Overview
Norwegian shipping and investment company based in Oslo, founded by Einar Nistad. Best known in the robotics ecosystem as an early investor in 1X Technologies (formerly Halodi Robotics), participating in the company's $100M Series B in January 2024 alongside EQT Ventures and Samsung NEXT.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
Data & sources
Web sources
3
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Partnerships
Every company Nistad Group has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 11X Technologies1× joint6 total
- 2EQT Ventures1× joint2 total
- 3Samsung Electronics1× joint8 total
Most recent
- 1X Technologies Series B (2024)2024-01-12with 1X Technologiesoperating
Relationships
Current leadership (1)
- Einar Nistad FounderSEC-verified
Founders (1)
- Einar Nistadno longer at company
Safety record
No incidents on record for Nistad Group.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Recent coverage
Nistad Group in third-party press
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- mature
- Counterparty risk class
- low
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Partnerships
1 total · 1 operating
Every company Nistad Group has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
- 1X Technologies Series B (2024)2024-01-12with 1X Technologiesoperating
Most-frequent partners
- 11X Technologies1× joint6 total
- 2EQT Ventures1× joint2 total
- 3Samsung Electronics1× joint8 total
Funding rounds (3)
- Series B
- Series B
- Series B
Timeline
Every recorded move in Nistad Group’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
Partnership1X Technologies Series B (2024)
2024-01-121X Technologies raised a $100 million Series B (announced January 2024), led by EQT Ventures with participation from Samsung NEXT and Nistad Group, to develop its NEO bipedal home humanoid.
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 25, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (3)
- https://nistad.no/
- Nistad Group Investments · https://www.cbinsights.com/investor/nistad-group
- 1X Secures $100M in Series B Funding · https://www.1x.tech/discover/1x-secures-100m-in-series-b-funding
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Methodology: Verified · 3 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-05
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-05
Sources by quality tier
- 3
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
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Methodology surface for Nistad Group.In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Nistad Group from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Norwegian robotics startup 1X secures $100 million in Series B funding led by EQT Ventures - Arctic Today
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Logothetis and Nistad lead new funding round at fuel efficiency operation Sulnox
Greek investor Constantine Logothetis and Norway's Nistad Group increase their shareholdings in London-listed Sulnox, a fuel efficiency company.
1x raises $100m for production of humanoid robot ... - eeNews Europe
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1X Secures $100M in Series B Funding - 1X | Home Robots
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AI-Powered Humanoid Robot Startup 1X Raises $100M - Voicebot.ai
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1X Technologies raises $100M for AI robots - VentureBeat
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1X to scale android production following $100M funding round - Tech.eu
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This OpenAI-backed startup builds humanoid robots. It just raised $100 million with this 13-slide pitch deck. - Business Insider
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1X, robotic startup backed by OpenAI, receives $100M in funding
Norwegian robotics startup 1X raises $100M Series B from EQT Ventures with participation from Samsung NEXT, Nistad Group, Sandwater, and Skagerak Capital.
1X: OpenAI-Backed Robotics Startup Raises $100 Million From EQT Ventures
1X Technologies raises $100M in Series B funding, with Nistad Group participating as a new investor in the secondary transaction alongside Samsung NEXT.
1X Secures 00M in Series B Funding
1X Technologies raised 00M in Series B funding with participation from EQT Ventures and other global investors to scale production of humanoid robots.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/nistad-group.md
- RSS feed: /companies/nistad-group/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/9caf475e-975c-4479-93f8-b2101a2c6471
- Revision history: /companies/nistad-group/history
- Data documentation: /data
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Heat Index
Serious52/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
Not enough verified signal yet to place Nistad Group against peers. Reality and attention percentiles publish once the underlying record clears its data floor.
6-month trend
Analysis
Limited public visibility and press coverage relative to peers.
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Oct 2, 2026