# Arne Tonning

> Arne Tonning is a seed investor at Alliance VC backing Artificial Intelligence and Software. See 14 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Alliance VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alliance-venture)
- Location: Oslo, Norway
- Total investments: 14
- Last investment: Nov 2024
- Lead investor: 57%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/arnetonning
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/eagleonamound

Arne Tonning is a seed investor at Alliance VC in Oslo focused on Artificial Intelligence and Software. Arne Tonning - Partner @ Alliance VC

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Artificial Intelligence | 5 | 36% |
| Software | 4 | 29% |
| Information Technology | 4 | 29% |
| CRM | 2 | 14% |
| SaaS | 1 | 7% |

24 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 6 | 43% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 14% |
| Series A | 2 | 14% |
| Series B | 1 | 7% |
| Series C | 1 | 7% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Norway | 4 | 29% |
| United States | 4 | 29% |
| The Netherlands | 1 | 7% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Deckmatch | DeckMatch simplifies routine tasks through automation, helping VC professionals optimize their workflow and concentrate on their tasks. The company aims to enhance the art of investment, transforming ordinary tasks that occupy daily routines into actions that carry substantial and meaningful significance. By freeing investors from the burden ofroutine duties, the opportunity arises for them to concentrate on what is genuinely important - the establishment and nurturing of impactful, value-centered connections. | $3M | Seed | Nov 11, 2024 |  |
| Versiro | Versiro is a real-time, multi-market decision support platform for electrical power assets. | $2.5M | Seed | Jul 03, 2024 |  |
| Deckmatch | DeckMatch simplifies routine tasks through automation, helping VC professionals optimize their workflow and concentrate on their tasks. The company aims to enhance the art of investment, transforming ordinary tasks that occupy daily routines into actions that carry substantial and meaningful significance. By freeing investors from the burden ofroutine duties, the opportunity arises for them to concentrate on what is genuinely important - the establishment and nurturing of impactful, value-centered connections. | $1.1M | Pre-Seed | Aug 15, 2023 |  |
| Deckmatch | DeckMatch simplifies routine tasks through automation, helping VC professionals optimize their workflow and concentrate on their tasks. The company aims to enhance the art of investment, transforming ordinary tasks that occupy daily routines into actions that carry substantial and meaningful significance. By freeing investors from the burden ofroutine duties, the opportunity arises for them to concentrate on what is genuinely important - the establishment and nurturing of impactful, value-centered connections. |  | Seed | Aug 15, 2023 |  |
| 1X | 1X is an artificial intelligence and robotics company that develops humanoid robots designed for general-purpose use. The company focuses on creating robots capable of performing a wide range of tasks autonomously, integrating advanced AI systems with physical robotics. Its flagship product, NEO, is a humanoid robot built to assist with householdchores and daily activities, aiming to function naturally within human environments. 1X emphasizes the interaction between humans and robots as a means for continuous learning and improvement in robotic intelligence. | $23.5M | Series A | Mar 23, 2023 |  |
| 1X | 1X is an artificial intelligence and robotics company that develops humanoid robots designed for general-purpose use. The company focuses on creating robots capable of performing a wide range of tasks autonomously, integrating advanced AI systems with physical robotics. Its flagship product, NEO, is a humanoid robot built to assist with householdchores and daily activities, aiming to function naturally within human environments. 1X emphasizes the interaction between humans and robots as a means for continuous learning and improvement in robotic intelligence. | $23.5M | Series A | Mar 23, 2023 |  |
| Globus.ai | Globus.ai is the co-pilot of the staffing & recruitment industry. Its an AI-powered platform designed to empower recruiters and candidates by streamlining and automating the staffing process.We specialise in engaging & activating your existing candidates, collecting all incoming job requests, placing candidates and providing actionablebusiness insights. Launched in 2017, Globus is redefining the staffing industry by giving recruiters a powerful SaaS platform, with cutting edge AI technology, to place more candidates, faster. | $4.8M | Seed | May 18, 2022 |  |
| IndyKite | IndyKite is the first System of Intelligence built on a live context graph. As AI agents and users execute work, IndyKite continuously captures context, relationships, trust signals, and actions. This becomes the point of decision, pulling signals from multiple systems and applying them at runtime, with full traceability.The result is agentic AIthat can operate across platforms with precision and deliver an entirely new class of intelligent services. | $8M | Seed | Feb 04, 2022 |  |
| Medal | Medal is a short-form gaming video clips platform used to share digital game clips and highlights with gamers. Its platform helps to capture the final seconds of gameplay utilizing completely different recording mechanisms that can be shared on the application that provide clips of live streams and that enable users to share their skills and get anenjoyable experience.The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Naarden, North-Holland. | $45M | Series C | Dec 14, 2021 |  |
| IndyKite | IndyKite is the first System of Intelligence built on a live context graph. As AI agents and users execute work, IndyKite continuously captures context, relationships, trust signals, and actions. This becomes the point of decision, pulling signals from multiple systems and applying them at runtime, with full traceability.The result is agentic AIthat can operate across platforms with precision and deliver an entirely new class of intelligent services. | $2.5M | Pre-Seed | Oct 21, 2021 |  |

10 of 14 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Skyfall Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/skyfall-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [OpenAI Startup Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/openai-startup-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Sandwater](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sandwater) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Skagerak Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/skagerak-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Speedinvest](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/speedinvest) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Tiger Global Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tiger-global) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Alliance VC

VC Fund · Oslo, Norway

Alliance Venture is a Nordic venture capital firm investing in exceptional early-stage tech companies and purpose-driven founders with global ambitions. Offices in Oslo, Stockholm, Copenhagen and Helsinki.

5 contacts available at Alliance VC.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Anders Hallin | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anders-hallin |
| Arne Tonning | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arne-tonning |
| Bente Loe | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bente-loe |
| Henrik Torstensson | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/henrik-torstensson |
| Jan-Erik Hareid | Founder and Chairman | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jan-erik-hareid |

## Similar investors

### Similar stage
- [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund
- [Right Side Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/right-side-capital-management) — VC Fund

## FAQ

### What does Arne Tonning invest in?

Arne Tonning invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, Software and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 14 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Norway. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Arne Tonning last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Arne Tonning closed in Nov 2024. Shizune tracks 14 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

# About Shizune
Shizune.co is an investor database. Core features:
- 48,091 startup investors (angels, VCs, accelerators, and others)
- Email, phone, LinkedIn (for intros), socials, and other contact data
- Updated daily from public funding news
- CSV and Excel export

The User can access the full database FOR FREE after signing up: shizune.co