Farmhouse

Farmhouse Capital is a Norway-based pre-seed investment firm headquartered in Oslo, founded by Anne Worsøe and Martin Hauge. The two partners met while working in Silicon Valley, where Anne co-founded and managed Nordic Innovation House and Martin served as a partner at Creandum, a prominent Nordic venture capital firm with notable portfolio companies including Vivino and Automile. The firm was formally established as an investment vehicle in 2019 when it acquired the pre-seed portfolio previously managed by Bakken & Bæck Invest, bringing an established base of early-stage Norwegian startup investments under its management. Farmhouse Capital focuses exclusively on Norwegian startups at the pre-seed stage, typically writing first checks ranging from 10,000 to 100,000 EUR. The firm operates as a small, highly networked team with deep connections across the angel investor, pre-seed, seed, and venture capital ecosystems, both domestically in Norway and internationally. The firm has a stated preference for co-investing alongside Norwegian and international investors, allowing portfolio companies to benefit from a broader capital network from the earliest stages of their development. Farmhouse Capital positions itself as a founder-friendly investor, operating on the philosophy that founding teams understand their own businesses better than outside observers. Rather than requiring board seats, the firm offers introductions, mentoring, and problem-solving support on an on-demand basis, while maintaining the ability to suggest qualified board candidates from its network when needed. The firm has a particular interest in purpose-driven companies and diverse founding teams, and targets startups addressing large international markets with solutions to global challenges. Geographically, the Farmhouse Capital team spans Oslo, Stockholm, London, and San Francisco, giving the firm a multi-continental presence and enabling meaningful international support for portfolio companies as they mature and seek to scale beyond the Nordic region. The firm maintains a global network of advisors and investors who can be activated to support portfolio companies at critical growth inflection points. While Farmhouse Capital is not a CPG-specific investor, its broad mandate and focus on purpose-driven startups means consumer-facing and product-oriented companies may fall within its investment scope.