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Obos to cut about 200 roles by 2027; venture arm says investments continue

Obos plans to cut roughly 200 jobs by the end of 2027, FinansWatch reported. Obos Venture says its investment activity continues as normal and has made recent follow-up investments in Visoid and Volve.

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Obos plans to cut about 200 positions by the end of 2027, roughly one in ten employees, FinansWatch reported. The cooperative has not specified how many cuts will come from its digital unit, which was created in 2017.

Henning Lunde, head of Obos Venture, told Shifter by SMS that the venture arm will continue to follow existing portfolio companies, evaluate new investment opportunities and that activity goes as normal; he pointed to recent follow-up investments in AI visualisation platform Visoid and in Volve.

Kode24 reported the cuts will lead Obos to scale back IT ambitions. Obos communications director Thomas Skjennald told Kode24 the company will adjust some external development capacity and is reviewing other parts of the organisation.

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    Norwegian startup Visoid raises $2.5 million to scale its AI-native architecture platform

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    Obos to cut about 200 roles by 2027; venture arm says investments continueRecorded source excerpt · original wording
    Obos skal kutte rundt 200 ansatte innen 2027, men Obos Venture fortsetter å investere i startups innen bygg, anlegg og eiendom, blant annet Visoid og Volve. Nedbemanningen i Obos påvirker ikke selskapets venture-investeringer. Innen utgangen av 2027 skal det jobbe 200 færre ansatte i Obos , det melder FinansWatch . ...
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    Obos to cut about 200 roles by 2027; venture arm says investments continuePublished article text · original wording
    Obos plans to cut roughly 200 jobs by the end of 2027, FinansWatch reported. Obos Venture says its investment activity continues as normal and has made recent follow-up investments in Visoid and Volve.
    Shifter ↗
    Norwegian startup Visoid raises $2.5 million to scale its AI-native architecture platformRecorded source excerpt · original wording
    Oslo-based constructiontech startup Visoid has raised $2.5 million (€2.16 million) in a funding round led by Skyfall Ventures, with participation from existing investors StartupLab, OBOS and Antler, as well as Farvatn and byFounders Angel Collective. Founded in 2023 by former architect Mark Szoke and entrepreneur Joachim Holwech, the company develops AI software that converts existing [...]
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    Norwegian startup Visoid raises $2.5 million to scale its AI-native architecture platformRecorded source excerpt · original wording
    Oslo-based constructiontech startup Visoid has raised $2.5 million (€2.16 million) in a funding round led by Skyfall Ventures, with participation from existing investors StartupLab, OBOS and Antler, as well as Farvatn and byFounders Angel Collective. Founded in 2023 by former architect Mark Szoke and entrepreneur Jo...
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    Norway's Volve raises $3 million seed to tackle construction’s costly pre-project decisions with AI

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    Norway's Volve raises $3 million seed to tackle construction’s costly pre-project decisions with AIRecorded source excerpt · original wording
    Oslo-based construction technology company Volve has raised NOK 30 million (approximately $3 million) in a seed round led by Skyfall Ventures, with J12, Norrsken Evolve, OBOS Ventures, Antler, Startuplab, and Daniel Kjørberg Siraj, former CEO of OBOS. Founded in 2024, Volve develops AI software that processes tender and contract documents for construction projects, helping contractors [...]
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    Norway's Volve raises $3 million seed to tackle construction’s costly pre-project decisions with AIRecorded source excerpt · original wording
    Det norske AI-selskapet Volve henter 30 millioner kroner i en såkornrunde ledet av Skyfall Ventures, med tidligere Obos-sjef Daniel Kjørberg Siraj på eiersiden. Tidligere Obos-sjef, Daniel Kjørberg Siraj, går inn i en såkornrunde ledet av Skyfall Ventures på 30 millioner kroner i det norske selskapet Volve.  Vo...
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    Obos to cut about 200 roles by 2027; venture arm says investments continueRecorded source excerpt · original wording
    Obos skal kutte rundt 200 ansatte innen 2027, men Obos Venture fortsetter å investere i startups innen bygg, anlegg og eiendom, blant annet Visoid og Volve. Nedbemanningen i Obos påvirker ikke selskapets venture-investeringer. Innen utgangen av 2027 skal det jobbe 200 færre ansatte i Obos , det melder FinansWatch . ...
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    Obos to cut about 200 roles by 2027; venture arm says investments continuePublished article text · original wording
    Obos plans to cut roughly 200 jobs by the end of 2027, FinansWatch reported. Obos Venture says its investment activity continues as normal and has made recent follow-up investments in Visoid and Volve.
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