About Founds

The family firm that makes it happen.

Founds is Tom, Oliver and Gabriel Horvei, a small family firm based in Norway and working across Europe in English. We have helped companies get public support for innovation since 2010. Funding is where we start. Building, research and the right partners are how we turn it into results.

From start-ups to established companies.

We have long experience of innovation, project management and the funding of R&D projects, first through SkatteFUNN, Norway's tax deduction scheme for R&D. Working on our own projects, we saw that many companies already run innovation work that qualifies for public support, without knowing it.

We shape the project around what the programme asks for, write the application and stay with it through reporting. Where you need more than money, we bring in researchers, developers and partners from our network and build with you in short cycles. The process should not be complicated or slow: no slide decks, no multi-year schedules. You spend your time on the technology, and we take most of the rest off your desk.

For more than ten years we have helped companies with SkatteFUNN, from Nille, Plantasjen and StrongPoint to small start-ups, often with approval at the first attempt. In the competitive European programmes no adviser can promise that, so we tell you early where the odds are good and where they are not.

BASED IN
Norway, working across Europe in English
ADVISING SINCE
2010
SKATTEFUNN CLIENTS
Nille · Plantasjen · StrongPoint
PROGRAMMES
Eurostars · Horizon Europe · EIC Accelerator · SkatteFUNN
WAY OF WORKING
One named senior adviser owns every proposal, and a second reviewer reads it before anything is submitted
Advisers

The people you will work with.

You always speak to an adviser who knows your project, not to a form.

Portrait of Tom Ivar Horvei
Tom Ivar Horvei
Adviser
tom@founds.no
Portrait of Oliver Horvei
Oliver Horvei
Adviser
oliver@founds.no
Portrait of Gabriel Horvei
Gabriel Horvei
Adviser
gabriel@founds.no
Frequently asked questions

Questions and answers.

What is Founds?

Founds AS is a small family firm in Norway (organisation number 936 127 630) that helps companies secure public funding for innovation, then helps build it with researchers, developers, AI and automation. Funding comes first.

Where is Founds based?

In Norway. We work with companies across Europe in English, and with Norwegian companies in Norwegian on founds.no.

Who is behind Founds?

Tom Ivar Horvei, Oliver Horvei and Gabriel Horvei. You always speak to an adviser who knows your project, not to a form.

How much does Founds charge?

Our fees are small on purpose, so the funding goes to the innovation. You choose a small fixed fee agreed upfront, or no cure, no pay at a slightly higher fee. We publish no percentages or amounts. The first step, a funding review of 20 minutes, is free.

Tell us what you are building.

The funding review is free and takes 20 minutes. We tell you quickly what could fund it and what else it needs to happen, with no commitment.