Top 20 Life Science Startup Investors in Norway (June 2026)

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• 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.
• Two — Buy Now, Pay Later for your business customers. Two makes it easy and safe to offer invoice as a payment method on your e-commerce site.
• Kongsberg Ferrotech — Kongsberg Ferrotech offers game-changing robotic services for inspection, repair, and maintenance (IRM) of underwater installations

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• Anjuna — Anjuna confidential cloud software establishes a secure enclave that isolates and encrypts applications and data in runtime, at rest, and on the network for end-to-end data protection
• Biolinq — Introducing a revolutionary platform for metabolic health.
• Asceneuron — Asceneuron develops effective therapeutics for orphan tauopathies and Alzheimer’s disease. By focusing on areas of high unmet medical need, Asceneuron aspires to become a leading biotech company specialized in small molecule drug discovery for neurodegenerative diseases.Tauopathies are currently untreatable neurodegenerative diseases thatrapidly progress towards debilitating conditions. The appearance of deposits of the microtubule-associated tau protein as e.g. neurofibrillary tangles in neurons of the brain is a common feature of tauopathies that is shared with Alzheimer’s disease. Neuronal tau deposits are known to be a major contributor to neurodegeneration and mutations in the tau gene are causative of the tauopathy fronto-temporal dementia and parkinsonism linked to chromosome 17 (FTDP-17).Due to increasing life expectancy, Alzheimer’s disease is viewed as one of the largest healthcare problems of this century, imposing a major economic burden on societies in the Western and developing world. Current treatment options provide limited benefits supporting the urgent need for more efficacious and better tolerated medicines that address symptomatic relief as well as disease progression.

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• Cytovation — Cytovation AS is a privately-held biotech company, specialising in dermatological diseases, based in Bergen, Norway.
• Porterbuddy — They are the gang that delivers to your door the same day you order in the online store.Porterbuddy'​ is a logistics platform that provides efficient and customer-centric, last-mile delivery of products.
• Galecto — Damora Therapeutics is working to fundamentally redefine care for people with blood disorders by bringing forward optimized therapies that dramatically improve patient outcomes.

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• Step Pharma — Step Pharma is a spin-off of Imagine Institute stemming from Pr. Alain Fischer’s research on genetic immunodeficiencies. Step Pharma is a joint venture between Imagine, a research and innovative healthcare institute, Sygnature Discovery, a leading provider of integrated drug discovery resource and expertise, and Kurma Partners, a major player inthe funding of healthcare and biotechnology in Europe.
• Gesynta Pharma — Founded in 2017, Gesynta Pharma bases its R&D on research from the Karolinska Institutet. The most advanced drug candidate, GS-248, reduces inflammation and increases blood flow in the microvasculature, thereby having the potential to provide improved treatments for several serious diseases. In an ongoing clinical proof-of-concept study,GS-248 is being evaluated for its capacity to normalize vascular blood flow and reduce pain in patients with the autoimmune disease systemic sclerosis. Positive results from this study may lead to a rapid broadening of the development program towards additional indications, for example cardiovascular diseases and rheumatic diseases other than systemic sclerosis. Major shareholders include Industrifonden, Linc, Hadean Ventures, and a number of successful life science entrepreneurs. For more information, please visit www.gesynta.se
• Complement Therapeutics — Turning powerful new Complement System insights into innovative treatments Developing the next generation of complement medicines [chevron-down] Turning powerful new Complement System insights into innovative treatments Developing the next generation of complement medicines [chevron-down] Geographic atrophy (late dry age-related macular degeneration) is a chronic eye condition that affects millions - and for which there is

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• SeaForester — Restoring the forgotten forests in our ocean.
• Cascadia Seaweed — Cascadia Seaweed cultivates kelp and transforms it into agricultural products that boost yields, cut emissions, and support a healthy planet.
• Ocean Rainforest — Ocean Rainforest offer a collection of premium fully-traceable seaweed products, mostly for food and cosmetic producers.

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• Delft IMP — Delft IMP (Intensified Materials Production) commercializes nanostructuring of particles using atomic and molecular layer deposition (ALD and MLD), based on the patented and publicized IP and know-how developed within the Product & Process Engineering (PPE) group at Delft University of Technology. Following various feasibility projects betweenindustry and university, Delft IMP was initiated end 2014 to truly commercialize the technology.
• Cytovation — Cytovation AS is a privately-held biotech company, specialising in dermatological diseases, based in Bergen, Norway.

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• Actithera — Actithera is a molecular radiotherapeutic company that develops radioligand therapies. It translates medicinal chemistry insights into new radioligand therapies (RLTs) and applies various molecular design strategies, including covalent targeting and an isotope-agnostic philosophy, to invent RLTs with significant differentiation and largertherapeutic windows.
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• Primmune Therapeutics — Primmune Therapeutics is developing small molecule, orally-administered toll-like receptor 7 (TLR7) agonists to attack tumors and potentiate adaptive cancer immunotherapies, such as checkpoint inhibitors, to improve overall response rates and treatment durability.

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• Nofence — Manage your livestock from anywhere with GPS collars and a simple app. Unlock more acres, cut fencing costs, and run your operation on your terms.
• 1X — At Halodi Robotics we are passionate about robots. Our mission is to bring capable humanoid robots to everyone. We develop safe, capable and affordable robots that help human beings live better lives!
• Soil Capital Belgium — Discover Europe's first certified, multi-national carbon farming programme that rewards regenerative agriculture.

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• CellFE — We transform the way cell therapies are manufactured to enable affordable advanced treatments for all.
• Lucid Scientific — Lucid Scientific is the maker of Resipher - the world's first handheld cell culture monitor to measure real-time oxygen consumption from inside an incubator.
• Vernal Biosciences — Vernal Biosciences is an mRNA manufacturing company that provides high purity mRNA, from concept to clinical trials, on a transactional basis.

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• Aurora Analytica — AI-powered clinical intelligence for CROs. Country strategy, feasibility simulation, and trial intelligence in one platform. ESMO-published. EIC-selected. Norway.

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• Aurora Analytica — AI-powered clinical intelligence for CROs. Country strategy, feasibility simulation, and trial intelligence in one platform. ESMO-published. EIC-selected. Norway.

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• Versor — Versor develops software necessary for true autonomous drone flight both indoors and outdoors, enabling complete automation of industrial drone operations. They believe this level of automation requires superior localization, which is particularly difficult to achieve indoors and in GPS-denied areas. By removing the need for pilots, entire fleetsof drones may be supervised remotely, enabling true scalability of drone operations across various applications.
• Iris.ai — Augment expert knowledge by unifying complex enterprise data to empower next-gen AI agents & applications

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• APIM Therapeutics — APIM Therapeutics is based on an original discovery by Prof. Marit Otterlei and co-inventors at the Department of Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine at NTNU (Trondheim, Norway). The company is currently developing proprietary peptide drugs targeting PCNA (Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen), a key DNA repair protein regulating cellularresponses to DNA damage and stress.
• Zelluna Immunotherapy — Zelluna Immunotherapy AS is a privately owned biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of TCR based immunotherapies.
• Accession Therapeutics — Accession Therapeutics’ elegant Trocept platform has potential to treat some of the most intractable and widespread forms of cancer. Based in Oxford, UK, it is developing a pipeline of products to the early clinical trial stage. Led by Bent Jakobsen, PhD FMedSci, a pioneer of T cell receptor therapy for cancer, the team is highly experienced intaking immuno-oncology products to the clinic. Accession Therapeutics’ Trocept technology is based on over a decade’s work and has generated exceptional preclinical data.Accession Therapeutics’ proprietary technology incorporates cancer-tropic viruses, the first time that viruses have been genetically modified to exclusively target cancer cells. As non-cancerous cells are not targeted by Trocept, systemic toxicity is eliminated meaning the drugs can be delivered intravenously and traffic to the tumour. Trocept’s highly potent and local activity gives it potential in some of the hardest to treat and most widespread forms of cancer. This includes breast, cervical, colorectal, gastric, head and neck, lung, oral, ovarian and pancreatic cancer.

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• Kure Cells — Kure Cells delivers innovative solutions in cell therapy, biotechnology, and clinical research to advance modern healthcare.

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• Kure Cells — Kure Cells delivers innovative solutions in cell therapy, biotechnology, and clinical research to advance modern healthcare.

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• Aurora Analytica — AI-powered clinical intelligence for CROs. Country strategy, feasibility simulation, and trial intelligence in one platform. ESMO-published. EIC-selected. Norway.

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• Iris.ai — Augment expert knowledge by unifying complex enterprise data to empower next-gen AI agents & applications

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• Agribuddy — Management of agricultural support application "AGRIBUDDY".
• CanopyLAB — CanopyLAB is an educational technology company located in Hvidovre, Greater Copenhagen, Denmark. We have built an AI-powered social learning platform for corporate training. Through personalization our platform enables all learners to realize their potential in a way that is fast, fun and future-proof. We call it "The Future of Learning-Delivered Today".We work on two verticals:1. The Canopy A social learning platform powered by AI A research-based social learning platform for developing competencies through individualized and adaptive learning experiences. It is designed with an integrated social network structure to enhance collaborative learning and built on strong Nordic learning principles.2. The LAB A learning community with provocative content Join our global learning community for youth. Take free courses, exchange ideas, gain new knowledge and practice competencies offered by 100 + pioneering NGOs in controversial and often neglected topics such as sexuality, sexual & reproductive rights, climate action, health, and the SDGs.CanopyLAB acquired Peruvian publishing startup Yopublico in April 2020.
• Destácame — Destacame is the first behavior-based credit score in Latin America.

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• YNMO — YNMO is the first Arabic/English digital solution that aims to improve the quality of care and educational services for individuals with special needs by allowing service providers such as schools, centers & clinics to design and monitor individualized treatment plans.
• Hazen.ai — Enhance safety with our AI-powered camera, providing real-time monitoring and precise violation detection. This technology empowers authorities to enforce traffic laws effectively, ensuring safer roads for all.
• UnitX — Automate inspection in-line for better yield

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• Elicit Plant — We work with farmers around the world to meet the challenges of climate change and the impact of water scarcity on field crops.
• l'école — l'école AI is a computer vision-focused development platform. Its objective is to enable humans to use AI with purpose to change the future, beginning with a focus on speeding advances in life sciences using computer vision.
• EndoRon Medical — Endoron Medical develops an endovascular suture, like a device for the effective treatment of an abdominal aortic aneurysm.