Spoor Raises €8M for Biodiversity Monitoring

In December 2025, Norwegian deeptech startup Spoor raised €8 million in a Series A funding round. The investment was led by Nysnø Climate Investments, with participation from Icos Capital, Wiski Capital, Altaseta, and Futurum Ventures.

The company is led by CEO Ask Helseth. Spoor addresses a critical conflict in the green transition: the tension between building wind farms and protecting wildlife.

Offshore and onshore wind developers often face years of delays due to environmental permitting, specifically regarding bird strikes. Spoor’s software connects to standard cameras on wind turbines and uses computer vision to track 3D flight paths of birds in real-time. This provides developers with accurate data to prove compliance and, if necessary, trigger “smart curtailment” (slowing down blades) only when endangered species are detected, replacing the need for expensive radar systems or human observers.

The new capital will be used to scale its monitoring technology across major offshore wind projects globally and hire additional AI engineers.

Market Signal

• The “Green vs. Green” Conflict: This round highlights a maturing ESG market where “Net Zero” (Wind) goals are clashing with “Nature Positive” (Biodiversity) goals. Technologies like Spoor are essential to reconcile these two directives, making “Environmental Compliance” a strategic accelerator rather than just a cost center.
• Unlocking Permitting Bottlenecks: The biggest barrier to wind energy deployment isn’t turbine technology, but permitting speed. By automating the environmental impact assessment (EIA) data collection, Spoor directly shortens the time-to-revenue for billion-dollar energy infrastructure projects.
• Software-First Approach: Unlike competitors relying on heavy hardware (Radar/LiDAR), Spoor is hardware-agnostic, using standard cameras. This software-first moat allows for easier retrofitting on existing assets and faster scaling across vast offshore clusters.

Key Details

• Company: Spoor
• Funding: €8M Series A
• Headquarters: Oslo, Norway
• Lead Investor: Nysnø Climate Investments
• Founder: Ask Helseth (CEO)
• Use Case: AI-driven bird protection and biodiversity monitoring