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Venture Capital and Growth Financing<\/h1><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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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 thorough 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 insight developed through years of working with many of Norway’s most active venture environments.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Our Services<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\t\t
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Equity venture and growth capital investments, including preference shares and share class structures, SAFE and SLIP agreements<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t
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Alternative investment instruments, incl. convertible loans and warrants<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t
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Bridge financing and emergency funding through equity and hybrid instruments<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t
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Transactions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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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 know-how in areas such as asset management<\/a> and fund formation, intellectual property rights<\/a>, regulatory matters<\/a>, and tax <\/a>to provide efficient solutions for investments and exits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

High social intelligence combined with excellent knowledge have given us trust and reassurance that the case is in good hands.<\/p>Legal 500<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Key Contacts<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Ingjerd R\u00f8yn\u00e5s<\/h3>\n\t

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Jon Martin Atkinson<\/h3>\n\t

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Martin Fevaag Larsen<\/h3>\n\t

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