Venture Factory AS Competitors

Antler is one of the most active early-stage investors globally. The firm leads in ‘Day Zero’ investing, an approach to venture capital focused on partnering with founders pre-launch. Antler systematically removes capital and network constraints for early-stage technology entrepreneurs by providing co-founder matching, deep business model validation, initial capital, expansion support, and follow-on funding. The firm is present in 27 cities across most leading technology ecosystems globally and has made over 1,300 investments into early-stage startups. Antler has been repeatedly recognized by Pitchbook as the world’s most active angel and seed-stage investor.

Techstars helps founders scale their startups into world-changing businesses. Founded in 2006, Techstars is on a mission to invest in startups to enable more capital to flow to more entrepreneurs around the world in order to deliver exceptional returns to our investors. We do this by operating accelerator programs and venture capital funds, as well as by connecting startups, investors, corporations, and cities to help build thriving startup communities. Our results show why Techstars is Better for Founders than any other global accelerator: On average, 74.5% of Techstars companies will raise money within 3 years of their program; 18.5% of Techstars portfolio companies have exited 5 years after their program and 31.1% after eight years. (PitchBook June 2023)

Startuplab is an incubator, accelerator and early stage investor for technology startups, located in Oslo and Bergen. The team at Startuplab consist of experienced entrepreneurs, intrapreneurs, investors and business developers set out to help tech founders in an early stage. We house 100+ ambitious tech startups and help connect them with founder-friendly capital, clients, talent and advisors to help accelerate their growth. Since we were established in 2012, Startuplab have worked with more than 600 startups, most of them are still growing. Startuplab alumni companies include Huddly, Kahoot, ReMarkable and No Isolation. Our investment arm, Startuplab Ventures invest up to 4MNOK in selected companies. Behind Founders Fund are some of Norway´s most successful tech entrepreneurs that want to give back to the community. Our focus is primarily on software, hardware, medical -tech and research related companies. To date, Startuplab Ventures haver invested in more than 200 companies.