# Top 50 Angel Investors in Norway in June 2026

## Trond Riiber Knudsen
- Type: Angel
- Location: Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Relevant deals: 10
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS

Trond Riiber Knudsen is a Founder of TRK GROUP.

## Erlend Reitan
- Type: Angel
- Location: Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Relevant deals: 6
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Secondary Market
- Focus: Information Technology, Software, Finance

Seasoned venture capital investor helping founders and their teams hands-on to accelerate the entrepreneurial journey. Actively looking for investments with unicorn potential.M&A specialist with experience from complex cross-border transactions. Experience from more than 20 M&A transactions including more than 10 cross-border deals, exitswith mainly publicly listed and Private Equity counterparts.

## Christian Rokseth
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Electronics, Machine Learning

Christian Rokseth is dedicated and focused towards developing new and innovative communication solutions for enterprises. Since Christian Rokseth is started my career in 1999 Christian Rokseth have managed a series of advanced projects within the IT and Telecom industry. These projects have brought me significant knowledge about all the requiredsteps and processes involved in order to bring state of the art electronics and software products to the market. In 2014 Christian Rokseth is managed the development and market introduction of the world's first intrinsically safe smartphone. The product was developed from scratch by a team of 8 engineers. Likely the smallest team ever to develop a smartphone.

## Johan Brand
- Type: Angel
- Location: Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, EdTech, CleanTech

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).

## Anne Worsoe
- Type: Angel
- Location: Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, Machine Learning, 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.

## Aleksander Leonard Larsen
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Gaming, Blockchain, Video Games

Aleksander Leonard Larsen is the Co-Founder and COO at Sky Mavis.

## Chris Murphy
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology

Chris Murphy is a Venture Partner at MS&AD Ventures. He previously cofounded SaaStock and was an early Web Summit employee.

## Tharald Nustad
- Type: Angel
- Location: Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Farming, Communities, Information Technology

Tharald Nustad is the Founder and Owner of Nordic Impact, Founder and Owner of Katapult, and Co-Founder of Katapult Ocean. He is a former Chairman of the Board of Mallin AS. He attended Pacific Lutheran University.

## Avlok Kohli
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, Education, Information Technology

Avlok Kohli is the CEO at AngelList and Founder and CEO of LegalReach. He was the former Founder and CEO at Fairy.Avlok Kohli was the creator and founder of Fastbite, a lightening fast food delivery service. Because of Mr. Kohli’s leadership and Fastbite’s incredible value to customers, Square (led by Jack Dorsey, Founder / CEO of Twitter)acquired Fastbite a few months after launch and has since integrated it into Square's own delivery product as "Fastbite by Caviar"Avlok Kohli also plays an active role in other rapidly growing technology companies as an angel investor, advisor and founder.

## Sean Percival
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Equity Crowdfunding
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, SaaS

Sean Percival is the Chief Marketing Officer of Iterate Norway.

## Jon Oyvind Eriksen
- Type: Angel
- Location: Trondheim, Sor-Trondelag, Norway
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Security, Internet of Things

Jon Oyvind Eriksen - CEO and founder @ Aidiom

## Magnus Carlsen
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Sports, Soccer, Software

Magnus Carlsen is the Co-founder of Freestyle Chess.

## John Komkov
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series C
- Focus: SaaS, Software, Enterprise Software

John Komkov is the Managing Partner at Fathom Capital, an early-stage VC firm focusing on enterprise applications and IT infrastructure.
John joined Austin Ventures in 2010 and focuses on early-stage investing. Prior to joining Austin Ventures, John was an Analyst in the Technology Investment Banking Group at Morgan Stanley, where he advised onmergers, acquisitions, financings, and other strategic advisory assignments for corporate clients across sectors, including semiconductors, software, Internet, communications equipment, and digital media. Prior to Morgan Stanley, John held research positions at the White House Council of Economic Advisers and the Office of the Governor, State of Texas.John received a BA from Stanford University.

## Kea Zhang
- Type: Angel
- Location: Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: B2B, SaaS, Software

Kea Zhang

## Ståle Løvbukten
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed

Ståle Løvbukten is a Norwegian investor, board member, and advisor on business relations and strategy.

## Philippe Klintefelt Collet
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS

Philippe Klintefelt Collet

## Josh Hannah
- Type: Angel
- Location: Oakland, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, Internet, Information Technology

Josh Hannah

## Shawn Xu
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Web Development, Apps

Shawn Xu is the Chief of Staff at Lowercarbon Capital.

## Christian Hager
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, B2B, SaaS

Christian Hager - Co-Founder @ Hjemmelegene

## Henrik Hatlebrekke
- Type: Angel
- Location: Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: SaaS, Energy, Internet

Henrik Hatlebrekke

## 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.

## Rolf Ahlqvist
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Electronics, Public Safety, Information Technology

Rolf Ahlqvist

## Kjetil Holmefjord
- Type: Angel
- Location: Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Finance, Software, Analytics

Kjetil Holmefjord

## Nicolaj Nielsen
- Type: Angel
- Location: Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Angel, Seed
- Focus: Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence

Nicolaj nielsen is an investor at IDUN audio. attended INSEAD MBA, General Management.

## Thomas Falck
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Marketing, Content Marketing

Thomas Falck

## Jamie Brooker
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series B
- Focus: Education, Publishing, EBooks

Jamie Brooker is the Founder & Strategic Advisor at Kahoot!

## David Hauser
- Type: Angel
- Location: Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: Software, SaaS, E-Commerce

David Hauser is co-founder of Grasshopper. A passionate technologist, he is one of the youngest co-founders to have lead a company to the Inc. 500 list of the fastest growing private companies in U.S. He was also co-founder of Return Path, an e-mail performance management company, and founder of WebAds360, an ad-serving technology provider forsmall and mid-sized businesses. David has been featured on CNN, named one of Boston Business Journal’s “40 Under 40,” and has been featured in the Boston Globe, Wall Street Journal and many other publications.

## Elizabeth Yin
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: FinTech, Software, Financial Services

Elizabeth Yin is based out of San Francisco, California and is the Co-Founder and General Partner of Hustle Fund. Elizabeth previously worked at 500 Startups as a Partner. Elizabeth Yin attended the Stanford University.

## Andreas Klinger
- Type: Angel
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS

Hello, my name is Andreas Klinger.I am leading the eng team @ On Deck (beondeck.com). Previously I led things related to eng, product & remote @ producthunt.com, angel.co and coinlist.co. If you want to reach me please use twitter @andreasklinger

## Jeff Morris Jr.
- Type: Angel
- Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Blockchain, Productivity Tools

Jeff Morris Jr. is the Founder & Managing Partner at Chapter One.

## Ben Lang
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, Internet, Artificial Intelligence

Ben Lang is the Head of Community at Notion. Ben Lang attended Ramaz School.

## Matt Cohler
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series B, Series A, Series C
- Focus: Internet, Software, Enterprise Software

Matt Cohler is a General Partner at At Benchmark, Matt has partnered with entrepreneurs from across the social, mobile, and cloud industries from around the globe suchas Instagram, Dropbox, Quora, Asana, Domo, Edmodo, Baixing, CouchSurfing, Peixe Urbano, ResearchGate, 1stdibs, and Zendesk.Prior to joining Benchmark he served as the VP of Product Management at Previously Matt was Vice President and General Manager at Matt also has been a consultant in 

## Fredrik Thomassen
- Type: Angel
- Location: Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, FinTech, Marketing

Fredrik Thomassen is the CEO and Founder at SuperSide Oslo.

## Trevor McFedries
- Type: Angel
- Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software

Trevor McFedries is the Founder of Friends With Benefits, Founder and CEO of Brud, the CEO - Dapper Collectives at Dapper Labs, and a Board Member at Rhizome and SCI-Arc.

## Kris Riise
- Type: Angel
- Location: Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, B2B, SaaS

Kris is a high school dropout and self taught builder who brings ideas to life and newness to the world.He has a relentless focus on empowering people to spend time on what really matters. Kris is highly optimistic, has a strong bias toward action, and rigorously works for the future to be better than the past.Today, Kris is Founder CEO ofUnloc. Their mission is to digitize keys and make life easier for everyone with a front door.Kris never quits once his mind is set on solving a problem.Web: unloc.ai

## Einar Braathen
- Type: Angel
- Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Web3

Einar H. Braathen is Web3 investor @ CoinFund.

## Jason Lemkin
- Type: Angel
- Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Marketing

Jason M. Lemkin runs SaaStr, the world's largest community for B2B/SaaS founders, and is the managing director of SaaStr Fund, a $90m venture capital firm focused on early-stage enterprise investments.Prior to that, Lemkin was the vice president of and the president of Lemkin has studied at Harvard University and the University of California, Berkeley.

## Oleg Tikhturov
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, E-Commerce

I am an active Angel Investor in pre-seed and seed startups, having invested in 80+ startups. I invest in ambitious founders building scalable products for large markets and support founders with advice, strategic network of investors. Currently Founding Partner at TrueSight Ventures, Venture Capital firm investing in European early-stage startups.

## Evan Weaver
- Type: Angel
- Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, CMS

Evan Weaver is the Co-Founder and CTO at Fauna.

## Petter Stordalen
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Focus: Apps, Energy, Customer Service

Petter Stordalen

## Bent M Skisaker
- Type: Angel
- Location: Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Payments, Employee Benefits

Bent M Skisaker is a CFO of AutoStore.

## Murshid M. Ali
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, SaaS, CleanTech

Dr. Murshid M. Ali is the Co-Founder at Skyfri, and a serial entrepreneur. He holds a Phd in Economics from the University of Stavanger, and a masters degree in International Business from Grenoble Ecole de Management.

## Marius Maske
- Type: Angel
- Location: Trondheim, Sor-Trondelag, Norway
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: Manufacturing, Transportation, Packaging Services

Marius Maske is a Chairman/CEO, Maske Gruppen AS

## Henrik Langeland
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Software, Real Time

Henrik Langeland is the Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder at Enode. He attended Y Combinator.

## Jason Jacobs
- Type: Angel
- Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Developer APIs, Information Services, Information Technology

Jason Jacobs is a Partner at MCJ Collective and was a Founder and CEO at FitnessKeeper. He attended Babson F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business and Wesleyan University.

## Geir Olsen
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: Software, Cyber Security, Financial Services

Technology, FinTech, Financial Services, Venture Capital Investor

## Michael Klem
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: Information Services

Michael Klem is an Angel Investor.

## Birger Magnus
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Software, Wind Energy, Machine Learning

Birger Magnus

## 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.

## Roger Larsen
- Type: Angel
- Location: Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: Internet, Software, Education

Roger Larsen is the Co-Founder, Chairman of the Board, and Investor of Progether - Your Prostate Cancer Network. He previously worked at Skooler AS as a Member of the Board and Investor. Roger Larsen attended Østfold University College.

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