Birger Nergaard
Angel Investor
Oslo, Norway
Birger Nergaard is a seed investor in Oslo focused on Finance and Venture Capital. Birger Nergaard founded the firm in 1985 and was its managing partner through 2005.Having retired from his operational role in April 2008, Birger is today involved in the business through executive directorships on the General Partner companies serving funds V, VI, VII and VIII. He is also chairman at Verdane Capital III working alongsideGunnar Rydning with the remaining portfolio.Birger has been instrumental in bringing to the public market companies like Agresso, Stepstone, Infostream and Provida.Today he is a board member of Clarkson PLC which is listed on The London Stock Exchange. Furthermore he is a board member of Clarksons Platou Shipbroking AS and Clarksons Platou Securities AS. He is a member of the remuneration committee at Clarkson PLC.He is a board member of Marine& Merchant Bank and the holding company for Nets AS. Birger works together with Gunnar Rydning as an independent advisor for Advent International in Norway and the Nordics.Birger played an active role in the initiative to establish the Norwegian Venture Capital Association in 1987 and was the Associations first chairman. The Association was later restarted in 2001.In 2006, Birger was awarded His Majesty King Harald V’s Gold Medal for Achievement for pioneering the Norwegian venture capital industry.Birger has a law degree (cand. jur) from The University of Oslo, Faculty of Law.
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- Finance 1 (100%)
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- Financial Services 1 (100%)
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| Antler conducts cohort programs where participating individuals receive initial investment capital and structural resources to build technology businesses, including artificial intelligence ventures. It facilitates access to an international ecosystem of corporate partners, institutional investors, and co-builders to help portfolio operations scale. Additionally, the company generates industry research and reports analyzing startup data, unicorn founding patterns, and execution trends across technology markets. | $3M / Seed / Apr 08, 2018 |
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What does Birger Nergaard invest in?
Birger Nergaard invests primarily in Finance, Venture Capital and Financial Services startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Singapore. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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