# Stian Nygaard

> Stian Nygaard is a Series A investor at Yara Growth Ventures backing Industrial and Manufacturing. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Yara Growth Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yara-growth-ventures)
- Location: Oslo, Norway
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Mar 2026
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stiannygaard/

Stian Nygaard is a Series A investor at Yara Growth Ventures in Oslo focused on Industrial and Manufacturing. Stian Nygaard, Investment Director at Yara Growth Ventures.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Industrial | 2 | 33% |
| Manufacturing | 2 | 33% |
| Renewable Energy | 2 | 33% |
| Energy | 1 | 17% |
| Fuel Cell | 1 | 17% |

8 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 2 | 33% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 33% |
| Series B | 1 | 17% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 17% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Norway | 3 | 50% |
| Australia | 1 | 17% |
| United States | 1 | 17% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Plasmaleap | Plasmaleap is a plasma technology company that manufactures and sells zero-emissions chemical reactors designed for industrial and energy applications. The company develops reactor systems that use plasma processes to enable chemical production and transformation without relying on conventional combustion methods. Its technology supports sectorssuch as clean fuels, chemical manufacturing, and materials processing by offering electrified reactor solutions that can be integrated into existing industrial workflows. Plasmaleap designs modular systems that allow operators to deploy plasma reactors for on-site production and conversion of feedstocks using electricity as the primary energy input. The company also provides engineering support and technical integration services to help customers incorporate its reactor technology into commercial operations. Through its plasma-based approach, Plasmaleap focuses on enabling chemical processes that align with decarbonization and emissions reduction objectives across multiple industries. | $21.3M | Series A | Mar 02, 2026 |  |
| Hydrogen Mem-Tech | 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 |  |
| AZANE Fuel Solutions | AZANE Fuel Solutions develop and deliver bunkering solutions for ammonia fuel, enabling carbon free shipping. | $5.7M | Series A | Oct 25, 2023 |  |
| Verdagy | Verdagy is revolutionizing water electrolysis technology to facilitate large-scale green hydrogen production. Their solution achieves the lowest upfront capital costs and offers a competitive unit economics for production. Located in Moss Landing, California, Verdagy operates laboratory and pilot plant facilities to advance and rapidly scale itstechnology platform. | $73M | Series B | Aug 08, 2023 |  |
| Intelecy | Intelecy is a fast-growing Norwegian technology company providing solutions for customers worldwide across a large number of industries.Intelecy provides tools to analyze production data from the manufacturing and processing industry using machine learning to prevent breakdowns, predict failures, improve production processes and provide deepinsight into your operations.With more than 20 years of experience from automation, SCADA, MES and industrial IT we have seen that most factories across industries are not leveraging the power of machine learning. | $3.5M |  | Jun 22, 2023 |  |
| Hydrogen Mem-Tech | 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 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Shell Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shell-technology-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [AP Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ap-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Investinor](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/investinor) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/saev) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [SINTEF Venture AS](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sintef-tto) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Agnition Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/agnition-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Yara Growth Ventures

VC Fund · Oslo, Norway

Yara Growth Ventures is the venture investment team within Yara International ASA. The Yara Growth Ventures team invests in disruptive startups in the agri-food industry globally in order to advance the mission of responsibly feeding the world and protecting the planet. Learn more at www.yaragrowthventures.com

4 contacts available at Yara Growth Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Björn Heinz | Investment Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bj%C3%B6rn-heinz |
| Erkki Aaltonen | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/erkki-aaltonen |
| George Roche | Senior Investment Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/george-roche-0007 |
| Stian Nygaard | Investment Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/stian-nygaard-3e35 |

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## FAQ

### What does Stian Nygaard invest in?

Stian Nygaard invests primarily in Industrial, Manufacturing and Renewable Energy startups, most often at Series A and Funding Round stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Norway. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Stian Nygaard last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Stian Nygaard closed in Mar 2026. Shizune tracks 6 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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