Name

Vest Studio

Legal name

Vest Studio AS

Website

https://vest.studio

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Ålesund

HQ country

Norway

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Design and Branding Services: Project-based professional services including brand strategy, visual identity design, website development, and marketing campaigns. Revenue generated through client engagements with deliverables across brand, digital, and communication services.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Vest Studio is an independent design agency that delivers brand strategy and visual identity, websites and digital products, and content and marketing communications for growth-stage and transitioning companies. Engagements cover the full arc from research and brand positioning through naming, visual identity systems, UX/UI design, and go-to-market campaigns, delivered by a small in-house team with specialist contractors for photography, animation, and development.

Product overview

Vest Studio is a design agency offering three core service areas: Brand Strategy & Identity (brand positioning, naming, visual identity systems, brand guidelines), Web & Digital Products (website design, UX/UI, web applications), and Communication & Content (content strategy, marketing campaigns, wayfinding, printed materials). The company operates as a service-based studio rather than a software product platform, delivering bespoke design solutions through close collaboration with clients. Projects span brand launches, redesigns, mergers, and digital product development.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Strategy & Visual Identity
• Websites & Digital Services
• Content & Marketing

Quantifiable outcome

• Successful brand launches and transformations for clients including Norwegian Hydrogen, Solwr (merger of Driw and Currence Robotics), Attvin, Pir Cowork, and Drift
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• B.BoldcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018Content strategy and project management partner for WWF Norwegian website project. Vest Studio has collaborated with B.Bold since 2018 on this ongoing digital project.
• BehalfcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018UX design partner for WWF Norwegian website project. Collaboration since 2018 to create an informative and action-inspiring digital resource.
• MinuscoreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2018Development partner for WWF Norwegian website project. Minus handles technical implementation while Vest Studio provides design and user experience direction.
• Kristin Støylen PhotographyminorOthersPhotography collaboration on Pir Cowork project. External photographer providing visual content for the coworking space brand.
• Erica Anderson AnimationminorOthersAnimation specialist collaboration on Drift EA project. Provided animation services for the Icelandic coworking brand.
• Holmem AnimationminorOthersAnimation collaboration on Attvin project. Provided animation work for the circular economy brand.
• James Martin Animation & IllustrationminorOthersAnimation and illustration collaboration on Solwr project. Created workshop-style illustrative approach and animations for the logistics software company brand.
• Tone Molnes PhotographyminorOthersPhotography collaboration on Solwr project. Provided photography services for brand materials.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Elmwood: Independent brand design consultancy with global offices offering brand strategy, identity, and design — a comparable boutique competitor targeting ambitious, often consumer-facing brands.
• Designit: WPP-owned Nordic (Danish) design and innovation consultancy offering strategy, brand, and digital product work. Closely comparable service mix to Vest with an established brand-strategy + design positioning.
• Netlife: Norwegian UX and digital design consultancy (where Design Director Eivind Molvær previously worked). Highly comparable as a Norway-based design firm serving enterprise clients with digital and brand work.
• Neue Design Studio: Norwegian design studio (where Senior Project Manager Trine Dolmen Stene previously worked) offering brand and design services. Directly comparable Norwegian design peer at boutique scale.
• &Walsh: Independent New York/globally-operating design and branding studio with brand strategy, identity, and digital capabilities — a directly comparable independent boutique at a different scale and geography.
• Manual: Independent brand strategy and design studio serving mission-driven and growth-stage companies — closely aligned positioning with Vest's emphasis on strategic clarity and execution for ambitious clients.
• Pentagram: Independent, partner-led global design firm specializing in brand identity, digital, and strategy — the global archetype for the boutique, partner-driven creative studio model Vest operates within.
• Mucho: Independent Barcelona-based brand and digital design studio offering brand strategy, visual identity, and digital product work — closely comparable independent boutique model.

Broad incumbents

• Snøhetta: Norwegian-headquartered multidisciplinary design studio spanning brand, digital, architecture, and interior design. A much larger incumbent with overlapping brand and digital service offerings but a much broader portfolio.
• Dept Agency: Large European digital agency offering brand, technology, and creative services. Overlaps with Vest's web/UX/UI and brand work but operates at significantly greater scale with a holding-company structure.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/veststudio
• Instagraminstagram.com/vest.studio
• Facebookfacebook.com/vest.studios

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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