Auk announced raising NOK 10 million.

Auk, an Oslo, Norway-based startup working on a tech for making it easy to grow plants indoors, announced the completion of a NOK 10 million ($1.2M) in capital funding round.

The money was raised from several investors from Norway, including Eirik Rime from Tise, angel network Founders & Fools led by Daniel Fossum, Christian Rokseth & Co from the Stavanger-based Sprettert, Martin Schütt via Askeladden & Co, Per Haug Kogstad a co-founder of the video conferencing company Pexip, Finn Gjedebo / Sobra AS as well as Truls Brataas, founder and general manager of the backpack manufacturer Douchebags.

Auk, founded in 2018 by CEO Didrik Dimmen and Marius Aabel, developed a tech product that automatically provides plants the right amount of light, water and nutrition, all year round, with minimal human input. The product costs around $500k a piece and the company says it already pre-sold 4,000 units. The sales process is online D2C.

Auk previously raised $220k investment round from StartupLab and angel investors in 2019.