▁company ▁which ▁showed ▁interest ▁for ▁the ▁technology ▁was ▁the ▁H orten - based ▁Nor control , ▁which ▁was ▁working ▁on ▁a ▁project ▁for ▁ship ▁autom ation ▁but ▁needed ▁a ▁computer ▁to ▁run ▁the ▁system . ▁To ▁raise ▁capital , ▁Sk år ▁took ▁contact ▁with ▁his ▁former ▁college - mate ▁Ter je ▁Mik als en , ▁who ▁was ▁working ▁at ▁Nor control . ▁Mik als en ▁had ▁married ▁into ▁a ▁ship - own ing ▁family ▁and ▁was ▁thus ▁able ▁to ▁provide ▁capital ▁the ▁others ▁could ▁not . ▁ ▁At ▁this ▁time ▁N D RE ▁was ▁working ▁with ▁Kong s berg ▁for ▁plans ▁to ▁build ▁a ▁computer ▁for ▁a ▁field ▁art illery ▁system . ▁Mon rad - K ro hn ▁proposed ▁that ▁their ▁company ▁should ▁try ▁to ▁get ▁this ▁contract , ▁but ▁after ▁it ▁was ▁awarded ▁to ▁N D RE , ▁they ▁had ▁increased ▁difficulty ▁finding ▁invest ors . ▁The ▁company ▁had ▁estimated ▁a ▁need ▁for ▁N OK   6 0 0 , 0 0 0 . ▁A ▁found ing ▁meeting ▁was ▁held ▁on ▁ 7 ▁July ▁ 1 9 6 7 ▁with ▁fifteen ▁people ▁present . ▁The ▁largest ▁invest or ▁was ▁Mos v old ▁Sh ipping ▁Group ▁which ▁inv ested ▁N OK   1 0 0 , 0 0 0 , ▁while ▁remaining ▁invest ors ▁put ▁in ▁N OK   9 4 , 0 0 0 . ▁The ▁company ▁was ▁established ▁as ▁A / S ▁Nord ata ▁– ▁Nor sk ▁Data - E le ktr on ikk . ▁As ▁" N ord ata "