About Ferd
Ferd is a venture capital firm founded in 2001. It is primarily based out of Oslo, Norway. As of Jul 2025, Ferd is an active investor, having invested in 23 companies, with 1 new investment in the last 12 months. It primarily invests in Series A round in Norway based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications to High Tech and Life Sciences. Most recently it participated in the $***** Series B round of Nofence Overall, Ferd portfolio has seen 4 IPOs and 5 acquisitions including key companies like Sky, BONESUPPORT and Napatech. A lot of funds co-invest with Ferd, with names like Teknoinvest sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Ferd has team of 76 people including 10 partners.Key Metrics
Team Members
Portfolio Count
Portfolio Sectors
Rounds of Entry
Series A, Series B & 4 more
Portfolio IPOs
Portfolio Soonicorns
Ferd's List of Top Investments
Ferd has a portfolio of 23 companies. Their most notable investments are in mnemonic and Colibria.Their portfolio spans across Norway, Denmark, Germany and 5 more locations. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, High Tech, Life Sciences and 22 other sectors, across stages such as Series A, Series B and 4 more. Here is the list of top investments by Ferd:1. Sky
Sky UK Limited, formerly British Sky Broadcasting and BSkyB is a telecommunications company which serves the United Kingdom. Provides television, broadband internet services, and fixed-line telephone services to consumers and businesses in the United Kingdom. The company was formed in November 1990 by the equal merger of Sky Television and British Satellite Broadcasting. Following BSkyB's 2014 acquisition of Sky Italia and a majority 90.04% interest in Sky Deutschland in November 2014, its holding company British Sky Broadcasting Group plc changed its name to Sky plc. The United Kingdom operations also changed the company name from British Sky Broadcasting Limited to Sky UK Limited, still trading as Sky. Sky UK Limited is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sky plc.
Key facts about Sky
- Founded Year: 1990
- Location: Isleworth (United Kingdom)
- Stage: Acquired
- Employee Count: 35,327 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: Elliott Management, Draper Esprit and 8 Others
- Highlight: Acquired
2. Future Group
Retailer of multi-format offline. It connect a diverse and passionate community of Indian buyers, sellers and businesses. It has hypermarkets business operated by Future Retail Limited, an integrated lifestyle fashion business operated by Future Lifestyle Fashion Limited, an FMCG and food distribution business operated by the company and infrastructure and backend services.
Key facts about Future Group
3. BONESUPPORT
Bonesupport is a Swedish medical technology company dedicated to the development injectable osteoconductive biomaterials for the treatment of fractures caused by osteoporosis, and bone voids or gaps in bone caused by trauma, disease or related to surgical procedures. Its product CERAMENT manufactured using Calcium Sulphate and Hydroxyapatite combined with liquid Iohexol, with its unique properties, is a biphasic injectable ceramic bone substitute intended for bone voids that mimics the properties of cancellous bone and is replaced by bone during the healing process.
Key facts about BONESUPPORT
- Founded Year: 2000
- Location: Lund (Sweden)
- Annual Revenue: £1M - £10M as on Dec 31, 2020
- Stage: Public
- Total Funding till date: $101M
- Employee Count: 201 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: Lundbeck Foundation, Stage Capital and 15 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, Oct 26, 2016, $*****
- Highlight: Public
4. Napatech
Network acceleration management and security applications. It develops and markets programmable network adapters for network traffic analysis and application offloading. It optimize performance and sustain functioning of critical networks in infrastructure and defense applications. Its solutions are designed to enhance data center networking services, CPU and optimize network performance.
Key facts about Napatech
5. Ensurge
Developer of energy storage solutions for wearable devices. It provides users with a microbattery manufacturing company that specializes in developing solid-state lithium microbattery technology. The company's innovative technology enables the production of ultra-thin, flexible, and safe energy storage solutions for various applications, including wearable devices and connected sensors.
Key facts about Ensurge
- Founded Year: 2005
- Location: San Jose (United States)
- Stage: Public
- Total Funding till date: $1.36M
- Employee Count: 63 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: Invesco Mutual Fund, Woodford Investment Management and 4 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Post IPO, Jul 08, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Public
Ferd's Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Ferd has invested in 29 companies over the last 21 years, with an average of 1 new investment annually in the last 10 years. In 2025, it made 2 investments. Its most recent first time investment was in Nofence and most recent follow-on round was in kvaleberg.Year | No. of Investments | ||
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1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2025 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2022 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2019 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Ferd's Investments by Stage
Ferd has made 7 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $5.9M, 4 investments in Series B stage with an average round size of $17.9M and 3 investments in Series C stage with an average round size of $26M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Series A | 7 |
Series B | 4 |
Series C | 3 |
PE | 2 |
Post IPO | 2 |
Others | 2 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Ferd's Investments by Sector
Ferd has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, High Tech, Sustainability Tech, Energy Tech and Internet of Things - Industry Applications. Notably, it has invested in 15 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 12 Tech companies, 6 Software companies and at least 4 companies focusing on Consumer (B2C).Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 7 |
High Tech | 5 |
Sustainability Tech | 4 |
Energy Tech | 3 |
Internet of Things - Industry Applications | 3 |
Others | 26 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Ferd's Investments by Geography
Ferd has made most investments in Norway (11), followed by Denmark where it has made 2 investments.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Norway | 11 |
Denmark | 2 |
Sweden | 2 |
United States | 2 |
Finland | 1 |
Others | 2 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Ferd's recent investments
Ferd has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by Ferd:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Jul 2025 | Norway | Series B | 5004 | [+6] | |
Feb 25, 2025 | Norway | Seed | 9024 | [+4] | |
Oct 10, 2022 | Norway | Seed | 3092 | [+3] | |
Jun 10, 2022 | Norway | Series A | 9337 | [+1] | |
May 18, 2021 | Norway | Series B | 7182 | - |
IPOs and Publicly Listed companies in Ferd's Portfolio
4 of Ferd's portfolio companies have become public. Norsk Titanium got listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (FRA), in May 2021 at marketcap of $1.64M and BONESUPPORT got listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange (STO).Here are Ferd's portfolio companies that went public:
Company | IPO Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
May 21, 2021 | May 18, 2021 | Series B | 3950 | |
Jun 22, 2017 | Mar 02, 2006 | Series A | 7614 | |
Dec 06, 2013 | Mar 24, 2006 | Series A | 2141 | |
Feb 06, 2012 | Oct 21, 2014 | Post IPO | 1236 |
Acquired companies in Ferd's Portfolio
5 companies from Ferd's portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Sky in Jun 2025 by RTL for $*****.Here are Ferd's portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Jun 26, 2025 | - | - | 4901 | |
Jun 30, 2016 | Dec 2008 | Series B | 3836 | |
Jun 01, 2012 | Jun 08, 2007 | Series C | 1237 | |
Jan 06, 2012 | Jan 27, 2011 | Series B | 1346 | |
Apr 06, 2011 | Sep 22, 2005 | Series A | 1629 |
Team profile of Ferd
Ferd has a team of 76 members including 10 Partners and 24 Principals located in Norway, Sweden and 1 more location. Ferd's team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Here is a list of top team members in Ferd:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact Details |
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Partner | Oslo | - | ||
Partner | Oslo | - | ||
Partner | Jar | - | ||
Partner | Oslo | - | ||
Partner | Oslo | - | ||
Partner | Copenhagen | - | ||
Partner | Oslo | - | ||
Partner | Stockholm | - | ||
Partner | Oslo | - |
Co-investors of Ferd
Over the past 21 years, 76 investors have co-invested in Ferd's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Ferd: Northzone, Invesco Mutual Fund and 28 others have invested in rounds before Ferd. There is 1 company where Northzone has invested before Ferd and 1 company where Invesco Mutual Fund has invested before Ferd.
- Top Co-investors of Ferd: 26 investors entered a company along with Ferd. These include investors like Teknoinvest (2 companies).
- Invested after Ferd: A total of 20 investors have invested in Ferd's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Europa (2 companies), Kreos Capital (1 company) and IPF Partners (1 company).
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