- Norway
- Sweden
- Denmark
- Finland
- Iceland
- United States
- Pre-seed
- seed
- Series A
- Series B
About
RunwayVC is a Norwegian early stage venture firm focused on industrial AI, robotics, automation, and autonomous systems. Headquartered at Fornebu, it runs a sector specialist platform that writes pre seed to Series B checks across the Nordics and Europe, helping industrial startups turn hard technical problems into scalable companies.
RunwayVC invests in founders shaping industry, with a thesis that the next global technology leaders will emerge from the convergence of AI, software, robotics, automation, and critical infrastructure. The firm backs Nordic and European industrial tech from pre seed to Series B, combining capital with industry access and operator competence.
Founded by Andrew J. Scott (Managing Director), a serial tech entrepreneur and venture investor who co-founded multiple European tech startups and active seed investor across deeptech and hardware; Martyna Sztaba (Venture Partner), CleanTech entrepreneur and co-founder/ex-CEO of Syntoil; and Thomas Plantenga (Venture Partner), Chief Executive Officer of Vinted who scaled the business into a European unicorn.
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