Karen Elisabeth Ohm Heskja

Investment Manager DNB Ventures

📍 Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway🔄 Updated September 2026💼 12 investments📅 17 years investing🗓 Last invested Jun 2025𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
VC🌍 Norway
12
Total investments
2
Early stage
4
Mid stage
0
Late stage
17y
Years active

Portfolio

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Board Member
Jun 2025
Some say more people work with compliance than innovation in the world. Compliance is at the core of every professional activity. And we’re the first to admit: compliance is ambiguous. On one hand it’s about businesses having to prove that they’re fulfilling demands and requirements, while one the other hand it’s about living up to the demands and requirements, saving lives and taking care of people and planet—the value part. At ComplAi we think both are important but that the proving part should be easier, allowing businesses to spend more time on doing the good stuff. We’re making “the act or process” less complicated, and by doing so freeing up precious time that should be spent on creating value to customers. ComplAi is essentially a piece of technology that makes the process of proving compliance easier. ComplAi offers online audit rooms where evidence can meet requirements in an efficient and secure way. Here one can experience intuitive and efficient collaboration around collecting, auditing and distributing evidence of compliance throughout supply chains. Headquartered in Oslo, Norway serving customers and users throughout the world.
Board Member
Mar 2022
A new home for tech, data and entrepreneurship.
Board Member
Mar 2022
Monio er en digital plattform som ønsker å gjøre det trygt og enkelt for eiendomsutviklere og investorer å finne sammen. Eiendomsutviklere får finansiering til å gjennomføre sine prosjekter og investorene får avkastning på sin kapital. Monio tilrettelegger for lån til eiendomsselskaper. Sikrede lån begrenser nedside og gir høy avkastning på investert kapital. Privatpersoner eller AS kan investere og motta månedlig rentebetalinger. Vi holder deg oppdatert i god tid før neste lån. Vi brenner for økt verdiskaping i samfunnet. På vår plattform gjør vi det mulig for hvem som helst å være med å ta del i vekst og verdiskaping innen eiendomsutvikling.
Board Member
Apr 2019
FundingPartner utfordrer finansieringsmarkedet for små- og mellomstore bedrifter ved å koble bedrifter som trenger lån med investorer. Dette gir fleksibel finansiering for bedrifter og god avkastning for investorene. FundingPartner startet i 2018 og har raskt blitt markedslederen innen det norske crowdlendingsegmentet med markedsandel på over 65 %. I 2022 utvidet FundingPartner til Sverige og lanserte FundingPartner Securities, som tilbyr mellomstore selskaper miniobligasjoner på 30 til 200 millioner NOK. * FundingPartner ble grunnlagt i 2017, og har hatt over 120 % vekst de siste to årene * FundingPartner har over 20 000 nordiske investorer tilknyttet plattformen og har formidlet over 600 nordiske lån til dags dato. * I samme periode har nettorenten vært 9,5 % i gjennomsnitt for investorer etter kredittap på mindre enn 0,4 %, noe som gir en gjennomsnittlig rente på 9 %.
Board Member
Oct 2016
ClevAir reduces energy consumption and emissions of CO². Our solution automates and optimizes HVAC (Heating, Ventilation and Air Condition) in commercial buildings. ClevAir combines IoT devices and ML with our SaaS based software tool and algorithms. ClevAir can optimise ventilation with or without a BMS, with our 4G-gateway we connect to your ventilations system and communicate with most protocols. We reduce the energy consumption by 15-25%, hence reducing the CO². emissions accordingly. In addition to reducing energy consumption and CO² emissions, we also provide our customers with insights, dashboard, and data to help create reports according to the coming EU-taxonomy.
Board Member
Jan 2013
Nettverk Norge AS is the company behind the project Nettverk Stavanger, which is an arena for strategic relations among young resource persons in Rogaland. Nettverk Stavanger organize activities, meetings and seminars that give you the opportunity to found new contacts and connections across various industries. It also provides a mentor-program with successful mentors to the members of the network. Read more about the project on www.nettverkstavanger.no
Experience · 20 entries
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2025
Board Member
Jun 2025
Some say more people work with compliance than innovation in the world. Compliance is at the core of every professional activity. And we’re the first to admit: compliance is ambiguous. On one hand it’s about businesses having to prove that they’re fulfilling demands and requirements, while one the other hand it’s about living up to the demands and requirements, saving lives and taking care of people and planet—the value part. At ComplAi we think both are important but that the proving part should be easier, allowing businesses to spend more time on doing the good stuff. We’re making “the act or process” less complicated, and by doing so freeing up precious time that should be spent on creating value to customers. ComplAi is essentially a piece of technology that makes the process of proving compliance easier. ComplAi offers online audit rooms where evidence can meet requirements in an efficient and secure way. Here one can experience intuitive and efficient collaboration around collecting, auditing and distributing evidence of compliance throughout supply chains. Headquartered in Oslo, Norway serving customers and users throughout the world.
2023
Investment Director
Oct 2023
Eviny Ventures is an active early stage investor in companies with great potential that help accelerate the transformation towards a sustainable future. We are hands-on with founders, from seed to venture to growth. As you drive your business forward, we’ll help you prepare for the biggest possible outcomes by leveraging our solid expertise and network from 100+ years in the renewable energy industry. Eviny Ventures is run as the venture capital investment arm of the Eviny Group.
Investment Committee Member, DNV Ventures
May 2023
DNV is the independent expert in risk management and assurance, operating in more than 100 countries. Through its broad experience and deep expertise DNV advances safety and sustainable performance, sets industry benchmarks, and inspires and invents solutions. Whether assessing a new ship design, optimizing the performance of a wind farm, analyzing sensor data from a gas pipeline or certifying a food company’s supply chain, DNV enables its customers and their stakeholders to make critical decisions with confidence. Driven by its purpose, to safeguard life, property, and the environment, DNV helps tackle the challenges and global transformations facing its customers and the world today and is a trusted voice for many of the world’s most successful and forward-thinking companies. DNV uses cookies. For more information, please visit https://www.dnv.com/privacy/change-cookie-settings.html
2022
Board Member
Mar 2022
A new home for tech, data and entrepreneurship.
Board Member
Mar 2022
Monio er en digital plattform som ønsker å gjøre det trygt og enkelt for eiendomsutviklere og investorer å finne sammen. Eiendomsutviklere får finansiering til å gjennomføre sine prosjekter og investorene får avkastning på sin kapital. Monio tilrettelegger for lån til eiendomsselskaper. Sikrede lån begrenser nedside og gir høy avkastning på investert kapital. Privatpersoner eller AS kan investere og motta månedlig rentebetalinger. Vi holder deg oppdatert i god tid før neste lån. Vi brenner for økt verdiskaping i samfunnet. På vår plattform gjør vi det mulig for hvem som helst å være med å ta del i vekst og verdiskaping innen eiendomsutvikling.
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