TheFactory
thefactory.no Direct investor
TheFactory is a Norwegian accelerator and early-stage investor founded in 2015. It runs accelerator programs and invests in Nordic technology startups through funds and investment companies.
TheFactory is an accelerator headquartered in Oslo, Norway, founded in 2015. It invests directly in companies, from pre-seed to seed, in fintech, proptech, sportstech and retailtech. 90 portfolio companies, as it reports.
“We run Norways largest accelerator programs and operate as an early-stage investor for technology startups in the Nordics.”
— TheFactory, own website
- Layer
- Direct investor
- Type
- Accelerator
- Invests in
- Nordics, Norway
- Sectors
- fintech, proptech, sportstech, retailtech, impact, defence & security, greentech
- Founded
- 2015
- Portfolio
- 90 companies
Team, as TheFactory publishes it
- Elling Shortlegs Barketing Manager TheFactory Academy
- Baard Røthe Program Manager TheFactory
- Humera Khan Accountant TheFactory Group
- Ingar Bentsen CEO TheFactory Group
- Marinette Hexeberg On leave TheFactory Growth
- Marius Woldvik Program Director TheFactory Academy
- Pia Merkesdal COO TheFactory Group
- Simon Ruud CEO TheFactory Academy
- Herman August Ingstad Intern TheFactory Group
- Richard Paulsen Advisor TheFactory Group
- Kristin Gare Intern TheFactory Group
Names and roles exactly as listed on thefactory.no. Nothing else about these people is recorded.
Where this comes from
Every fact above was read from a page TheFactory publishes itself. Nothing is taken from third-party databases. Investment activity (deals, co-investors) is not yet recorded.
- https://www.thefactory.no/name, is_investor, type, hq_country, hq_city, invests_in_geographies, thesis_quote, portfolio_count, status, confidence
- https://www.thefactory.no/investors-overviewlayer, stage_min, stage_max, sectors
- https://www.thefactory.no/about-usdescription, founded
- https://www.thefactory.no/ourteampeople
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