Trolltech Secures $6.7 Million in Series B Investment Led by Index Ventures

Index's Neil Rimer Joins Trolltech's Board of Directors

OSLO, Norway - May 23 2005

Trolltech®, provider of leading technologies for Linux and cross-platform software development, today announced the completion of a $6.7 million Series B round of financing led by Index Ventures. Existing investors Teknoinvest and Northzone Ventures also participated in this round. The funding will be used to fuel Trolltech's global expansion as it capitalizes on the growing markets for embedded Linux and cross-platform desktop applications.

 
(Trolltech's homepage)

Unique aviation obstacle warning system based on Norwegian radar technology receives investment for Norwegian and U.S. market launch 

 
Teknoinvest, Viking Venture and START-fondet invest close to $ 5 million in Obstacle Collision Avoidance System (OCAS) AS. 

Oslo, Norway, May 6th 2005. OCAS AS today announced that it has attracted a venture capital investment of NOK 30 million (US$ 4.8) from Oslo based Teknoinvest and Trondheim based Viking Venture. START-fondet, which originally seed-funded OCAS, is also participating in the round.  

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Teknoinvest and Crandum invest $3 million in high performance computing platform vendor Mitrionics AB

Lund, Sweden, 31 March 2005. Mitrionics AB today announced that it has attracted a venture capital investment of SEK 20.2 million (US$ 3 million) from Oslo based Teknoinvest and Stockholm based Creandum. TeknoSeed, that originally seed-fundet Mitrionics, is also participating in the round. Mitrionics AB has developed the Mitrion platform, a leading technology for programming Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) for supercomputing applications. The company is working closely with computer hardware vendors including California based Silicon Graphics and UK based Nallatech.

(Mitrion's homepage)

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Kista, Sweden – December 6, 2004
 
Syntune AB receives Euro 4.7 million financing
Tunable laser manufacturer closes successful private equity round

Syntune AB, the developer of innovative single-chip tunable lasers today announced that it has raised SEK 42 million ($6.2 million, EUR 4.7 million) in a private equity financing round led by InnovationsKapital of Sweden, and co-led by Teknoinvest of Norway. Other investors include Vision Capital of the USA, and private investors. 

(Syntune's homepage)