EXP Group AS

About Us

Exp group is a private investment company believing in exponential technology making positive impact on our society. We invest in, innovate and build companies that solve societal and environmental problems with exponential tech and good business.

EXP Group is focusing on high impact sectors such as environmental and societal. We are using exponential technology to scale our companies, ventures and projects – including in AI, VR, blockchain, IoT, etc.

We are continuously searching for the best talent – wherever they are – and experimentation is a part of our DNA. We use the Lean Startup methodology and believe is user driven development.

Self-organizing autonomy together with multi-disciplinary teams, operating with decentralized authority, is driving and growing our portfolio companies and investments . Social technology is finding fertile ground because the workplace has become increasingly digitized.

Vision

Our vision reflects the core of our contribution to move the world towards a positive future. We want to encourage, inspire and motivate active thinking in the search for new ideas, new combinations, new models, new formats, new solutions that create value for people and planet. This inspires innovative thinking that drives the world forward. We have come to a point where technology is moving society from scarcity to abundance, and we need to put human interests, not the system, at the centre. Therefore our vision is:

”Building a thriving and positive future for humanity”

We use our resources, network and capabilities to develop healthy companies generating sustainable values for clients, employees, society and owners. Technology is the pinnacle in an exponential shift from scarcity to abundance. Unless we put human interests first, we risk that systems and technology define the future.

Values

01
Trust
honesty, sharing, transparency, respect, collaboration, teamwork, open mind
02
Autonomy
action, dynamic, respect, pride.
03
Curious
creativity, entrepreneurship, open mind, adaptive. listening.
04
Fun
social intelligence, empathy, energy, positive, initiative.

WE BELIEVE IN

We believe that the best way to fix the big problems in the world is through businesses that exist to solve problems and provide value to humans and planet.We believe that businesses that exist for this purpose also has the potential to be more competitive and give better return on investments. We believe technology will be an important driver to solve and scale these problems.

We believe in a rapidly changing world where new technology is accelerating change exponentially. We believe this is opening up for tremendous innovation opportunities, and we believe in using these opportunities to make a positive impact to the world and humanity. Hence we are investing time, resources and energy to develop organizations with deep insight and understanding of exponential business models, driving sustainable innovation and disruption for making a better world for the humanity.

Our platform and DNA build on the following key factors:

Disruption
Most industry sectors and conventional business models will be challenged and disrupted.
We believe in
Changes
Belief that the world is facing drastic changes in exponential speed.
We believe in
Impact
Our innovations and investments create new positive impact to the way we live and work together.
We believe in
People
Faith in the capabilities of mankind.
We believe in
Motivation
The belief that motivated people can create great things.
We believe in
Exponential technology
We nurture exponential organization with impact that is at least 10 x larger compared to its peers.
We believe in
Adaptation
We believe in adapting to change by focusing on the opportunities and improvements.
We believe in
Humanity
We put human interests first and create impact that shape a human-centric society.
We believe in
Profitability
Business ventures based on exponential technology making positive impact on the society, have competitive edge and generate substantial financial returns.
We believe in

Companies

Katapult Future Fest

Katapult Future Fest is not your average technology conference, it is a two-day festival in Oslo, Norway, focusing on exponential technologies, impact investing and future societies. New technologies are already changing the environment around us in extreme ways – such as Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, Internet of Things, Robotics, Autonomous Cars, Nanotechnology, Genomics, Biotechnology, Virtual Reality, Quantum Computing and 3D-Printing. Katapult Future Fest aspires to serve as a hub for discussion, creation and collaboration between impact-driven businesses and the investors that believe in them.

Katapult Accelerator

Katapult Accelerator is offering technology start-ups making a positive impact of the world – a 3 month program to prepare for second-round financing and further growth into their international markets. We believe in making a positive impact. We believe in technology as the key driver for change. We believe in the untapped talent of the world.We are fueled and inspired by our deep belief in exponential technology. We believe these technologies such as AI and Blockchain can help impact focused startups scale faster while solving real global problems.

Katapult Ocean

Katapult Ocean is finding, investing and scaling great startups with a positive impact on the ocean. We do this through an accelerator program, building a global ecosystem for ocean impact tech and creating awareness through the Katapult Ocean Prize. We source startups globally. We believe in the power of exponential technology, entrepreneurship and collaboration to solve the challenges in the ocean and develop new opportunities with positive impact.

Nordic Impact

Nordic Impact is a company that invests in startups based around technology with a mission to have a positive impact on society.

Nordic impact was started to gather the initiatives of Tharald Nustad around impact investments and social entrepreneurship. The main activity is investing in early stage impact tech startups, and we also support projects that further impact investing and social entrepreneurship.

Radio Metro

Radio Metro is a leading local radio station company offering local radio content on a multichannel platform – including FM, DAB and Cloud. With a long history from being being a FM based local radio station covering the Eastern and Southern regions of Norway, Radio Metro has through the co-ownership of EXP Group stepped up in the digital media landscape to offer both DAB and increasingly more cloud based radio content.

City Mart

Citymart was founded in 2011 with a vision to transform the way cities solve problems. Since then, Citymart has established problem-based procurement methods and practices in more than 100 global cities. More than 1,500 city officials have been trained to use Citymart’s problem-solving and problem-based procurement methods.

Citymart has built the world’s leading repository of solutions for cities – over 16,000 – in areas such as urban lighting, traffic safety, adult social care, energy, economic development and inclusion, public health, education, civic engagement, and disability.

SKALAR

Skalar creates products with a purpose, innovative solutions that people actually have use for. Skalar is on a journey to a smart society where digital products help people in their everyday life. Skalar is providing better services to citizens with Ledi, making it easier for artist to get paid with Gramo and building a digital tool for craftsmen to help manage everyday tasks in a state-of-the-art manner.

FutureOn

FutureOn is a PaaS digital technology firm supporting energy companies’ subsea field development projects through the use of our cloud-based platform, FieldTwin. By implementing FieldTwin within workflows, we’re enabling the Digital Twin of the subsea field to digitize project data, visualize digital subsea field installations, and enable global team collaboration.

Many of the world’s largest Operators, EPCs, and Marine Installation companies globally have made FieldTwin and its suite of applications an integral part of their workflows.

BRICK VISUAL

BRICK VISUAL is a creative community in Budapest, Hungary, that combines architectural knowledge, expertise and insight with creative visual properties to develop 3D animated images, animated videos and VR/AR content of outstanding quality. In addition to working with VY COMMUNICATION in Norway, BRICK has clients worldwide.