About NorBAN
NorBAN – the Norwegian Business Angel Network – is the national non-profit interest organisation for business angels: private investors who put their own money, time and experience into startups.
Photo: Cathrine Delp, NorBAN relaunch 2023
By angels, for angels
NorBAN is run by people who are angel investors themselves. We are not a fund, and we are not consultants who only talk about investing – we all invest ourselves, and we work together to further the interests of angel investors in Norway. When we advise startups, that advice comes from people who have sat on the investor side of the table.
Membership is primarily for active angel investors, but we also welcome funds, service providers and other organizations to join us as partners, and we are open to any actor in the early-stage startup ecosystem.
Be advised that NorBAN as an organization does not invest and makes no investment decisions.
Our members decide for themselves, individually or together with other angels.
Founded 2010, merged 2023
Today's organization was formed when NorBAN (founded 2010) and Business Angels Norway (founded 2016) merged in 2023.
Built on Individual Memberships
With more than 50 direct members and over 200 associated investors taking part in the network, we are the leading nationwide actor in the Norwegian ecosystem.
A network of Networks
To provide nationwide support we work with a dozen regional and sector-specific angel groups, representing hundreds of angel investors.
Training to enable more angels
Our training programmes in angel investing have prepared more than 500 angel investors across Norway since 2016.
What we do
Four goals guide everything NorBAN does, and we collaborate with others towards all of them.
We train angels
Courses, programmes and knowledge bases that help new and experienced angels invest with more discipline.
We give angels a network
Member meetups in Oslo, events with regional angel groups and group trips to Nordic investor conferences.
We provide dealflow
Early access to startups raising capital, through member channels, Startup Spotlight and our partners.
We represent angels
A voice for angel investors towards government, media and European bodies, including a seat on the board of EBAN.
Who we work with
Angel investors
Join our network of active angels, with dealflow, training and events – and invest alongside people you get to know and trust through our channels.
Startups
Prepare with our free fundraising knowledge base and paid advisory services, then submit your startup to the network for investments.
Partners and press
Funds, service providers, public bodies and media can work with NorBAN as partners or contact the administration directly.
Nordic and European reach
Angel investing does not stop at the border, and neither do we. We support startups and angel investors from all around the world, and we play a key role in building angel networks in the North Atlantic area, across Europe as well as in Latin America, Asia and Africa.
- Member of EBAN, the European Business Angel Network, with a seat on its board.
- Norway's only contact point for Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs (2025–2028).
- Supported the establishment of Nordic sister networks, including SweBAN, IceBAN, FarBAN in the Faroe Islands, and BANG in Greenland.
- Hold close ties with other Nordic and Baltic sister networks, such as FiBAN, DanBAN, EstBAN and LitBAN.
- Partner in cross-border projects such as Alliances for Innovation, Allon i3 and the North Atlantic Business Angels Network.
Explore More About NorBAN
Vision and goals
What we are for and how we work.
History
From before the founding in 2010 to today's merged organization.
Board and management
The people who currently run NorBAN.
Partners
The organisations we work with.
EBAN
Our seat at the table with the European angel community.
Regional angel networks
The groups associated with NorBAN.
Join Norway's only national angel network
Whether you are an experienced angel or considering your first investment, NorBAN is the only national non-profit organization where Norway’s angel investors meet and learn by investing together.