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Top 30 Food and Beverage Startup Investors in Norway in April 2025

Last updated: Apr 2025 A list of 30 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Food and beverage startups based in Norway. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Food and beverage companies from Norway. We update this investor list every month.

Top 30 Food and Beverage Startup Investors in Norway in April 2025

Investor	Food and Beverage Norway investments
Orkla Ventures	2
Innovation Norway	2
Loyal VC	2
Kris Riise	1
Mathias Haddal Hovet	1
Ikonika Holdings	1
Skyfall Ventures	1
Idekapital	1
World Wildlife Fund	1
Christian Rokseth	1
Persimmon Hill	1
SINTEF Venture AS	1
Calvin Ayre	1
Wilhelm Joys Andersen	1
OpenOcean	1
Bspoke	1
Norselab	1
Anne Worsoe	1
Founders & Fools	1
Martin Schütt	1
Ben Sheard	1
Platform Ventures	1
Truls Brataas	1
Sverre Tyrhaug	1
Eirik Frøyland Rime	1
Finn Gjedebo	1
Per Kogstad	1
Simula Innovation	1
Newday	1
Trond Riiber Knudsen	1

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Orkla Ventures promotes innovation and creativity opening up the possibility of investing directly in start-up companies. It focuses primarily on technology, concepts, and business models that might be relevant for Orkla’s businesses. The firm was established in 2017 to reach out to a growing universe of entrepreneurial businesses and startupcompanies engaged in innovation outside established companies.

Investment focus

Baby, AgTech, Software
Seed, Funding Round
Norway, Sweden

Portfolio highlights

GroGro — Uvanligere enn du tror.
Farmforce — TECH THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE
Bower — Bower has developed an app that enables consumers to receive a deposit value when recycling their packaging at regular recycling stations.

Innovasjon Norge - vi gir lokale ideer globale muligheter

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
Grant, Seed, Funding Round
Norway, Romania, United States

Portfolio highlights

Leasi — Leasi delivers a forward-thinking rental and resource management system for companies that engage in internal or external distribution of machinery. This is achieved through an ecosystem that emphasizes the excessive use of data and datasharing, with a focus on user experience. Our goal is to create a simpler, more streamlined, and more efficientworkday for industry players by leveraging the power of data and collaboration within the ecosystem to ultimately reduce emissions, increase efficiency and enhance profitability.
Plaace — Proptech company creating vibrant streets and cities by helping property owners choose and connect with the right concepts, at the right place, using the right data.
Avisomo — Avisomo is an AgriTech startup that develops vertical farming plant factory solutions. Avisomo's solutions use AI and robots to automate plant growth with a cost-cutting formula that makes vertical farming more profitable than ever. Avisomo offers everything required to start a plant factory, including know-how and guidance on how totransition from startup to stable production.

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.

Investment focus

Artificial Intelligence, Software, E-Commerce
Pre-Seed, Seed, Funding Round
United States, Canada, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Edept — enabling global career mobility, transforming student success stories
Aisel Health — Aisel Health provides AI that imitates psychiatrists for psychiatric clinics and hospitals to ensure efficient patient access to care.
The Leaf Protein Company — Unlocking Earth's most abundant source of proteins - green leaves.

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

Investment focus

Software, B2B, SaaS
Pre-Seed
Norway

Portfolio highlights

Savvie — Savvie is your sales forecasting tool, waste tracking tool, sold-out tracker, ordering solution, product manager and analytics dashboard all in one intuitive app. We help you reduce food waste while maximizing sales with our one-click solution for store management.
Shepherd — An all-in-one meetings tool, bringing structure and efficiency to every meeting.

Mathias Haddal Hovet is a co founder at Wanda.

Investment focus

Software, Machine Learning, Food and Beverage
Pre-Seed
Norway

Portfolio highlights

Savvie — Savvie is your sales forecasting tool, waste tracking tool, sold-out tracker, ordering solution, product manager and analytics dashboard all in one intuitive app. We help you reduce food waste while maximizing sales with our one-click solution for store management.

Ikonika Holdings provides financial support and assistance to companies.

Investment focus

Food and Beverage
Pre-Seed
Norway

Portfolio highlights

Livly — At Livly we are building a global network of vertically integrated kitchens empowering local brands.

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

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
Pre-Seed, Seed, Funding Round
Norway, Denmark, United States

Portfolio highlights

Sonair — Sonair is an award-winning deep tech startup building a breakthrough, patented 3D ultrasonic sensor that enables true machine autonomy by making robots safe, affordable, and efficient. Sonair was spun out from a leading European independent research organization, SINTEF, to exploit deep science-to-tech advancements in ultrasonics andMicro-ElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS). Using this technology, the company is delivering a sensor that will transform a robot’s vision from 2D to 3D, offering a significantly improved safety performance over traditional vision systems while cutting costs by 50-80%. The company, based in Oslo, Norway, was founded in 2022 by an experienced team of serial entrepreneurs led by Knut Sandven, former CEO of GasSecure.
Deckmatch — Tooling to drink from the firehose of data, that is your top of funnel (TOFU)
Starflow — Starflow goal is to create a scalable energy system that helps people achieve energy independence.

We manage two investment funds with more than 1 bn NOK under management. We invest in high-growth software and technology companies.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Norway, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Appfarm — Quickest way to develop apps
wheel.me — The first and only autonomous wheel in the world. The innovation transforms anything into an autonomous mobile robot with minimal effort and without the need to alter its design or form. The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Oslo, Norway.
Kongsberg Digital — Kongsberg Digital offers transformative technology and deep expertise to help industrial companies achieve increased productivity and growth.

World Wildlife Fund - The leading organization in wildlife conservation and endangered species. Learn how you can help WWF make a difference.

Investment focus

Seafood, Food Processing, Farming
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Norway, Faroe Islands, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

OCEANIUM — OCEANIUM is a world-leading developer of innovative, functional seaweed ingredients to catalyse the seaweed industry for People Health and Ocean Health.
Ocean Rainforest — Ocean Rainforest offer a collection of premium fully-traceable seaweed products, mostly for food and cosmetic producers.
Seaweed Solutions — Seaweed Solutions AS is one of Europe's largest seaweed farmers based in Norway. Our experience in seaweed farming dates back to 1978.

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.

Investment focus

Electronics, CRM, Security
Seed, Pre-Seed
Norway

Portfolio highlights

Auk — Auk creates a fully-automatic system that makes it easier to grow vegetables, salads and herbs at your own kitchen
Globus.ai — Cover up to 40% more shifts, every day, with our self-learning, AI-based, workforce management software. Book your free trial today.
Intoto — River and coastal risk management to protect assets, people and the environment.

Persimmon Hill

Investment focus

iOS, Gaming, Retail
Seed
Norway, United States

Portfolio highlights

UNISOT™ — UNISOT™ is a Norwegian B2B Supply Chain Sustainability PaaS, enabling global supply chain actors to be more sustainable as well as enabling them to prove it to their customers and consumers. With our 360° Supply Chain connectivity we also enable our customers to produce verifiable ESG/Sustainability reporting as well as verifiable End-to-EndScope 3 (GHG) reporting.Our main focus is to provide solutions to all actors of global supply chains to be more sustainable by being more efficient as well as provide tools that enable them to Prove their product Quality, Provenance and Sustainability; all functions that are becoming mandatory with the new regulations like UN/EU Supply Chain Traceability laws, EU Taxonomy for Sustainability and EPA Scope 1,2,3 https://unisot.com/esg.
FYX Gaming — Web3 development platform & scaling solutions on the blockchain, proud creator of CryptoFights.

We commercialize technology created by SINTEF's research environments

Investment focus

Manufacturing, Software, Energy
Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
Norway, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Nomono — Nomono offers an all-in-one portable podcast kit, the Sound Capsule, designed for effortless recording and professional-quality audio. Simply press record to capture studio-quality sound anywhere, with no setup required. Enhance and edit your podcasts seamlessly with Nomono Cloud's AI-powered audio processing. Ideal for podcasters and broadcast journalists seeking a streamlined workflow and exceptional sound quality.
Hystar — Hystar develops polymer electrolyte membrane electrolyzers designed for large-scale green hydrogen production. Founded in 2020, Hystar's technology uses a unique cell design and process architecture that provides the ability to reduce electricity consumption and increase hydrogen output, enabling professionals to tackle various criticalenergy challenges and having the potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Hydrogen Mem-Tech — Hydrogen Mem-Tech aim is to make the green shift happen through our state-of-the-art hydrogen separation technology with carbon capture.

Calvin Ayre (born May 25, 1961, in Lloydminster, Saskatchewan, Canada) is the founder of the Bodog online gaming and entertainment brand, which he developed and launched in 1994.Ayre received a Bachelor of Sciences (BSc) in General Sciences from the University of Waterloo in 1984. In 1989, Ayre earned an MBA in Management Finance from CityUniversity of Seattle.

Investment focus

Blockchain, Information Technology, Bitcoin
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
United States, United Kingdom, Spain

Portfolio highlights

Mijem — Mijem is the buy sell marketplace app to tap into your campus community. Save money. Earn cash. Connect with students. Download the free app.
Centi — Unlocking Financial Potential with Blockchain Empowering businesses and individuals with innovative solutions that bridge traditional...
Transmira — Augmented and Virtual Reality Solutions

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.

Investment focus

CMS, PaaS, SaaS
Pre-Seed
Norway, United States

Portfolio highlights

Sanity — Sanity is the platform for structured content that lets teams build exceptional digital experiences. By treating content as data, modern organizations use our APIs to build optimal editing workflows and share content between systems to increase digital velocity. Our mission is to be the most versatile system for creating and distributing digitalcontent to any device, application or channel..Sanity was founded in Norway and has offices in Oslo and San Francisco.
Savvie — Savvie is your sales forecasting tool, waste tracking tool, sold-out tracker, ordering solution, product manager and analytics dashboard all in one intuitive app. We help you reduce food waste while maximizing sales with our one-click solution for store management.

OpenOcean is an early-stage venture capital firm investing in B2B software across Europe with offices in London & Helsinki.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Enterprise Software
Series A, Series B, Seed
Finland, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Nosto — Use Powerful Personalization Made Easy on e-Commerce Platforms. Nosto generates a 10-30% Average Increase in Revenue.
Hygraph — Hygraph is the next generation GraphQL-Native Federated Content Platform. Integrate all your services with our unique content federation approach and deliver to any destination of choice using our content APIs
Sunlight.Io — Sunlight makes performance possible anywhere - from the cloud to the edge. Demanding applications like AI, Big Data, Analytics and Rendering run 3x faster on Sunlight compared to legacy virtualisation, and because Sunlight has a tiny footprint - it’s perfect for the edge. Enterprises and MSPs use Sunlight to cut the costs of delivering highperformance IT by 70%.The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Cambridge, UK.

Bspoke expertise in project and test management, software engineering, software development, integration and consulting.

Investment focus

Software, Food Delivery, Online Portals
Seed
Norway

Portfolio highlights

Foody — Foody is powering the service getfood.no - the portal for online food orders. The tool helps restaurants and diners build a professional profile with take-away and dine-in order systems, menues, table-reservations and catering.

Norselab is a leading European impact investment house. We are dedicated to proving that impact is the future of investing across asset classes.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Agriculture
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
Norway, Switzerland, United States

Portfolio highlights

Looping — Looping offers reuse as a service by substituting reusable transport packaging for single-use plastic products. It produces long-lasting and reusable transport wrapping for building modules, housing modules, and steel containers.
Beefutures — Beefutures combines biotechnology and data science and develops beekeeping tools. Our approach is to improve bee health and safety first and further optimise beekeeping operations and economics with digital tools.
Wanda — Wanda.space is a technology and logistics start-up delivering space as a service.

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.

Investment focus

Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Financial Services
Pre-Seed, Angel, Funding Round
Norway, United States, Denmark

Portfolio highlights

Ownersroom — Handle your investor network like a professional, providing a single entry point to all the information they need!
SafetyWing — Health and insurance products for remote companies and remote workers worldwide, as a replacement for national welfare systems.
Savvie — Savvie is your sales forecasting tool, waste tracking tool, sold-out tracker, ordering solution, product manager and analytics dashboard all in one intuitive app. We help you reduce food waste while maximizing sales with our one-click solution for store management.

Founders & Fools was established to help Founders fulfill their potential and give the people who back them great returns.

Investment focus

Mobile, Marketing, Social Network
Seed, Angel
Norway

Portfolio highlights

Auk — Auk creates a fully-automatic system that makes it easier to grow vegetables, salads and herbs at your own kitchen
Fauna — When you need something, choose a green option. Through Fauna you will get bonus points for environmentally friendly purchases.

Co-founder of Askeladden & Co

Investment focus

Food and Beverage
Seed
Norway

Portfolio highlights

Auk — Auk creates a fully-automatic system that makes it easier to grow vegetables, salads and herbs at your own kitchen

Ben Sheard

Investment focus

Food and Beverage
Pre-Seed
Norway

Portfolio highlights

Livly — At Livly we are building a global network of vertically integrated kitchens empowering local brands.

Platform Ventures invests in real estate assets, real estate operating companies, and real estate technologies. Platform Ventures has a highly experienced management team of real estate professionals with extensive experience investing across the risk spectrum. As of December 31, 2017, the firm, through its subsidiaries, has made investments inover 37 states and has over $1.1 billion of assets under management across the United States.

Investment focus

Food Processing, Supply Chain Management
Seed
Norway

Portfolio highlights

Tag Sensors — Enjoy a new level of supply chain visibility with real-time single-use and disposable GPS trackers, sensor-driven awareness and analysis of in-transit goods, from end to end. Tive also provides freight, road, ocean, and air tracking data complete shipment awareness.

Truls Brataas Founder, CEO & Board Member at Douchebags.

Investment focus

Food and Beverage
Seed
Norway

Portfolio highlights

Auk — Auk creates a fully-automatic system that makes it easier to grow vegetables, salads and herbs at your own kitchen

Sverre Tyrhaug is a lawyer working for Thommessen

Investment focus

Software, Machine Learning, Food and Beverage
Pre-Seed
Norway

Portfolio highlights

Savvie — Savvie is your sales forecasting tool, waste tracking tool, sold-out tracker, ordering solution, product manager and analytics dashboard all in one intuitive app. We help you reduce food waste while maximizing sales with our one-click solution for store management.

Eirik Frøyland Rime - CEO and Co-founder @ Tise

Investment focus

Food and Beverage
Seed
Norway

Portfolio highlights

Auk — Auk creates a fully-automatic system that makes it easier to grow vegetables, salads and herbs at your own kitchen

Finn Gjedebo

Investment focus

Food and Beverage
Seed
Norway

Portfolio highlights

Auk — Auk creates a fully-automatic system that makes it easier to grow vegetables, salads and herbs at your own kitchen

Per Haug Kogstad a co-founder of Pexip.

Investment focus

Food and Beverage
Seed
Norway

Portfolio highlights

Auk — Auk creates a fully-automatic system that makes it easier to grow vegetables, salads and herbs at your own kitchen

Simula Innovation is an early-stage technology investor.

Investment focus

Software, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence
Pre-Seed, Funding Round
Norway

Portfolio highlights

Völur — Ensuring optimal use of every single animal through cutting and processing.
Savvie — Savvie is your sales forecasting tool, waste tracking tool, sold-out tracker, ordering solution, product manager and analytics dashboard all in one intuitive app. We help you reduce food waste while maximizing sales with our one-click solution for store management.

Newday is an investment firm that focuses on Norwegian companies. The company was founded in 2021 and is based in Ski, Viken.

Investment focus

Software, Food Processing, Waste Management
Funding Round
Norway

Portfolio highlights

TotalCtrl — Save your team hours of valuable time by using TotalCtrl to eliminate the tedious pre- and post-stock count tasks and generate stock count reports at one tap of a button.

Trond Riiber Knudsen is a Founder of TRK GROUP.

Investment focus

Software, Construction, SaaS
Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
Norway, United States, Kenya

Portfolio highlights

OTee — OTee's Industrial Automation platform makes it possible to create and manage industrial-grade virtual control systems, based on open standards and architecture!
Ciloo — The global brand management platform for local, on-demand production of branded products. Reduce costs, waste + shipping distances. Full brand control.
Starflow — Starflow goal is to create a scalable energy system that helps people achieve energy independence.

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