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AcceleratorStavanger · Pre-Seed–Seed · 20 people tracked
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Investment thesis
Validé specializes in early-stage entrepreneurship and business development, drawing on 30 years of experience. It provides an ecosystem for innovation, encouraging founders to share their ideas and then investing both time and money in the companies it supports. Ideas Validé has helped develop are described as reaching people's homes, the ocean floor, outer space, and every continent.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 16, 2026.
Team · 20 people
from the firm's website
What they invest in
from 1 of 11 portfolio companiesConsumer ×1Deep Tech ×1Hardware ×1Robotics ×1
HQs:Norway×1
Portfolio companies · 11 tracked
alumni founders can tell you what the program is really like
Jeeves is a collaborative project involving engineers, designers, and researchers focused on developing robotics and mechanical systems.
ConsumerDeep TechHardwareRoboticsStavanger, NO
Hilde Arholm(Daglig leder (CEO))in
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
Badetassen ASBraaten.Technology ASE-kulturskolen ASKeelspot ASKnit&Note ASMasterBlasterNLE ASOpen Horizon ASSandcatch Solutions ASSmart Cube AS
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Validé made?
- Validé has 11 tracked investments.
- What stage does Validé invest at?
- Validé invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages.
- What sectors does Validé focus on?
- Validé focuses on Energy, Healthtech, Sector Agnostic.
- Where is Validé located?
- Validé is headquartered in Stavanger, NO.
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