# Top 30 Gaming Angel Investors in Norway in June 2026

## Marc Merrill
- Type: Angel
- Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Gaming, Video Games, Media and Entertainment

Marc Merrill Co-founded of Riot Games, Inc. in 2006 and serves as its President. Marc Merrill served as Chief Marketing Officer of Riot Games, Inc. He was corporate marketing executive in the exciting world of Business-to-Business media at Advanstar Communications. He has marketing, leadership, and elite gaming skills including Schedule Mastery +9.He held roles in finance with Merrill Lynch and US Bancorp.

## Per Kogstad
- Type: Angel
- Location: Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Food and Beverage

Per Haug Kogstad a co-founder of Pexip.

## 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.

## Matt Cohler
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- 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 

## Christian Rokseth
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Electronics, CRM, Security

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.

## Julius Genachowski
- Type: Angel
- Location: Washington, District of Columbia, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Legal

Julius Genachowski is a Managing Director at The Carlyle Group, which he joined in 2014. He served as Chairman of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission from 2009 to 2013. He held senior executive positions for about eight years at IAC, which owned and operated Internet and media companies including Expedia, Ticketmaster, and USA Network.Also prior to the FCC, he was engaged with several public and private companies in the technology, media, and telecommunications sector as a board member, investor, or advisor. He is a senior fellow at the Aspen Institute, and has taught a joint class at Harvard Business and Law Schools.Earlier in his career, he was a law clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter, and worked in Congress for the Select Committee on the Iran-Contra Affair and for then-Representative Charles Schumer. He is currently a member of the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board. Mr. Genachowski currently serves as a director of Mastercard, Inc.

## Christian Jantzen
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology

Danish angel investor, based in London.

## Michael Morhaime
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series B
- Focus: Gaming, SaaS, Video

Mike Morhaime is the president and a co-founder of Blizzard Entertainment, creators of World of Warcraft.
In 2008, Morhaime was inducted into the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences' Hall of Fame.

## Xen Lategan
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Gaming, Content, Computer

Xen Lategan is the Chief Technology Officer of 0xA Technologies.

## Calvin Ayre
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Blockchain, Information Technology, Bitcoin

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.

## Rishi Garg
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Internet, E-Commerce, Gaming

Rishi Garg is based out of Brooklyn, New York and is the Chief Financial Officer of Underdog Fantasy. Rishi previously worked at Mayfield Fund as Venture Partner. Rishi Garg attended the Stanford University.

## 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

## Eugene Wei
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Gaming, Content, Video Games

Longtime product executive working at the intersection of technology and media. A graduate of Stanford University, I ran product teams at Amazon.com, Hulu, Flipboard, and Oculus.

## 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.

## Amy Morhaime
- Type: Angel
- Location: Irvine, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series B
- Focus: Gaming, SaaS, Video

Amy Morhaime is the Co-Founder at Dreamhaven.

## Omid Ashtari
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Analytics, E-Commerce

Omid Ashtari has held operational roles at Google (business development, strategic partnerships), Foursquare (MD Europe), Citymapper (President), and Streetbees (COO). Currently he is an angel investor and advisor to early stag startups. He serves as the business advisor to the Mayor of London. He blogs on www.startuppragmatism.blog andwww.thefullspectrum.blog

## Finn Gjedebo
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Food and Beverage

Finn Gjedebo

## Cato Sælid
- Type: Angel
- Location: Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series B
- Focus: Gaming, Content, Finance

Cato Saelid is an Oslo and Monaco based angel investor, originally from Oslo, Norway.

## Kevin Lin
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Gaming, Information Technology, Video Games

Kevin Lin is the Co-Founder and CEO of Metatheory. He previously worked at Everyday Ventures as an Owner and Manager. Kevin Lin attended Yale University.

## Jonas Rinde
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Video Games, 3D Technology

Jonas Rinde

## Ben Sheard
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Food and Beverage

Ben Sheard

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

Christian Hager - Co-Founder @ Hjemmelegene

## Sverre Tyrhaug
- Type: Angel
- Location: Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Machine Learning, Food and Beverage

Sverre Tyrhaug is a lawyer working for Thommessen

## Anne Worsoe
- Type: Angel
- Location: Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Relevant deals: 1
- 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.

## Barthélémy Kiss
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Video Games, 3D Technology

Barthélémy Kiss

## Martin Schütt
- Type: Angel
- Location: Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Food and Beverage

Co-founder of Askeladden & Co

## Truls Brataas
- Type: Angel
- Location: Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Food and Beverage

Truls Brataas Founder, CEO & Board Member at Douchebags.

## 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.

## Eirik Frøyland Rime
- Type: Angel
- Location: Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Food and Beverage

Eirik Frøyland Rime - CEO and Co-founder @ Tise

## Aleksander Leonard Larsen
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Gaming, Blockchain, Video Games

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

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