Venture Capital and Growth Financing

Wiersholm has a strong and experienced venture capital and growth funding practice, advising venture funds and growth investors on their investments, as well as companies on their capital raising. Working alongside our market-leading private equity practice, we combine our deep understanding of the various funds and their needs with insights into high-growth companies to deliver efficient investment solutions.

Our extensive experience with investment structures and transactions makes us particularly well suited to address the specific challenges of venture and growth transactions, from early-stage investments to successful exits. Our advice is based on market understanding and insights developed through years of working with many of Norway’s most active venture environments.

Our Services

Equity venture and growth capital investments, including preference shares and share class structures, SAFE and SLIP agreements

Alternative investment instruments, incl. convertible loans and warrants

Bridge financing and emergency funding through equity and hybrid instruments

Exit transactions (trade sales and IPOs)

Shareholder agreements and investment terms

Management and employee incentive programs, including early-stage option pools and founder vesting structures

Cross-border investment structuring

Portfolio company support

Fund establishment

Transactions

Our experts possess some of the industry’s most extensive and diverse experience in handling high-profile and complex transactions within both the Norwegian and Nordic markets. A substantial portion of these transactions involves international clients.

Recent transactions

We support venture funds and growth investors throughout their investment cycle, providing comprehensive advice on transaction execution as well as portfolio management. We leverage our firm’s strong transaction expertise and our specialist expertise in areas such as asset management and fund formation, intellectual property rights, regulatory matters, and tax to provide efficient solutions for investments and exits.

Working closely with investment teams, we help structure and execute investments that optimise value creation opportunities while ensuring robust investor protection and governance frameworks.