# Harald Norvik

> Harald Norvik is a seed investor at ConocoPhillips (Oslo) backing Software and Machine Learning. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [ConocoPhillips](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/conocophillips)
- Location: Oslo, Norway
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: May 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/harald-norvik-81579023

Harald Norvik is a seed investor at ConocoPhillips in Oslo focused on Software and Machine Learning. Harald Norvik currently serves as Chairman of Aschehoug ASA and as Vice Chairperson of Petroleum Geo-Services ASA. He is also on the board of Deep Ocean Group and Umoe ASA.He was Chairman and a partner at Econ Management AS from 2002 to 2008 and was a strategic advisor there from 2008 to 2010. He served as Chairman of the Board of Telenor ASAfrom 2007 to 2012, and as Chairman, President & CEO of Statoil from 1988 to 1999.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $3.5M–$4M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 67% |
| Machine Learning | 2 | 67% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 67% |
| Water | 1 | 33% |
| Computer | 1 | 33% |

11 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 67% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 33% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Norway | 2 | 67% |
| United States | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Spoor | At Spoor, we believe that biodiversity will be the next key metric for monitoring, managing and reporting environmental impacts. Today, the lack of suitable solutions to monitor biodiversity efficiently and remotely is threatening both biodiversity and the progress to environmentally-sustainable infrastructure. How can industries meet themuch-needed goals of a green shift, while also caring for the biodiversity consequences of its urgent efforts? We are first tackling this challenge by developing an AI-powered software for bird monitoring on wind farms, leveraging existing infrastructure, off-the-shelf hardware and computer vision. Our grand ambition is to enable industry and nature to coexist. | $4M | Seed | May 16, 2024 |  |
| Pratexo | Pratexo is an intelligent edge-computing and distributed cloud platform for Artificial Intelligence, the Internet of Things, and Industry 4.0 applications. | $3.5M | Seed | Jun 30, 2021 |  |
| Ocean Oasis | Ocean Oasis is a water company that develops a new and sustainable way of producing fresh water using wave power. The company's solution is an environmentally friendly, flexible, and robust desalination platform driven by wave power that can deliver fresh water to shore at a competitive cost.Ocean Oasis utilizes the power of waves to deliverdesalinated water to shore where needed in a flexible, efficient way and without emissions, through putting Norway’s unique offshore competence to work.The company was founded in 2020 and is based in Oslo, Norway. |  |  | May 06, 2021 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Farvatn Venture](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/planet-9-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Atomico's Angel Programme](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/atomico-s-angel-program) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Feminvest](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/feminvest) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Futurum Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/futurum-ventures-67e0) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Grieg Edge](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/grieg-edge) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Northscaler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/northscaler) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About ConocoPhillips

VC Fund · Houston, United States

ConocoPhillips is an oil and gas exploration and production company in the energy industry that promotes safety, health, and environmental safety.The company's technical capability, asset quality and scale, and financial strength are unmatched among independent upstream companies and uniquely position them to compete anywhere. ConocoPhillipsis committed to the efficient and effective exploration and production of oil and natural gas. Producing oil and natural gas and getting them to market takes ingenuity, technology, and investment. Its innovative, collaborative efforts yield products that improve quality of life globally while producing economic benefits with far-reaching influence.

5 contacts available at ConocoPhillips.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Andrew Lundquist | Senior Vice President of Government | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andrew-lundquist |
| Arjun Murti | Member of the Board of Directors | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arjun-n-murti |
| Frank Phillips | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/frank-phillips |
| Gay Evans | Member of the Board of Directors | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gay-huey-evans |
| Harald Norvik | Member of the Board of Directors | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/harald-j-norvik |

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## FAQ

### What does Harald Norvik invest in?

Harald Norvik invests primarily in Software, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Norway. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Harald Norvik's check size?

Harald Norvik typically joins rounds of $3.5M–$4M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Harald Norvik participates in.

### When did Harald Norvik last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Harald Norvik closed in May 2024. Shizune tracks 3 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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