Big changeneeds big thinkers.
The home of industrial tech at Fornebu: a Tech Hub with 60+ companies, an AI and Robotics Lab with industry partners, and the community around RunwayVC, the venture fund investing in founders shaping industry.
Founded by industrial operators, for industrial founders.
RunwayFBU was founded in 2021 by Kjell Inge Røkke, among the most successful entrepreneurs in the Nordics, and Tor Bækkelund, former co-founder of StartupLab.
2021
Founded
60+
Tech Hub companies
100+
Members in the community
70+
Mentors and industry experts
What we're betting on.
Data and technology are instrumental in creating value.
The industrial ecosystem is an untapped opportunity.
The next decade's winners will be defined by who masters this layer.
Industrial winners are built where capital, operators and founders share the same hallway.
Efficient. Sustainable. Resilient.
We work across the industrial technology stack, with three principles guiding everything we build and back.
01
Efficient
Produce at low cost while remaining safe and profitable.
02
Sustainable
Reduce negative environmental, social or governance impact.
03
Resilient
Resist, recover or innovate during significant disruptions.
Two names, one family.
Runway is one ecosystem with two front doors: the venture fund and the place where industrial tech gets built.
The venture fund
RunwayVC
Invests in founders shaping industry, from pre-seed to Series A, Norway to Europe. Pitching, the portfolio and everything investment lives on its own site.
Go to runway.vc ↗The ecosystem
RunwayFBU
Runs the Tech Hub with 60+ industrial tech companies and the AI and Robotics Lab with industry partners: the community where founders and industry share a hallway.
From the RunwayFBU community.
Let's talk.
Questions about the Tech Hub, the AI and Robotics Lab, media enquiries or upcoming events? For investment and portfolio matters, head to runway.vc.
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