Tag: Investment

  • Evening reception at the Embassy of Finland in Oslo

    Evening reception at the Embassy of Finland in Oslo

    November 4 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm CET

    (EVENT) In connection with the North European Cyber Days, the Embassy of Finland in Oslo is organising an evening networking reception for conference organisers and partners. 

    Attendance is by invitation only due to the limited capacity of approximately 40 guests. 

    Building on previous Nordic Collaboration events, this evening reception will provide an opportunity for partners from industry, finance, research, and public sector to further explore some of Europe’s leading initiatives aimed at developing competitive, secure, and “trustworthy” digital technologies.

    The high-level conference, supported by the European Cyber Security Organization (ECSO), North European Cybersecurity Cluster (NECC) and the National Cybersecurity Coordination Centers (NCCs) of the Nordic and Baltic Regions, will bring together key stakeholders from cybersecurity, artificial intelligence and critical sectors to foster collaboration on innovation, investment, procurement, and export initiatives.

    Following arrivals and registration, the program will include a 45-minute session of presentations, followed by a 60-minute buffet dinner to facilitate networking. 

    Register for the reception using the event registration link and we will contact you with confirmation details. 

    Event Webpage:  North European Cyber Days 2025.

    Registration Link: https://nettskjema.no/a/north-european-cyber-days-2025  

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    Free admission

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  • Welcome reception at Oslo City Hall

    Welcome reception at Oslo City Hall

    November 3 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm CET

    (EVENT) In connection with the North European Cyber Days 2025, the City of Oslo is hosting an evening welcome reception for up to 200 people.

    The event is free and open for all, but conference attendees will be prioritised.

    Register for the reception using the event registration link and we will contact you with confirmation details.

    Event Webpage:  North European Cyber Days 2025.

    Registration Link: https://nettskjema.no/a/north-european-cyber-days-2025  

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    VentureNet

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  • LP Breakfast at Nobel Peace Center

    LP Breakfast at Nobel Peace Center

    October 22 @ 8:30 am – 11:00 am CEST

    (EVENT)

    Oslo Business Region. “LP Breakfast at Nobel Peace Center”. Accessed 09.09.2025. https://www.oiw.no/event/LP-Breakfast-at-Nobel-Peace-Center

    Together with leading LPs Farvatn and Ferd, Oslo Innovation Week is inviting Nordic and international LPs, and a select group of top international VCs,  to a breakfast session at the Nobel Peace Center.

    Expect the perfect mix of insight and networking with some of the most experienced LPs and VCs across Northern Europe at one of Oslo’s most iconic institutions.

    The event is invite-only and exclusively for investors. Priority is given to LPs with active investments.

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    Oslo Business Region

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  • North-Atlantic Angel Investor Summit

    North-Atlantic Angel Investor Summit

    October 21 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm CEST

    (EVENT)

    NorBAN. “North-Atlantic Angel Investor Summit”. Accessed 09.09.2025. https://www.oiw.no/event/North-Atlantic-Angel-Investor-Summit

    Gain fresh perspectives, forge connections, and help shape the future of early-stage funding in the Nordics at this exclusive angel investor summit hosted by Business Angel Networks from across the North Atlantic area.

    At this summit we will explore emerging trends within and across the North-Atlantic startup ecosystems through a series of lightning talks on the state of angel investments and what startup needs, as well as having a fireside chat on the future of Angel Investing!

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    NorBAN (Norwegian Business Angel Network)

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  • Venture Capital Forum 2025

    Venture Capital Forum 2025

    October 8 @ 11:00 am – October 9 @ 4:45 pm CEST

    (EVENT)

    Invest Europe. “Venture Capital Forum 2025”. Accessed 09.09.2025. https://vcf.investeurope.eu/

    This year’s Venture Capital​ Forum will take place in Amsterdam, on 8-9 October 2025.

    The Venture Capital Forum is recognised as a leading European conference for LPs and GPs engaged in VC activity. Every year LPs and GPs gather to gain insight into the evolution of VC investment and debate the key topics for the future.

    New this year! Complimentary for ALL LPs.

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    Invest Europe

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  • European Cybersecurity Investment Platform

    European Cybersecurity Investment Platform

    September 1, 2016 @ 8:00 am – December 31, 2026 @ 5:00 pm CEST

    (INITIATIVE) (INVESTMENT)

    ECSO. “European Cybersecurity Investment Platform.” Accessed 14.08.2025. https://ecs-org.eu/activities/european-cybersecurity-investment-platform/.

    About the initiative

    The European Cybersecurity Investment Platform (ECIP) is set to be a fund-of-funds mechanism proposed by ECSO as a response to the investment gap in the EU cybersecurity market. With a target size of at least €1 billion, the ECIP aims to strengthen the competitiveness of our cybersecurity market and overall European strategic autonomy.

    Since 2016, ECSO has been working with major private investors, the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the European Commission, alerting on the need to increase investments allocated to cybersecurity. In 2020, the Letter of Intentoutlining this proposal to the European Commission garnered the support of 49 prominent public and private stakeholders representing the European cybersecurity landscape.

    Building upon ECSO’s initiative, the EIB European Investment Advisory Hub, at the official request of the ECSO-Member Basque Cybersecurity Centre, commenced a feasibility study in October 2021 to assess the market viability and potential structure of the ECIP. The study’s findings unequivocally confirmed the need for the creation of the ECIP. Discover in this page how ECSO continues working with the European cybersecurity ecosystem in concrete steps to establish the European Cybersecurity Investment Platform.

    Objectives

    • Strengthen European cybersecurity market to attract and retain top talent, develop critical competencies, and ensure the strategic positioning of European solutions by enhancing investments in European cybersecurity start-ups and SMEs.
    • Support European start-ups to consolidate their operations, scale up, and expand their market presence by offering stronger growth-focused financing options, particularly for Series A+. The ECIP is an opportunity to fund late stage companies and create European champions.
    • Strengthen venture capital capabilities by investing in the existing or emerging European funds specialised in cybersecurity.
    • Create leverage effect and serve as an incentive among the LPs to invest bigger tickets into the funds by increasing trust in the cybersecurity market.
    • Stimulate the emergence of new venture capital funds and investment initiatives specialising in cybersecurity by promoting and strengthening the cybersecurity segment.
    • Support synergy creation in relevant R&D&I funding schemes across Europe.

    European Cyber Security Organisation (ECSO)

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  • The Draghi report on EU competitiveness

    The Draghi report on EU competitiveness

    European Commission. “Draghi report.” Accessed 14.08.2025. https://commission.europa.eu/topics/eu-competitiveness/draghi-report_en.

    The future of European competitiveness: Report by Mario Draghi

    Mario Draghi – former European Central Bank President and one of Europe’s great economic minds – was tasked by the European Commission to prepare a report of his personal vision on the future of European competitiveness. 

    The report looks at the challenges faced by the industry and companies in the Single Market. It outlines how Europe will no longer be able to rely on many of the factors that have supported growth in the past and lays out a clear diagnosis and provides concrete recommendations to put Europe onto a different trajectory.

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    Background

    Today, Europe stands united in its pursuit of inclusive economic growth, focusing on 

    • sustainable competitiveness
    • economic security
    • open strategic autonomy
    • fair competition

    They all serve as pillars of prosperity. 

    The vision that drives Europe forward is to create conditions where businesses thrive, the environment is protected, and everyone has an equal chance at success.

    Sustainable competitiveness should make sure businesses are productive and environmentally friendly. Economic security ensures that our economy can handle challenges and protect jobs. With open strategic autonomy, Europe is not just open for business; but is shaping a better, fairer world.

    Next steps

    The findings of the Draghi report are contributing to the Commission’s work on a new plan for Europe’s sustainable prosperity and competitiveness. And in particular, to the development of the new Clean Industrial Deal for competitive industries and quality jobs, which will be presented in the first 100 days of the new Commission mandate.

    Many of its recommendations are reflected in the Commission’s Political Guidelines as well as the mission letters of the President of the European Commission to the members of the College.

    In January 2025, the Commission presented the Competitiveness Compass, a new roadmap to restore Europe’s dynamism and boost economic growth. The Compass builds on the analysis of the Draghi report and provides a strategic framework to drive the Commission’ work for the next five years.

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  • EU’s Competitivness Compass

    EU’s Competitivness Compass

    European Commission. “Competitiveness Compass.” Accessed 14.08.2025. https://commission.europa.eu/topics/eu-competitiveness/competitiveness-compass_en.

    Our plan to reignite Europe’s economy

    Over the last two decades, Europe’s potential has remained strong, even as other major economies have grown at a faster pace.

    The EU has everything it takes to unlock its full potential and drive faster, more sustainable growth: we boast a talented and educated workforce, capital, savings, the single market, and a unique social model. To restore our competitiveness and unleash growth, we need to tackle the barriers and weaknesses that are holding us back.

    In January 2025, the Commission presented the competitiveness compass, a new roadmap to restore Europe’s dynamism and boost our economic growth.

    https://ec.europa.eu/avservices/play.cfm?ref=I-267829&lg=EN&sublg=none&autoplay=true&tin=10&tout=59

    Three necessities for a more competitive EU

    The compass builds on the analysis of Mario Draghi’s report on the future of European competitiveness.

    The Draghi report originally identified three necessities for the EU to boost its competitiveness: 

    1. Closing the innovation gap 
    2. Decarbonising our economy
    3. Reducing dependencies

    The compass sets out an approach to translate these necessities into reality. 

    Discover the full timeline of actions under the compass

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  • Establishment of a Virtual Innovation Ecosystem

    Establishment of a Virtual Innovation Ecosystem

    January 20, 2023 @ 8:00 am – December 1, 2023 @ 5:00 pm CET

    (PROJECT)

    The virtual regional innovation ecosystem project was a business network development initiative in 2023, which was managed by VentureNet AS in collaboration with leading innovation ecosystems in the Inland region of Norway (Klosser Innovation AS, Vaager Innovasjon AS, and Skåppå AS) and the University of Inland Norway. The project received co-financing from Innlandet County.

    The project built on results of a previous FORREGION project on regional innovation ecosystems and laid groundwork that contributed to establishment of several projects to develop national and Nordic Innovation Ecosystems with a connections to the Inland Region of Norway and Greater Oslo Region.

    Project results

    This project created a large national and international partner consortium of innovation actors, business actors, research institutions and universities, which led to the establishment of several project consortia since the start of the project, and which submitted 9 applications for collaborative projects to the Research Council, EU ERDF (Interreg), and EU Horizon in 2023 alone.

    In addition, work is underway to establish 6 large coordination and innovation/development projects in consortia consisting of, among others, Klosser Innovasjon, Vaager Innovasjon, Skåppå, Smart Innovation Norway, the Norwegian Agency for Digitalisation (Digdir), NCE Heidner, NCE Manufacturing, NCE Smart Energy Markets, Cluster for Applied AI, Norway Health Tech, Rikshospitalet, University of Oxford, University of Oslo, NTNU NORCICS, SINTEF, Institute of Energy Technology (IFE), Norwegian Computing Centre, Inland University College, Østfold University College, several municipalities, private business actors, and foreign innovation actors.

    Results are described further below related to the effects and continuation of the project.

    1. Replicable ecosystem collaboration model to build stronger regional ecosystems.

    • Workshops being planned in 2024 and 2025 with key stakeholders in Innlandet, Oslo, Østfold, Sweden, Spain and Germany to identify/plan key networking events and conferences with stakeholders and sponsors.
    • Networking events and conferences from June 2024 to interconnect ecosystems, match businesses and investors.

    2. Virtual innovation ecosystem with hubs & nodes for regions and strategic industries.

    • Digital Infrastructure: open to integration with external systems and fully customizable.
    • Network: 250+ local key stakeholders identified by Siva-incubators; 30+ European regions in partner network.
    • Hubs: 10 regional hubs (incl. tourism, career hubs), 6 initial industry hubs, 14 hubs for Innlandsporteføljen.

    3. Plan for Events, Conference and Projects to interconnect local/regional ecosystems.

    • Conferences: major European “Smart Impact” conference opportunity in 2025-2026.
    • 4 “Ecosystem” plans (RIV, Interreg, EIE, Hub-Node)to finance workshops, networking events and conferences.
    • 12 R&D plans (IPN, Pilot Helse, RFF, EUH, SFI) with leading R&D institutions in AI and cybersecurity.

    Would you like to strengthen the innovation ecosystem in your region?

    Contact VentureNet for more information about the project’s results and collaboration opportunities.

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  • Nordic Fund Day 2025

    Nordic Fund Day 2025

    October 22 @ 5:00 pm – 11:30 pm CEST

    (EVENT)

    Nordic Edge AS. “Nordic Fund Day Oslo 2025”. Accessed 07.08.2025. https://nordicedge.org/events/nordic-fund-day-oslo-2025.

    🎉 Nordic Fund Day turns 10 — and we’re taking the celebration to Oslo! 🎉 Over 100 Nordic start-ups have already matched with our global investor network. Now it’s your turn 🚀 Applications for start-ups is now open! 🌱 Investors — come meet the founders shaping a better future. Expect energy. Expect impact. Expect Oslo.

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    Nordic Edge

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