant deals: 1 - Focus: Software, Food Processing, Waste Management Newday is an investment firm that focuses on Norwegian companies. The company was founded in 2021 and is based in Ski, Viken. ## Firda - Type: VC Fund - Location: Oslo, Oslo, Norway - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed Firda is an investment company based in Norway, empowering Norwegian tech startups to become global leaders. ## BioInnovation Institute - Type: VC Fund - Location: Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Convertible Note, Debt Financing, Pre-Seed - Focus: Biotechnology, Medical, Health Care BioInnovation Institute is a biotechnology startup that offers entrepreneurs and researchers in life science. Early-stage life science start-ups are supported with up to 10 million DKK in funding, business acceleration, network, labs, and office space. It helps to early-stage start-ups within human health and planetary health. The startup'smission is to use its knowledge, network, funding, and infrastructure to incubate world-class life science and catalyze the commercialization of new solutions through start-ups.BioInnovation Institute was founded in 2018 and is based in Denmark. ## DNB Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Oslo, Oslo, Norway - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: SaaS, Software, CleanTech DNB Ventures is the Corporate Venture Capital arm of the Norwegian DNB group. ## Kari Ollila - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Robotics, Software, Industrial Automation Kari Ollila ## Sound Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Beverly Hills, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services Sound Ventures is a venture capital firm that seeks to invest in the technology sector. ## Energy Capital Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Short Hills, New Jersey, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Private Equity, Series B - Focus: Energy, Oil and Gas, Solar ECP is a leading investor with a proven and established track record in power, renewables, storage and sustainability, and decarbonization infrastructure ## Wellstreet - Type: VC Fund - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Retail Wellstreet is an innovation and tech ecosystem that includes an investment company, a strategic consultancy firm and a venture building incubator. ## Johan Brand - Type: Angel - Location: Oslo, Oslo, Norway - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, EdTech, Information Technology Johan is co-founder of Kahoot!, an educational gaming platform with millions of users world wide. Johan has over a decade's experience merging creativity, innovation and technology. Johan's work has included high profile projects for brands including Mercedes, BBC, HP, and Unilever, as well as startups in London and abroad. In 2010 heset up what has become We Are Human, a lean co-creative company, with global impact. In addition to working with some of the world's most recognised brands, We Are Human also incubates and develops its own IP, including the innovative EdTech platform Kahoot! Johan is regular facilitator, speaker and lecturer at universities and events. These include SXSW, OECD, Design Week, UCL and UiO. Johan is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (RSA). ## The Index Project - Type: VC Fund - Location: Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Chemical, SaaS Design to improve life is about solving real problems, small and large, simple and complex, systemic and emerging and is a life-long pursuit. The Index Project is a call to action. Are you in? ## 4impact - Type: VC Fund - Location: Netherlands, Missouri, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Marketplace 4impact was born out of our desire to increase the purpose of our work and help us give back. By backing tech4good technology startups with knowledge, experience, network, and funding, we can be a catalyst to a sustainable world. # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. 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