We invest in promising teams, where technology is a key component of the business model. Leveraging our unique background and experience, we seek to find the best teams with the right ideas within Marketplaces, B2B Saas, and Tech Platforms. If you have a proven market fit, a steady growth, and would like to grow even faster, then we would be happy to hear from you.
SCALING NORDIC TECH COMPANIES WITH HANDS-ON PASSION!
With Focus on Tech Teams
We will help you scale your platform, establish distribution network and professionalize your sales organization globally. We will scale your company outside the Nordics, into Europe, the US, and China through our global network.
We believe that the team is everything together with exceptional timing! We love commitment and Scale Leap Capital is dedicated to the following areas:
Our Investment Process
Designed to Help Companies Grow
Screening Businesses
We will work through our partner network, our teams in Oslo, and partners in Stockholm to follow and interact with the right companies which have proven a solid track record through their early phase.
Investment Decisions
We will aim to make 10 new investments the next five years, with focus on team, timing, and investment area
Facilitate Growth
We put cash in for rapid scale-ups, to help bring the team’s vision to life. We make introductions, and fuel global ambitions through working hands-on with management and the board.
Exit
We are not locked to any fixed cycles. Whether to a strategic buyer or as an IPO, companies exit when they reach maturity or when they have established a strategic position in the ecosystem.
With focus on Sustainability
Our team has significant experience in leading global ESG mapping and improvement projects. This experience will be used in the investment process of our portfolio companies and in our continuous management after the investment has been made.
Our potential fund will always seek to conform to the highest ethical standard for our investments, in our own business conduct and for the investors, we invite to join us.
Our Team
Rolv-Erik is a senior executive, venture investor, and serial entrepreneur.
He is the co-founder of the SW company Gture and co-founder and Chairman of the early phase investment company Gvalueinvest. He has managed large organizations internationally and has extensive experience in founding and operating start-ups and early phase companies. Rolv-Erik has 25 years of experience in the internet and telecom industry. He has been part of Alcatel Norway management and Telenor Executive Group Management as head of Telenor Digital, where he led Telenor's global focus on innovation and development of digital services and new business areas. He has also held positions as CTO Telenor Norway and Head of Telenor Business Norway. He has extensive experience from several board positions from a variety of companies, such as Norwegian Finance Holding ASA, Grieg Group Maturitas AS, Telenor Broadcast Holding AS, and Tise AS. Rolv-Erik has a Master Sc in Mathematics with a major in Numerical Mathematics and Differential Equations. He has also completed Alcatel International Master and Telenor Strategy Master on INSEAD.
He is the co-founder of the SW company Gture and co-founder and Chairman of the early phase investment company Gvalueinvest. He has managed large organizations internationally and has extensive experience in founding and operating start-ups and early phase companies. Rolv-Erik has 25 years of experience in the internet and telecom industry. He has been part of Alcatel Norway management and Telenor Executive Group Management as head of Telenor Digital, where he led Telenor's global focus on innovation and development of digital services and new business areas. He has also held positions as CTO Telenor Norway and Head of Telenor Business Norway. He has extensive experience from several board positions from a variety of companies, such as Norwegian Finance Holding ASA, Grieg Group Maturitas AS, Telenor Broadcast Holding AS, and Tise AS. Rolv-Erik has a Master Sc in Mathematics with a major in Numerical Mathematics and Differential Equations. He has also completed Alcatel International Master and Telenor Strategy Master on INSEAD.
Andreas has during the last 15 years worked in roles as CFO / COO and Director of strategic projects in various settings. During this period, he has overseen multiple equity transactions in Scandinavia and internationally either as an industrial buyer or as a tech investor. He started his career in Norli Gruppen where he quickly headed up the finance department as its Finance Manager / CFO. After this, he worked for two years in the ERP industry as a partner of SAP as its COO. Andreas has operated in an international environment for 10 years in the Waterlogic Group. In this period, he was part of transforming the company from privately held, to Aim-listed at London Stock Exchange, to owned by the fund managed by the private equity partners in Castik Capital. He has further led the ESG project in Waterlogic globally with information gathering that led to improvement plans. His skill sets also include ERP roll-out, IFRS accounting, financing, and all other aspects of the CFO role, always with an operational and hands-on approach. He has a Master's degree in Business and Economics with a major in Finance. Andreas has an eye for finding “the devil” or “the potential” in the details during the acquisition process and enjoys converting this into value creations when the deal is done.
Ingvild has 30 years + of operational experience heading tech growth vehicles B2B. She has held C-level positions in technology/IT/telecom (CEO, EVP, CIO, COO/CCO) in companies such as NOKAS, Telenor, Hafslund and UPC. Further she has 20 years of experience as non-executive Board Of Director in listed and non-listed companies and 9 years as Chair. In the later years she has worked with transformation, strategic company development, investments, and M&A processes from Board position.
Ingvild holds a MSc in Quantum Physics from the University of Oslo, MSc in International Strategy, BSc in Relational Psychology and Depth study in Corp Finance.
Nico holds a Master of Science degree specializing in Applied Mathematics from INSA, and an MBA from Harvard Business School. He started his career as a software developer in Fast Search and Transfer while still at university. After Microsoft’s acquisition of Fast, he underwent the “Microsoft School” and has had several technical and managerial roles, ranging from research and innovation to Principal Engineering Manager. Nico manages his family’s funds (in a family office) and has invested in several relevant companies that he actively follows up. His investment approach is to combine technical and managerial insight with a business and financial approach. He strongly believes in a hands-on approach and leading through clear expectations and goals.
Portfolio
Domos is a software company for Internet Service Providers, offering real-time monitoring, analysis, and optimization of network quality to improve end-to-end latency. The software helps identify bottlenecks in customers’ WiFi or broadband connections, enabling optimization for ISPs, application providers, and end customers. With current usage in over 300,000 homes in the Nordics and the UK, Domos plans to expand to millions of households in Europe and the US, positioning itself as an industry leader.
Defigo provides a cutting-edge and user-friendly access control solution, revolutionizing building management and elevating convenience for residents. This advanced solution empowers users to effortlessly control access via their smartphones, manage permissions with ease, and personalize doorbell settings according to their preferences. Designed with safety and convenience as top priorities, Defigo caters to every type of property. With its intuitive interface, the solution allows you to open and manage your door right from your cell phone, giving you complete control over who has access to your property. Additionally, you can customize your doorbell to suit your individual preferences, ensuring a seamless and personalized experience for every user.
Bluestone PIM, a SaaS company, delivers a product information system (PIM) for retailers, wholesalers, and ecommerce. Bluestone is recognized for its adaptability and comprehensive capabilities – leading the growth in composable enterprise architecture. Bluestone PIM is in the forefront of the MACH alliance, an industry protected brand certification for software enterprises, system integration partners and sales partners being truly based on Microservices (M), API-first (A), cloud native (C) and headless (H).
Our History
Scale Leap Capital is a new fund that was founded in 2021. After being investing in early phase companies for many years through Gvalueinvest, BoddCo, and Stayer Invest, the founders decided to focus on scale-up phase in the Nordic region. The reason is that we strongly believe that the team is key for success and that their capability has been proven even better when entering the scaling phase. Another aspect is that we can contribute more and better in an active role when you as a founder have got a proven market-fit and are ready to scale internationally. We love to work hand-on, and our experience is spanning from executive management positions to principle coding. We will work to realize your dream long-term with passion.
Contact.
Feel free to contact us and we will be happy to discuss the possibility of future investments.
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At Scale Leap Management AS (“Scale Leap” or “we”), we focuse on investments in late venture early growth phase. Our investments are companies with business models built on software technology: platform companies, marketplaces and B2B SaaS. Such companies present a range of opportunities to contribute meaningfully to the welfare of both people and planet, and do in general have few negative consequences on society. We consider sustainability in all we do and view it as a strategic tool for financial returns and a license to operate.
In order to secure our overall objective, Scale Leap has adopted an ESG Investment and Risk Policy which is integrated in our pre-investment process, in our investment period and post investment process. Our top level policy is available here.
Sustainable related product disclosures for Scale Leap Capital 1
Scale Leap is the alternative investment fund manager for the alternative investment fund Scale Leap Capital 1 (the “Fund”). The Fund is covered by article 8 of Regulation (EU) 2019/2088 on sustainability related disclosures in the financial sector (“SFDR”).
Scale Leap is therefore required to include a sustainability related product disclosure section on its website, pursuant to article 10 of SFDR. These disclosures are available here.