# Orkla Ventures

> Orkla Ventures is a VC fund backing Software, Food and Beverage and B2B. See 9 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 9
- Last investment: Sep 2022
- Lead investor: 33%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/orkla-asa
- X (Twitter): https://www.twitter.com/orklagroup
- Website: http://www.orkla.com/About-Orkla/Orkla-Investments
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/orkla-norge-196777983832227

Orkla Ventures is a VC fund focused on Software and Food and Beverage. Orkla Ventures promotes innovation and creativity opening up the possibility of investing directly in start-up companies. It focuses primarily on technology, concepts, and business models that might be relevant for Orkla’s businesses. The firm was established in 2017 to reach out to a growing universe of entrepreneurial businesses and startupcompanies engaged in innovation outside established companies.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $200k–$4.5M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 22% |
| Food and Beverage | 2 | 22% |
| B2B | 1 | 11% |
| Apps | 1 | 11% |
| Baby | 1 | 11% |

26 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 44% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 22% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 11% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Sweden | 3 | 33% |
| Norway | 2 | 22% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 11% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Healthily | Healthily is the world’s first medically approved self-care app designed around you. Combining responsive AI with trusted insights and tools, we match your personal needs to the latest information from doctors and healthcare specialists. So you can understand your health and take the next step with confidence, wherever you are. Used by millions ofpeople all over the world, Healthily’s pioneering approach to online clinical safety has attracted the support of leading investors and health organisations. | $20M | Venture - Series Unknown | Sep 07, 2022 |  |
| Knodd | With Knodd you get to meet experienced child nurses free of charge . | $2.8M | Seed | Sep 01, 2022 |  |
| Cerve | The Cerve platform establishes a personalised, 2-way and automated communication between wholesalers and B2B buyers online — delivering bespoke and dynamic product catalogues, pricing, delivery terms and deals to each and every buyer on any platform and device.As an end-to-end platform, Cerve provides wholesalers with a full set of productsincluding an AI infrastructure, an ordering platform, a sales app and a wholesaler platform. | $2M | Seed | Apr 14, 2022 |  |
| Bower | Bower® is a deposit solution for all packages or products. Bower® wants to reduce the number of packages or products that end up in the garbage and in the environment by giving the it a value in monetary terms in the form of a pledge/deposit – just like empty bottles and beer cans. This gives the consumer an incentive to recycle the package.Our world-unique position-based scanning technology enables consumers to receive a deposit value in their mobile phone when recycling their packaging at pinpointed places. Our solution can be connected to all sorts of packaging – everything from plastic bags to take-away mugs to products. There is no longer any need to invest in expensive reverse vending machines – instead, consumers are able to recycle at already existing recycling stations or at othe pinpointed locations selected by connected consumer brands.centivizing recycling with financial means is a proven way to increase recycling rates. Bower® is a mobile app that enables consumer brands to put a deposit value on their packaging – either in the form of money or points. By doing so, they take agreater responsibility for their packaging and, at the same time, get a direct relationship to their end-consumers through the app. To create a deposit system is simpler than it sounds. There is already a habitual behavior to visit deposit stations. Bower® only reinforces this behavior by giving incentives to actually visit the deposit station. | $4.5M | Seed | Mar 23, 2022 |  |
| GroGro | Grogro offers fresh, organic prepared food for babies and toddlers. The company was founded in Norway by nutritionist, blogger, and published author Malin Bruset. The company’s purpose is to nurture the development of children by making it easier for parents to offer their little ones food that is tasty, rich in nutrients, and as fresh as homemadefood.The founders’ aim is for Grogro to disrupt the prepared baby food market, creating new awareness around children nutrition, and changing the way baby food is consumed.Grogro is currently run by four business women and parents, with complementary skills in nutrition sciences, business strategy, and marketing. | $540K | Seed | Oct 12, 2021 |  |
| Farmforce | Farmforce is a cloud-based digital platform designed for off-takers and cooperatives to conveniently capture and store farmer information. | $4M | Venture - Series Unknown | Aug 18, 2020 |  |
| Bower | Bower® is a deposit solution for all packages or products. Bower® wants to reduce the number of packages or products that end up in the garbage and in the environment by giving the it a value in monetary terms in the form of a pledge/deposit – just like empty bottles and beer cans. This gives the consumer an incentive to recycle the package.Our world-unique position-based scanning technology enables consumers to receive a deposit value in their mobile phone when recycling their packaging at pinpointed places. Our solution can be connected to all sorts of packaging – everything from plastic bags to take-away mugs to products. There is no longer any need to invest in expensive reverse vending machines – instead, consumers are able to recycle at already existing recycling stations or at othe pinpointed locations selected by connected consumer brands.centivizing recycling with financial means is a proven way to increase recycling rates. Bower® is a mobile app that enables consumer brands to put a deposit value on their packaging – either in the form of money or points. By doing so, they take agreater responsibility for their packaging and, at the same time, get a direct relationship to their end-consumers through the app. To create a deposit system is simpler than it sounds. There is already a habitual behavior to visit deposit stations. Bower® only reinforces this behavior by giving incentives to actually visit the deposit station. | $1M | Seed | Jun 08, 2020 |  |
| Bower | Bower® is a deposit solution for all packages or products. Bower® wants to reduce the number of packages or products that end up in the garbage and in the environment by giving the it a value in monetary terms in the form of a pledge/deposit – just like empty bottles and beer cans. This gives the consumer an incentive to recycle the package.Our world-unique position-based scanning technology enables consumers to receive a deposit value in their mobile phone when recycling their packaging at pinpointed places. Our solution can be connected to all sorts of packaging – everything from plastic bags to take-away mugs to products. There is no longer any need to invest in expensive reverse vending machines – instead, consumers are able to recycle at already existing recycling stations or at othe pinpointed locations selected by connected consumer brands.centivizing recycling with financial means is a proven way to increase recycling rates. Bower® is a mobile app that enables consumer brands to put a deposit value on their packaging – either in the form of money or points. By doing so, they take agreater responsibility for their packaging and, at the same time, get a direct relationship to their end-consumers through the app. To create a deposit system is simpler than it sounds. There is already a habitual behavior to visit deposit stations. Bower® only reinforces this behavior by giving incentives to actually visit the deposit station. | $1M | Pre-Seed | Jun 08, 2020 |  |
| GroGro | Grogro offers fresh, organic prepared food for babies and toddlers. The company was founded in Norway by nutritionist, blogger, and published author Malin Bruset. The company’s purpose is to nurture the development of children by making it easier for parents to offer their little ones food that is tasty, rich in nutrients, and as fresh as homemadefood.The founders’ aim is for Grogro to disrupt the prepared baby food market, creating new awareness around children nutrition, and changing the way baby food is consumed.Grogro is currently run by four business women and parents, with complementary skills in nutrition sciences, business strategy, and marketing. | $200K | Seed | Nov 19, 2019 |  |

9 of 9 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Orkla Ventures invest in?

Orkla Ventures invests primarily in Software, Food and Beverage and B2B startups, most often at Seed and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 9 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Sweden. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Orkla Ventures's check size?

Orkla Ventures typically joins rounds of $200k–$4.5M 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 Orkla Ventures participates in.

### When did Orkla Ventures last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Orkla Ventures closed in Sep 2022. Shizune tracks 9 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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