{"id":2082,"date":"2026-03-24T12:07:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T12:07:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nysnoinvest.no\/nysno-investerer-i-lace-lithography\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T11:34:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T11:34:52","slug":"nysno-investerer-i-lace-lithography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nysnoinvest.no\/en\/nysno-investerer-i-lace-lithography\/","title":{"rendered":"Nysn\u00f8 invests in Lace Lithography"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<section class=\"global-px global-article-container post-header\">\n    <h4>March 24, 2026<\/h4>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">Nysn\u00f8 invests in Lace Lithography<\/h1>\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-intro\">Stavanger, 24 March 2026: Nysn\u00f8 invests in the Norwegian technology company Lace Lithography, which is developing a new and more energy-efficient technology\u00a0for the production of\u00a0microchips. The investment is made alongside a strong international investor consortium led by\u00a0Atomico.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nysn\u00f8 is investing one million euros in Lace Lithography as part of a Series A round totaling approximately 40 million euros. Other investors include\u00a0Atomico, Microsoft\u2019s venture arm M12, as well as existing investors such as Future Ventures,\u00a0Vsquared\u00a0Ventures, and Runa Capital.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lace Lithography, headquartered in Bergen, is developing a groundbreaking lithography technology that could revolutionize microchip manufacturing. The company\u2019s technology uses metastable helium atoms instead of light, enabling significantly higher precision,\u00a0substantially lower\u00a0energy consumption, and reduced production costs.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u2013 <em>Lace Lithography is developing\u00a0technology\u00a0with the potential to transform how microchips are produced globally. More energy-efficient semiconductor manufacturing is critical in a world with rapidly growing demand for computing power,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0says Solveig Sundsdal, Investment Manager at Nysn\u00f8.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Microchips are essential for both the green transition and digital development, but their production is currently highly\u00a0energy-intensive. Lace Lithography\u2019s technology could contribute to significant reductions in energy use, both in manufacturing and through more energy-efficient microchips that reduce power consumption in data centers and digital systems worldwide.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u2013 <em>This investment contributes to building a new Norwegian technology company with global potential, while also strengthening the development of European value chains within a strategically important industry,<\/em>\u00a0Sundsdal adds.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Advanced microchips are currently produced through a highly concentrated and vulnerable global value chain. Lace Lithography\u00a0represents\u00a0a new European technological development in a field that is crucial for both digital sovereignty and the green transition.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About Lace Lithography:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lace Lithography originates from the University of Bergen environment, where its headquarters are also located. The company is developing a new generation of lithography technology for microchip production and is working on a solution that uses metastable helium atoms instead of light to pattern semiconductor wafers. The company collaborates with leading international investors and is developing a solution that can eventually be integrated into existing semiconductor manufacturing.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About Nysn\u00f8 Climate Investments:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nysn\u00f8 Climate Investments is a state-owned investment company that invests in companies and\u00a0funds with\u00a0technology for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Nysn\u00f8 has assets under management of NOK 5.4 billion and invests in renewable energy, digital technologies, resource efficiency, sustainable consumption, and the circular economy. The company is headquartered in Stavanger and is owned by the Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Fisheries.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Contact:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nysn\u00f8 Climate Investments: Solveig Sundsdal,&nbsp;Investment Manager:&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:solveig@nysnoinvest.no\">solveig@nysnoinvest.no<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lace Lithography: Morten&nbsp;Ansteensen:&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:morten.ansteensen@lacelithography.com\">morten.ansteensen@lacelithography.com<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stavanger, 24 March 2026: Nysn\u00f8 invests in the Norwegian technology company Lace Lithography, which is developing a new and more energy-efficient technology\u00a0for the production of\u00a0microchips&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2075,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nysnoinvest.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nysnoinvest.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nysnoinvest.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nysnoinvest.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nysnoinvest.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2082"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nysnoinvest.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2082\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nysnoinvest.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nysnoinvest.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nysnoinvest.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nysnoinvest.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}