# Firda

> Firda is a VC fund in Oslo backing SaaS, Information Technology and B2B. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Oslo, Norway
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: May 2025
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/firda-as/
- Website: https://firda.com/

Firda is an investment company based in Norway, empowering Norwegian tech startups to become global leaders.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SaaS | 2 | 33% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 33% |
| B2B | 1 | 17% |
| Chemical | 1 | 17% |
| Software | 1 | 17% |

9 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 50% |
| Angel | 1 | 17% |
| Series B | 1 | 17% |
| Series C | 1 | 17% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Hystar | Hystar develops polymer electrolyte membrane electrolyzers designed for large-scale green hydrogen production. Founded in 2020, Hystar's technology uses a unique cell design and process architecture that provides the ability to reduce electricity consumption and increase hydrogen output, enabling professionals to tackle various criticalenergy challenges and having the potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. | $36M | Series C | May 12, 2025 |  |
| Hystar | Hystar develops polymer electrolyte membrane electrolyzers designed for large-scale green hydrogen production. Founded in 2020, Hystar's technology uses a unique cell design and process architecture that provides the ability to reduce electricity consumption and increase hydrogen output, enabling professionals to tackle various criticalenergy challenges and having the potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. | $25.8M | Series B | Jan 11, 2023 |  |
| Shapemaker | Shapemaker is a B2B SaaS company that offers telecommunication infrastructure software solutions for civil engineering design and analysis. The company can run calculations in minutes, provide a comprehensive overview of the infrastructure portfolio and reduce carbon footprint and raw material consumption. Shapemaker is leveraging AI, cloudtechnologies, parametric modeling, geotechnologies, structural engineering, and remote sensing of wind and terrain data.The company was founded in 2021 and is based in Oslo, Norway. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2022 |  |
| Zerolytics | Zerolytics is building a data-driven platform to measure and monitor progress in reaching companies’ Net Zero targets. It was founded in 2022 and is based in Oslo, Norway. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2022 |  |
| Celsia | Saas, CleanTech, Software, Information Technology, Technology, RegTech | $624.1K | Angel | Nov 17, 2021 |  |
| NoMy | Norwegian startup that researches and develops sustainable material and food solutions using mycelium |  | Seed | Sep 14, 2021 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [AP Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ap-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Finindus](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/finindus) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Hillhouse Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hillhouse-investment) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Nippon Steel Trading](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nippon-steel-trading) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [SINTEF Venture AS](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sintef-tto) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Startuplab](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/startup-lab) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Firda invest in?

Firda invests primarily in SaaS, Information Technology and B2B startups, most often at Seed and Angel 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 Firda last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Firda closed in May 2025. 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?

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.

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