Bjarne Lie
Managing Partner @ Verdane
Oslo, Norway
Bjarne Lie is a Series A investor at Verdane in Oslo focused on Software and SaaS. Bjarne joined Verdane Capital Advisors Oslo office from PaperX, of which he was co-founder and COO.Whilst at PaperX he scaled the company from zero to sixty employees, secured $17.5 million blue-chip venture backing, and ultimately closed the company down after failing to secure further funding. Bjarne has previous fast growth entrepreneurialexperience from the oil & gas sector with Fountain Oil, and was formerly a consultant at McKinsey & Company in London and a research associate at the European University Institute in Florence.At Verdane Bjarne has been instrumental in the acquisition of several portfolios of direct investments and in building companies such as Seabed Geophysical, ResLab, Reslink and Chipcon. Bjarne was the managing partner of the firm in 2006 and 2007, and currently serves as the chief investment officer and joint managing partner of Verdane.
- Total investments:
- 2
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 50%
Last updated:
For AI agents: llms.txt
Industries Bjarne Lie invests in
Stages Bjarne Lie invests in
Countries Bjarne Lie invests in
Contacts
| Type | Contact | Validation |
|---|---|---|
| Work email | ||
| Personal email | ||
| Work phone | ||
| Personal phone | ||
| Socials |
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 2 (100%)
- SaaS 1 (50%)
- CleanTech 1 (50%)
- Clean Energy 1 (50%)
- Internet of Things 1 (50%)
Stage
- Series A 1 (50%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 1 (50%)
Country
- Sweden 1 (50%)
- Portugal 1 (50%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Designed to address the complex multilayered needs of local energy communities, Cleanwatts combines the benefits of real time energy efficiency with the ability to activate a wide range of local assets (any equipment that generates, consumes, or stores energy) to maximize the value of energy produced, consumed, and stored within a community therebydelivering clean energy at well below the price of conventional electricity. Cleanwatts OS is modular by design, highly adaptable to different legal frameworks and the specific needs of typical local participants, including commercial real estate and industrial enterprises, single family homes, apartment blocks, municipal buildings, universities, schools, and hospitals. Critically, the platform also carries a Virtual Power Plant (VPP) user interface specifically designed to aggregate a wide range of energy loads to enable market balancing services in support of local grid operators. In this respect, the Cleanwatts approach to serving energy communities is a game changer, providing a simple and flexible solution with intelligent controls designed to process and optimize all local needs in real time, from behind the meter applications to front of the meter local market requirements. | $15.8M / Series A / Jun 28, 2022 | ||
| Industrial Internet Of X AB (IIOX0 offers a secure Internet of Things platform for enterprise applications, primarily in industry and energy. The cloud-based platform collects, harmonizes, aggregates and distributes machine data in real time and transforms it into useful information and knowledge. Adding IIOX to your existing OT (operationaltechnology) and IT environments enables new digital capabilities. These, in turn, improve the efficiency of your existing business and facilitate new business models and service innovation. | $805.2K / Venture - Series Unknown / Mar 13, 2017 |
About Verdane
Verdane is a specialist growth equity investment firm that partners with sustainable, tech-enabled Northern European businesses to help them reach the next stage of international growth. Verdane can invest as a minority or majority investor, either in single companies or through portfolios of companies, and looks to deploy behind three core themes; the Digital Consumer, Software Everywhere and Sustainable Society. Verdane funds hold more than €3bn in total commitments and have made over 120 investments in fast-growing businesses since 2003. Verdane’s team of over 80 investment professionals and operating experts, based out of Berlin, Copenhagen, Helsinki, London, Oslo, and Stockholm, is dedicated to being the preferred growth partner to tech-enabled businesses in Northern Europe.
Verdane Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Andreas Daae
Investment Professional
|
|||
Arne Handeland
Partner
|
|||
|
Bjarne Lie
Managing Partner
|
|||
Bjorn Beckman
Investment Professional
|
|||
Daniel Ahlstrand
Investment Professional
|
Access 48,091 investors
822 industries, 177 countries. Updated daily. Emails and phones included.
Browse database — It's Free!
Find investors for your startup
Search 48,091 investors by industry and country. Emails and phones included.
Similar Investors
Similar stage
Recommended lists
FAQ
What does Bjarne Lie invest in?
Bjarne Lie invests primarily in Software, SaaS and CleanTech startups, most often at Series A and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Sweden. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
How do I contact Bjarne Lie?
Public channels for Bjarne Lie include LinkedIn. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.
When did Bjarne Lie last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Bjarne Lie closed in Jun 2022. Shizune tracks 2 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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
Contact your first 100 investors today
Find who invests in your industry, stage, and country. Download investor list with emails in 5 minutes.
Find investors — It's Free!
Continue with Google
Continue with LinkedIn
