Meet the team
Tel: 901 46 010
jan@cofounder.no
Jan Biti
Managing Partner
Jan has over 20 years experience with developing, financing, and leading technology companies. Jan has been key in the founding of many successful companies coming from high tech environments such as NTNU, SINTEF, Statoil and Telenor.
Tel: 479 00 479
rune@cofounder.no
Rune Bjerke
Partner
Rune has over 20 years experience from tech companies. He has been the leader of many successful new ventures, such as Plasus Technologies (venture-backed and sold to DEFA), TelCage (Telenor spinoff sold to Steinsvik-Gruppen).
Tel: 402 26 551
morten@cofounder.no
Morten Frøseth
Partner
Morten has more than 15 years experience from developing and leading research-heavy startups, most recently Crayonano, which is a spinoff from NTNU’s leading nano technology group.
Tel: 472 54 658
sven@cofounder.no
Sven J. Kolstø
Partner
Sven has founded and led several growth companies, and is especially focused on startups in aquaculture and IT.
Tel: 909 85 614
thomas@cofounder.no
Thomas Sperle
Partner and CTO
Thomas has 20 years’ experience from technology management within the oil and gas industry, including R&D, operations, offshore projects and international business development. He has 10 years’ experience from Equinor and has for the last 7 years been CTO in RESMAN.
Tel: 478 44 780
vilde@cofounder.no
Vilde Kvarberg
Business developer
Vilde has a background from NTNU Entreprenørskolen and has worked with business development, marketing and finance in various technology companies and start-up projects. She is a former co-founder of Easy Intervals.
Renowned
We have founded and built companies in cooperation with leading industrial companies, such as Statoil and Telenor, as well as research-heavy organizations such as NTNU, SINTEF, the Kjeller institutes. We are a known player in the startup environment in Norway and we have been around for a while. Others trust us, and that we know what it takes. Therefore, when we invest in a company we normally attract other investors also, who want to be part of the company.
Experienced
We have “done it before” and know which value-adding activities that need to be done in order to attract pilot customers, partners, and investors. We have been through many company inceptions, and know what issues will arise, and how to solve them in the fastest and best way. We have attracted a significant amount of funding for our companies, most often a combination of public grants and investor capital.