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Vend Marketplaces ASA

Company · Technology & digital · HQ: Norway · Transparency Register entry

As of 8 October 2026, Vend Marketplaces ASA appears in 7 declared MEP meetings (7 different MEPs), most often with Renew Europe.

7
declared meetings
with current MEPs
7
MEPs met
€50k/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
1.0
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“Vend Marketplaces ASA (“Vend”) is a family of marketplaces with a strong Nordic position and approximately 1,600 employees. As a leading marketplaces company within Mobility, Real Estate, Jobs and Recommerce, we provide effortless digital experiences designed for the needs of tomorrow.”

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“We do it with a clear sense of purpose, to create sustainable value and long-term growth, for all our stakeholders and society as a whole. Removing friction drives everything we build, design, and deliver-creating meeting points where real needs meet real solutions. That’s how we move the world forward: Not by pushing harder, but by making it easier. Easier to choose well. Easier to live sustainably. Easier to turn to smarter. Smart choices made easy. Vend is listed on Oslo Børs and has an ownership share of approximately 14% in Adevinta, a company that was spun off in 2019 and is now privately owned by a group of investors.”

Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing.

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 7 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Renew Europe343%
European People's Party229%
Socialists & Democrats229%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2020–2024. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (3 in 2023).

2020
1
2021
0
2022
0
2023
3
2024
3

Group is each MEP's current political group, not necessarily the one they sat with at the time. Shares are rounded to whole percent.

The MEPs they meet most

Tiemo Wölken
1 meeting · S&D
Heléne Fritzon
1 meeting · S&D
Svenja Hahn
1 meeting · Renew
Irena Joveva
1 meeting · Renew
Stéphanie Yon-Courtin
1 meeting · Renew

The 7 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
2 Oct 2024Stéphanie Yon-CourtinDMA
2 Oct 2024Svenja HahnExchange between MEPs and European Tech companies
30 Jan 2024Sirpa PietikäinenRelevant EU policies
8 Nov 2023Axel VossAI in the creative sector
30 Aug 2023Irena JovevaEuropean media freedom Act
2 Feb 2023Heléne FritzonSchibsted om mediefrihetsakten
12 Jun 2020Tiemo WölkenInput im Rahmen einer Stakeholder-Webkonferenz zum Digital Services Act

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