Arkwright X

09/09/2020

Ignite Procurement with full speed ahead! 🚀🌟

Super cool to read exciting predictions for our portfolio company and their upcoming investment round 👏

Winning team and product! 😍

(Article in Norwegian)

04/09/2020

We are thrilled to announce that Nicolai Klemeyer Smith is joining the Arkwright X core team! 😃👏

Nicolai has up until now worked as a partner in Arkwright Consulting, where he has followed Arkwright X closely from the initial start back in 2017. He contributed with the establishment and realization of Arkwright X, as well as bringing valuable insight and knowledge through his participation in the Arkwright X Investment Team.

While he will continue to contribute to the development of Arkwright Consulting, Nicolai is now set out to take Arkwright X and our portfolio companies to new heights - we could not be more excited! 🚀🌟

25/08/2020

A big thanks to the four amazing interns who have supported Arkwright X and our portfolio companies over the summer! 🙌🙏

Frida Marie Pedersen, Erling Stray Bugge, Astrid By Raadim, Philip Z. Borge have worked especially close with Ignite Procurement, Enin, and Adminkit, as well as the Arkwright X team. We are truly grateful for your dedicated effort and inspirational insight and ideas! 👌😄

24/08/2020

A big congratulations to Esben Poulsen and the Unloc team! 👏

Esben Poulsen, thank you for all the great work you have done with Arkwright X. Even though we are truly sad to see you leave, we are happy that you chose to go to one of our portfolio companies – still keeping you a part of the family! ❤️💔

Your (business) baby is in good hands – More news on that coming up soon! 💪

Unloc planlegger å hente «flere hundre millioner kroner» for å ekspandere internasjonalt. Samtidig har de hentet nøkkelkompetanse fra Airbnb, Facebook, Arkwright og Documaster.

04/06/2020

FANTASTIC NEWS! 🏆

Our portfolio company Ignite Procurement reached all the way to the top in Finansavisen's announcement of Norway’s growth (VEXT) company 2020! 🚀

“Ignite’s next steps is international expansion, and we are currently considering whether to prioritize Germany, the UK or the US” – CEO, Sigbjørn Nome 🌎

Congratulations to the amazing Ignite team!

JW Showcase

03/06/2020

Our portfolio company Enin has shared their view in Dagens Næringsliv! 📈

Does the government support companies that have been struggling for years through corona subsidies? Enin has looked closely at the companies that have been awarded grants, and shares some truly interesting findings in Dagens Næringsliv 👇

Koronasubsidier går også til bedrifter som allerede i utgangspunktet hadde en høyst usikker fremtid, viser vår analyse av støttemottagerne.

18/05/2020

Arkwright Consulting opens London office! 🙌

Arkwright X and Arkwright Consulting are closely linked, and we exploit the networks and expertise our international offices can offer our portfolio.

Currently, Arkwright Consulting has offices in Oslo, Stockholm and Hamburg, but we are now expanding to London 😃

Check out article from Finansavisen about Harald L Thorstein who will manage the London office (in Norwegian)

John Fredriksens mangeårige nære medarbeider Harald Thorstein blir boende i London etter at han sluttet i Fredriksen-gruppen.

25/03/2020

Who is Enin, and why did we invest?

In these uncertain times, increased risk of bankruptcy is unfortunately an undeniable consequence.

Enin's unique technology can give insightful information about which sectors and companies that are most affected by corona, so that one can estimate the expected risk.

You can read more about this in a post linked below, written by the Co-Founder of Enin, Paul I. Huse (in Norwegian).

Take care 💙

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/n%25C3%25A5r-risikomodellene-bryter-sammen-paul-i-huse/?trackingId=ByC%2BSQE%2BWJ3WP4JzgBz7oQ%3D%3D

04/03/2020

Amazing news! 🔑👏

Our portfolio company Unloc recently raised a new round of 25mNOK from OBOS, Schibsted and Axel Johnson, among others. We have also decided to follow-up on our initial investments. We are very excited to follow Unloc’s incredible journey going forward! Congrats Unloc 😀

Storkunder kastet seg over muligheten til å kjøpe seg inn i den norske nøkkel-startupen. Men gründeren måtte takke nei til 75 millioner.

27/02/2020

What is a fair salary in a Nordic-based startup❓

Last year, we published a study on startup salaries in the Nordics. We have now written a short Medium post to give you the information you need from the report and some useful insights on how other companies are using the data. We hope it is useful 😄

One of the hardest things to do in business, is finding the right price. Whether it is the price of a product, a service, a company or…

13/02/2020

Meet the Arkwright X Advisory Network!

We are thrilled to have gathered these 12 outstanding individuals to function as advisors to us and our startups.

We want to offer our startups the best help they can get, and we are aware that we cannot be experts in all relevant fields. Therefore, we have set up this advisory network with fantastic individuals who complement our own skill set.

We have looked for advisors with one or several of the following:
- Experience from starting and scaling companies
- Experience from startup investing
- Deep operational expertise (primarily within tech and sales)
- Individuals with large and relevant networks

We look forward to working with you!