Norway (2025)
16.8
USD millions
+1.4% YoY
YoY Change
+1.4%
Trend
up
Series length
19
years of data

Data

Norway Seed-Stage Venture Capital Investment (2025) — source data. OECD.
Year USD millions YoY Change
2025 16.8 +1.4%
2024 16.6 +8.7%
2023 15.3 -40.6%
2022 25.7 -34.4%
2021 39.2 +83.8%
2020 21.3 +54.5%
2019 13.8 -17.4%
2018 16.7 +91.8%
2017 8.7 +987.1%
2016 0.8 -45.5%
2015 1.5 -23.3%
2014 1.9 -21.8%
2013 2.4 -8.9%
2012 2.7 +625.3%
2011 0.4 -94.2%
2010 6.4 +13.8%
2009 5.6 -76.0%
2008 23.5 -29.9%
2007 33.5 n/a

About this Dataset

Norway recorded 16.8 USD millions in 2025. The latest change was +1.4%. Across 2007–2025 the series ranges from 0.4 USD millions in 2011 to 39.2 USD millions in 2021.

This page tracks seed-stage venture capital investment in Norway. Early-stage investment is the leading indicator of innovation pipeline formation and future unicorn creation.

Data sourced from OECD via SDMX REST API. Values use harmonised methodology intended for cross-country comparison.

Frequently Asked Questions

This page tracks seed-stage venture capital investment in Norway. Early-stage investment is the leading indicator of innovation pipeline formation and future unicorn creation. It is published by OECD and updated annually.

The most recent observation covers 2025. OECD typically publishes this series with a lag of several months after the reference period. The series runs 2007–2025 (19 observations).

The series peaked at 39.2 USD millions in 2021 and reached its lowest recorded value of 0.4 USD millions in 2011. The latest reading is 16.8 USD millions in 2025. The latest change was +1.4%.