# Bente Loe

> Bente Loe is a seed investor at Alliance VC (Oslo) backing Software and FinTech. See 6 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: 6
- Last investment: Feb 2024
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benteloe

Bente Loe is a seed investor at Alliance VC in Oslo focused on Software and FinTech. Bente Loe - Partner @ Alliance VC

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 33% |
| FinTech | 1 | 17% |
| Finance | 1 | 17% |
| Database | 1 | 17% |
| Hardware | 1 | 17% |

14 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 33% |
| Series B | 2 | 33% |
| Series A | 1 | 17% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 17% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Norway | 2 | 33% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 17% |
| The Netherlands | 1 | 17% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ciloo | Ciloo is an operator of a global on-demand platform intended to provide e-commerce software for branded products and corporate gifts. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Feb 15, 2024 |  |
| APEXX | APEXX acts as a Payments-as-a-Service platform combining all the worlds acquirers, gateways, shopping carts, and Alternative Payment Methods into a single integration. APEXX consults its enterprise level customers to consolidate their global Payment Service Provider relationships, and display all their reporting and transactional data in a singleinterface. They build the most holistic and economic solutions around their customers for face-to-face transactions as well as ecommerce globally, so they don't have to settle for less.APEXX integrates to additional services that merchants require to streamline their services. Some of these include: EPOS systems, VAT calculation tools, AML management services, banking services, Foreign Exchange platforms, and Fraud & Chargeback management softwares. | $25M | Series B | Mar 13, 2023 |  |
| Enode | Enode develops APIs that connect EVs, solar, batteries, and heating to energy consumer products.Once connected, the digital infrastructures SaaS-based platform integrate them into the app to optimize energy consumption and help to participate in flexible markets with connected hardware, enabling clients to facilitate a zero-carbon energy grid.The Oslo, Oslo, Norway-based company was established in 2020 by Henrik Langeland, Nikolai Heum, and Thorvald Thorsnes. | $2.2M | Seed | Apr 01, 2021 |  |
| Swarm64 | Swarm64 (swarm64.com) provides accelerators for relational databases that enable real-time analytics of high velocity data. Swarm64’s team is world-class in delivering FPGA acceleration and real-time database design. Founded in 2013, Swarm64 is backed by leading Norwegian and German venture investors. Swarm64 is a Norwegian company with operationsin Berlin, Germany. | $12.5M | Series B | Jan 04, 2018 |  |
| Swarm64 | Swarm64 (swarm64.com) provides accelerators for relational databases that enable real-time analytics of high velocity data. Swarm64’s team is world-class in delivering FPGA acceleration and real-time database design. Founded in 2013, Swarm64 is backed by leading Norwegian and German venture investors. Swarm64 is a Norwegian company with operationsin Berlin, Germany. | $7.8M | Series A | Sep 29, 2015 |  |
| Swarm64 | Swarm64 (swarm64.com) provides accelerators for relational databases that enable real-time analytics of high velocity data. Swarm64’s team is world-class in delivering FPGA acceleration and real-time database design. Founded in 2013, Swarm64 is backed by leading Norwegian and German venture investors. Swarm64 is a Norwegian company with operationsin Berlin, Germany. | $614K | Seed | Aug 25, 2013 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Investinor](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/investinor) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Lowercarbon Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lowercarbon-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [MMC Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mmc-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Target Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/target-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [BoxGroup](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/boxgroup) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Forward Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/forward-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal 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 |

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## FAQ

### What does Bente Loe invest in?

Bente Loe invests primarily in Software, FinTech and Finance startups, most often at Seed and Series B stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Norway. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Bente Loe last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Bente Loe closed in Feb 2024. Shizune tracks 6 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?

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