Avant
Venture capital · Norway · Europe
Avant is an investment firm that invests in businesses and works actively alongside entrepreneurs to build them into larger, profitable organisations. It engages in active ownership, turn-arounds and venture capital, with a focus on technology, telecoms and digital media.
Invests inIndustrial & ManufacturingEducation
In its own wordstechnologytelecomsdigital mediaturnaroundactive ownershipearly stage
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Or find every investor that fitsAvant lists 9 checked portfolio companies on its own site. Its largest themes are Industrial & Manufacturing (27%), Education (20%) and AI & Machine Learning (13%). 63% of its companies are based in Norway. It invests most often alongside Skagerak Capital, Beta.Ventures and HealthCap Africa.
No funding round on record names Avant yet, so the figures come from its portfolio page.
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 27% | 7% |
| Education | 20% | 7% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 13% | 18% |
| Enterprise Software | 13% | 8% |
| Consumer | 13% | 3% |
| Fintech | 7% | 12% |
| Climate & Energy | 7% | 1% |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers889%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company111%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 19th | 9 companies |
| Recent activity | 46th | 0 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 54th | 0% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 52th | 0% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 41th | 27% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 70th | 4 countries |
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherAll co-investors or Compare portfolios with Skagerak Capital
Compare Avant head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Portfolio
9 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The company develops and sells smart solutions for the tunnel and construction industry in Norway and Sweden | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Griptel delivers superior mounting solutions in galvanized steel for telecom and other industries | Industrial & ManufacturingAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Halogen uses design to solve important societal challenges. | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides online coding courses for children in programming, game development, and AI. | EducationEducation | Portfolio page | ||
| Logitech designs and sells computer peripherals and other electronic devices, such as mice, keyboards, and webcams. | Consumer | Portfolio page | ||
FintechClimate & Energy | Portfolio page | |||
| Phonero provides mobile subscriptions and phone services for businesses | Enterprise SoftwareConsumer | Portfolio page | ||
| Puzzel provides a customer experience ecosystem with AI-powered solutions for contact centers | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Vissim develops software and provides turnkey infrastructure solutions | EducationIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- avant.vc
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Companies checked
- 9
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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