# Folkeinvest

> Folkeinvest is a VC fund backing Manufacturing and Food and Beverage. See 14 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Trondheim, Norway
- Total investments: 14
- Last investment: May 2025
- Lead investor: 14%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/folkeinvest/
- Website: https://x.com/folkeinvest
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Folkeinvest/

Folkeinvest is a digital investment firm. They promote money-raising and opportunities for value creation as an entrepreneur, investor, or cheerleader. They seek to democratize stock trading and allow more people to invest in promising start-ups and growing firms.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $410k–$720k |
| Equity Crowdfunding | $101k–$2.7M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Manufacturing | 4 | 29% |
| Food and Beverage | 4 | 29% |
| Information Technology | 3 | 21% |
| Energy | 2 | 14% |
| Gaming | 2 | 14% |

32 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Equity Crowdfunding | 11 | 79% |
| Seed | 2 | 14% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 7% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Norway | 13 | 93% |
| Sweden | 1 | 7% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Øyvind Fries | CEO and Managing Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/%C3%B8yvind-fries |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| AutoAgri | AutoAgri is devoted to the development and manufacturing of autonomous implement carriers. These vehicles are designed with agricultural use in mind, but only imagination limits possible applications. | $1.1M | Equity Crowdfunding | May 08, 2025 |  |
| Auk | Auk creates a fully-automatic system that makes it easier to grow vegetables, salads and herbs at your own kitchen | $1.8M | Equity Crowdfunding | Mar 15, 2023 |  |
| Nittedal Sjokoladefabrikk | Nittedal Sjokoladefabrikk is a micro-chocolate factory that makes chocolate from cocoa beans. Nittedal Sjokoladefabrikk AS is a small, award-winning chocolate producer in Nittedal, just outside the capital. As one of only a handful of Norwegian chocolate producers, they start with raw, high-quality cocoa beans, which they gently shake to bring outthe unique flavors that have been cultivated at the individual plantation. | $152.1K | Equity Crowdfunding | Dec 15, 2022 |  |
| Stack by.me | Stack by.me provides short video courses, and customers become part of a large community where they can follow friends, family, and an extended network. They also provide mutual funds and ETFs. |  | Equity Crowdfunding | Dec 15, 2022 |  |
| ReLi | In 2020, Rebecca Sjlie and Lisa Ribesen founded ReLi AS with a strong understanding of how renting clothing might help create a more sustainable wardrobe. From carefully chosen clothing to partnerships with only the best designers, the idea is that access should replace ownership in the clothing rental industry.ReLi's mission is to easeconsumer transitions to more sustainable clothing choices by reducing overconsumption and overproduction of clothing. ReLi only works with designers who support a more environmentally friendly fashion industry and offers amazing reusable clothes with a long lifespan. | $420.6K | Equity Crowdfunding | Dec 15, 2022 |  |
| Kitemill | Kitemill develops technology that will produce renewable energy in a safe and low-cost manner.Airborne wind energy is an almost unlimited source of energy that continuously blows high above the Earth’s surface.Airborne wind energy shows greater ability to change the global energy mix than other energy technologies. The financial cost for thesociety of implementing the technology is expected to be far less than it has been for solar and conventional wind power plants. | $2.7M | Equity Crowdfunding | Dec 12, 2022 |  |
| GLIMR | GLIMR is a Norwegian Hard Seltzer brewed from natural ingredients and is sold in several bars in Norway. The products are sold in large and popular nightclubs/bars in various parts of the country, and work is being done actively to get GLIMR out in more places and in more channels. The aim is to become a leading player in the Hard Seltzercategory in Norway, but also to work towards export. Today, GLIMR offers the following flavors: Wild Strawberry, Lime, and Peach. The possibilities for new flavor variants are great. | $100.7K | Equity Crowdfunding | Dec 08, 2022 |  |
| 777 Esport | 777 Esport is an esports club and Norwegian gaming brand that is made for game enthusiasts of all types. 777 Esport (pronounced Triple Syv) was founded in August 2020 by Fabio Enzo (co-founder of 777 Music, former manager of Boy Pablo), Per Kvikne aka Kjartan Lauritzen (artist), Theodor Kvikne (mgmt, DJ, founder), and more. | $497.7K | Equity Crowdfunding | Nov 24, 2022 |  |
| Skillup | Skillup is a Norwegian tech-innovator specialising in Medical Simulation. Our flagship product is the VR Medical Simulation Center, a fully functional virtual Simulation as a Service platform that allows more realism and training with less resources. Our solution offers a cost-effective alternative to traditional medical simulation centres,providing medical professionals with the opportunity to enhance their skills and proficiency in a realistic, simulated environment. We ensure safer procedures training at a fraction of the cost of a conventional medical simulation centre | $345.6K | Pre-Seed | Jul 01, 2022 |  |
| Medex | Medex is an online store focused on training, sports protection, training technology, test and measurement equipment, and dietary supplements. MDX has in a short time established a solid foundation with a good brand and will now continue to motivate activity and good health by establishing a chain of physical stores with a main focus oninnovation and expertise in exercise and health technology. | $181.8K | Equity Crowdfunding | Jan 01, 2022 |  |

10 of 14 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Folkeinvest invest in?

Folkeinvest invests primarily in Manufacturing, Food and Beverage and Information Technology startups, most often at Equity Crowdfunding and Seed stage. Most of the 14 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Norway. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Folkeinvest's check size?

Folkeinvest typically joins rounds of $410k–$720k at Seed and $101k–$2.7M at Equity Crowdfunding. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Folkeinvest participates in.

### How do I contact Folkeinvest?

Public channels for Folkeinvest include LinkedIn, the website linked on this profile and Facebook. 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.

### Who are the partners at Folkeinvest?

The team at Folkeinvest includes Øyvind Fries (CEO and Managing Director). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### 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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