• Nanopower Semiconductor

  Participated · Equity · Oct 2025

  Nanopower Semiconductor AS is a semiconductor startup focused on designing and commercializing ultra-low-power integrated circuits. Its flagship product, the nPZero IC, reduces energy consumption in electronic devices to levels that make previously impossible battery-powered and energy-harvesting applications feasible. The company intends to use newly secured capital to ramp up commercialization efforts and initiate mass production of the nPZero chip. Funds will also support expansion of its product portfolio to capture additional opportunities in ultra-low-power markets. Management, led by CEO Svein-Egil Nielsen, emphasizes the disruptive and sustainable nature of the technology. The business has attracted a mix of European and Norwegian investors, underlining broad confidence in its market potential. No revenue or user figures were disclosed, but the company is positioning itself for large-scale growth with this latest financing.

• Saga Robotics

  Participated · Equity · Aug 2025

  Saga Robotics developed Thorvald, a modular autonomous platform for soft fruit and grapevine production that performs tasks such as UV-C disease control, precision data collection, and other repetitive field and greenhouse work. Thorvald originated in the robotics group at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences and the company aims to transform farming into a service sector to improve profitability, reduce grower risk, and enhance environmental outcomes. The company operates from Norway, the UK (Lincoln and Kent), and the US with a team of about 50 people and over 150 Thorvald 3.0 units in operation during the 2025 growing season. In 2025 Saga recorded its first commercial revenue from a yield prediction data tool and is using field data collected while treating thousands of acres each week. Commercial traction includes supporting 13 UK strawberry growers (about 20% of the national market, targeting >30% in 2026) and operating across more than 1,300 US vineyard acres with plans to triple that by 2026. Saga plans to expand its commercial rollout in the UK and US and to leverage data and partnerships to accelerate adoption and reduce chemical use in specialty crops. Saga Robotics develops fleets of autonomous strawberry pickers and multifunctional agri-robots that use UV treatment to address fungus. Its technology aims to reduce labour risk, soil compression, CO2 emissions, and pesticide and fungicide use while increasing plant yields. The company plans to pursue a robotics-as-a-service business model rather than simply selling hardware to farmers. Saga is focused on deploying more robots in the field with reliable navigation systems suitable for varied conditions. From its office in Lincoln the company is leading an Innovate UK project called ‘Robot Highways,’ a large demonstration of robotics and autonomous technologies on farms to assist with picking, packing and crop treatment. Saga recently completed a funding round that should support scaling deployments and data-enabled applications to provide actionable intelligence to farmers.

• Unacast

  Participated · Seed · Apr 2015

  Unacast delivers location intelligence that analyzes human mobility patterns, supplying clean, reliable datasets to enterprises and government agencies. Following its late-2023 merger with Gravy Analytics, the company integrated both firms’ technologies into a single, scaled platform that is now described as one of the world’s most comprehensive sources of location data. Management reports strong double-digit revenue growth and EBITDA-positive operations since the merger. Unacast’s value proposition centers on data quality, transparency, and a track record of regulatory compliance. The firm plans to accelerate its product roadmap, further improve data quality, and expand go-to-market efforts. It also intends to pursue strategic M&A to broaden its technology stack and data assets. Headquartered in Ashburn, Virginia, Unacast partners with organizations seeking trustworthy insights into population movement and community trends.

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