NOK 60m · Pre-Seed · Software · Oslo, Norway
Oslo-based Solvera has raised a NOK 60m pre-seed round led by Seedcamp to build an AI-native engineering firm for the construction industry. The company told Norwegian property publication Estate Nyheter that the capital will expand its engineering and technology teams in Oslo, establish a London office and accelerate development of its operating system.
Tech Funding News reports that Construct Venture, Inception Fund, Momentum, OBOS Ventures, PSV Tech, Sondo and The Nordic Web Ventures participated, alongside angel investors including Spacemaker founders Anders Kvåle and Håvard Haukeland. The company began operating in July 2026 and was founded by former Spacemaker, Autodesk and Enode leaders Arif Mirza, Pål Rasmussen and Thorvald Thorsnes.
Selling engineering outcomes, not another software licence
Solvera is starting with mechanical, electrical and plumbing engineering. It acts as the engineering firm of record, taking a project from requirements and constraints to coordinated, buildable designs. Customers pay for the delivered outcome rather than a software licence or consulting hours. AI agents handle a growing share of coordination and production work, while experienced engineers remain responsible for professional judgement.
That structure is the core commercial bet. Construction firms have adopted more design tools without necessarily changing how engineering work is contracted or billed. Solvera is embedding automation inside the service provider itself, so any productivity gain can change delivery economics rather than depending on another firm to adopt and integrate a standalone product.
The model also gives the company a direct feedback loop. Solvera says engineers’ decisions become reusable knowledge across the firm, which could make later projects faster if the system captures context reliably. The constraint is accountability: as the firm of record, Solvera must show that automation improves throughput without weakening coordination, regulatory compliance or design quality.
Early demand creates a capacity test
Tech Funding News says Solvera signed $1m of contracts in its first three months, has a nine-person team and is already operating at full capacity. It reports that the company is working on several Norwegian building projects, including commercial work with contractor Betonmast. Those are company-reported signals rather than recognised revenue, but they show why the round is funding both engineers and technology.
Hiring both groups matters because the system cannot scale on software alone. More engineers create delivery capacity and supply the judgement that trains reusable workflows; more technical staff can turn those workflows into a stronger operating system. The planned London office will test whether that combination travels beyond Norway while preserving local engineering requirements and project responsibility.
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Estate Nyheter · Tech Funding News · Tech.eu Funding Explorer
