Welcome to Avant.
We're an investment firm with deep operational roots. Our mission is to actively build successful companies alongside entrepreneurs.
Company builders
We invest in businesses, often in TMT related sectors, and lead them into becoming large and profitable organisations. We're committed to active engagement, with real involvement in attractive risk/reward situations.
Active ownership
Our ambition is to optimize management teams and align management and ownership agendas. We get into the detail and committ to an active level of engagement with management teams.
Turn-arounds
Our relentless focus on cash flow and stakeholder alignment leads us often to companies that are mature, have fragmented ownership and are poorly managed. We add value by refocusing the business and by reassessing strategy and investment areas.
Venture capital
We invest in early stage companies that benefit from operational guidance. Typically those are companies with proven product-market fit, where the next phase is scaling operations and go-to-market.
Domain expertise
Our focus has been in the technology, telecoms and digital media sectors. We leverage our domain expertise to help our companies secure the best possible outcomes.
Portfolio
IoT Solutions for the construction industry.
Components for mobile network operators.
Digital transdisciplinary design consultancy.
E-learning platform teaching kids how to code.
Loans to small businesses in Nigeria in less than 3 hours, YC'21.
Services for mobile network operators.
Leading supplier in maritime operations and awareness.
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First financial institution in Norway to offer free-of-charge credit cards (acquired by Santander).
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Norwegian broadband provider (IPO, then acquired by Ventelo).
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Carrot Communications, a Norwegian mobile telco (acquired by 1881).
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Real-time voice and video processing software for IP networks (acquired by Google).
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Leading provider of B2B communication solutions (acquired by Herkuled fund III).
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European price comparison service (acquired by Yahoo).
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The world’s smallest laser microprojection systems (acquired by Intel).
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Leading provider of firewall and NAT for video communication (acquired by Logitech).
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Mobile network operator for businesses (acquired by Telia).
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Founder
Ditlef de Vibe
Before starting Avant, Ditlef de Vibe was the CEO of Kistefos Venture Capital where he spent a decade investing in technology and telco businesses globally. In that time he helped several companies reach successful IPO and M&A exits to companies like Google, Yahoo and Hercules Capital. Ditlef has throughout his career developed a keen interest in sales and technology; he witnessed first-hand the rise of the internet and cloud technologies at IBM where he rose as one of the best performing sales executives, and went on to lead IBM's EMEA Network Outsourcing business.