Top 20 Life Science VC (Venture Capital) Funds in Sweden in January 2026
A list of 20 VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Life science startups based in Sweden. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Life science companies from Sweden. We update this investor list every month.Top 20 Life Science VC (Venture Capital) Funds in Sweden in January 2026
| Investor | Life Science Sweden investments |
|---|---|
| Almi Invest | 3 |
| Inventure | 3 |
| Crowberry Capital | 3 |
| Noaber | 2 |
| Norrsken VC | 2 |
| GOBIA Enterprises | 1 |
| CBC Investment Group | 1 |
| Nordic Science Investments | 1 |
| GU Ventures | 1 |
| Sciety | 1 |
| Unruly Capital | 1 |
| Chalmers Ventures AB | 1 |
| Voima Ventures | 1 |
| Länsförsäkringar | 1 |
| Sofinnova Partners | 1 |
| Navigare Ventures | 1 |
| Annexstruktur | 1 |
| SEB Venture Capital | 1 |
| Monesi | 1 |
| HealthCap | 1 |
Almi Invest is Sweden’s most active early-stage venture capital firm, investing in scalable startups across Sustainability, Industry, Tech, and Life Science.We invest from pre-seed to Series A, always co-investing with independent private investors to accelerate innovation and long-term success. Our portfolio spans sustainable solutions,industrial innovation, deep tech, SaaS, and life science, supporting startups that drive economic and environmental progress.With €430 million under management and over 1,000 investments since 2009, we have backed leading companies like MIPS, Tobii, and Neo4j, with notable exits to Google, Apple, Microsoft, and Qlik.Beyond capital, we offer engaged ownership, providing strategic guidance, active board participation, and access to an extensive investor network.Almi Invest is part of the Almi Group and is funded by the European Regional Development Fund, Almi AB, and regional partners.
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Investment focus
- Software, Health Care, Information Technology
- Funding Round, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Sweden, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Embedl AB — Efficient Deep Learning by Deep Learning model optimization
- Konvolo — "Before Konvolo, we relied heavily on one-on-one feedback, which lacked the broader insights we needed. Now, we can gather thousands of pieces of feedback and
- Epigenica — Epigenica focuses on advancing epigenomics through its EpiFinder™ platform, a multiplexed ChIP-seq technology for high-throughput analysis of epigenetic marks. The company offers R&D services for the development of therapeutic molecules and diagnostic methods using epigenetics. Epigenica aims to improve scientists' ability to capture andextract insights from the epigenome, contributing to precision medicine and the discovery of new biomarkers.
Since 2005, Inventure has backed over 90 companies including Wolt, Swappie, Jobbatical, aiMotive, and more.
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- Software, Information Technology, Health Care
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Finland, Sweden, Denmark
Portfolio highlights
- Klevu — Klevu Oy is a self-learning search engine that helps online retailers turn visitors into customers. Its search for SMEs focuses on fast, relevant search with actionable insights into shoppers’ search and easy self-service integration.Klevu Oy’s enterprise edition provides natural language search with ease of catalog maintenance and insights intoshopping experience. It is based in Helsinki, Southern Finland.
- Elsa — Elsa is a platform for patient driven research for better drugs, health and prevention. Elsa lets patients become their own personal researchers by providing them with a better understanding around how lifestyle factors may affect their disease activity measurements for chronic disease. To support them from a scientific perspective, Elsa gives themaccess to data on their specific disease (initially we work with rheumatoid arthritis) through the Riskminder foundation and scientific studies at Karolinska Institutet.
- Steep — Business intelligence for modern companies. Steep lets anyone on your team stay on top of your data.
Crowberry Capital invests at seed and early stage in emerging technology ventures in the Nordics. Our mission is to back people that are good for companies and build companies that are good for people. We have a strong follow-through philosophy and commit to putting your company first.
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- Software, Gaming, Health Care
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Iceland, Denmark, Finland
Portfolio highlights
- Tiimo — Tiimo helps you manage your daily life and improve your wellbeing. Visualize your day. Improve your routines. Stress less.
- Quanscient — We are building next generation simulation software-as-a-service utilizing Quantum computing algorithms. Our specialty domain of simulations is Computational Electromagnetics.
- Porcelain Fortress — Porcelain Fortress was founded by a small band of romantics in the summer of 2016 in Reykjavik, Iceland.
Noaber Ventures invests in initiatives that bring social transformations using information technology.
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- Health Care, Medical, Fitness
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- The Netherlands, Israel, Sweden
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- Newsenselab (M-sense) — M-sense is a certified medical app to combat migraines and headache. Our goal is to reduce 50% of headache days through a personalized therapy program - all in-app.
- Plasmacure — Plasmacure biedt het medisch apparaat PLASOMA dat bacteriedodend koud plasma direct in chronische wonden brengt met als doel wondgenezing.
- Alba Health — Discover your baby's gut health & microbiome for the best start in life.
We are a venture capital fund investigating in Start-Ups solving the worlds biggest problems while building massive businesses.
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Investment focus
- Software, Food and Beverage, Health Care
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Sweden, Germany, United Kingdom
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- trawa — The partner for renewable and affordable electricity for businesses. Get electricity directly from solar and windparks with corporate PPAs.
- Sunsave — Save money on your bills and gain energy independence with Sunsave solar panel and battery solutions. Get a free quote today.
- Ankar AI — Your AI Operating System for Patents
GOBIA Enterprises is owned by Jan G Smith who has been active in the pharmaceutical industry.
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- Eyewear, Health Care, Health Diagnostics
- Seed
- Sweden
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- Profundus Imaging — Profundus' retinal imaging technology enables researchers and clinicians in particular to visualise subclinical changes of retinal disease.
- Thioredoxin Systems — Thioredoxin Systems AB is developing an innovative antibiotic regimen for complicated urinary tract infections caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteria. The
CBC Investment Group started in 2009 in the midst of the financial crisis. The banks were on their knees, start-ups of small and medium-sized companies - all of a sudden they saw their credit and credit promises turned into demands for quick repayment and empty words. Serious talented entrepreneurs' ideas and companies risked going completelyunnecessary. In response to this crisis, they started the CBC Investment Group.
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- Biotechnology, Software, SaaS
- Funding Round, Seed, Series B
- Sweden, Denmark, Germany
Portfolio highlights
- GLX Analytix — GLX Analytix is a biomedical company that develops a new technology to identify a biomarker. The company was founded in 2019 and is based in Copenhagen, Denmark.
- Swiftly — World's first AI that applies for jobs. Say goodbye to creating CV's, searching and applying for jobs. Let Swiftly do it for you! Welcome to the new age.
- Hugel Control — HUGEL, Inc. strives to be a global company that continuously creates innovative products, promotes universal health, and improves the quality of life through state-of-the-art technology and creativity.
We partner with founders to transform unseen scientific discoveries into future breakthroughs, jointly moving businesses, people, and the world forward.
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- Apps, Food Processing, Food and Beverage
- Seed
- Finland
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- AIATELLA — Automating medical image analysis
- Solid IO — Solid IO is transforming precision oncology with organ-on-chip technology, delivering real-time, patient-specific insights to improve cancer treatment decisions.
- SampleFacts — Next generation Dried Blood Spot sampling – separating cells and plasma at the point of collection.
GU Ventures build businesses out of groundbreaking ideas that help shape a better tomorrow. Our passionate team of company builders, financial experts, IP and legal talent ensure success for our companies.
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- Health Care, Pharmaceutical, Eyewear
- Seed, Funding Round
- Sweden
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- OnDosis — An intuitive dosage manager that helps patients optimize their treatment outcomes. Closing the loop between patient and physician.
- Profundus Imaging — Profundus' retinal imaging technology enables researchers and clinicians in particular to visualise subclinical changes of retinal disease.
- Thioredoxin Systems — Thioredoxin Systems AB is developing an innovative antibiotic regimen for complicated urinary tract infections caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteria. The
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- Health Care, Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Sweden, Ukraine
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- Capitainer — Capitainer enables patients to collect their own volume-defined dried blood spot at home.Capitainer started in 2016. Their technology is a volumetric blood collection device that enables patients to conveniently and safely collect blood samples in the comfort of their own home, our technology is more accurate than today’s solutions. Capitaineroffers impressive cost and environmental savings for healthcare providers managing millions of conventional blood samples annually.
- SAGA Diagnostics — SAGA Diagnostics AB is a personalized cancer diagnostics and disease monitoring company focused on molecular genetic analyses of a powerful cancer biomarker: circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA). The company was founded in 2016 as a spin-out from a highly successful research group at Lund University, with a mission to improve precision cancer medicine,provide more accurate treatment monitoring, and improve patient survival using minimally-invasive liquid biopsy cancer testing services and kits.The SAGA team consists of renowned scientists, highly qualified staff and an experienced management team who work together to launch SAGA’s ultrasensitive services and products as part of the ongoing revolution in cancer research, drug development, and clinical diagnostics. SAGA’s proprietary tests can help patients, oncologists, and drug developers detect actionable mutations, stratify patient groups, and monitor treatment response, residual disease, and disease recurrence at an unprecedented sensitivity.
- Single Technologies — Founded in Stockholm, Sweden, with its long tradition in fiber optics, ultra-sensitive fluorescence spectroscopy and DNA sequencing, SINGLE’s ambition is to become the instigator of 3-D Sequencing.
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- Biotechnology, CleanTech, Manufacturing
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- United Kingdom, United States, Germany
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- Ephos — Designing and manufacturing glass-based integrated photonic circuits that power the most advanced classical and quantum devices
- AtmoCooling — AtmoCooling transforms coastal deserts into thriving hubs of agriculture, clean energy, and climate resilience. It was founded in 2022 and operates in the USA and UAE.
- Terran Robotics — Terran Robotics is a construction company that specializes in AI and robotics. The company's headquarters are in Bloomington, Indiana.
We are a leading tech investor & venture builder in the Nordics. Taking deep tech from lab to market.WELCOMEINVESTMENTS
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- Software, Biotechnology, Information Technology
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Funding Round
- Sweden
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- Embedl AB — Efficient Deep Learning by Deep Learning model optimization
- Adsorbi — Adsorbi use cellulose from the Nordic forest to help air purification companies to capture gaseous air pollutants.
- Swedish Algae Factory — Our algae materials replace harmful and less efficient chemicals in high-end organic personal care products and has the potential of increasing the efficiency of solar panels.
Voima Ventures’ mission is to solve major global problems by combining science, entrepreneurship, and value adding capital. They shed light on the ideas and technology which require time and courage to build. Industry domains include bio and new materials, medical technologies and life sciences, imaging and optics, IoT and electronics, robotics,software & ICT and AI. In addition, Voima Ventures has invested in more than 30 deep tech startups, including companies like Solar Foods, Infinited Fiber Company, and Dispelix. Cornerstone investors are VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and European Investment Fund (EIF), backed by Finnish private and institutional investors.
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- Biotechnology, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- Finland, Sweden, Norway
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- Farang — Farang is an AI research lab based in Sweden developing the next-generation of foundational Large Language Models. The company was founded in 2025 and consists of a team of highly experienced researchers, developers, entrepreneurs and business professionals, joined by prominent deep-tech VCs and angel investors.
- Kuva Space — Kuva Space improves life on Earth through daily, space-borne hyperspectral imaging and AI. We offer Earth observation solutions for more sustainable business.
- MVision AI — AI-powered solutions that automate repetitive tasks, enable efficient radiotherapy workflows, and promote consistency across clinical processes.
Länsförsäkringar is a Swedish group of public insurance companies.
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- Real Estate, Manufacturing, Apps
- Seed, Funding Round, Post-IPO Equity
- Sweden
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- Stendorren Fastigheter — Stendorren Fastigheter is a company involved in the real estate industry. It develops, owns, operates, and maintains industrial, logistical, and warehouse facilities. The business offers adequate and suitable space on fair lease terms through its tenant.
- Phenaros Pharmaceuticals — Data-centric drug discovery with AI, Phenomics and Automation.
- Swedish Logistic Property — Swedish Logistic Property (SLP) specializes in the development and management of logistics properties across Sweden. With a focus on energy efficiency, SLP provides modern logistics solutions tailored to meet the needs of various businesses. The company's portfolio includes strategically located properties designed to support efficientlogistics and supply chain operations. SLP also engages in the acquisition and development of new properties, aiming to expand its footprint in the logistics real estate market. The company's commitment to sustainability is evident in its construction practices and the operation of its logistics facilities.
Sofinnova Partners is a leading European venture capital firm in life sciences, specializing in healthcare and sustainability. Based in Paris, London and Milan, the firm brings together a team of professionals from all over the world with strong scientific, medical and business expertise.
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- Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical
- Series A, Series B, Series C
- France, United States, United Kingdom
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- nChroma Bio — nChroma Bio's integrated product engine allows for safe, accurate, and targeted in vivo administration, addressing major shortcomings of current genetic medicine techniques.
- Noema Pharma — BEYOND SYMPTOM CONTROL Developing therapies to help both orphan and larger patient populations with conditions of the brain and nervous system live their li ...
- Tenpoint Therapeutics — Tenpoint Therapeutics Ltd. is a global, clinical-stage biotech company developing groundbreaking treatments to rejuvenate vision in the aging eye.
Annexstruktur is a venture capital firm that provides investments to companies.
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Investment focus
- Medical, Life Science, Biotechnology
- Series A
- Sweden
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- Thioredoxin Systems — Thioredoxin Systems AB is developing an innovative antibiotic regimen for complicated urinary tract infections caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteria. The
SEB Venture Capital is a Fintech investor that helps entrepreneurs and innovators launch and grow profitable businesses. They primarily serve as a strategic corporate venture focused on Fintech investments, with the option of partnering with SEB. They are also on the hunt for game-changing inventive solutions to new technologies that will make thefinancial industry smarter, safer, and more environmentally responsible, as well as more user-friendly. They also function as an evergreen fund, giving them the flexibility and staying strength to focus on long-term wealth development depending on what is best for the firm and its shareholders.
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- Software, Information Technology, FinTech
- Funding Round, Series A, Series B
- Sweden, Denmark, United Kingdom
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- Apica — The Operational Data Fabric from Apica unifies and connects all your data using a revolutionary Active Observability architecture.
- MobileTag — Mobile Tag, the European leader in mobile barcode solutions, continues to innovate with the launch of its latest application: mobiletag Universal Reader and shopping.Mobile Tag is behind the creation of the flashcode, the standard 2D barcode used by operators in France. This type of Datamatrix barcode is used by the biggest companies indisplay, transportation, distribution, the pharmaceutical industry, and more.Mobile Tag has always tried to develop new technology from the consumer's point of view, and the mobiletag Universal Reader & shopping is no exception.The concept behind this application is to send, receive and share information and best prices to everyone and for everyone through all standardized barcodes.Scanning a barcode with your mobile phone is simply taking a picture of it with your phone, using the mobiletag application. Mobile tag is free!
- CorPower Ocean — CorPower Ocean is a turnkey supplier of wave energy systems, enabling customers to generate clean electricity from ocean waves - bringing stability to the renewable energy mix.
Monesi is an invesment firm.
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Investment focus
- Life Science, Biotechnology
- Pre-Seed
- Sweden
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- Phenaros Pharmaceuticals — Data-centric drug discovery with AI, Phenomics and Automation.
HealthCap, a life science investor and company creator. Our motivation is to find innovative ideas and invest that could impact healthcare and society.
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- Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical
- Series B, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, Sweden, France
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- ADCendo — ADCendo ApS is a biotech company dedicated to developing new types of anti-cancer drugs. We focus on antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) directed at novel targets, that have been found to be overexpressed by several cancer forms, that are all characterized by a significant unmet need for novel treatment.
- HelloBetter — HelloBetter (hellobetter.de) was founded in 2015 under the name GET.ON Institut für Online Gesundheitstrainings GmbH (geton-institut.de) by internationally renowned research psychologists, and in close partnership with one of the largest public health care insurance companies in Germany (BARMER). HelloBetter is a pioneer in the field of e-mentalhealth and a leading provider of online mental health courses. Its work has a strong scientific basis – the courses were developed, evaluated, and implemented in a practice setting, and their effectiveness has been proven in 33 randomized controlled trials according to the highest standards of scientific practice. HelloBetter offers the widest range of evidence-based online mental health courses worldwide, with 11 digital courses covering 8 problem areas (stress, depression, insomnia, depression in the case of chronic illness, chronic pain, alcohol consumption, excessive worry, and panic and anxiety).In October 2021, the digital therapeutic 'HelloBetter Stress and Burnout' has been permanently approved by the German Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices (BfArM) as a Digital Health Application (DiGA) and thus is available by prescription free of charge for more than 50 million adults. It is the world’s first and so far only prescription digital therapeutic for the treatment of burnout symptoms.Through diverse cooperations with national and international research groups (including FAU Erlangen, University of Ulm, VU Amsterdam, and Harvard University) HelloBetter finds practical applications for the latest research innovations. Our products and our team have been awarded numerous national and international prizes. These include the Novartis & Sandoz/Hexal Digital Health Prize 2018, the Comenius Award of the European Federation of Psychologists’ Association, and the Good Practice in Mental Health & Wellbeing seal of approval as part of the EU Compass 2018, which recognises high-quality mental health initiatives in Europe in order to guide health care providers to effective and proven services.
- Tribune Therapeutics — Tribune Therapeutics is a preclinical biopharmaceutical company building a promising pipeline of novel medicines to treat patients with a wide range of fibrotic diseases. It was founded in 2020 with funding from HealthCap and Novo Seeds.
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