Geir Forre Overview
- Investor Type
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Angel
- Investments
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8
- Portfolio
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2
- Exits
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3

Geir Forre General Information
Description
Mr. Geir Forre is the Founder and serves as Managing Partner at Firda. Mr. Førre is an Angel Investor. He served as Chairman and Board Observer at Disruptive Technologies. He serves as Chairman at Ardoq. He served as Senior Vice President at Silicon Labs. He serves as Chairman at Monil. He serves as Chairman at Zerolytics. He is responsible for driving the company's product and market strategies on the Internet of Things, Internet Infrastructure, and Industrial segments. Currently, he serves as Chairman at Zivid. He joined Silicon Labs in July 2013 as Senior Vice President and General Manager of Microcontroller and Wireless Products following the company's acquisition of Energy Micro. He founded Energy Micro in 2007 and helped spearhead the development and market introduction of the world's most energy-friendly MCUs, the EFM32 Gecko MCU portfolio. He has more than 20 years of semiconductor industry experience spanning research, development, marketing, and management. Before founding Energy Micro, he was a co-founder of Chipcon, serving as its President and CEO from Chipcon's beginning in 1996 until August 2007. He led Chipcon's development from its inception as a design house to becoming the market leader in low-power RF solutions a decade later. He holds an M.S. in electrical engineering from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, commonly known as NTNU, in Trondheim, Norway.
Business Details
Primary Investor Type
Corporate Office
- Oslo
- Norway
Geir Forre Investments (8)
Company Name | Deal Date | Deal Type | Deal Size | Industry | Company Stage | Lead Partner |
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Ardoq | 01-Jul-2020 | Later Stage VC | Business/Productivity Software | Generating Revenue | ||
Airthings | 12-Apr-2019 | Electronics (B2C) | Generating Revenue/Not Profitable | |||
Disruptive Technologies (Electronic Equipment and Instruments) | 05-Mar-2019 | Electronic Equipment and Instruments | Generating Revenue | |||
Otovo | 30-Sep-2016 | Information Services (B2C) | Generating Revenue/Not Profitable | |||
Airthings | 23-May-2016 | Electronics (B2C) | Generating Revenue/Not Profitable | |||
Disruptive Technologies (Electronic Equipment and Instruments) | 26-Apr-2016 | Electronic Equipment and Instruments | Generating Revenue | |||
Ardoq | 04-Jan-2016 | Seed Round | Business/Productivity Software | Generating Revenue | ||
YAY Images | 28-Mar-2014 | Later Stage VC | Media and Information Services (B2B) | Generating Revenue |
Geir Forre Exits (3)
Company Name | Exit Date | Exit Type | Exit Size |
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Otovo | 19-Feb-2021 | IPO | |
Airthings | 30-Oct-2020 | ||
YAY Images | 01-Feb-2019 |
Geir Forre Investments by Industry, Year, and Region
Geir Forre FAQs
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Who is Geir Forre?
Geir Forre is an angel Investor who has made 8 investments.
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What kind of investor is Geir Forre?
Geir Forre is an angel investor.
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What does Geir Forre do?
As an angel investor, Geir Forre invests personal money into promising companies, typically in exchange for equity.
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How many board seats does Geir Forre hold?
Geir Forre holds 2 board seats including Zivid and Airthings.
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What has Geir Forre invested in?
Geir Forre has made numerous investments in companies like Ardoq, Airthings, and Disruptive Technologies (Electronic Equipment and Instruments) within the Business/Productivity Software, Electronics (B2C), and Electronic Equipment and Instruments industries.
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What has Geir Forre invested in recently?
Geir Forre's latest investment was on 01-Jul-2020 in Ardoq, a company within the Business/Productivity Software industry.
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