# Top 50 Financial Services Startup Investors in Norway in May 2026

## Investinor
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Trondheim, Sor-Trondelag, Norway
- Relevant deals: 4
- 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.

## DNB
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Post-IPO Debt
- Focus: Energy, Banking, Software

DNB is a financial services group that offers financial services through mobile, online banking, bank offices, and international offices. The Group provides a full range of financial services, including loans, savings, advisory services, insurance, and pension products for retail and corporate customers. The company’s personal banking products andservices include savings and investment products.DNB offers its products and services to various sectors, including financial institutions, energy, manufacturing, healthcare, packaging, and forest products, shipping, offshore, and logistics, seafood, and telecom, media, and technology. They also distribute its products and services through its branches, in-store postal and banking outlets, and post office counters.DNB was founded in 1822 and is headquartered in Oslo, Norway.

## Kistefos Venture Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services

Kistefos focus on investing between NOK 10m and NOK +100m in each company, aiming at obtaining a significant ownership stake. Kistefos is opportunistic with regards to sectors, company sizes, life-cycle stages and geographies. Kistefos’ investment strategy selectively seeks out a diverse range of proprietary transactions in companies of varioussizes, including build-ups, growth capital, rescue financings and buyouts.Kistefos is an active partner to the management teams and founders, providing considerable internal resources to ensure the long-term value creation through identification of the key value drivers. Furthermore, we operate under a flexible investment mandate, giving us the opportunity to optimally support our portfolio companies throughout our ownership period.

## Schibsted Growth
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Internet, Financial Services, E-Commerce

Investing in great digital companies!

## Alliance
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Relevant deals: 3
- 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.

## Innovation Norway
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Grant, Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence

Innovasjon Norge - vi gir lokale ideer globale muligheter

## Skyfall Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence

We are an early stage venture capital firm based in Oslo, Norway. 

## Entrée Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Financial Services, FinTech

We're a team of former serial founders managing over $1B across a number of funds, with offices in Tel Aviv, London, and New York.

## Gunnar Rydning
- Type: Angel
- Location: Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Financial Services, SaaS, FinTech

Gunnar Rydning joined Four Seasons Venture in 1986 and working closely with Birger Nergaard he built one of Norway’s leading investment groups.In 2007, he took on the executive directorship role on the General Partner companies serving all the Verdane Funds and he now sits on the of board of GP Verdane V, VI, VII and VIII. Gunnar is alsoManaging Director of Verdane Capital III where he is working alongside Birger Nergaard with the remaining portfolio.At Verdane Gunnar has participated in building a number of Nordic and international companies guiding them from first investment through to trade sale or IPO. Today he is a board member of Eastern Bulk Holding AS, Lorenzten & Stemoco AS, Gambaco AS, Kapnord Fond, Systek AS and Risk Information Group AS in addition to the executive directorships mentioned above. He also works together with Birger Nergaard as an independent advisor for Advent International in Norway and the Nordics.Gunnar played an active role in the initiative to establish Nordic Venture Network in 1999 and has over the years served as Chairman and board member.Gunnar holds an MBA from the University of California, Berkeley, and an MSc in Business and Economics from NHH-Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration.

## Northzone
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology

Northzone is a venture capital fund with a perspective shaped by lives as entrepreneurs. Since 1996, they've made over 175 investments and invest from Seed to Growth. They've partnered with the founders of Spotify, Avito, iZettle, Klarna, Hopin, and hundreds of others to build category-defining businesses. They've raised €1bn inSeptember 2022.

## LocalGlobe
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Financial Services, E-Commerce

Seeding ambitious founders at places like @citymapper, @improbableio,@teamkano, @moo, @songkick,@seedcamp, @transferwise and @zoopla since 1999. Who's next?

## Visionaries Club
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, SaaS, FinTech

Visionaries Club is a leading European early stage VC backed by Europe's most successful digital founders and family business entrepreneurs. We strongly believe that leveraging our entrepreneurial investors' authentic knowledge and access is the best support we can provide to entrepreneurs in their Seed and Early Growth stage to help themtake their companies to the next level.Visionaries Club is divided into two funds:A € 150m (seed stage fund leveraging its unicorn and digital founder LP base for very early and exclusive access to the most promising entrepreneurs across Europe.A €200m Early Growth fund leveraging especially the fund's industrial family business LP network is intended to support the most promising European B2B companies in their early growth stage from Series B onwards with global reach and scale.The firm was founded in 2019 by Robert Lacher and Sebastian Pollok and has offices in Berlin and London

## Skagerak Maturo
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS

As an early stage venture firm, we invest in companies with positive impact. Megatrends like climate change and resource scarcity are some of the challenges we are facing. We believe technological innovations will contribute to a positive impact on people and the planet.

## Sequoia Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Menlo Park, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series B, Series A, Series C
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Internet

We help the daring build legendary companies.

## Folius Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software

Folius Ventures: Invest in, evangelize, and #buidl Web3 initiatives.

## Harald Strømme
- Type: Angel
- Location: Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Financial Services

Harald Strømme

## Boost VC
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Mateo, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Virtual Reality, Blockchain

Boost VC: The Pre-Seed Fund Making Sci-FI a Reality. Investing in crypto, virtual reality, augmented reality, AI, Ocean Tech, Space Tech, human augmentation, exoskeletons and more.

## MetaWeb Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Blockchain, Software, Cryptocurrency

MetaWeb.VC is a global crypto venture capital investment firm with a focus on NEAR Protocol. We invest in DeFi, NFT, metaverse, gaming, social, middleware, and infrastructure in blockchain. 

## The LAO
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services

The LAO is a global group of Ethereum enthusiasts and experts supporting the work of Ethereum builders.

## Factor[e] Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Fort Collins, Colorado, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: Energy, Renewable Energy, Agriculture

Impact venture builders dedicated to supporting the people and ideas that turn challenges in energy, agriculture, mobility, and waste into de-carbonized solutions for emerging and frontier markets.

## Link Venture Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Renewable Energy

Link Venture Capital operates a series of early-stage investment funds.

## Harald Mowinckel Troye
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Insurance, Life Insurance, Personal Finance

Harald holds an Master of Business Administration from the University of Southern California. He has more than 27 years of experience from Norwegian and international asset management and has been CFO in Vesta (Tryg) andheld leading positions in DnB Nor Asset Management. Harald has extensive experience from different board positions, and has beenpart of Borea since 2005.

## Bent M Skisaker
- Type: Angel
- Location: Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Payments, Employee Benefits

Bent M Skisaker is a CFO of AutoStore.

## Unstoppable Domains
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Software, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency

Buy .x, .crypto, .eth and other web3 domains to own your digital identity

## TRGC
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software

We back visionary teams and companies that are in pursuit of a better global financial system, with an aim to foster the growth of the world’s most promising projects in the emerging technologies sector. Leveraging both our deep understanding of the ecosystem and our extensive industry connections, we are able to put capital to work efficiently,supporting the next wave of trailblazing blockchain, Web3 and DeFi innovators.

## Shine Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Health Care, FinTech

Shine is a venture capital firm that partners with relentless, creative, convincing entrepreneurs from the early stages of company, protocol, and network building.

## Alumni Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Manchester, New Hampshire, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care

Alumni Ventures offers diversified venture portfolios to accredited investors into highly competitive deals that individuals typically do not have access to on their own.

## Penny Venture
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: B2B, Fuel, Energy

Penny Venture is a venture company investing in high growth, entrepreneurial led start-ups

## MP Pension
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Gentofte, Hovedstaden, Denmark
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Information Technology, Software, Apps

Velkommen til AkademikerPension. Tryghed til dig og din familie. 

## Anne Worsoe
- Type: Angel
- Location: Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Financial Services

I work with early-stage technology startups and founders with ambitions to solve global challenges. I'm co-founder and partner at Farmhouse, investing primarily in Norwegian startups, and a venture partner at Antler, a global early-stage VC. Previously, I held the position as Portfolio Manager and Partner at B&B while the company scaledfrom 16 to 60+ people in three countries. I initiated and co-founded the co-working space Nordic Innovation House in Silicon Valley, explored new business opportunities in the renewables industry and I was the first CEO of the Norwegian Venture Capital & Private Equity Association. I have experience as a co-founder, angel investor, member of the Board of Directors for startups and VCs, focusing on early-stage ventures, growth, and internationalization. I'm passionate about helping startups scale their impact, and especially empowering female co-founders and angel investors.

## CMT Digital Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech

An exciting new iteration of our website is coming soon.
CMT Digital is a blockchain and digital assets focused subsidiary of the CMT Group, a 24 year-old trading and investments firm. The CMT Group has operated as a valued partner to entrepreneurs, traders, and technologists

## Day One Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Internet, Financial Services

Day One Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm that backs customer-obsessed companies and spearheads their communications. This enables the Day One team to become actively involved in its portfolio companies and play a real, tangible role in helping them grow. The firm invests across industries from pre-seed to seed - and occasionallyseries A, and invests between $100k and $5 million.Day One Ventures was founded by Masha Drokova, who is an angel investor, entrepreneur, communications executive, and Forbes 30 Under 30 Honoree.The firm is based in San Francisco and for more information, please visit https://www.dayoneventures.com/

## RunwayFBU
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Fornebu, Akershus, Norway
- Relevant deals: 1
- 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.

## Bo Myrås
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Insurance, Life Insurance, Personal Finance

Bo Myrås

## Thomas W. Grieg
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: Software, Collaboration, Asset Management

Thomas W. Grieg

## Amesto Solutions
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Banking, FinTech, Financial Services

Amesto Solutions specialize in business applications in CRM, ERP and HR.

## Founders Fund AS
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: B2B, SaaS, Internet

Founders Fund AS is a venture capital firm based in Oslo. Founders Fund AS offers investment management, advisory, and other related services. Founders Fund serves customers in Norway.

## Rocket Finance
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Insurance, Life Insurance, Personal Finance

Norwegian based investment company

## Lemniscap
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services

Lemniscap is an early stage investment firm specializing in investments in emerging crypto assets.

## 2M2D
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Credit, Banking, FinTech

We invest in the unknown. In solutions yet to be built. By ambitious founders on a mission.

## Norwegian Underwriting Agency (Lloyd´s Coverholder)
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Insurance, Life Insurance, Personal Finance

NUA is a Norwegian cover holder of Lloyd´s

## Michiko
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Fuel, Energy, Shipping

Michiko is a family holding company of Dag Lilletvedt

## Knut Asplund
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: Banking, FinTech, Impact Investing

Knut Asplund

## Møkster Investment
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: Software, Collaboration, Asset Management

Møkster Investment

## Futurum Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Payments, Employee Benefits

Futurum Ventures is a venture capital firm.

## The Aventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series B, Private Equity
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Cryptocurrency

The team comes from heavy tech oriented background such as Cloud Infrastructure, Data Science, Theoretical Physics, Machine Learning, Software Development and Business development. We like to brand ourselves as "the nerds" in the tech space. We speak the same technical language as the founders and like to be an active part in the venturewe enter, depending on the needs of the founders. Our thesis is that we are building bridge spanning over the knowledge gap between deeptech founders and traditional investors.

## Digital Currency Group
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stamford, Connecticut, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech

We are the capital engine supporting emerging talent & crypto technology. On its mission to accelerate the development of a better financial system.

## Seetee
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Bitcoin, Software, Financial Services

Seetee buys and holds Bitcoin, while investing in ambitious projects and companies throughout the ecosystem.

## Bitmain
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Beijing, Beijing, China
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Internet

Bitmain is a manufacturer of Bitcoin mining hardware and other related services.Bitmain was founded by several of the digital currency industry’s earliest players, and their team is comprised of passionate and pedigreed engineers, financial experts, and Bitcoin enthusiasts.Bitmain is headquartered in Beijing and has offices in San Francisco,Tel Aviv, Hong Kong, Chengdu and Shenzhen.

## SINTEF Venture AS
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Trondheim, Sor-Trondelag, Norway
- Relevant deals: 1
- 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.

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