# Top 50 Impact VC (Venture Capital) Funds in Norway in October 2023

## ProVenture
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Trondheim, Sor-Trondelag, Norway
- Relevant deals: 11
- 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).

## Investinor
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Trondheim, Sor-Trondelag, Norway
- Relevant deals: 8
- 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.

## 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.

## 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.

## 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.

## Antler
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
- Relevant deals: 3
- 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!

## 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.

## 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.

## SINTEF Venture AS
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Trondheim, Sor-Trondelag, Norway
- Relevant deals: 3
- 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.

## 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.

## 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.

## 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.

## 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.

## 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.

## 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

## Valinor AS
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway
- Relevant deals: 2
- 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.

## 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.

## 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.

## 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.

## 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

## Singularity
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
- Focus: SaaS, Software, CleanTech

Luxembourg-based family office

## 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. 

## 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.

## 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?

## 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.

## Hillhouse Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Medical, Health Care, Pharmaceutical

Hillhouse Venture Capital is an investment institution established by Hillhouse Capital that focuses on investing in early-stage startups.

## MKS PAMP
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: Energy, Industrial, Renewable Energy

MKS PAMP specializes in all aspects of the precious metals industry. It offers a full range of precious metals products for every segment of the market, with particular emphasis on investment, jewelry, and industrial applications. They provide global clients with the comprehensive service solutions available, from mining financing and refining tofabrication, physical and financial trading, as well as transport and storage options.

## All Iron Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Bilbao, Pais Vasco, Spain
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Internet

All Iron Ventures partners up with bold founders promoting innovative startups. We mainly invest in the early stages of European companies that aspire to reshape the future of both consumers and enterprises through technology. We at All Iron Ventures have been and continue to be entrepreneurs. We know what it is to be a founder and empathize withthe challenges our partner founders face. We put our resources and experience creating, scaling and selling companies at their disposal to help them take their projects to the next level. Based in Bilbao, Spain, and with approximately €110Mn under management, All Iron Ventures was promoted by the founders of Ticketbis, a global marketplace sold to eBay in 2016, in what is one of the main success stories in Spain’s startup ecosystem.

## Wiski Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Software, AgTech, Energy

Venture capital firm focused on tech startups.

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

Michiko is a family holding company of Dag Lilletvedt

## 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.

## 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.

## IKM Invest
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Electronics, Security, GreenTech

IKM Invest is a private investment company that invests in real estate and private companies. Their focus is on identifying real estate projects and companies with significant potential and actively contributing capital and expertise to further develop them.

## Algård Holding
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sandnes, Rogaland, Norway
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Security, GreenTech, Lifestyle

Algard Holding is a Norwegian real estate firm.

## 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

## 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.

## 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

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

## 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.

## 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.

## AVG Group
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Lenzingerberg, Bayern, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Electronics, Manufacturing, Semiconductor

AVG Group specializes in renewable energy, nordic ESG, and impact investing services.

## 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.

## Bonheur ASA
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: SaaS, Energy, Software

Bonheur ASA is a publicly traded Norwegian holding company headquartered in Oslo.

## Aidiom
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Recycling, Construction

Aidiom is an early stage deeptech investor providing seed and venture capital to applied AI enterprise software startups in Europe.

## Standard Lithium
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: Energy, Industrial, Renewable Energy

Standard Lithium is the next generation of lithium producer. By applying a disciplined strategy and reducing resource, political, permitting and technology risk, and aligning with existing US based brine producing partners, the company is positioning itself to rapidly develop new production. Standard Lithium is focused on unlocking the value ofexisting large-scale US based lithium bearing brine resources that can be brought into production quickly. The company believes new lithium production can be brought on stream rapidly by minimizing project risks at selection stage; resource, political & geographic, regulatory & permitting, and by leveraging advances in lithium extraction technologies and processes.

## New Age Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Health Care, Medical, Medical Device

New Age Ventures

## Nysnø
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency, Manufacturing

Nysnø is a governmental climate investment fund investing in companies that solve climate challenges.
The investment fund is set up as a commercial company that invests in technologies that contribute to reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
It was established in 2017 in Stavanger, Rogalan by the Norwegian Ministry of Trade and Industry.

## VNV Global
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series B, Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, Health Care, Marketplace

VNV Global is an investment company with the business concept of using experience, expertise and a widespread network to identify and invest in assets with considerable potential for value appreciation. The company has a special focus on online marketplaces and businesses with strong network effects. The common shares of VNV Global are listed onNasdaq Stockholm, Mid Cap segment, with the ticker VNV.

## 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

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