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Telenor

Snarøyveien 30, Fornebu, Akershus, N-1360, Norway

Overview

Telenor is a telecommunications company focused on mobile communication, fixed line communication, and TV-based activities. The company’s mobile communication activities include voice, data, Internet, and content services, as well as customer equipment and electronic commerce, while its fixed network activities include analog PSTN, digital ISDN, broadband telephony, xDSL, Internet, and leased lines, as well as other communication solutions. The company’s TV-based operations include satellite dish, cable TV-networks, and satellite master antenna TV-networks systems. Telenor was founded in 1885 and is headquartered in Fornebu, Norway.

Total investments
2
Lead investments
0
Investments · 12mo
0
Active investors
8

Sector focus

  • Public Relations
  • Telecommunications
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Investment portfolio

  • Sensorita

    Participated · Seed · Jul 2024

    Sensorita builds AI-driven digital twin and radar-sensor technology to optimize waste management by tracking container locations and fill levels. Its platform automates collection orders and enhances recycling processes for construction, industrial, and commercial clients. Led by CEO Ulrikke Lien and based in Oslo, Norway, the company aims to empower the waste industry. Sensorita raised $3.25M in seed funding and intends to use the proceeds to further enhance its technological offerings. The product focuses on improving efficiency in planning, collection, and recycling outcomes. The company’s solutions target more efficient waste management for construction, industrial, and commercial customers.

  • MicroEnsure

    Participated · Equity · Jun 2014

    MicroEnsure designs, implements and manages microinsurance products covering life, health, agriculture, assets, accidents and political violence for low- and middle-income consumers. The company partners with mobile network operators, banks, microfinance institutions and other aggregators to distribute products at scale. It is headquartered in the United Kingdom with a regional base in Nairobi and country operations across Africa and Asia. MicroEnsure currently covers more than 7.6 million people, following an 88% increase in clients served in the past five months. The company raised new equity to finance rapid expansion into new markets and to support continued growth of its distribution partnerships.

Team

  • Jon Baksaas

    President & CEO

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  • Benedicte Schilbred Fasmer

    President and CEO

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  • Jukka Leinonen

    EVP and Head of Nordics

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  • Pili DrangertHveding

    VP Online Marketplaces

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