Oslo, Norway · Startup Aize is an Oslo-based industrial software company founded in 2020 as a spin-off from the Aker Group, drawing on 30 years of industrial software heritage. Its platform creates digital twins of heavy assets — integrating 2D, 3D and 4D data — for engineering, operations, maintenance and project execution in the energy and infrastructure sectors. Aize has a strategic partnership with Aker BP to provide a single source of truth for offshore assets and is deployed on some of Norway's largest oil and gas developments. The company operates globally with around 197 employees across six continents.
Startup Growth Enterprise TechAIEnergySoftware
Oslo, Norway · Startup Ardoq is an Oslo-based cloud-native Enterprise Architecture SaaS platform founded in 2013. It helps large organisations map, analyse and manage their technology portfolios, enabling data-driven digital transformation decisions. Clients include Carlsberg, Condé Nast and the US Federal Communications Commission. The company raised $125 million in a Series D round led by EQT Growth in March 2022, bringing total funding to $159 million at a $300 million valuation. In 2025 it launched an AI governance module to help enterprises oversee AI adoption risk, and appointed a new Chief Revenue Officer to accelerate North American expansion.
Startup Series C Enterprise TechB2B SaaSAISoftware
Nedre Vats, Norway · Startup AutoStore is a Norwegian robotics and warehouse automation company that invented the cube storage system, a high-density automated storage and retrieval technology used by major retailers, logistics providers, and manufacturers worldwide. The system uses robots moving on a grid to retrieve bins from a densely packed cube, dramatically increasing warehouse storage capacity while reducing the physical footprint required. AutoStore went public on the Oslo Stock Exchange in 2021 and serves over 1,250 installations across 50+ countries. The company is one of Norway's most valuable technology exports and a global leader in warehouse robotics innovation.
Startup Public RoboticsLogistics TechWarehouse Automation
Sandnes, Norway · Startup boost.ai is an enterprise conversational AI platform founded in 2016, headquartered in Sandnes with offices in Oslo, Copenhagen, London and Los Angeles. The company's virtual agents consistently achieve resolution rates above 90%, automating thousands of customer interactions daily for banks, telcos and insurers across the Nordics and beyond. Backed by Nordic Capital private equity, boost.ai is recognised as a Leader in Gartner's 2025 Magic Quadrant for Conversational AI Platforms. Its upgraded voice offering, launched in late 2025, extends the platform into next-generation enterprise voice automation.
Startup Growth AIB2B SaaSEnterprise TechSoftware
Oslo, Norway · Startup Cognite is an industrial software company focused on turning fragmented operational data into usable, contextualized infrastructure for heavy industry. Its flagship platform, Cognite Data Fusion, connects information from sensors, historians, engineering systems, and industrial applications so operators can build a unified view of assets such as factories, power systems, and offshore installations. That is important because many large industrial businesses still run on disconnected legacy systems that make analytics, automation, and AI deployment slow and expensive. Cognite's value is not simply storing more data in the cloud, but making industrial data understandable enough to support digital twins, predictive maintenance, operational optimization, and safer decision-making. In the European ecosystem, Cognite represents the software layer of industrial modernization, sitting close to sectors like energy, manufacturing, and infrastructure rather than office-centric SaaS. It is therefore a strong complement to climate and industrial hardware companies already in the directory. For founders and investors, Cognite is a useful example of how enterprise software can scale by solving deep system-integration problems in high-stakes physical industries.
Startup Growth Industrial IoTDataOpsEnterprise Software
Oslo, Norway · Startup Dune (formerly Dune Analytics) is an Oslo-founded open blockchain data analytics platform that makes on-chain data from over 60 networks queryable, shareable and collaborative. Founded in 2018 by Fredrik Haga and Mats Olsen — both former Schibsted engineers — the platform is widely used by DeFi protocols, traders and institutional researchers to build and remix on-chain dashboards. Dune raised $69.4 million in a Series B led by Coatue in February 2022, reaching a $1 billion unicorn valuation. As of early 2026, the company employs 143 people.
Startup Series B BlockchainBig DataWeb3Software
Trondheim, Norway · Startup Eelume is a Trondheim-based deep-tech company spun off from NTNU and SINTEF that develops snake-like autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) for subsea inspection, maintenance and repair. Its flexible, modular robots can be permanently stationed at seabed docking facilities at depths up to 500 metres, performing tasks without surface support vessels. In July 2025 the company launched its M-Series AUVs for deep-sea operations, and in September 2025 Equinor acquired the Eelume S vehicle following successful field demonstrations. Eelume also formed a strategic partnership with Maritime Robotics in October 2025 to advance ocean exploration.
Startup Growth RoboticsDeep TechEnergyIoT
Oslo, Norway · Startup Gelato is an Oslo-founded print-on-demand and production platform that connects e-commerce sellers, creators, and enterprises with a global network of over 130 print partners across 32 countries. The platform enables businesses to sell custom-printed products like t-shirts, wall art, mugs, and photo books that are produced locally near the end customer, reducing shipping times, costs, and carbon emissions. Gelato has raised over $200 million and serves millions of creators through integrations with Shopify, Etsy, and other e-commerce platforms. The company is a leading example of how distributed manufacturing networks can be orchestrated through software to create more sustainable and efficient supply chains.
Startup Growth E-commercePrint-on-DemandSupply Chain Tech
Oslo, Norway · Startup Hyke is a Norwegian zero-emission electric ferry startup founded in 2018 by designer and entrepreneur Bård Eker as a spin-out from Eker Group. Its lightweight, fully electric ferries use up to 88% less energy than diesel equivalents and are designed for autonomous operation in urban and inland waterways. The F-15 shuttle completed a 14-month public transport trial in Fredrikstad carrying over 41,000 passengers between April 2024 and mid-2025. Hyke supplied river shuttles for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games with backing from RIVE Private Investment, and former Norwegian Minister of Transport Ketil Solvik-Olsen joined as a key executive.
Startup Seed MobilityCleanTechClimate TechSustainability
Oslo, Norway · Startup Hystar is an Oslo-based green hydrogen company founded in 2020 as a spin-off from SINTEF. The company manufactures PEM (proton exchange membrane) electrolysers with membranes 90% thinner than conventional alternatives, significantly cutting electricity consumption and the levelised cost of green hydrogen. Hystar raised $36 million in a Series C round in May 2025 co-led by Nysnø Climate Investments and Orlen VC, building on a $26 million Series B in 2023. The company also secured €26 million from the EU Innovation Fund in late 2024 to support construction of a 1.5 GW automated gigafactory in Høvik, Norway, targeting 4.5 GW capacity by 2031.
Startup Series C CleanTechEnergyDeep TechClimate Tech
Oslo, Norway · Startup Kahoot! is an Oslo-based game-based learning platform that has transformed how educators, trainers, and corporate teams engage audiences through interactive quizzes, presentations, and knowledge checks. The platform has hosted billions of cumulative participants across 200+ countries and serves both the K-12 education market and enterprise training use cases. Kahoot! went public on the Oslo Stock Exchange and has acquired complementary edtech products including Clever and Motimate to expand its learning ecosystem. With its combination of consumer virality and enterprise adoption, Kahoot! is one of Norway's most recognizable global technology brands and a defining example of gamification applied to learning at massive scale.
Startup Public EdTechGamificationEnterprise Learning
Oslo, Norway · Startup No Isolation is a Norwegian scale-up founded in 2015 that develops telepresence robots to combat social isolation. Its flagship product, the AV1 robot, serves as a physical avatar in classrooms for children with long-term illness or special education needs, keeping them connected to school and peers when they cannot attend. The company now serves over 900 customers across 19 countries with more than 3,000 AV1 units deployed in around 2,500 schools, supporting over 10,000 children. No Isolation won the 2025 EURORDIS Company Award for Health Technology.
Startup Growth RoboticsDigital HealthEdTechHealthTech
Oslo, Norway · Startup Oda is an Oslo-based online grocery delivery company that has built one of Europe's most efficient automated grocery fulfillment operations. Originally launched as Kolonial.no, the company rebranded to Oda and developed proprietary warehouse automation technology that enables it to pick and deliver grocery orders at significantly lower cost than traditional supermarkets. Oda expanded into Finland and Germany and has raised over $400 million from investors including SoftBank. The company represents Norway's most ambitious attempt at reimagining grocery retail through technology and logistics innovation, offering a compelling alternative to the dark-store model pursued by rapid delivery startups.
Startup Growth Grocery DeliveryE-commerceLogistics Tech
Oslo, Norway · Startup reMarkable is a Norwegian technology company based in Oslo that develops digital paper tablets designed to replicate the feel of writing on paper while reducing digital distraction. It was founded in 2013 by Magnus Haug Wanberg, who conceived the idea while studying at Harvard after finding it hard to focus on a laptop. Its first device, the reMarkable 1, began shipping in 2017, followed by the reMarkable 2 (2020) and the Paper Pro (2024). The company sells e-paper writing devices alongside a Connect subscription service offering features such as cloud storage and handwriting conversion. By May 2022 reMarkable reported it had sold over 1 million devices and reached a $1 billion valuation.
Startup Growth HardwareConsumerProductivity
Bergen, Norway · Startup ScanReach is a Bergen-based maritime IoT company founded in 2015 that provides wireless connectivity inside vessels and offshore installations. Its platform overcomes the challenge of wireless data transmission through complex steel environments, enabling real-time Personnel On-Board tracking for search and rescue, plus asset monitoring, fuel consumption analytics and equipment health data. The company raised NOK 40 million from Norwegian investor Sigurd Steen Aase and secured NOK 18.5 million from Innovation Norway for development milestones. ScanReach partnered with NAVTOR in 2024 to integrate onboard IoT data into the NavFleet ship operations platform.
Startup Series A IoTDeep TechEnterprise TechMobility
Oslo, Norway · Startup Strise is an Oslo-based technology company that builds an AI-powered platform automating anti-money-laundering (AML) and know-your-customer/know-your-business (KYC/KYB) compliance work for banks, fintechs and other financial institutions. Its product automates onboarding, ongoing due diligence, ownership and beneficial-owner mapping, screening, risk scoring, and alert and case triage, built on a proprietary graph that links entities, directors, ownership structures and sanctions exposure into a continuously updated data graph. Founded by Marit Rødevand, Sigve Søråsen and Patrick Skjennum, it maintains an office in London alongside its Oslo headquarters, with reported partners including PwC Norway.
Startup Series A AIRegTechFintechB2B SaaS
Bergen, Norway · Startup Fully digital smart electricity company whose app optimizes household energy use against dynamic spot pricing and automates EV/heating consumption. Founded 2016 in Norway.
Startup Series C EnergyClimate TechConsumer App
Oslo, Norway · Startup Whereby is an Oslo-based video communication platform founded in 2013 (originally as appear.in inside Telenor). It offers browser-based video meetings requiring no downloads or guest logins, and a developer-facing Whereby Embedded API for adding video calling to third-party products. GDPR-compliant and ISO 27001 certified, the platform supports healthcare, telehealth and education use cases. The company raised $12 million in Series A funding from Point Nine and SaaStr in 2021 and saw a 450% user surge during the pandemic, with adoption across 150 countries.
Startup Series A SaaSB2B SaaSDigital HealthDevTools
Trondheim, Norway · Startup Zeabuz is a Trondheim-based maritime autonomy startup founded in 2019 as a spin-off from NTNU. It develops autonomous, zero-emission electric ferry systems for urban waterways, combining advanced sensors, navigation and AI to operate without a crew. In 2023, Zeabuz and Torghatten launched Estelle in Stockholm — the world's first commercial autonomous passenger ferry. In 2025 the company signed a Letter of Intent with Haugesund municipality for Norway's first autonomous city ferry, connecting three urban waterfront locations, and is providing autonomy solutions to additional Scandinavian ferry operators.
Startup Seed RoboticsMobilityCleanTechDeep Tech