# Equinor

> Equinor is a VC fund in Stavanger backing Energy and Renewable Energy. See 20 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stavanger, Norway
- Total investments: 20
- Last investment: Nov 2025
- Lead investor: 40%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/equinor/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/equinorasa
- Website: https://www.equinor.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Equinor/

Equinor is an energy company that specializes in providing oil, gas, wind energy, and solar power energy. It utilizes refineries, processing plants, and terminals to convert crude oil and gas into everyday commodities such as petrol, diesel, heating oil and consumer-ready natural gas.The company was founded in 1972 and headquartered in Rogaland,Norway.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $10M–$84M |
| Series C | $11M–$11M |
| Series D | $10M–$95M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Energy | 11 | 55% |
| Renewable Energy | 7 | 35% |
| Oil and Gas | 5 | 25% |
| Clean Energy | 3 | 15% |
| Manufacturing | 3 | 15% |

32 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 4 | 20% |
| Series C | 2 | 10% |
| Series D | 2 | 10% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 10% |
| Post-IPO Equity | 2 | 10% |

9 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 5 | 25% |
| United States | 4 | 20% |
| Denmark | 3 | 15% |
| Canada | 1 | 5% |
| Norway | 1 | 5% |

7 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| David Wade | Principal Geoscientist, Exploration | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-wade-4 |
| Einar Landre | Lead analyst | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/einar-landre |
| Jannicke Nilsson | Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jannicke-nilsson |
| Jorgen Kvalsvik | Programmer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jorgen-kvalsvik |
| Lars Christian Bacher | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lars-christian-bacher |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Green2x | GREEN2X converts biomass waste into bioenergy, focusing on sustainable energy solutions in the biotechnology industry. | $15.5M | Venture - Series Unknown | Nov 25, 2025 |  |
| Ørsted | Ørsted develops and maintains offshore and onshore renewable energy farms, energy storage facilities, and bioenergy plants.The company's vision is a world that runs entirely on green energy. A decade ago, Ørsted initiated its transformation from a black to a green energy company as DONG Energy. Since then, the company reduced its coalconsumption by 73% and decided to fully phase out coal by 2023. Ørsted becomes a global leader in offshore wind with a market share of 25%, currently powering 9.5 million people. | $2.5B | Post-IPO Equity | Oct 07, 2024 |  |
| Sif Holding | Sif Holding N.V. manufactures and sells steel tubulars that are used as foundation components for the offshore wind and offshore oil and gas industries. | $53.7M | Post-IPO Equity | Feb 13, 2023 |  |
| Danske Commodities | Danske Commodities is an independent energy trading house. It trades power and gas across borders and uses its market knowledge and 24-hour trading setup to support customers through tailor-made services targeting renewable producers, conventional assets, and energy suppliers.Danske Commodities was establishd in 2004 and is based in Aarhus,Denmark. | $3.7B | Corporate Round | Dec 21, 2022 |  |
| Noriker Power | Noriker Power builds and operates a portfolio of energy assets, developing projects from origination through to delivering grid services. They provide project development, asset optimization, control systems & integration, and data services. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Dec 08, 2021 |  |
| Mainspring Energy | Mainspring Energy is engineering advanced technology to revolutionize the way electricity is generated and delivered | $95M | Series D | May 04, 2021 |  |
| Hyperion Global Energy | Hyperion Global Energy is developing modular carbon capture & recycling technology at a breakthrough industrial scale. | $2M | Seed | Mar 10, 2021 |  |
| Commonwealth Fusion Systems | Commonwealth Fusion Systems develops fusion energy systems using high-temperature superconducting (HTS) magnets to create compact tokamak reactors. It is building SPARC, a demonstration device designed to achieve net energy gain from fusion and laying the groundwork for ARC, a grid-connected fusion power plant targeting early 2030s operation. Thecompany partners with MIT and manufactures its HTS magnets and related components, applying peer-reviewed science in its firewalling of plasma and reactor engineering. It has introduced innovations like the PIT VIPER superconducting cable to support pulsed-power magnet systems and accelerate readiness for commercial fusion. | $84M | Series A | May 26, 2020 |  |
| Reactive Technologies | Reactive Technologies we are committed to enabling a more intelligent use of energy, for the largest and most complex business to the smallest household. Our aim is to develop new technologies that will positively assist the energy industry to deliver cleaner, greener and more affordable energy, through more efficient and effective energymanagement and control. Through our innovative, cloud-based solution for Corporate customers – Tradenergy® – we have begun this process and with our pipeline of ground breaking new technologies we intend to continue. |  | Series C | Mar 26, 2019 |  |
| Yellow Door Energy | A performance-based long-term contract which does not expose you to any technical or performance risk on your solar plant.Yellow Door Energy manages all stages of the solar plant and you pay a monthly solar bill once the solar plant starts producing electricity | $65M | Series A | Jan 28, 2019 |  |

10 of 20 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Archangels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/archangel-informal-investments-limited) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [ConocoPhillips](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/conocophillips) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
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- [40 North Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/40-north-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Adenium Energy Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adenium-energy-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Equinor invest in?

Equinor invests primarily in Energy, Renewable Energy and Oil and Gas startups, most often at Series A and Series C stage. Most of the 20 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Equinor's check size?

Equinor typically joins rounds of $10M–$84M at Series A, $11M–$11M at Series C and $10M–$95M at Series D. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Equinor participates in.

### How do I contact Equinor?

Public channels for Equinor include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. 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 Equinor?

The team at Equinor includes David Wade (Principal Geoscientist, Exploration), Einar Landre (Lead analyst) and Jannicke Nilsson (Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer). 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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