Top 30 Life Science VC Funds & Investors in Norway (October 2026)

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• Sonair — Make your robot safe, affordable, and efficient with the Sonair 3D ultrasonic sensor.
• 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.
• Muybridge — Reimagining cameras with weightless software-based viewpoint

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• Oncoinvent — Oncoinvent AS designs and develops cancer treatments by applying known physical and chemical principles of selected novel materials in new ways in order to maximize their medical benefit while minimizing potential safety concerns.
• Kasvu Therapeutics — Kasvu develops first and best-in-class small molecule neuroplastogens for diseases where neuronal connectivity is altered
• TargED Biopharmaceuticals — TargED Biopharmaceuticals is a biotechnology company that develops first-in-class biological drugs to improve treatment of thrombosis.TargED stands for Targeted Enzyme Delivery. Their biological drugs are unique by using small antibodies (“VhH”) to deliver enzymes to sites of thrombosis, enabling ‘targeted’ thrombolysis.

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• iOnctura — Our mission is to develop high impact, low disruption therapies that extend healthspan. We do this by disrupting the dynamic interplay at the heart of the
• TwoStep Therapeutics — TwoStep Therapeutics is developing novel tumor-targeting therapeutics for solid tumors.
• Polaris Electro-Optics — Polaris Electro-Optics empowers integrated photonics for communications and computation.

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• Healthily — The path to perfect health starts with self-care and Healthily is here to guide you step by step.
• Cytovation — Cytovation AS is a privately-held biotech company, specialising in dermatological diseases, based in Bergen, Norway.
• Oncoinvent — Oncoinvent AS designs and develops cancer treatments by applying known physical and chemical principles of selected novel materials in new ways in order to maximize their medical benefit while minimizing potential safety concerns.

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• Mantle8 — Using bottom-up exploration and decades of geology experience, we are on a mission to deliver natural hydrogen to the world.
• CurifyLabs — CurifyLabs enables 3D printed personalized medicines in pharmacies and hospitals. Always close to the patient.
• Alva Industries — Serving industries from aerospace to marine, we deliver high-performance, sustainable motors to drive a cleaner, more efficient future.

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• SeaForester — Restoring the forgotten forests in our ocean.
• Cascadia Seaweed — Powered by the Sea. Proven on the Farm. Explore Cascadia Seaweed's portfolio of regenerative solutions, from kelp-based agricultural biostimulants to AI-powered biodiversity monitoring with OceanNexus. Through Cascadia Seaweed and Cascadia Nature-based Solutions, we're helping build healthier farms
• Ocean Rainforest — Ocean Rainforest offer a collection of premium fully-traceable seaweed products, mostly for food and cosmetic producers.The company has developed a structural system for macroalgae cultivation in open oceans and related on-shore processes for bringing the seaweed into a storage stable condition.

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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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• 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 is developing novel immuno-oncology therapeutics – combining high specificity and potency to counter tumor diversity. It is the first company to have engineered a viral point of entry to cancer cells while bypassing healthy cells - so it’s ‘gloves off’ in the fight against cancer." It was founded in 2020 and is locatedin Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom.

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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.
• Spica Therapeutics — Spica Therapeutics is a biotech company to transform macrophage biology into breakthrough therapies for patients.
• 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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• ViaNautis — Precision Solutions
• Cloverleaf Bio — Cloverleaf Bio | Developing a new class of RNA therapeutics to revolutionize cancer therapy.
• Cytospire Therapeutics — Cytospire Therapeutics is bringing forward a portfolio of next generation immune cell engagers.

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• Odoo — From ERP to CRM, eCommerce and CMS. Download Odoo or use it in the cloud. Grow Your Business.
• HighLife — HighLife is driven by a mission to deliver innovative treatment options to patients suffering from heart valve diseases.
• EnginZyme — Enzymatic chemistry for cleaner ingredients in personal care, food and pharma. Enginzyme's patented EziG platform makes enzymes work at industrial scale.

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• ADCendo — ADCendo ApS is a biotech company dedicated to developing new types of anti-cancer drugs. We focus on antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) directed at novel targets, that have been found to be overexpressed by several cancer forms, that are all characterized by a significant unmet need for novel treatment.
• Enveda Biosciences — Enveda exists to give hope to millions of people around the world by accelerating the discovery of better medicines.
• Lisata Therapeutics — Lisata is a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company dedicated to improving lives through the discovery, development, and commercialization of innovative medicines.

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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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• BRKZ — BRKZ is a construction-tech company that provides a one-stop solution by selling building materials to contractors and builders.
• OCTA — OCTA brings you the clients and runs the work behind them, from books and reconciliations to billing and close. You grow the firm without adding headcount.
• StrikeReady — Transform security operations with Composite AI. Investigate alerts, automate SOC workflows and connect your security stack.

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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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• Khoy — Khoy Company designs and develops comfortable, user-friendly, and sustainable sofa beds.
• AnaCardio — AnaCardio develops drugs targeting a novel mechanism that improves cardiac contractility and aims to improve clinical outcomes in heart failure.
• Bahn Express — Bahn Express is a global car transportation company that supports independent contractors while offering quick and easy auto shipping throughout Europe.

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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.
• Ambros Therapeutics — Ambros Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on the development of innovative and transformative medicines for diseases.
• Reunion Neuroscience — Reunion Neuroscience is a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company developing therapeutic solutions for underserved mental health conditions. The Company’s lead asset, RE104, is a proprietary, novel serotonergic psychedelic compound being developed as a potential fast-acting and durable antidepressant for patients suffering from postpartum depressionand other mental health conditions. Reunion is also developing the RE200 series, which includes compounds with the potential for more selective serotonin receptor activity and reduced psychoactivity for application in more chronic treatment paradigms and indications.

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• Iris.ai — Powerful Tools for Your Research. We have built a world-leading AI engine for scientific text understanding. Applied to literature reviews, data extraction, post-market surveillance or any other task involving thousands of documents like papers or patents, this engine will make your life a whole lot easier.
• Evrotrust — Best way to prove who you are and agree to anything, anywhere. Fully legal, secure and personal. Our mobile first eIDAS solution allows: eID, eSign, eTimestamp, eSeal, eDelivery with the highest status – qualified
• Codery — Codery functions as an Employer of Record (EOR), acting as the official employer for hired professionals. The firm handles the administrative and legal parts of employment, such as registration, payroll, and compliance with local labor laws, allowing enterprises to hire without having to establish regional offices or legal entities.

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• Oncoinvent — Oncoinvent AS designs and develops cancer treatments by applying known physical and chemical principles of selected novel materials in new ways in order to maximize their medical benefit while minimizing potential safety concerns.

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• Oncoinvent — Oncoinvent AS designs and develops cancer treatments by applying known physical and chemical principles of selected novel materials in new ways in order to maximize their medical benefit while minimizing potential safety concerns.
• EXACT Therapeutics — EXACT Therapeutics is a clinical-stage Norwegian biotech company developing a technology platform for targeted therapeutic enhancement – Acoustic Cluster Therapy (ACT®). ACT® sonoporation is a unique approach to ultrasound-mediated, targeted drug enhancement – with the potential to significantly amplify the clinical utility of a wide range oftherapeutic agents across a multitude of indications including within oncology (chemotherapy, immunotherapy), infectious diseases, and neurological conditions.

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• Jumbotail — Jumbotail is an operator of an online marketplace that simplifies food and grocery shopping.Jumbotail is a VC funded startup building an online marketplace for food and grocery, targeted at wholesale buyers. It also operates a marketplace that connects tens of thousands of these Kirana stores with brands and traders. The company offers a wholesuite of services including supply chain logistics, a mobile app for placing orders, integration with point-and-sales devices, and credit solutions to shop owners that can’t easily get a loan from banks.They offer a wide selection of high-quality staples, homecare, packaged foods, and personal care products from all the leading brands, and staples producers. Their vision is to organize the food and grocery ecosystem in India using technology, data science, and design. They are building products, platforms, and services for the next billion people of India, who have fundamentally different needs - access, language, selection, supply chain, financial, cultural, and the like. Their market potential is huge - in the order of hundreds of billions of dollars. They have a strong core team consisting of alumni from Stanford, CMU, IIT, BITS, etc. having several years of industry experience in companies like Amazon, Flipkart, eBay, BCG, Housing, and Grofers.They are reimagining and reengineering the food and grocery ecosystem through intelligent technology, intuitive design, and innovative business and supply chain models. They are a passionate team driven by their sense of purpose to solve a critical real-world problem. Each team member will have significant ownership of key components that go into the next-generation e-commerce, supply chain, demand generation, and credit technology platforms and services that they are building.
• Oncoinvent — Oncoinvent AS designs and develops cancer treatments by applying known physical and chemical principles of selected novel materials in new ways in order to maximize their medical benefit while minimizing potential safety concerns.

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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 — Powerful Tools for Your Research. We have built a world-leading AI engine for scientific text understanding. Applied to literature reviews, data extraction, post-market surveillance or any other task involving thousands of documents like papers or patents, this engine will make your life a whole lot easier.

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• Sonair — Make your robot safe, affordable, and efficient with the Sonair 3D ultrasonic sensor.
• 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.

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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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• Aurora Analytica — Seven core decision engines and an orchestration layer working as one operating system for clinical development, from protocol optimization to study execution.

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• Aurora Analytica — Seven core decision engines and an orchestration layer working as one operating system for clinical development, from protocol optimization to study execution.

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• Iris.ai — Powerful Tools for Your Research. We have built a world-leading AI engine for scientific text understanding. Applied to literature reviews, data extraction, post-market surveillance or any other task involving thousands of documents like papers or patents, this engine will make your life a whole lot easier.

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• Oncoinvent — Oncoinvent AS designs and develops cancer treatments by applying known physical and chemical principles of selected novel materials in new ways in order to maximize their medical benefit while minimizing potential safety concerns.

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• Oncoinvent — Oncoinvent AS designs and develops cancer treatments by applying known physical and chemical principles of selected novel materials in new ways in order to maximize their medical benefit while minimizing potential safety concerns.

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