Kvikna

What Kvikna does

Kvikna is the corporate entity behind Sonett, a cloud-based electronic journal (EHR) system purpose-built for dental healthcare professionals in Norway. The product is a SaaS platform that captures clinical documentation, patient records, and practice workflows for dental clinics, integrating natively with Norwegian national health infrastructure — including NHN Persontjenesten for automated patient identity retrieval, SFM for real-time medication reconciliation, and broader nasjonale felleskomponenter. Sonett's technical differentiator is its deep coupling to these regulated national components, which competitors cannot easily replicate without similar compliance work. In May 2024, Kvikna launched 'Tale-til-perio', a speech-to-text AI feature for periodontal charting, described as the company's first step into clinical AI.

Kvikna operates as part of Kernel, Norway's largest e-health conglomerate, which also owns DIPS (Norway's hospital EHR leader) and Aidn. The Kernel group employs over 600 people and claims 35+ years of healthcare IT experience, providing Kvikna with shared technology infrastructure, regulatory credibility, and cross-portfolio domain expertise that a standalone startup would lack.

Kvikna monetizes Sonett via subscription-based SaaS on annual billing terms, sold directly to dental clinics through a demo-driven enterprise sales motion ('Book demo' CTAs). The go-to-market is single-country (Norway) and single-vertical (dental), supported by a multi-channel marketing mix spanning LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, blog content, industry events, and newsletter. No public pricing is disclosed, and revenue mechanics are inferred to be per-seat/per-clinic recurring.

Name

Kvikna

Legal name

Sonett

Website

https://kvikna.no

Company type

Private

Founded year

2022

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Kvikna develops Sonett, a cloud-based electronic journal system for dental clinics in Norway, integrating with national health infrastructure and featuring speech-to-text AI for periodontal charting. It operates as part of Kernel, Norway's largest e-health conglomerate.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Tønsberg

HQ country

Norway

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Subscription-based SaaS: Cloud-based journal system sold as subscription service to dental clinics. Pricing model implied to be subscription/per-seat based for dental practice management.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Kvikna develops and sells Sonett, a cloud-based electronic journal/patient record system designed for dental clinics and dental healthcare professionals in Norway. The platform simplifies clinical workflows, reduces administrative burden, and increases patient safety through AI-powered speech-to-text documentation and native integration with Norwegian national health infrastructure such as NHN Persontjenesten and the SFM medication database.

Product overview

Sonett is a single unified cloud-based dental journal system developed by Kernel, Norway's largest e-health conglomerate. The product, named Sonett Journalsystem, is a comprehensive electronic health record system designed exclusively for dental healthcare services. It represents a modern, cloud-native approach to dental practice management, incorporating AI capabilities such as speech-to-text documentation and integrating with Norwegian national health infrastructure (NHN Persontjenesten, SFM, and nasjonale felleskomponenter).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Sonett Journalsystem A cloud-based electronic journal/patient record system specifically designed for dental healthcare services in Norway. Developed in close collaboration with dentists and dental staff, it simplifies clinical workflows, reduces administrative tasks, and increases patient safety. Features AI-powered speech-to-text documentation and native integration with Norwegian national health infrastructure (NHN Persontjenesten, SFM medication database, and nasjonale felleskomponenter).

Quantifiable outcome

• Eliminates manual patient information updates through NHN Persontjenesten integration
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

AI capability2 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Kernel GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSonett is part of Kernel, Norway's largest e-health conglomerate, alongside DIPS and Aidn. Kernel provides 35+ years of healthcare IT experience and 600+ employees, enabling shared technology, infrastructure, and market credibility for Sonett.
• DIPScoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDIPS is a sister company within the Kernel group, Norway's leading healthcare IT provider. Collaboration within the Kernel ecosystem provides shared technology stack and healthcare domain expertise.
• AidncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAidn is a sister company within the Kernel group. Part of the Kernel e-health conglomerate strategy to provide comprehensive digital health solutions across Norwegian healthcare.
• NHN Persontjenesten (National Health Network)coreTechnology or IntegrationIntegration with Norwegian Health Network (NHN) Person Services provides automatic patient information retrieval, eliminating manual data entry for dental clinics and improving data accuracy.
• SFM (Norwegian Medication Database)coreTechnology or IntegrationIntegration with Norwegian medication database enables automated medication safety checking, alerting clinicians to undisclosed patient medications during dental consultations.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Dentally: Cloud-based dental practice management software serving dental clinics primarily in the UK, Australia, and other international markets. Comparable to Sonett as a cloud-only dental EHR/practice management SaaS sold to dental SMBs in non-US markets, with a similar subscription pricing model.
• Open Dental: Open-source dental practice management software serving dental clinics globally. Comparable as a dental-specialist records and practice management platform serving dental SMBs with a similar feature surface to Sonett.
• Carestream Dental: Global dental IT vendor offering practice management, clinical charting, and imaging software to dental clinics. Comparable as a dental-specialist software vendor with broad feature reach across the dental practice workflow.
• Eaglesoft (Patterson Dental): Long-established dental practice management software sold by Patterson Companies to dental clinics in North America. Comparable as a dental-specialist EHR/practice-management platform targeting dental SMBs with similar feature scope to Sonett.
• Tab32: Cloud-based dental practice management and EHR SaaS sold to dental clinics, with a subscription model mirroring Sonett's. Comparable as a cloud-native dental SaaS targeting dental practices with similar workflow scope (records, charting, scheduling, billing).
• Curve Dental: Cloud-native dental practice management software sold as SaaS to dental clinics in North America. Highly comparable to Sonett given the same cloud-only delivery model, SMB dental customer focus, and subscription-based revenue model.
• Dentrix (Henry Schein One): The leading dental practice management software in North America, sold to dental clinics for EHR, scheduling, billing, and clinical charting. Highly comparable as a dental-focused EHR/practice-management platform serving individual dental practices and small DSOs, and as a comparable SaaS-era dental records platform.

Broad incumbents

• Epic Systems: Largest US-based healthcare EHR vendor, with a broad portfolio spanning hospital, ambulatory, and specialty care. Relevant as a broader health-IT incumbent context for Sonett's eventual expansion ambitions, though not dental-specialist and substantially larger in scale and product breadth.
• TietoEVRY: Major Nordic-headquartered IT services and software vendor with healthcare exposure across the Nordics. Relevant as a broad incumbent Nordic health-IT player whose portfolio overlap represents regional competitive context for Sonett's expansion ambitions beyond pure-play dental.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCxOQockeqnHuiXivjRHRMFw
• Facebookfacebook.com/kvikna.no
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/kvikna-as
• Instagraminstagram.com/sonettdental

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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