# Bjarne Kveim Lie

> Bjarne Kveim Lie is a Series A investor at Verdane (Oslo) backing Software and SaaS. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Verdane](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/verdane)
- Location: Oslo, Norway
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Jun 2022
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/bjarne-kveim-lie/0/90/751

Bjarne Kveim 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.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 100% |
| SaaS | 1 | 50% |
| CleanTech | 1 | 50% |
| Clean Energy | 1 | 50% |
| Internet of Things | 1 | 50% |

6 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 1 | 50% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 50% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Sweden | 1 | 50% |
| Portugal | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Cleanwatts | 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 | 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. | $695K |  |  |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## About Verdane

VC Fund · Oslo, Norway

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.

5 contacts available at Verdane.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Andreas Daae | Investment Professional | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andreas-daae |
| Arne Handeland | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arne-handeland |
| Bjarne Kveim Lie | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bjarne-kveim-lie |
| Bjorn Beckman | Investment Professional | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bjorn-beckman |
| Daniel Ahlstrand | Investment Professional | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daniel-ahlstrand |

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## FAQ

### What does Bjarne Kveim Lie invest in?

Bjarne Kveim Lie invests primarily in Software, SaaS and CleanTech startups, most often at Series A and Funding Round 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.

### When did Bjarne Kveim Lie last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Bjarne Kveim 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.

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