A tiny smartphone is powerful enough to guide 120 million Apollo 11 rockets to the moon. The tools to change the world are in the hands of millions. Yet we google cats. To us, life hacks aren't just about finding clever ways to make living easy, but about finding better ways to be humans. We investigate, ideate and invest with the ambition to create as much good as possible using what we know best: product and business development, creativity and technology. We work and scale as a business. We are always data-driven with clear metrics and a strong demand for profit. But for us, profit is measured not in money, but in lives.
NORRSKEN INITIATIVES
The Norrsken initiatives combine high risk with high impact. We believe this is an unexplored territory in a world where non-profits avoid financial risks and venture capitalists focus only on financial return.
INITIATIVE 001
KLARITY
Klarity engages citizens in exposing everyday corruption. 1 out of 4 people around the world have to pay bribes to access public services, Klarity aims to give them a voice.
INITIATIVE 002
29K
Increasing our speed can never compensate for heading in the wrong direction. We believe a better society comes from wiser decisions and actions. Therefore 29k aims to democratize personal growth by combining the best empirical experience, research and tech.
NORRSKEN INVESTMENTS
We support the most driven entrepreneurs out there solving some of the world’s biggest problems. With funding, expertise and networks, we help them and their big ideas reach full potential and maximum impact.
COMPANY 001
DOCTRIN
Doctrin is on a mission to significantly improve the quality and efficiency of healthcare through their e-health solutions. Doctrin’s belief is that patients are an under-utilised resource that wants to be more involved in their own healthcare process. Therefore, they have developed digital solutions for doctors' consultations to increase patient involvement and facilitate doctor-patient communication.
COMPANY 002
JUST ARRIVED
A swift and clever app for offering and accepting jobs and making successful integration a reality. Just Arrived gives new arrivals a chance to enter the labor market.
COMPANY 003
KARMA
One third of all food produced is never consumed. Karma reduces food waste by helping restaurants and grocery stores sell their surplus food instead of throwing it away. The consumers can save food directly in the Karma app at a discounted price and get high quality food for less.
COMPANY 004
WELCOME
A digital meeting place where friendships and real-life value are created, right in your smartphone. Welcome tackles integration issues by connecting locals and the newly arrived.
COMPANY 005
WORLDFAVOR
Worldfavor makes it easy to coordinate, assess and visualize your organization's sustainability. The leading platform to manage, report and share sustainability data digitally.
COMPANY 006
ENEO SOLUTIONS
Using roof-mounted solar panels to generate electricity, or on-site ground-source heat pumps to generate heating and cooling, Eneo offers its customers easy access to green energy.
EUROPE’S BIGGEST HUB
FOR IMPACT AND TECHNOLOGY
Norrsken House is a 2400+ sqm creative cluster for driven tech entrepreneurs and people who want to solve global issues, located in downtown Stockholm.
We are a non-religious, non-partisan, non-profit Foundation with a strong belief in Effective Altruism. We support and invest in both for-profit businesses and non-profit organizations, whichever we believe is most likely to have a positive impact on society. Although we are based in Stockholm, Sweden, we see ourselves as world citizens.
Christoffer Ripe, Management trainee
David Frykman, Chief Investment Officer
Erik Engellau-Nilsson, Chief Executive Officer
Frida Siwe, Chief Financial Officer
Jessica Guter, Project Manager
Oskar Malm Wiklund, Member Experience & Tech
Klara Hansen, Office Manager
Max Larsson von Reybekiel, Creative Director
Niklas Adalberth, Founder
Susanna Campbell, Chair of the Investment Committee
Funda Sezgi, Chief of House
Jonas Axelsson, Head of People & Culture
Anna Ryott, Deputy CEO
Tove Danielson, Investment Manager
Agate Freimane, Investment Manager
Norrsken is privately funded by its founder.
Norrsken (802479-5448) is a Swedish foundation registered at Länsstyrelsen Stockholm and is fully taxable in Sweden just like any other corporation.
The daily operations are run through a regular limited corporation (Stockholmsnorrskenet AB, 559032-5741) that is fully owned by Norrsken Foundation.
We are currently not open for donations, but we are always interested in getting in contact with companies who can support us pro-bono with their expertise. Please reach out to us at info@norrskenfoundation.org
Do you want to be part of our team? We are always interested in getting in touch with good people who have big ideas and even bigger hearts.
A: We believe that a diverse team produce better results so we try to staff and pay equally. We also think transparency is good and try to lead by example. We’re not perfect and we expect this section to grow and develop.
NORRSKEN FOUNDATION
15 EMPLOYEES
GENDER BALANCE
We are convinced that a well balanced,
and diverse team perform better.
SALARY DISTRIBUTION
At Norrsken we apply equal pay for
equal work.
MANAGEMENT
Norrsken Foundation is led by 3 women and 1 man.
AGE
The age distribution of the Norrsken team is
quite young. However,
we think age is just a number and
we don’t look at age when hiring.
GENDER BALANCE IN THE NORRSKEN HOUSE
The Norrsken House is a co-working space with 300 members. We want to be a diverse and heterogen office environment where people are comfortable being themselves.
We're constantly scanning the global impact tech scene for teams/companies with promising solutions to the world's most crucial social and civic issues. Please fill out this form and put yourself on our radar if you think this could be you.
For press material, please click here or e-mail press@norrskenfoundation.org. For general inquiries, please contact info@norrskenfoundation.org.
Ok, that's not really a question. But we really would like to give our thanks to Projektbyrån, Nymans Elektriska, Gärahovs Bygg, Lintex, SA möbler, Meetech, A/O Interior Design, Evert Lindelöf Inredningsservice, Zound Industries, Reforma, Gunnebo, Lumen Arkitekter, Spektra Neon, NAI Swefa, Stureplansgruppen, Hässelby Blommor and Designers Guild for all sponsoring us with their invaluable knowledge, and for supporting us in building one of the important pillars that defines what Norrsken Foundation is all about.