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Fundraising
Are you looking to raise capital for your fintech business, at Series A or later? We'd love to hear from you.
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For enquiries related to investing in TheFactory’s investment vehicles, please contact TheFactory Asset Management:
ingar@thefactory.no
Investment Team
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Ingar S. Bentsen
CEO THEFACTORY
CHAIRMAN THEFACTORY ASSET MANAGEMENT
Ingar@thefactory.noIngar established TheFactory in 2015, and has since the start been responsible for raising capital to TheFactory’s investment companies: TheFactory Angels I -VIII, as well as serving as Chairman. In 2019 he received the “Ecosystem Hero of the Year” award from Nordic Startup Awards for his work in the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Norway.
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Simon Ruud
CEO THEFACTORY ACADEMY
Simon is a former competitive alpine skier and currently CEO of TheFactory Academy AS, which runs our program activities.
He is Program Lead for the TheFactory DAST Accelerator (DASTA) and Sportstech Academy, and is also responsible for screening and selecting companies for the programs.
Simon has a strong market overview and a solid understanding of which companies best align with our programs and fund strategy.
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Pia Merkesdal
COO THEFACTORY
Pia has been involved in the startups and development of companies since 2002, such as 123Tele, Mobizzand worked inNetnordicNorway until the beginning of the year 2017/18 she started as Head of Administration at TheFactory. TheFactory is the Nordic region's leading fintech and proptech accelerator and incubator, and since 2015 has accelerated more than 50 companies from the Nordic region.