Rolf Assev

Partner & Co-Founder

Startuplab

Hardly anyone in Norway has helped more entrepreneurs succeed than Rolf. He has assisted hundreds of Norwegian tech companies through his role as a founder and partner at Startuplab.

After 12 years in Opera Software being responsible for sales & marketing, strategy and M&A, Rolf wanted to start something new. After co-founding DragonBox (later sold to Kahoot) based out of StartupLab, he realized that his experience and international network could benefit many more startups and Rolf became a partner and co-founder in StartupLab.

Rolf is great in challenging you on your ambitions – always pushing your to think bigger. He strongly believes in you getting your first paying customer as this will push you to be tougher on your priorities and it proves you are on your right track. Having paying customers makes it 10 times easier to get investors. Rolf will also help you to position your startup vis-a-vis customers and investors in order to stand out, and is happy to introduce you to his strong network in Norway and US.

Startuplab is an incubator and early stage investor for Norway’s most ambitious technology startups.