Stratel AS
Family-owned Oslo investment company founded by Reidar Lorentzen; invests directly from pre-seed to pre-Series A in impact-oriented startups, plus funds, bonds and property.
USEFUL FOR Fund managers raising capital · Founders · Co-investors
Family & background
- HEADQUARTERS
- Oslo, Norway
- FOUNDED
- 1976
Investment approach
- STAGES
- Pre-SeedSeed
- ROUTES
- Companies (own capital) · Funds (as LP)
- STRATEGIES
- Direct investmentsVenture capitalFunds (as LP)Real estateImpact
Overview
Stratel AS is a family-owned Norwegian investment and development company founded by Reidar Lorentzen and registered in Oslo since 1976 (LEI record). It invests mainly directly in unlisted companies from pre-seed and seed to before Series A, sometimes in more mature businesses, and prefers co-investing with others. It also commits to funds such as Norselab, Antler East Africa, Idekapital Horizons and Varde Investor, and holds funds, bonds and real estate. The family supports social entrepreneurship through the Lobo Foundation.
Investment thesis
Invests for 'Fun, Sense and Profit': entrepreneurs and companies with high ambitions, a clear positive impact on society and promising value potential, as an active, long-term co-investor.
Holdings & investments (23)
- Consumer & E-commerce · active
- HealthTech · active
- Space · active
- Deep Tech · active
- HealthTech · active
- HealthTech · active
- Climate & Energy · active
- Climate & Energy · active
- Fintech · active
- Climate & Energy · active
- Climate & Energy · active
- Software & SaaS · active
- Software & SaaS · active
- Climate & Energy · active
- Mobility & Logistics · active
- HealthTech · active
- Software & SaaS · active
- HealthTech · active
- Consumer & E-commerce · active
- Food & Agriculture · active
- Food & Agriculture · active
- Berlin property developmentReal Estate & PropTech · active
- Consumer & E-commerce · active
People
Frequently asked questions
Stratel AS is a single family office based in Oslo, Norway, founded in 1976.
Stratel AS invests its own capital into companies and in third-party funds as an LP. Its stated asset mix includes direct investments, venture capital, funds (as lp), real estate and impact.
Stratel AS invests at Pre-Seed and Seed stages in Climate & Energy, HealthTech, Software & SaaS, Consumer & E-commerce and Food & Agriculture.
Key people at Stratel AS include Reidar Lorentzen (Founder and Chairman), Eline Synneva Lorentzen Ingstad (CEO, board member) and Mathias Lorentzen (CIO, board member).
Stratel AS's holdings and investments include reMarkable, No Isolation, North Propulsion, Sonair, Oivi, Vilmer, Vind AI and Inherit Carbon Solutions, among others.