Top 5 Retail VC (Venture Capital) Funds in Norway in January 2025

Last updated: Jan 2025 A list of 5 VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Retail startups based in Norway. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Retail companies from Norway. We update this investor list every month.

Top 5 Retail VC (Venture Capital) Funds in Norway in January 2025

Investor	Retail Norway investments
Idekapital	3
Ferd	1
Innovation Norway	1
Persimmon Hill	1
Unbounded Capital	1

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Investor list

We manage two investment funds with more than 1 bn NOK under management. We invest in high-growth software and technology companies.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Norway, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Völur — Ensuring optimal use of every single animal through cutting and processing.
Muybridge — Reimagining cameras with weightless software-based viewpoint
Simplifai — Simplifai is a holistic Artificial Intelligence (AI) company with the vision to empower tomorrow's digital winners and to release the full potential of human employees through the smart application of artificial intelligence and automation technology. The company's disruptive, hyper-automation solutions allow customers to automate workprocesses where free-text, natural language emails, documents, or chat are the information carriers. Its Emailbot can automate the handling of up to 80% of the inquiries in an average customer service center.Simplifai was established in 2017 and is headquartered in Oslo, Norway.

Ferd er et familieeid investeringsselskap som er eid av femte og sjette generasjon Andresen.

Investment focus

Energy, Software, Manufacturing
Funding Round, Private Equity, Post-IPO Equity
Norway, Sweden, United States

Portfolio highlights

Ludenso — Ludenso is a software developer of AR solutions for the education industry. To make education more creative and engaging, we are giving editors, authors, and teachers the power to bring their learning resources to life through 3D models, animations, videos, and audio support. This is made possible through the Ludenso Studio, where they can createinclusive learning experiences that enables students to learn in their own way.
wheel.me — The first and only autonomous wheel in the world. The innovation transforms anything into an autonomous mobile robot with minimal effort and without the need to alter its design or form. The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Oslo, Norway.
Nofence — Nofence is a system virtual fencing for grazing animals. Virtual fencing of livestock has been a concept long discussed in academia. The Norwegian ag-tech startup Nofence has since 2011 developed and patented a solution for virtual fencing that has proven to work. The customers say that this will become a real gamechanger for livestock managementsince pastures can easily be defined by a few clicks on a tablet/smartphone. The herd is then safely fenced in and can be monitored. The system will send notifications if something happens. From the global food security perspective, this solution will make it much easier to utilize the uncultivated land for varied and healthy pasture, and make it possible to produce more food on cultivated land.

Innovasjon Norge - vi gir lokale ideer globale muligheter

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
Grant, Seed, Funding Round
Norway, Romania, United States

Portfolio highlights

Leasi — Leasi delivers a forward-thinking rental and resource management system for companies that engage in internal or external distribution of machinery. This is achieved through an ecosystem that emphasizes the excessive use of data and datasharing, with a focus on user experience. Our goal is to create a simpler, more streamlined, and more efficientworkday for industry players by leveraging the power of data and collaboration within the ecosystem to ultimately reduce emissions, increase efficiency and enhance profitability.
Plaace — Proptech company creating vibrant streets and cities by helping property owners choose and connect with the right concepts, at the right place, using the right data.
Carbon Centrum — Measure, Act & Get Rewarded!

Persimmon Hill

Investment focus

iOS, Gaming, Retail
Seed
Norway, United States

Portfolio highlights

UNISOT™ — UNISOT™ is a Norwegian B2B Supply Chain Sustainability PaaS, enabling global supply chain actors to be more sustainable as well as enabling them to prove it to their customers and consumers. With our 360° Supply Chain connectivity we also enable our customers to produce verifiable ESG/Sustainability reporting as well as verifiable End-to-EndScope 3 (GHG) reporting.Our main focus is to provide solutions to all actors of global supply chains to be more sustainable by being more efficient as well as provide tools that enable them to Prove their product Quality, Provenance and Sustainability; all functions that are becoming mandatory with the new regulations like UN/EU Supply Chain Traceability laws, EU Taxonomy for Sustainability and EPA Scope 1,2,3 https://unisot.com/esg.
FYX Gaming — Web3 development platform & scaling solutions on the blockchain, proud creator of CryptoFights.

Unbounded Capital is a blockchain investment firm built by technical founders that understand the entrepreneurial journey; former poker pros that know how to analyze risk; and investors that understand that early-stage investing is not a passive activity.