SINTEF Venture AS
VC Fund
Trondheim, Norway
SINTEF Venture AS is a VC fund in Trondheim focused on Manufacturing and Information Technology. SINTEF TTO & Venture invest in spin-off companies from SINTEF, NTNU and other research based institutions in Norway. Our dealflow reflect results from state-of-art research and cover a variety of sectors. SINTEF Venture seek to co-invest with VC funds with sector expertise at an early stage.
- Total investments:
- 34
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 32%
- Fund size:
- $62M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries SINTEF Venture AS invests in
Stages SINTEF Venture AS invests in
Countries SINTEF Venture AS invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $160k–$6.2M
- Venture - Series Unknown
- $1.5M–$17M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Manufacturing 5 (15%)
- Information Technology 5 (15%)
- Software 4 (12%)
- Energy 3 (9%)
- Biotechnology 3 (9%)
Stage
- Seed 12 (35%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 8 (24%)
- Funding Round 3 (9%)
- Pre-Seed 2 (6%)
- Series B 2 (6%)
Country
- Norway 22 (65%)
- United States 1 (3%)
- United Kingdom 1 (3%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Anders Lian
CEO
|
CEO | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Asle Jostein Hovda
Investment Director
|
Investment Director | Total investments: 4 | Find email | |
|
Eli Grong Aursand
Investment Director
|
Investment Director | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
|
Inge Hovd Gangås
Investment Director
|
Investment Director | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
|
John Torvik
Investment Director
|
Investment Director | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| Hydrogen Mem-Tech aim is to make the green shift happen through our state-of-the-art hydrogen separation technology with carbon capture. | Oct 22, 2024 | ||
| Sonair is an award-winning deep tech startup building a breakthrough, patented 3D ultrasonic sensor that enables true machine autonomy by making robots safe, affordable, and efficient. Sonair was spun out from a leading European independent research organization, SINTEF, to exploit deep science-to-tech advancements in ultrasonics andMicro-ElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS). Using this technology, the company is delivering a sensor that will transform a robot’s vision from 2D to 3D, offering a significantly improved safety performance over traditional vision systems while cutting costs by 50-80%. The company, based in Oslo, Norway, was founded in 2022 by an experienced team of serial entrepreneurs led by Knut Sandven, former CEO of GasSecure. | $1.6M / Venture - Series Unknown / Oct 07, 2024 | ||
| KIT-AR is an industrial AR solution to enhance workers on the manufacturing shopfloor. | $3.6M / Seed / Feb 26, 2024 | ||
| Cartesian unlocks the power of thermal energy storage to help the world’s most energy-intensive sectors to boost energy efficiency and rapidly reduce their carbon footprint. | $2.2M / Seed / Feb 23, 2024 | ||
| Sensibel commercializes ultra-high-sensitivity MEMS microphones based on an optical MEMS technology. | $7.6M / Venture - Series Unknown / Feb 21, 2024 | ||
| 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 | ||
| The Next Generation Audio company. | $3.5M / Seed / Sep 14, 2022 | ||
| KIT-AR is an industrial AR solution to enhance workers on the manufacturing shopfloor. | $2.1M / Seed / Jun 22, 2022 | ||
| Hydrogen Mem-Tech aim is to make the green shift happen through our state-of-the-art hydrogen separation technology with carbon capture. | $17.5M / Venture - Series Unknown / May 10, 2022 | ||
| See all 34 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does SINTEF Venture AS invest in?
SINTEF Venture AS invests primarily in Manufacturing, Information Technology and Software startups, most often at Seed and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 34 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Norway. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does SINTEF Venture AS invest in?
SINTEF Venture AS typically joins rounds of $160k–$6.2M at Seed and $1.5M–$17M at Venture - Series Unknown. These are whole funding-round sizes, not SINTEF Venture AS's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds SINTEF Venture AS took part in.
How do I contact SINTEF Venture AS?
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Who are the partners at SINTEF Venture AS?
The team at SINTEF Venture AS includes Anders Lian (CEO), Asle Jostein Hovda (Investment Director) and Eli Grong Aursand (Investment Director). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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