Hardball is a Norwegian investment company founded in 2004 to finance player transfers for the association football team SK Brann from Bergen, Norway. Former news editor at Norwegian TV 2 and managing director of software company Vizrt, Bjarne Berg, fronted Hardball and was one of several members of the investors group until his death in 2010. Eivind Kåre Lunde is the company's Managing Director. The company has partially or fully financed the following player transfers: Note! All transfer fees are approximates. Investors of Hardball: