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Norwegian warehouse robotics maker AutoStore plans an IPO in Oslo, sources say valuing the company at ~$11.7B, up from $7.7B when SoftBank invested in April

Richard Milne / Financial Times :

Norwegian enterprise software maker Visma says it is planning an IPO next year in Oslo after being valued at $19B in a secondary share sale

Norwegian startup Gelato, a marketplace for printing services, for everything from mugs to clothing, raises $240M led by Insight Partners at a $1B+ valuation

- Norway software firm secures $240 million from investors  — Gelato targets 3D technology as its business expands

Kahoot, a game-based online learning service, says it had revenues of $45.2M in 2020, up 247% YoY, and plans to list on the main Norwegian stock market

- Kahoot is a game-based online learning service that lets players create and engage in multiple-choice quizzes. Thanks: @ryan_browne_

Norwegian financial services company AksjeBloggen: the number of Bitcoin ATMs worldwide has surged by 150% in the past two years, reaching over 8,000

Adriana Hamacher / Decrypt :

Norwegian educational gaming company Kahoot raised $28M in a private placement and $62M in a secondary share sale on Oslo's exchange, is now valued at ~$1.4B

As schools stay closed and summer camp seems more like a germscape than an escape, students are staying at home for the foreseeable future …

Norwegian videoconferencing startup Pexip, whose clients include US government and Spotify, seeks ~$200M in IPO this quarter at a post-money valuation of ~$570M

Video-conferencing firm's clients include the US government, Amnesty International and Spotify

Norwegian e-paper tablet startup Remarkable raises $15M Series A from Spark Capital

Paul Sawers / VentureBeat :

OPay, an Africa-focused mobile payments startup founded by Opera, raises $50M from investors including Sequoia China, IDG Capital, and Source Code Capital

OPay, an Africa focused mobile payments startup founded by Norwegian browser company Opera, has raised $50 million in funding.

Norwegian newspaper: Tidal publicly claimed 3M members in March 2016, but paid music labels for just 850K subscribers a month later

Paul Resnikoff / Digital Music News :