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Investment thesis
Sondo Capital invests in pre-seed and seed stage teams that have a link to Norway, writing initial checks of roughly 2-6 million NOK. The firm focuses on the core value drivers relevant at the earliest stages: idea quality, team strength, product-market fit, technology risk and financing risk. Its mandates pursue purely financial objectives, and given the limited availability of verifiable ESG data at pre-seed/seed, the firm does not integrate sustainability risks as standalone decision criteria beyond ordinary financial and operational risk assessment.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 16, 2026.
What they invest in
from 32 of 36 portfolio companiesSaaS ×22AI & Machine Learning ×16Enterprise Software ×12Fintech ×8Data & Infrastructure ×5Logistics & Supply Chain ×5Energy ×4Cleantech ×3
HQs:Norway×18United Kingdom×2Canada×1Germany×1Denmark×1Sweden×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 22 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×82 founders×33 founders×74+ founders×4
Where their founders studiedfrom 24 founders with education data
Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) ×11Norwegian School of Economics (NHH) ×2University of Bergen (UiB) ×2University of British Columbia ×2University of Oslo ×2
What their founders studiedfrom 28 founders with field-of-study data
Computer Science ×10Business & Management ×6Economics ×4Engineering ×4Humanities ×3Social Sciences ×3
Where their founders worked beforefrom 30 founders with career history
Forsvaret - Norwegian Armed Forces ×3Oda ×3Otovo ×3Data Nova ×2Disruptive Technologies ×2Google ×2NaDeNo Nanoscience AS ×2Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) ×2
2 founders hold a PhD · 4 hold an MBA (of 30 with degree data)
Investments · 36 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2025 · 52024 · 22023 · 12022 · 19 dated
Amanda is a real-time moderation AI for live streaming and interactive media platforms that automatically detects and blocks harmful content, coordinated harassment, and repeat offenders in chat at scale.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDigital HealthEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSocialGjøvik, NO
Hege Tokerud(CEO & Co-founder)inGard Støe(CTO & Co-founder)inGard Stoe(Founder)
Co-investorsAntlerAntler AustraliaSpintop VenturesFirdaStartuplab Ventures
Bislab aggregates and organizes company credit, financial, and ownership data from public sources to support risk assessment and due diligence.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnergyEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSOslo, NO
Martin Holten(Founder)in
Norwegian AI company whose Breyta.ai assistant synthesizes insights across multiple unstructured files such as interviews and sales calls.
Chris Moen(Founder)Jan Tore Stølsvik(Founder)Vegard Steen(Founder)
Co-investorsSNÖ VenturesAntlerMartin HenkPeakUnpopular Ventures
Cardboard offers a SaaS platform for managing software subscriptions and expenses, including card issuing for secure purchasing and automated accounting.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSOslo, NO
Andreas Røyrvik(Co-founder and CPO)inJakob Gerhard Martinussen(Co-founder and CTO)inStein Magnus Jodal(Co-founder and COO)inVidhi Kumar(Co-founder and CGO)inOle Daniel Nitter(CEO)inSwati Srivastava(Head of Design)in
Co-investorsProVentureRunwayFBUInnovation NorwaySkyfall Ventures
Catchwise provides satellite AIS tracking and fishing activity analysis, giving global visibility into vessel positions, movements, and operations.
AgTechAI & Machine LearningClimate TechData & InfrastructureFoodTechLogistics & Supply ChainSaaSSpace TechOslo, NO
Jonas Dammen(Founder)in
Co-investorsDreamcraft
Curipod develops an interactive learning platform designed to encourage classroom engagement and discussion.
AI & Machine LearningEdTechSaaS
Jens Seip(CEO)inEirik Berre(COO)inFrikk Fossan(CTO)in
Co-investorsEdovate CapitalReach Capital
Dune provides normalized blockchain datasets covering 130+ chains, including stablecoin, prediction market, tokenized real-world asset, and token balance data, delivered into customers' existing data warehouses such as Snowflake, Databricks, or BigQuery.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintechOslo, NO
FredrikMatsFredrick Haga(Founder)Fredrik Haga(Founder)Mat Olsen(Founder)Mats Julian Olsen(Founder)
Co-investorsAmbush CapitalBitDAOCoinbase VenturesCoinFundDigital Currency GroupDivergence+16 more
Enode provides APIs that enable energy companies and climate tech startups to coordinate electricity demand and supply by automatically optimizing consumer energy usage based on renewable availability and pricing.
Advanced ManufacturingCleantechClimate TechData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnergyIoTSaaSOslo, NO
Henrik Langeland(Founder)inNikolai Heum(Founder)inThorvald Thorsnes(Founder)
Co-investorsLowercarbon CapitalCreandumAlliance VCAlliance VentureBoxGroupSkyfall Ventures+5 more
Fairsight is an assessment platform that provides psychometric and talent assessments designed to reduce bias in hiring and improve workplace diversity.
AI & Machine LearningHR TechSaaSOslo, NO
Lasse Hønsen(Founder)inEspen Skorstad(Co-founder)in
Fronted provides a global hiring and employment system that handles talent sourcing, recruitment, and payroll management for companies expanding internationally.
Enterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkHR TechSaaS
Hans Kjellby(Co-founder)
Co-investorsPassion CapitalAntler
Hemi is a specialized private clinic for diagnosing and treating headache disorders — including migraine, tension headache, cluster headache, concussion, and whiplash-related symptoms — in both children and adults.
Digital HealthHealthtechWellness & FitnessFrederiksberg, DK
Co-investorsAlliance VCAlliance VentureCrowberry CapitalAccelOCV PartnersRibbit Capital
HEMI provides a proprietary clinical AI platform serving hospitals, clinicians, and patients across Southeast Asia, with particular strength in Malaysia.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthEnterprise SoftwareHealthtechLondon, GB
Dr. Ezam Mat Ali(Founder & CEO)inLilyana Abdul Latiff(Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer)Dr. Saifol Bahri Shamlan(Co-Founder and Chief Financial Officer)Hemy Sorfina Halim(Co-Founder and Chief Marketing Officer)
Co-investorsAlliance VCCrowberry Capital
Installer.com provides software that lets companies manage physical product installation operations in one system, from order creation to verified completion, including payments, workflow, and access to a verified installer network.
Enterprise SoftwareLogistics & Supply ChainSaaS
Co-investorsBrighteye VenturesPT1Sprettert
Lightsonic uses fibre sensing technology combined with existing infrastructure to detect leaks across water utility networks.
CleantechDeep TechIoT
NaDeNo develops nanoparticle drug delivery technology that encapsulates hard-to-deliver molecules through a proprietary one-step process without chemical modification.
BiotechDeep TechMedical DevicesOslo, NO
Annbjørg Falck(Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer)inYrr Mørch(Co-founder & Chief Technology Officer)in
Co-investorsFarvatn VenturePlanet 9 Capital
OmniMod develops a modular hardware and AI-powered software system for warehouses and distribution centers to automate material handling tasks including sorting, buffering, consolidation, and routing.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareHardwareLogistics & Supply ChainRoboticsOslo, NO
Tobias Drage Roti(Founder)in
Ordinary Objects provides design and prototyping tools for mixed reality projects, enabling designers to create visual representations of spatial experiences for stakeholders and developers.
Developer ToolsHardwareMobility & TransportationSaaS
Co-investorsTomorrow Today ASBakken & Bæck ASFoundamental
Reliable AI develops tools and solutions for responsible and ethical artificial intelligence applications, serving researchers and organizations seeking to understand how language models represent and process information.
AI & Machine LearningEdTechEnterprise SoftwareLegalTechSaaSOslo, NO
Markus Kreutzer(CEO, Co-Founder)inHalvor Tyseng(CTO, Co-Founder)inJonas Timmann Mjaaland(CPO, Co-Founder)inTor Ole Bigton Odden(Co-Founder)Anders Malthe-Sørenssen(Co-Founder)
Co-investorsCalm VenturesCoatue ManagementEclipseGaingelsIsland Green CapitalLightspeed Venture Partners+7 more
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Riff is a voice communication tool that lets team members talk to each other on demand, with controls over individual availability.
Enterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaS
Co-investorsBalderton CapitalGlobal Founders CapitalIllusianMaki.vcNorthzoneSkyfall Ventures
Riff builds AI agents that automate the operational work behind manufacturing orders — including quoting, procurement, planning, logistics, invoice matching, and supplier follow-up — running on top of existing ERP systems like SAP, Oracle, Infor, and Microsoft.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningLogistics & Supply ChainBend, NO
Bobby Evers(Manager of Riff LLC)Paul Evers(Manager of Riff LLC)Nate Armbrust(Manager of Riff LLC)
Co-investorsNorthzoneSkyfall VenturesGlobal Founders CapitalIllusianMaki.vcVTF Capital
Skye develops technology for managing energy and flexibility within industrial processes, drawing on expertise in control systems, industrial automation, and energy market trading.
AI & Machine LearningCleantechEnergyEnterprise Software
Tor Espen Steinvik(CEO)inAndreas Lundgren(COO)inLinus Frosteryd(CTO)in
Co-investorsbyFoundersCourse Corrected VC Holding IIHAWKTAILTransitionTransition GlobalEmblem+1 more
Spare builds software that enables partners to operate microtransit, paratransit, and ride-sharing services.
AI & Machine LearningB2B MarketplacesGovTechLogistics & Supply ChainMobility & TransportationSaaSVancouver, CA
Kristoffer Vik HanseninJosh AndrewsinAlexey Indeevin
Co-investorsInovia CapitalKensington Capital Partners LimitedTransLink Capital500 GlobalMENAMiddle East Venture Partners (MEVP)+1 more
Spring provides on-chain token distribution and vesting tools for Web3 communities, supporting complex vesting schedules (cliffs, daily, monthly, multi-period), automated token allocation calculations, wallet collection, and a decentralized claim portal.
Crypto & Web3FintechMarketplacesSaaS
Sebastian Almnes(Founder)in
Co-investorsSkyfall VenturesSNÖ VenturesKraken VenturesAble PartnersGeneration Investment ManagementGingerbread Capital+7 more
Strise builds an automated financial-crime compliance platform that handles customer onboarding, continuous risk monitoring, ownership mapping, and alert triage for banks and large enterprises.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityFintechOslo, NO
Marit Rødevand(Founder and Chief Executive Officer)in
Co-investorsActivant CapitalAtomicoCuriosity VCLikeminded.VcRiver Venture PartnersSkyfall Ventures+1 more
Tana is a workspace platform designed to help humans, teams, and computers collaborate more effectively.
AI & Machine LearningFuture of WorkSaaSSector AgnosticPalo Alto, NO
Tarjei M. Vassbotn(CIO/Founder)inOlav S. Kriken(CEO/Founder)inGrim H. Iversen(CAIO/Founder)inGrim Iversen(Founder)Olav Kriken(Founder)Olav Sindre Kriken(Founder)
Co-investorsAlliance VentureLa FamigliaLightspeed Venture PartnersNorthzoneTola Capitalfirstminute capital+1 more
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Tundra Drone develops modular UAV payloads and mission accessories—including visible/IR lighting, precision droppers, speakers and laser pointers—that extend the operational range of small drones.
Defense TechHardwareRoboticsKautokeino, NO
Two provides net terms (buy-now-pay-later) infrastructure for B2B sellers, automating the order-to-cash lifecycle including invoicing, reminders, dunning, credit decisioning, and fraud prevention through AI risk engines.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaSOslo, NO
Edward Brandler(Founder)Andreas Mjelde(Founder)Kiran Thomas(Founder)
Co-investorsAlliance VCAlliance VentureAlumni VenturesAntlerArkwright XBring Ventures+11 more
Unleash provides feature management tools for developers to simplify software development and enable faster delivery of applications.
Developer ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSOslo, NO
Ivar Østhus(CTO)inEgil ØsthusinKohji NAKAZATO(Founder)in
Co-investorsAlliance VCAlliance Venturefirstminute capitalFrontline VenturesSpark Capital
Unloc offers a mobile app and cloud-based control center that turn physical keys into digital ones, letting users open doors, share access, and manage entry to buildings from anywhere.
IoTPropTechSaaS
August Flatby(Founder)Kris Riise(Founder)
Co-investorsAutonomy CapitalBuidlHodl CapitalFuturistic.VCKhosla VenturesStratos Technologies
Versiro is founded by an academic researcher focused on electricity markets and renewable energy integration.
Climate TechEnergyFintechSaaS
Simon Risanger(Co-founder & CEO)in
Co-investorsAlliance VCAlliance Venture
We Are Learning builds an authoring platform for creating interactive, immersive learning content featuring AI-driven talking avatar characters, with multilingual AI voices and SCORM/LMS export for use in corporate and educational training.
AI & Machine LearningEdTechSaaS
Co-investorsDNV VenturesDreamcraft
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
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Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companies
Curipod · aitoolsbakery.com · Sep 11, 2026
Enode · trysignalbase.com · Mar 25, 2026
Unleash · getunleash.io · Mar 4, 2026
Hemi · eu-startups.com · Feb 20, 2026
Riff · riff.ai · Oct 27, 2025
NaDeNo · nadeno.com · Oct 23, 2025
Lightsonic · finsmes.com · May 7, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Sondo Capital made?
- Sondo Capital has 36 tracked investments, including 5 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Sondo Capital invest at?
- Sondo Capital invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages.
- What is Sondo Capital's typical check size?
- Sondo Capital typically writes checks of $190K – $570K.
- What sectors does Sondo Capital focus on?
- Sondo Capital focuses on Sector Agnostic.
- Who does Sondo Capital co-invest with?
- Sondo Capital most often shares deals with Alliance VC, Alliance Venture, Skyfall Ventures, among 61 tracked co-investors.
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