Top 5 Organic Food Startup Investors in Norway (October 2026)

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

Industry: Software, B2B, Apps
Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Angel
Geography: Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom

Investor stats

Total investments: 12
Round size: Seed $200k–$4.5M; Venture - Series Unknown $4M–$20M
Lead/follow: 42% lead, 58% follow

Portfolio highlights

Cerve — Cerve brings together the AI platform, deployment teams and strategic partnership to transform how food and beverage enterprises operate.
Knodd — With Knodd you get to meet experienced child nurses free of charge .
Healthily — The path to perfect health starts with self-care and Healthily is here to guide you step by step.

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Investment focus

Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
Geography: United States, Singapore, Australia

Investor stats

Total investments: 2387
Round size: Seed $158k–$4.6M; Pre-Seed $100k–$600k; Series A $4.1M–$29M
Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow
Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $7.5M in 2026

Portfolio highlights

iiba — Iiba is a geospatial platform that specializes in providing location information related to child-rearing.
Obud — Obud is a wellness reservation systems that is designed for holistic health and lifestyle management purposes. The company's systems offer a comprehensive suite of tools for booking wellness activities, managing schedules, and accessing curated wellness programs, enabling wellness centers to streamline their operations, enhance userengagement, and promote a balanced and healthy lifestyle.
Plouton AI —

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Investinor invests in Norwegian based, high potential companies that are internationally oriented and in the phases ranging from early growth to expansion. The company has BNOK 4.2 ($500 m) under management and focus on companies within the internet, software, semiconductors, energy, cleantech, marine and life sciences sectors.

Investment focus

Industry: Software, Biotechnology, Manufacturing
Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Series A
Geography: Norway, United States, Sweden

Investor stats

Total investments: 133
Round size: Series A $2.3M–$25M; Venture - Series Unknown $2M–$19M
Lead/follow: 51% lead, 49% follow
Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $274M in 2011

Portfolio highlights

Sonair — Sonair is building ADAR, the world's first safety-certified 3D sensor for human-robot collaboration. The commercial product is available now. Reach out for a demo.
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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TD Veen is concerned with sustainable social development. Their contribution is to invest in companies and solutions that are good for both owners and society at large. The foundation of TD Veen is job satisfaction, creativity and a strong determination to invest in the very best people.At one stage they saw sense in targeting the investmentprofile, which also gave us a new perspective on the demand for returns and the role of investors. As a financial owner, they want to establish a healthy attitude toward results and returns. In companies where value is created over time.A differentiated portfolio is important to us. That is why they work with investments in new industries, such as e.g. health, or in parts of the world where they have not been before. Despite their Stavanger address, they want to invest outside of the petroleum sector.TD Veen has for many years supported the work of SOS Children’s Villages, including the project The Long Run, where they renovated old children’s villages in Romania and Lebanon. They have also contributed to starting up a separate pioneer project for foster families in Murmansk. Going ahead, they will to a greater degree also contribute to society at home, by building up a community of social entrepreneurs in Eiganesveien 95.

Investment focus

Industry: Internet, Software, Information Technology
Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
Geography: Norway, United Kingdom, Germany

Investor stats

Total investments: 24
Round size: Seed $913k–$5.8M; Venture - Series Unknown $2M–$19M
Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow

Portfolio highlights

Mobai — Provider of attack detection, image manipulation detection and authentication. Strong and successful research team on biometrics.
Dagens — Together with farmers and chefs, we co-create a transparent and resilient food system for the future. The farmers get a bigger part of the profit. Buyers get easy access to unique, biodiverse produce at competitive prices.
NoMy — Norwegian startup that researches and develops sustainable material and food solutions using mycelium

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