| Date | Title | Description |
| 14.03.2024 | Impact Insights #13 | â The EU law on due diligence in value chains blocked last-minute
The adoption of the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD), after being provisionally approved by the EU Parliament two months ago, has been put on hold. A... |
| 11.02.2024 | Impact Insights #12 | â 2023 broke the record for the hottest year ever witnessed; scientists agree we will reach 1.5°C before 2030
In 2015 in Paris, 196 countries committed to keeping the global average temperature to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels. This is... |
| 02.02.2024 | Norselab invests in Inseanergy - aims to replace fossil energy generation with floating solar | The world's energy systems require a drastic transformation to reduce emissions and achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Most remote regions of the world, such as island states, lack infrastructure for renewables. Fossil fuels, esp... |
| 31.01.2024 | 5 Impact Trends to Keep an Eye on in 2024 | Impact investing shows no signs of slowing down. Despite the lingering effects of global macro challenges on global markets, impact is increasingly becoming mainstream. Sources of capital are multiplying, and there is significant growth in ... |
| 22.01.2024 | Norselab invests in circularity and sustainable food systems | Norselab announces two new investments in Meaningful Equity II, strengthening its focus on sustainable food systems and circularity.
- We must continue investing to address the urgent change our world needs, even during difficult times. sa... |
| 15.01.2024 | Norselab is now a Certified B Corporationâ˘, joining the global community of businesses meeting high standards of social and environmental impact. | This article is a collaborative effort by Maja Granli Jensen and Kenza Akallal.
Leading Nordic impact investment platform Norselab announces its B Corporation certification. The certification marks a great milestone for the asset manager o... |
| 13.01.2024 | Impact Insights - December '23 | â The EU council and parliament agree on European âTransparency Actâ, imposing human rights and environment to be accounted for through operations, subsidiaries, and business partners.
The Council and European Parliament have provisionally... |
| 13.01.2024 | Norselab further strengthens impact team, welcomes two new talents
Norselab further strengthens impact team, welcomes two new talents | Sustainability professionals Inès van Tol and Christiaan Griffejoen join Norselabâs pursuit of impact across asset classes.
In response to increased activity, Norselab expands its impact team, welcoming two Impact Analysts, Inès van Tol an... |
| 17.09.2023 | Impact Insights - August '23 | Curated by our Sustainability Specialist, Kenza Akallal.
â Violation of international human rights
Climate and human rights agendas are aligning. In an unprecedented letter, the UN is warning Saudi Aramco that the company and its financ... |
| 06.08.2023 | Impact Insights - July '23 | Curated by our Sustainability Specialist, Kenza Akallal.
â Hottest month in 120,000 years
July has broken global temperature records, with the world's hottest day being broken three times in the first week of the month. Many scientists ag... |
| 09.07.2023 | Impact Insights - June '23 | Curated by our Sustainability Specialist, Kenza Akallal.
â One step closer to consistent and verifiable sustainability disclosure
The International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) has issued its long-awaited inaugural standards. The... |
| 11.06.2023 | Impact Insights - May '23 | Curated by our Sustainability Strategist, Ă
sne Burgess Ăyehaug.
â A turning point for impact investing
A new white paper from the World Economic Forum (WEF) has surveyed the impact investing landscape and concluded that impact investing ha... |
| 11.06.2023 | Norselabâs 2022 Meaningfulness Report is out | In a world that is craving for positive change, Norselab has been at the forefront of proving that impact is the future of investing. We are pleased to present our Meaningfulness Report for 2022, which showcases our commitment to driving re... |
| 09.05.2023 | Norselab invests in Beefutures to make bees the custodians of biodiversity | Norselabâs Meaningful Equity II fund leads an 18 MNOK Seed round investment in Beefutures to harness the power of bees as the custodians of biodiversity. In a world where biodiversity has become a critical issue, initiatives such as the COP... |
| 02.05.2023 | Impact Insights - April '23 | Curated by our Sustainability Specialist, Kenza Akallal
â The future will be shaped by decisions we make today.
The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has published the synthesis of the worldâs most comprehensive assessmen... |
| 12.04.2023 | Impact Insights - March '23 | Curated by our Sustainability Strategist, Ă
sne Burgess Ăyehaug.
â From framework for action on nature.
March 3rd was World Wildlife Day. What better way to celebrate this occasion than to bring you news worthy of cautious excitement. Follo... |
| 12.04.2023 | Chasing unicorns is not going to bridge the 7 trillion calorie gap | On paper, the deployment of USD $28.6bn of impact venture funding in the food space since 2020, according to Dealroom, seems to represent a significant step towards addressing the challenges facing our global food systems. It accounts for 1... |
| 01.03.2023 | Impact Insights - February '23 | Curated by our Sustainability Strategist, Ă
sne Burgess Ăyehaug.
â Sustainability-linked bonds disappoint, so far.
Sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs) are bonds tied to sustainability-linked time-bound targets, such as emissions reductions.... |
| 23.02.2023 | Norselab expands team with London-based Head of Investor relations | Natalie Daw joins Norselab as Head of Investor relations. She will be key to Norselabâs international growth and expansion plans, working closely with both group leadership and the broader teams to attract and close top-tier investors for o... |
| 23.02.2023 | Impact Insights - January '23 | Curated by our Sustainability Specialist, Kenza Akallal.
â COP15: A historic deal to protect nature.
In December, a Global Biodiversity Framework was agreed on during COP15 (âConference of the Parties''; the formal meeting of the partie... |
| 23.02.2023 | Top 5 Impact Investing Trends to Watch in 2023 | As impact investing gains momentum, the industry is poised for exciting developments in the coming year. At Norselab, we've been keeping a close eye on the latest trends and predictions for impact investing; here is our take on what to expe... |
| 21.11.2022 | Norselab expands into credit with Meaningful Impact High Yield fund | Leading Nordic impact investment platform, Norselab, is launching its first actively managed high yield fund. Meaningful Impact High Yield is the first high yield fund in the Nordics that is dedicated to impact, and classified as Article 9 ... |
| 02.11.2022 | Norselab unveils new fund to funnel more capital to Nordic impact ventures | Norselab expands the toolbox for founders and inventors with an impact-focused Structured Equity fund to deliver on the untapped growth potential of low dilution funding in the Nordics.
Norselab announces its plans for a new Structured Equ... |
| 30.10.2022 | Norselabâs three takeaways from the 2022 GIIN Investor Forum | Mid October, Norselab traveled to The Hague for the much-awaited Global Impact Investing Networkâs 2022 Investor Forum, the largest the largest in-person gathering for the global impact ecosystem. On the agenda: Advancing and scaling the im... |
| 23.09.2022 | The State of the Nordic Impact Venture Scene | Dealroom, a global provider of data and intelligence on startups and tech ecosystems published its latest insight report The State of Nordic Impact Startups 2022 at Stockholm Impact Week last week. I had the pleasure of being on a panel led... |
| 13.09.2022 | Why impact investors should care about the EU Taxonomyâs âminimum safeguardsâ | The deadline for giving feedback on the draft report on criteria for the âminimum safeguardsâ in the EU Taxonomy was last week. The âminimum safeguardsâ ensure that human rights are an integral part of an âenvironmentally sustainableâ activ... |
| 10.09.2022 | ESG is in for an overhaul. Itâs time to do good, not less bad. | Dark skies are looming over ESG and the USD 2.7 trn sustainable investing world. Itâs been the talk of the town these past few months: are so-called âgreenâ or âsustainableâ investments not all theyâre made up to be?
Some of the biggest na... |
| 10.09.2022 | Three new investment partners join Norselab | Norselab strengthens its investment team with experienced growth and scaling professionals Heidi Kopperud, Jean-Guillaume Marquaire, and Alexander Farooq.
Meaningful Equity II, Norselab's second impact fund in the venture space, was launch... |
| 08.06.2022 | Norselab expands its impact team with Sustainability Strategist joining from Hydro | Ă
sne Burgess Ăyehaug joins Norselab as a Sustainability Strategist. She will work hands-on with various portfolio companies in the Norselab funds to build and implement sustainability strategies, focusing on each companyâs business model, v... |
| 01.06.2022 | Norselab invests in Plateful: âWe want to help create more sustainable food systems.â | Plateful works to ensure that more of the food we produce in the world today reaches our plates. Enabling seamless cooperation between producers, wholesalers, and customers, Plateful helps us make better use of the food resources that are a... |
| 01.06.2022 | Paving the way for Meaningful growth: Norselabâs brand refreshed. | It all started with a venture studio back in 2015. We specialized in co-founding meaningful industrial tech companies together with several top class founders. As we were quite successful in building companies that addressed major industry ... |
| 17.01.2022 | Norselab invests in Tau Tech's cutting-edge technology for sustainable seabed-harvesting | Dredging the seabed for bottom-dwelling species is controversial internationally, and banned in Norway. Through a five-year research project, Norwegian company Tau Tech has developed a technology enabling sustainable seafood harvesting from... |
| 04.01.2022 | Capricorn Investment Group takes 20% stake in Norselab's European Impact Investment Platform | PRESS RELEASE
Capricorn Investment Group makes their first move into the Nordic venture space with their investment in Norselab, an Oslo-based European impact investment manager for private capital.
- With their thoughtful approach to inn... |
| 29.12.2021 | Norselab launches fund dedicated to venture debt | Norselab is setting out to establish a world-class capital- and competence hub for meaningful growth companies, and look for new ways to empower founders. Now they aim to fill another gap in the market by offering growth loans to companies ... |
| 08.12.2021 | Norselab appoints two new partners to join top management | As Norselab expands its fund activities, building system value is on top of the agenda. Sophie Grindstad and Maria de Perlinghi, who have both been central to developing Norselab over the past three years, are appointed as partners and set ... |
| 15.11.2021 | Norselab expands impact team, brings onboard sustainability specialist from BlackRock | In preparation for the launch of several new fund initiatives, Norselab ups its sustainability focus, building an internal impact team to support its ecosystem of funds. Former VP in Sustainable Investing at BlackRock, Kenza Akallal, is the... |
| 21.10.2021 | âItâs the end users we need to engageâ. Norselab portfolio WasteIQ rebrands to Carrot. | In February, Norselab announced a new investment within the circularity theme with a 30 MNOK investment into the Bergen-based company WasteIQ. 8 months later, the company has undergone a complete rebranding process, resurfacing as Carrot. W... |
| 06.07.2021 | Come join our quest to build tomorrowâs sustainable industry companies! | At Norselab, we back founding teams targeting industrial technology startups and scaleups with the ambition to create net positive impact for people and the planet. Now we are ramping up our activity and weâre looking for more driven and en... |
| 30.06.2021 | Antec Biogas aims to take the lead in the global green energy shift - brings on board investment funds Lightrock and Norselab | Antec Biogas is riding the circular wave, and are ready to introduce their first-of-its-kind biogas technology into global markets. Investment funds Lightrock and Norselab, both focusing strongly on sustainable technology, have come onboard... |
| 28.06.2021 | Better cancer prognostics using AI: Norselab invests in health tech company DoMore together with serial entrepreneur Ăyvind Grotmol | Norwegian health tech company DoMore is aiming internationally with their world-class cancer prognostics, raising NOK 15 million for commercialization from investment fund Norselab and entrepreneurial ace Ăyvind Grotmol.
Faulty assessments... |
| 04.06.2021 | Highlights from Norselabâs Meaningfulness Report | 2020 marked the beginning of Norselabâs journey for creating net positive impact through investments in meaningful technology companies.
In their recent Meaningfulness Report, they shed light on their impact philosophy and how it translate... |
| 30.04.2021 | Proptech: solving the sustainability puzzle | Reducing the footprint in one of the worldâs least digitized and most resource-intensive industries is an urgent matter. Fortunately, new technologies are helping establish new business models boosting productivity while utilizing limited r... |
| 06.04.2021 | Norselab portfolio company 24onoff rebrands to Svenn, taking a stand for proud and responsible craftsmanship. | - With the rebranding of the company, the Svenn team is building an emotional connection with builders, hopefully giving them a strong competitive edge going forward.
Saas company 24onoff was welcomed to the Norselab portfolio in 2020. The... |
| 23.03.2021 | Ardoq raises NOK 225 million in growth round, welcomes Norselab as investor | Norselab invests in Ardoq in heavily oversubscribed issue round, backing their international expansion.
The Enterprise Architechture company welcomes a series of new investors including both private investors and family offices, pension fu... |
| 25.02.2021 | Turning waste into resources. Norselab identifies digitized waste as sustainability catalyst. | Norwegian growth fund Norselab enters waste technology and invests a total of 30MNOK into WasteIQ. - If we are to eliminate the worldâs giant junkyard, we need to digitize the waste streams.
-Today, itâs expensive for people to get rid of ... |
| 15.02.2021 | Norwayâs spearhead into Silicon Valley, Gro Dyrnes, returns to the Norwegian business scene; joins Norselab as partner | Since 2014, Gro has been Innovation Norwayâs Regional Director Americas, based in Silicon Valley. Gro has worked daily with Norwegian tech companies aiming to expand internationally.
Having acted as a spearhead into the worldâs most dynami... |
| 12.02.2021 | Norselab has successfully raised NOK 600m for Norselab Fund I â strong momentum ahead of final close | Norselab has raised a total of NOK 600m for its new growth fund, with investors including Norwegian and US family offices, prominent tech founders, institutional investors and Investinor. The fundraising continues with strong momentum ahead... |
| 09.02.2021 | 5 reasons why 2021 will be the year of venture in Norway
Written by: | Although the past year has been challenging for most industries, the Norwegian startup ecosystem is in better shape than ever. In a decade, the startup scene has gone from being almost nonexistent to a steadily growing crowd of high potenti... |
| 18.12.2020 | Nofence expands internationally with digital fence solution â brings on board Momentum and Norselab in growth round | Nofence has worked intensively with product development over the past year and is ready for a leap into the growth phase. With a world-leading, digital fence solution and 1,700 enthusiastic customers, the Norwegian technology scaleup will n... |
| 08.10.2020 | Norselab becomes a signatory of the UN-supported Principles for Responsible Investment | Oct 8, 2020
As part of their commitment to investing in growth companies with positive impact on people and the planet, Norselab announces that they have become a signatory of the United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investm... |
| 30.04.2020 | Norselabâs portfolio companies prove resilient during COVID-19 | All-digital, cloud-based companies enjoy a clear advantage right now, which results from two of Norselab's portfolio companies clearly demonstrates.
A report published by LocalGlobe & Latitude on behalf of a number of investment compan... |
| 06.03.2020 | Women, claim your shares! | When I first started writing this blogpost, the dust from last yearâs International Womenâs Day debates had hardly settled. Headlines and debates early 2019 were heavily skewed towards the absence of women on the entrepreneurial scene and t... |
| 10.02.2020 | Qlearsite employee engagement technology expands into the Nordics | Norselab company Qlearsite provides advanced employee engagement technology to a range of companies across the UK, Western Europe and North America. The software company has now opened a dedicated Oslo-office to serve companies in the Nordi... |
| 21.01.2020 | The Value of Values | Wherever you work in the business world, identifying the values of your organization brings the benefit of a strong and healthy company culture and empowered employees. However, your values will only bring value if they spring from true bel... |
| 19.12.2019 | What computer science can teach us about decision-making in business | According to neuroscientists, we make about 35 000 small and big decisions every day*. In business, we collectively make decisions that are sometimes widely important â but how do we know whether those decisions are as good as they should b... |
| - | Make your values count | No matter what kind of company you are: identifying and nurturing the values of your organization helps to forge a healthy company culture, and empowers employees. But values will only be beneficial if they spring from true beliefs and conv... |
| - | Norselabâs 2021 Meaningfulness Report is out | With the ambition of becoming one of Europeâs leading impact investors, Norselab continues to strengthen its impact approach. Guided by the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Norselab backs net positive companies with capital and comp... |
| - | Foundersâ journeys: Ăystein Tvedt | In this series of articles, we meet the founders of Norselabâs portfolio companies. Discover what is driving them and what challenges they have overcome on their journeys.
Ăystein Tvedt is one of six founders and the CEO of Tau Tech, a tec... |
| - | Top Nordic credit analyst Ole Einar Stokstad to join Norselab from DNB Markets | Earlier this year, Norselab announced its ambition to build a leading European impact investment platform. The impact investor made a first move to expand across asset classes when partnering with top-performing Nordic portfolio manager Tom... |
| - | Nordic top-performing portfolio manager Tom Hestnes to build credit fund with impact investor Norselab | As part of the ambition to build a leading European impact investment platform, Norselab joins forces with Tom Hestnes to build a series of impact-focused credit funds. Hestnes, who, during his past seven years at Alfred Berg, has become a ... |
| - | Norselab backs Wanda to introduce circular logistics in urban Europe | Wandaâs circular logistics platform helps people take better care of their things and increase their utilization. Addressing circularity and resource efficiency, particularly in urban areas, hits the mark with the impact mandate of Norselab... |
| - | Norselab launches second growth fund Meaningful Equity II, less than two years after launch of first fund. | Leading Norwegian impact investor Norselab is launching its second growth fund, Meaningful Equity II, less than two years after the launch of its first fund. The investor aims to create positive impact and capital returns with its new fund ... |
