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Best High Tech Companies in Viken, Norway

The 35 best High Tech companies in Viken, Norway in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: IDEX.

35companies tracked
$247Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
11have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · HIGH TECH × VIKEN

Our analysis of 1,127 High Tech companies

$222.2b in tracked funding; 89% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.

1,127companies analysed
89%cloud-native stacks
2025funding peak (by rounds)
124unicorns
2018median founding year
85kcombined LinkedIn audience
59%of audience held by top 3
3companies hiring publicly (12 mo)

Ranked: Best High Tech companies in Viken

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageFounderFoundedTech stackPatents & IP focusRecent signals
1IDEX
Developer of biometric authentication cards for access and payment security
$140M9 mo agoPublicStan Swearingen
CEO
1996WordPress Block EditorWordPressMySQL+23——
2Norsk Titanium
Manufacturing performance critical titanium components for aerospace and industrial applications
$43M46 mo agoPublicAlf Bjorseth
Co-Founder
2007Craft CMSApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+11223 patents
Real-time standoff distance monitoring and distortion control for laser-directed energy deposition additive manufacturing
—
3Saga Robotics
Agricultural robotics transforming farming with autonomous solutions for crop protection and labor efficiency
$33M13 mo agoSeries CPal From
Founder & CEO
2016WordPressMySQLPHP+165 patents
Robotic fruit harvesting devices and substrate dispensing tools for precision agriculture.
—
4TriEye
Internet-first brand offering multi-sports eyewear
$20M87 mo agoSeries ACarsten Fongen
Chief Executive Officer
2011Cart FunctionalityShopifyApple iCloud Mail+282 patents
Dual‑view eyeglass lenses enabling simultaneous forward and rearward vision.
—
5Iris.Ai
Developer of an AI platform for enterprise research and development
$9M27 mo agoSeries AJacobo Elosua
Co-Founder & CMO
2015SentryTypeScriptTailwind CSS+20—1 partnership
6ProfMOF
Developer of metal organic frameworks
$2M116 mo agoFunding RaisedKarl Petter Lillerud
Co-Founder
2015WordPressMySQLPHP+14——
7qbee
Provider of IoT-based device management solution
$150K71 mo agoFunding RaisedJon Bjornstad
Co-Founder
2017WebflowAmazon Web ServicesStripe+22——
8SeaSmart
Integrated hardware and software platform for environment monitoring of offshore aquaculture cages and data…
$121K118 mo agoPublicAndreas Morland
CEO
2015—10 patents
Autonomous underwater drones for fish monitoring and aquaculture management
—
9StalkIT
Manufacturer of GNSS-based positioning systems for enterprises
$110K77 mo agoDeadpooledMarcos Texido
CEO
2017———
10AnsuR
Public safety alerts solutions for emergency incident management
$20K75 mo agoSeedHarald Skinnemoen
Founder & Owner
2005———

Top 12 High Tech companies in Viken

#1
Public · Fornebu, Viken · founded 1996 · 93 employees
$139.9Mraised
▾

Developer of biometric authentication cards for access and payment security. These cards offer fingerprint authentication for physical entry, digital login, and payments. The cards are designed to integrate with existing identity platforms and payment systems. They provide security against phishing, AI-driven attacks, and unauthorized access.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 6k LinkedIn followers — 7.4% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Dec 2025Post IPO$2.2M
  • Jul 2025Post IPO$2.9M
  • Sep 2024Post IPO$6.6M
  • Nov 2023Post IPO$3.2M
Founders & team
Stan SwearingenCEOCatharina EklofChief Executive Officer
Investors
Woodford Investment Management, Invesco Mutual Fund, Proxima
Tech stack
Amazon Web ServicesAutoptimizeCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementComplianzCore-Js
#2
Series C · Ski, Viken · founded 2016 · 17 employees
$32.5Mraised
▾

Agricultural robotics transforming farming with autonomous solutions for crop protection and labor efficiency. Saga Robotics develops and provides Thorvald, a multi-functional autonomous robot designed for agriculture. Thorvald offers solutions for powdery mildew control through UV-C treatment and performs various autonomous tasks in farms and vineyards. The robot is suitable for polytunnels, open fields, and vineyards, offering features like all-wheel drive, all-wheel steering, rugged design, and an industry-leading navigation system. It promotes sustainability through emission-free operation and reduces the need for chemical treatments. The modular system allows for customization to meet specific on-farm needs, increasing yield and profitability. The company partners with growers to protect crops, increase quality, and enable a more sustainable future, offering a cost-effective and adaptable solution for modern farming.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 8k LinkedIn followers — 8.9% of this cohort's audience
Hiring: 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public) · hiring: Business Controller
Funding rounds
  • Aug 2025Series C$11.3M
  • Jan 2024Series C$11.5M
  • Oct 2022Series B$9.7M
  • Sep 2020Series B$11.3M
Founders & team
Pal FromFounder & CEO
Investors
Aker ASA, Nysno, Rabo Investments, Hatteland, Propagator Ventures, Cibus Fund
Tech stack
BootstrapGodaddyGoogle WorkspaceGsapHstsLodash
#3
Series A · Haslum, Viken · founded 2015 · 23 employees
$8.7Mraised
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Developer of an AI platform for enterprise research and development. The platform facilitates the connection, orchestration, evaluation, and deployment of agentic RAG AI workflows. It offers tools for building, managing, and monitoring AI systems. The platform supports data ingestion, custom evaluation frameworks, and performance monitoring. It also provides training for managing agents and crafting prompts.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 11k LinkedIn followers — 12.6% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 partnerships (incl. Amazon Web Services (AWS)) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • May 2024Series A$8.3M
  • Jan 2023Series A$12.9M
  • Jan 2023Grant (prize money)$2.6M
  • Nov 2018Grant (prize money)$56.9K
Founders & team
Jacobo ElosuaCo-Founder & CMO
Investors
Europa, Founders Factory, Silverline Capital, EIC Fund, 500 Nordics, Singularity University
Tech stack
Amazon ElbAmazon SesAmazon Web ServicesAngularAws Certificate ManagerCloudflare
#4
Public · Honefoss, Viken · founded 2007 · 92 employees
$43.4Mraised
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Norsk Titanium manufactures titanium components for various industrial applications such as aerospace, Defence, Energy, etc. They patented their proprietary plasma arc Rapid Plasma Deposition (RPD) technology or Direct Metal Deposition(DMD) technology. They collaborated with Alcoa to launch joint 3D Printing technology and Industrial Cooperation Program.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 8k LinkedIn followers — 9.7% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 partnerships (incl. Airbus) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Nov 2022Post IPO—
  • May 2021Series B$25M
  • Nov 2017Series B—
  • Sep 2017Series B$10.3M
Founders & team
Alf BjorsethCo-Founder
Investors
Rose Park Advisors, Insight Equity, Piper Jaffray, Ferd, Fortress, Harbert Management
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailAzureAzure Front DoorCdnjsCloudflareCraft Cms
#5
Series A · Svelvik, Viken · founded 2011 · 1 employees
$20Mraised
▾

Trieye is an internet-first brand offering multi-sports eyewear. The company specializes in designing eyewear which is equipped with a patented integrated mirror that allows users to check onto the traffic behind. It is also equipped with air vents to increase the airflow behind the lens and rubberized nose pads. Caters to both men & women engaged in biking, running, rowing, and others.

Funding rounds
  • May 2019Series A$17M
  • Nov 2017Seed$3M
Founders & team
Carsten FongenChief Executive Officer
Investors
Grove Ventures, Intel Capital
Tech stack
Alpine.JsAmazon SesAmazon Web ServicesAmerican ExpressAosApple Icloud Mail
#6
Funding Raised · Kongsberg, Viken · founded 2015 · 1 employees
$2.2Mraised
▾

ProfMOF is a company that is engaged in the development of metal organic frameworks suited for a variety of industrial applications. The company specializes in the research and development of MOFs with exceptional thermal, chemical, and mechanical stability. These type of MOFs are developed by scientists at Universitetet i Oslo (UiO) and is called UiO-66. These MOFs are comprised of the Zr₆(O)₄(OH)₄ building blocks. The UiO-66 MOFs are stable up to 400 degrees and can have surface-areas from 800 to 7000 m²/g.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 1k LinkedIn followers
Activity: 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Jan 2017Grant (prize money)$673.4K
  • Jul 2016Grant (prize money)$1.5M
Founders & team
Svein-Olav ToroCEOKarl Petter LillerudCo-FounderNorbert StockCo-Founder
Investors
Europa, Inven2
Tech stack
WordpressMysqlPhpColibri WpNginxWordpress Multisite
#7
Funding Raised · Trollasen, Viken · founded 2017 · 3 employees
$149.5Kraised
▾

Provider of IoT-based device management solution. The platform provides remote VPN access, configuration management, device automation, and OTA software update capabilities. The access connection supports mobile networks, firewalls, and NATs without the need for a fixed IP. It is available on a subscription-based pricing model.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 926 LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Oct 2020Grant (prize money)$149.5K
Founders & team
Jon BjornstadCo-FounderDmitry ShevchenkoCo-Founder & CTOCarsten LehbrinkCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Europa, Simula Innovation
Tech stack
Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesAngularCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCookiebot
#8
Deadpooled · Honefoss, Viken · founded 2017 · 4 employees
$110.4Kraised
▾

Manufacturer of GNSS-based positioning systems for enterprises. It offers hardware and software to track and monotor indoor and outdoor assests. Its features include mapping tools, real-time tracking, waterproof, APIs, and inventory management.

Funding rounds
  • Mar 2020Grant (prize money)$55.3K
  • Dec 2019Grant (prize money)$55.1K
Founders & team
Marcos TexidoCEO
Investors
EIC Fund, Europa, Simula Innovation
Tech stack
WordpressCart FunctionalityMysqlPhpYoutubeBootstrap
#9
Public · Fjellstrand, Viken · founded 2015 · 3 employees
$121.4Kraised
▾

SeaSmart provides an integrated hardware and software platform for real-time environment monitoring of offshore aquaculture cages and data analytics for the detection of sea lice & diseases and business intelligence. The hardware is a drone without any wires and uses change in buoyancy to move. It detects the fishes and measures the environment where fishes are more in number. Through the software platform, data analytics of the detailed data from the rearing can be used for the detection of anomalies such as lice and diseases.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 631 LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Nov 2016Seed$121.4K
Founders & team
Andreas MorlandCEO
Investors
Bergen Teknologioverføring, Sarsia Seed
#10
Seed · Fornebu, Viken · founded 2005 · 11 employees
$20Kraised
▾

Public safety alerts solutions for emergency incident management. Its products include interactive communication that allows receivers to receive audio-visual files, adaptive streaming. It allows users to manage the speed of video content-encoding, and smart networking that enables senders to be connected to several types of networks at the same time.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 2k LinkedIn followers — 2.1% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • 2020Seed$120K
Founders & team
Harald SkinnemoenFounder & OwnerHakon EggemoenManaging Director
Investors
Techstars, Seraphim, Starburst, Seraphim Space Camp, Creative Destruction Lab
Tech stack
Master SliderWordpressMysqlPhpLeafletGoogle Maps
#11
Funding Raised · Skedsmokorset, Viken · founded 1985
—raised
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Norsk Elektro Optikk (NEO) develops an aerial imaging solution for surveying and infrastructure monitoring. Offerings of the company include Hypex (hyperspectral cameras operating in the infrared wavelength region), NEOLID (LIDAR system aimed for aerosol detection and identification), and OptoPig (optical inspection tool, mainly for inspection of natural gas pipelines).

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 3k LinkedIn followers — 3.4% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 partnerships · 1 awards (incl. Norsk Elektro Optikk AS) announced in 12 mo
Investors
Europa
Tech stack
AzureBootstrapCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCookiebotCore-Js
#12
Acquired · Asker, Viken · founded 2007 · 53 employees
—raised
▾

4Subsea is a Norwegian company focused on providing technology solutions to the oil and gas industry. The company's solutions help operators maintain and optimize production from subsea oil fields. The company provides monitoring solutions and software for flexible risers, well intervention and wellhead systems. The company also offers software solutions for monitoring the performance of the oil fields. The company offers its products and services for subsea oil and gas fields and offshore wind farms.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 11k LinkedIn followers — 13.0% of this cohort's audience
Hiring: 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public) · hiring: Software Tech Lead
Funding rounds
  • Jul 2014Series A—
Investors
Viking Venture
Tech stack
AddtoanyAddtoany Share ButtonsAutoptimizeCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementContact Form 7

Funding & investor landscape

$247Mtotal disclosed funding
10companies funded
34disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Europa6 rounds
EIC Fund2 rounds
Pangstart2 rounds
Simula Innovation2 rounds
2M2D1 rounds
500 Nordics1 rounds
Aggrator1 rounds
Aker ASA1 rounds
Antler1 rounds
Applied Materials1 rounds

Notable founders

Stan Swearingen
CEO · IDEX
Catharina Eklof
Chief Executive Officer · IDEX
Pal From
Founder & CEO · Saga Robotics
Jacobo Elosua
Co-Founder & CMO · Iris.Ai
Alf Bjorseth
Co-Founder · Norsk Titanium
Carsten Fongen
Chief Executive Officer · TriEye
Svein-Olav Toro
CEO · ProfMOF
Karl Petter Lillerud
Co-Founder · ProfMOF
Jon Bjornstad
Co-Founder · qbee
Dmitry Shevchenko
Co-Founder & CTO · qbee
Marcos Texido
CEO · StalkIT
Andreas Morland
CEO · SeaSmart
Prism market signals · Norway · country-scoped Prism corpus, 851,878 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of High Tech coverage by sub-theme.

Regulatory-risk over time rising

Funding & growth over time

funding rising · growth rising

RESEARCH SIGNALS · Norway

How research on Semiconductors is moving in Norway

A read on the academic research around Semiconductors — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 93 Norway-affiliated papers.

top research entities
  • Norwegian University of Science and Technology19
  • SINTEF12
  • University of Oslo10
  • Vestfold University College9
  • Integrated Optoelectronics8
leading researchers
Dimosthenis Peftitsis · Knut E. Aasmundtveit · Bao Quoc Ta · Trond Ytterdal · Andreas Giannakis · Avisek Roy · Maaike M. Visser Taklo · Mehdi Azadmehr
▲ Breakthroughs34 · 37%
▲ 0%→59% share
0 median citations71% since 2021mostly methods-led
Breakthroughs are rising (0%→59% of field), led by Integrated circuit.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Integrated circuit2→4
Newly emergingElectronic circuit 0→5
Landmark An integrated semiconductor device enabling non-optical genome sequencing · 2,150 cites
◆ Advancements35 · 38%
▲ 0%→18% share
2 median citations29% since 2021mostly methods-led
Advancements are rising (0%→18% of field), led by CMOS.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • CMOS7
  • Chip7
  • Electrical engineering5
  • Integrated circuit4
  • Electronic circuit4
Landmark Hydrides as materials for semiconductor electronics · 42 cites
▼ Concerns14 · 15%
▲ 0%→14% share
1 median citations36% since 2021mostly empirical
Concerns are rising (0%→14% of field), led by Circuit design.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Circuit design3
  • Power (physics)3
  • Microelectronics2
  • Wafer2
  • Composite material2
Landmark Analog Circuit Design in Nanoscale CMOS Technologies · 195 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · Norway

Where semiconductors is researched across Norway

Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.

Trondheim39 · +0.50
Hot · TransistorAdvancing · VoltageOpportunity · Silicon carbide
Oslo14 · +0.53
Hot · CMOSAdvancing · Integrated circuitOpportunity · Silicon
Kongsberg9 · +0.63
Hot · CMOSAdvancing · Integrated circuit

Common questions

How many High Tech companies are there in Viken, Norway?
Radar tracks 35 indexable High Tech companies headquartered in Viken, Norway that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by High Tech companies in Viken, Norway?
The High Tech companies in Viken, Norway on this list have raised a combined $247M in disclosed equity funding across 10 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded High Tech company in Viken, Norway?
IDEX is the highest-funded High Tech company in Viken, Norway, with $139.9M in disclosed equity funding.
How many High Tech companies in Viken, Norway are funded?
10 of the 35 High Tech companies in Viken, Norway on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many High Tech unicorns are there in Viken, Norway?
None of the High Tech companies in Viken, Norway on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Viken, Norway High Tech companies?
The most active investors in Viken, Norway High Tech companies on this list include Europa, EIC Fund, Pangstart, Simula Innovation, 2M2D.
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