# Top 40 Artificial intelligence Angel Investors in Norway in June 2026

## 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.

## 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.

## Christian Rokseth
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway
- Relevant deals: 2
- 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.

## Anne Worsoe
- Type: Angel
- Location: Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Relevant deals: 2
- 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.

## Andreas Klinger
- Type: Angel
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- 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

## Wilhelm Joys Andersen
- Type: Angel
- Location: Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: CMS, PaaS, SaaS

In an earlier life, Wilhelm built web browsers. Now he’s leading his own development agency, trying to turn grand visions into running code. He also contributes to the next generation of web standards at W3C.

## Helge Bharat Johnsen
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Generative AI, Sales Automation

Helge Bharat Johnsen

## Hampus Jakobsson
- Type: Angel
- Location: Malmö, Skane Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: Health Care, Software, Mobile

Hampus Jakobsson is a General Partner at early stage climate tech venture fund Pale Blue Dot.Prior to co-founding Pale Blue Dot, Hampus was a Venture Partner at science fund Blue Yard and a prolific angel investor with >100 angel investments. He co-founded of The Astonishing Tribe (acquired by Blackberry in 2010 for $150m). He left Blackberry2012 to found Brisk.io a sales productivity tool which folded 2016.

## Anders Lassen
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: Video, Mobile, Big Data

Anders Lassen

## Birger Bache-Mathiesen
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Generative AI, Sales Automation

Birger Bache-Mathiesen

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

Birger Magnus

## Lars Helledal
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Generative AI, Sales Automation

Lars Helledal

## Magnus Kongsli Hillestad
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Internet, Software, CRM

Magnus Kongsli Hillestad is the CEO and Co-Founder of Sanity.

## Murshid M. Ali
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- 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.

## Chris Murphy
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- 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.

## Kris Riise
- Type: Angel
- Location: Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Relevant deals: 1
- 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

## Edvard Engesæth
- Type: Angel
- Location: Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Focus: SaaS, B2B, CMS

Edvard Engesæth is the Co-Founder at Nurx and a Venture Partner at Sondo Capital.

## Martin Henk
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology

Martin Henk is the Co-founder of Pipedrive.

## Ben Lang
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- 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.

## Johann Koss
- Type: Angel
- Location: Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: CMS, Content, Digital Media

Johann Koss is the Founder of Right To Play. He attended the Rotman School of Management.

## Stuart McClure
- Type: Angel
- Location: Orange, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, CRM

Stuart McClure is an Entrepreneur at Silent Shadow, LLC. He was an Executive Vice President of Global Affairs, Chief Technology Officer, and General Manager at McAfee. He attended the University of Colorado Boulder.

## David Clarke
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS

David Clarke is the Board member of Payslip.
David Clarke is the Venture Partner at Frontline Ventures. He attended Trinity College Dublin during 1989-1993.

## Sverre Munck
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Sports, Software, Computer Vision

Sverre Munck is a ex-EVP at Schibsted.

## Trond Riiber Knudsen
- Type: Angel
- Location: Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, SaaS, E-Commerce

Trond Riiber Knudsen is a Founder of TRK GROUP.

## Mathias Haddal Hovet
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Machine Learning, Food and Beverage

Mathias Haddal Hovet is a co founder at Wanda.

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

Erlend Prestgard

## 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.

## Patrik Berglund
- Type: Angel
- Location: Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Software, Wind Energy, Machine Learning

Patrik Berglund is the CEO and Co-Founder of Oslo-based Xeneta, the leading price comparison platform for containerized freight transforming the shipping and logistics industry with data analytics. Berglund, a logistics and tech-enthusiast, possesses a true passion to modernize business processes related to logistics procurement and the supplychain. He has in-depth logistics and transportation experience from several years at Kuehne + Nagel in various roles and also as Co-Founder of Nordilog, a logistics consultancy firm. Founded in 2012, Berglund has grown Xeneta to be the top worldwide source comparing shipping rates against the market average, market highs and lows, ultimately transforming companies’ logistics procurement with actionable data intelligence. Xeneta provides data on over 60,000 global trade routes and has a shipper user-base that exceeds 5 million TEUs. Berglund holds an MSc with a specialization in Logistics Management from the Norwegian Business School BI.

## Dekel Valtzer
- Type: Angel
- Location: Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Sports, Software, Computer Vision

Dekel Valtzer is the Co-Founder & CEO of Avo. He previously worked at monday.com (formerly dapulse) as a COO & Finance. Dekel Valtzer attended Reichman University (IDC Herzliya).

## Carsten Thoma
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology

Carsten co-founded hybris in 1997. He is responsible for global operations, marketing and corporate planning of the company. After successfully driving the hybris North America market entry Carsten led the team that managed the acquisition of iCongo in August 2011. His relentless pursuit for talent has resulted in a highly motivated and passionateworkforce and unique corporate culture as that is at the center of the company’s success. He began his career at Hewlett Packard, where his ideas for a standardized and flexible e-commerce software were the starting point for what would become hybris. Carsten studied law and also holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration

## Christian Hager
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, B2B, SaaS

Christian Hager - Co-Founder @ Hjemmelegene

## Eytan Elbaz
- Type: Angel
- Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Internet, Software, SaaS

Eytan Elbaz is the Co-Founder of Afterparty. He previously worked at Social Native as a Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer. Eytan Elbaz attended the University of California, Los Angeles.

## David Helgason
- Type: Angel
- Location: Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Gaming, Information Technology

David is a technologist, the founder of Unity Technologies, non-exec director to others, and a restless entrepreneur with a passion for creating feedback loops between innovation and teams and products, applying new and old business models to changing industries, and pushing people to do the very best they can do.David's background is inprogramming, an assortment of university dabbling, creating companies, and helping entrepreneurs. He served as CEO of Unity Technologies since co-founding it in 2003 and until October 2014, with an unflinching vision to democratize game development, and to develop technology and business models for the next phase of the games industry. David Helgason attended the University of Copenhagen.

## Morten Fornes
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: Video, Mobile, Big Data

Morten Fornes

## Bogomil Balkansky
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Enterprise Software, SaaS

Bogomil Balkansky is a Partner at Sequoia Capital. 

He started his career as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company. Bogomil holds a bachelor of arts in Mathematics from Cornell University and an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business.

## Soo Boon Koh
- Type: Angel
- Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Mobile, Apps, Cloud Computing

Soo Boon has over 30 years of global experience in finance and venture capital investing and brings this valuable expertise to each and every investment. She founded iGlobe Partners in 1999, in which the funds sponsor is the Economic Development Board (EDB) of Singapore, the pre-eminent statutory board responsible for enhancing Singapore'sglobal economic and business position. iGlobe Partners also started iGlobe Treasury Fund (NZ$31 million fund) in 2003 as a joint venture with the New Zealand Government.From 1988 to 1999, Soo Boon held executive management positions with Vertex Management Inc., (Vertex), the venture capital arm of Singapore Technologies, managing three funds during her tenure. She established the US operation of Vertex and headed the Silicon Valley office for 9 years, where she was instrumental in the early days of technology transfer for over 100 engineers in Silicon Valley for Chartered Semiconductor and Chartered Microwave. Soo Boon then started Vertex's European operations (headquartered in London, United Kingdom) and ran its European investment operation. As a result of her expertise, she guided numerous successful investments to IPOs, such as Lattice Semiconductor, Creative Technologies, and Activcard SA.Before Vertex, Soo Boon also held various senior management positions in the Treasury and Credit departments in her 12 years of work in the Development Bank of Singapore. Her time there also equipped her with in-depth knowledge of the finance aspect of the venture capital industry. She also headed the International Departments, Credit Division with responsibility for its eight overseas offices and Syndication Department for the Asia-Pacific region.Soo Boon earned her degree in 1973 from King's College, University of London with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Mathematics (First Class Honors). She attended the INSEAD Advanced Management program in 1998.Currently, she serves on the boards of directors of several private companies, including Fortemedia (Nanjing), Telenav Inc., and u-blox AG (SWX:UBXN). Since 2003, she serves on the Investment Committee of iGlobe Treasury Fund, a supported by the New Zealand Government. She is also one of the founding members of the Monte Jade (Singapore Chapter) and an EXCO member of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce.

## Yasmin Namini
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: CMS, Content, Digital Media

Yasmin Namini

## Erik Wrobel
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: Video, Mobile, Big Data

Erik Wrobel is the Head of Product at Blend. Attended California State University - East Bay.

## Petri Nevalainen
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: Video, Mobile, Big Data

Petri Nevalainen

## Marius Barhaugen
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Generative AI, Sales Automation

Marius Barhaugen

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