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Top 50 Manufacturing Startup Investors in Sweden in January 2026

Last updated: Jan 2026 A list of 50 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Manufacturing startups based in Sweden. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Manufacturing companies from Sweden. We update this investor list every month.

Top 50 Manufacturing Startup Investors in Sweden in January 2026

Investor	Manufacturing Sweden investments
Almi Invest	21
Chalmers Ventures AB	13
Creandum	5
Industrifonden	5
Wellstreet	5
Partnerinvest Norr	5
Course Corrected	4
Gustaf Hagman	3
Midroc New Technology	3
Saeid Esmaeilzadeh	3
Mount Wilson Ventures	3
Spintop Ventures	3
Norrlandsfonden	3
Teknoinvest	2
KTH Holding	2
H&M Group Ventures	2
Sting Capital	2
IMAS Foundation	2
Headline	2
Ackra Invest	2
Altor	2
Daniel Ek	2
Forward Venture Capital	2
NFT Ventures	2
Cristina Stenbeck	2
J12	2
Henrik Norlander	2
Leo Giertz	2
BackingMinds	2
Tobias Emanuelsson	2
Eqvitec	2
Otto Jettman	2
Investa Företagskapital	2
Point Nine	2
Northzone	2
Länsförsäkringar	2
EXOR N.V.	2
TPG Rise Climate Fund	2
42CAP	2
FAM AB	2
SamInvest Mitt	2
Lars Thunell	1
Atlantic Bridge	1
Tord Wingren	1
Rikard Steiber	1
Otiva	1
Capital A Partners	1
Volvo Cars	1
EIT Urban Mobility	1
SEB (Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken)	1

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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.

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.

We are a leading tech investor & venture builder in the Nordics. Taking deep tech from lab to market.WELCOMEINVESTMENTS

Investment focus

Software, Biotechnology, Information Technology
Pre-Seed, Seed, Funding Round
Sweden

Portfolio highlights

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.

We support early-stage founders in building global, category-defining companies. From Seed to IPO and beyond.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, FinTech
Series A, Seed, Series B
Sweden, Germany, United States

Portfolio highlights

Cerrion — Cerrion is a visual AI that helps production teams react faster to process deviations, automate root cause analysis, and implement targeted improvement actions. They believe that process transparency enabled by AI and computer vision is key to achieving more autonomy and sustainability in manufacturing. Their software is built and designed withproduction teams from all over the world in the loop.
Vesence — AI Agents in Microsoft Office that review emails, documents, and projects before they leave your firm.
Kosmik — Transform your creative workflow with Kosmik's AI moodboard maker. Built-in browser, real-time collaboration, and infinite canvas for moodboarding.

Industrifonden is a Nordic evergreen venture capital firm with a fund size of $600m, that focuses on early-stage technology and life science companies with international potential. The company works long term with the entrepreneurs we invest in, and have a strong track record of building game changing companies. Industrifonden-backed companiesinclude tech companies Qlik, Arcam, Soundtrack Your Brand, Fishbrain, and life science companies CellaVision, Oncopeptides and AMRA.

Investment focus

Software, Biotechnology, Information Technology
Funding Round, Series A, Seed
Sweden, United States, Denmark

Portfolio highlights

Avtal24 — Avtal24 offers in an easily accessible manner agreements for both private individuals and companies. They believe in making the law available to everyone and they want everyone to have access to legal security. With us, you write agreements online or together with a lawyer by phone. Always at a fixed price. With high legal expertise, innovativetechnology and great focus on customer benefit and offer the market's most accessible legal services.Avtal24 was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.
Gårdsfisk — Gårdsfisk is a company managing fishing farms. Gårdsfisks develops a new method for fish farming on land. The cultivation takes place in large pools in a closed system, where the nutrient residual water can be reused as fertilizer on the fields.
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.

Wellstreet is an innovation and tech ecosystem that includes an investment company, a strategic consultancy firm and a venture building incubator.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Software, Retail
Funding Round, Seed, Pre-Seed
Sweden, Norway, Finland

Portfolio highlights

Y/ELM+ — Y/ELM+ is a horseback riding safety and protection brand that focuses n creating leading-edge rider safety solutions.
Key Ward — Accelerate your engineering projects with data intelligence. Mitigate the risk of late stage failures in your AI adoption journey with our no-code platform.
Maintract — Maintract is a new generation of financial contract management software. It also offers banking and financial services. They provide contract management automation solutions to banks for drafting, data verification, workflow automation, contract data monitoring, tracking workflow and documentation, compliance management, and more.

Partnerinvest Norr is a private equity firm specialized in software, security, and biometrics sectors. Partnerinvest Övre Norrland AB is a venture capital firms that seeks to invest in limited companies which have are in the expansion phase.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
Sweden, United States

Portfolio highlights

Elastisys — Welkin by Elastisys is the application platform for software critical to society. A secure and compliant Kubernetes platform made in Sweden.
Senseworks — Senseworks is an insight platform that enables colleagues to collaborate effectively with customers by providing a single source of truth for accounting data.
Cold River Games — Crystalfall is an upcoming free online action RPG with customizable skills and an endless endgame, set in a steampunk world.

An early-stage venture capital fund backing climate tech companies with potential to become the leading businesses of tomorrow. Representing potentially one of the greatest investment opportunities of our lifetime - we invest in visionary entrepreneurs disrupting traditional industries and delivering exceptional growth as the world transitions to alow-carbon economy. Together with the most visionary and passionate entrepreneurs, Course Corrected wants to be part of solving one of our planet's most pressing challenges – battling climate change.

Investment focus

Energy, Renewable Energy, Manufacturing
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Sweden, United States

Portfolio highlights

ReCarber — Commercializing carbon removal projects. ReCarber matches emitters with off-takers, orchestrates financing, and commercially develops BECCS / bio-CCS projects.
Emulate Energy — Emulate Energy transforms demand response into tailored and easy-to-operate energy storage devices costing a fraction of physical batteries.
Echandia — Echandia develops energy storage solutions for heavy-duty marine applications and is the leading supplier of LTO battery systems for maritime electrification.

Gustaf Hagman CEO and Co-founder - LeoVegas Group

Investment focus

Robotics, Software, Marketing
Pre-Seed, Seed
Sweden

Portfolio highlights

STILRIDE — The future of electric mobility
Fieldstream — SaaS Marketing Analytics

The area of New Technologies is highly interesting to us.The companies in this area are often relatively small and new. Midroc has an understanding for entrepreneurism and innovations and can give significant support to innovative companies.We contribute to the process of building profitable companies, and possibly market leadingcorporations, out of innovative ideas. It is an interesting business with a useful function as commercial development of new technology in most cases requires financing and support from a venture capitalist.The potential for global and innovative technologies regarding alternative fuels, energy, environmental technology and a greener future is really without limitations or boundaries.The goal for Midroc New Technology is to go for inventions that gives a good return and at the same time also provides useful global and environmental benefits.

Investment focus

Energy, Renewable Energy, Manufacturing
Funding Round, Seed, Series A
Sweden

Portfolio highlights

Kärnfull — The Nordic region's very first 100% nuclear electricity provider. An ecorational tech-enabler raising funds to science and R&D in next-gen nuclear via every delivered kilowatt-hour. Currently active in Sweden and Denmark, with Midroc New Technology as minority owners. Driven by a rapid organic growth, supplying thousands of householdsand SMEs with the cleanest energy available (Swedish nuclear, 2,5g CO2/kWh) by means of a fully digital service and Guarantees of Origin (GOOs). Supported by pro-bono advisors José Gonzalez (artist), Caroline Cochran (Oklo), Steven Pinker (Harvard), Christian Ekberg (Chalmers), Kirsty Gogan (TerraPraxis), Eric Ingersoll (LucidCatalyst), Johan Carlsson (producer), Klara Insulander Björk (Chalmers).
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.
Reliefed Technologies — Reliefed offers non-metallic flow plates as an affordable and sustainable alternative for heat exchangers, fuel cells, electrolysers, cold plates, etc.

Saeid Esmaeilzadeh

Investment focus

Legal, Advice, Internet
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
Sweden, Denmark

Portfolio highlights

Ageras — Ageras redefines administration for small businesses by integrating banking, accounting, and tax filing in a single platform.
STILRIDE — The future of electric mobility
Denjo Dogs — Denjo Dogs is a company managing an e-commerce for pets operation.

MWV invests in early-stage startups solving well-defined problems in large markets with solutions built on a foundation of intellectual property and proven science.

Investment focus

Manufacturing, Chemical, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, France, Sweden

Portfolio highlights

SweGaN — SweGaN's vision is to be a world leading supplier of nitride based HEMT structures. By integrating SweGaN´s technology into every single epitaxial wafer they deliver, they believe that your devices will fulfill all demands required in next generation's high power and high frequency devices.SweGaN's founders all come fromLinköping University and have more than 50 man-years experience in growth and characterization of GaN and SiC materials.SweGaN is in a highly expansive phase and they are always looking for skilled and very focused individuals with large experience in the field. If you are interested in working in a challenging and dynamic atmosphere please send us an e-mail.
Thiozen — Thiozen develops novel hydrogen gas production technology designed to reduce greenhouse gases. It uses a new chemical process that converts hydrogen sulfide to hydrogen gas, thereby enabling clients to avoid both the carbon emissions inherent to hydrogen production from natural gas and the high costs associated with hydrogen production fromelectrolysis.The company was founded in 2020 and is based in Belmont, Massachusetts.
dRISK — Testing and training Autonomous Vehicles to make AVs safe in the modern world. We retrain Autonomous Vehicles to respond to high risk events and beyond.

Founded in 2009, Spintop Ventures is a venture capital firm backed by a network of successful tech entrepreneurs who have invested in Spintop alongside institutional investors, family offices and some of the most experienced private investors in early stage growth companies.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, SaaS
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
Sweden, Finland, Norway

Portfolio highlights

Embedl AB — Efficient Deep Learning by Deep Learning model optimization
VISS.AI — Talk to your apps and automate tasks
Impulso — Seamless product tracking. We help brands, agencies and suppliers increase sell-through, reduce administration and create a more sustainable retail landscape.

Norrlandsfonden is a foundation that promotes the development of companies with growth ambitions. They offer flexible prime loans for new establishments, development, and expansion. They provide the opportunity for offensive and forward-looking investments and enable companies and people to grow.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Web Hosting
Funding Round, Seed, Debt Financing
Sweden, United States

Portfolio highlights

Big Akwa — Big Akwa is a food-tech innovation start-up that economically and environmentally revolutionizes land-based aquaculture by introducing industrial symbiosis between the aquaculture and forest industry.
Flasheye — Flasheye has proven technology from the automotive, defense, and robotics industries into industrial applications.
Crosser — Low Code Platform, purpose-built for real-time processing of streaming data for Industrial IoT and Intelligent Workflows.

Teknoinvest is a premier Scandinavian venture capital company. They invest in areas of emerging technologies within the ITC and Life Sciences sectors. Their main geographical scope is Scandinavia and the USA. Teknoinvest was established as the first venture capital investment company. Teknoinvest is one of the most successful VCÂ´s in Scandinaviaaccording to track record of value created for their investors.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical
Series B, Funding Round, Series A
Sweden, Norway, United States

Portfolio highlights

GLO — glō is a venture-backed company focused on the development and commercialization of advanced LED display products using nanotechnology. The unique nanotechnology is based on 11 years of research at Lund University’s Nanometer Structure Consortium. Headed by Professor Lars Samuelson, one of the world’s leading scientists in this field, who haspublished more than 500 papers related to this technology.glō's first office is in Lund, Sweden, where basic material research continues for the next generation nanotechnology. glō's research and product development along with pilot fabrication operation is carried out at glō-USA in Sunnyvale, California. In 2016, glō established an Asia office in Taipei, Taiwan, one of the largest and fastest-growing regions for LED lighting and display applications.glō's technology sidesteps the technical limitations of current planar LED technology. It allows for the creation of highly efficient, stable and ultimately unique red, green, blue (RGB) emitters out of one material system. It aims to achieve the industry’s best color stability and ultimately enables the growth of red, green and blue emitters on the same wafer. Highly-efficient white LEDs with high color rendering will be possible without the need for phosphor conversion. It is the next enabling technology for advanced display, illumination and automotive applications.glō nanowire light-emitting diodes (nLEDs) are based on its proprietary hetero-structured semiconductor nanowire epitaxial growth and process technologies for which standard manufacturing equipment and materials can be utilized.glō currently holds over 175 patents across US, Europe and Asia. These patents are not subject to any cross-licensing with the LED oligopoly. The glō team is constantly strengthening its intellectual property position in this technology and related applications.
SantoSolve — SantoSolve is developing topical analgesic products based on non-radioactive strontium as the active substance. The Development program was initiated based on experimental clinical use of strontium-based products showing evidence of strong local analgesic effects on several localized pain conditions of both nociceptive and neuropatic origin. Nosignificant adverse effects associated with the treatment was reported.The companyâ€™s lead product, 2PX, is topically administered, utilizing dermal penetration enhancers for delivery of the active agent to its subdermal site of action. Phase I safety and pharmacology studies showed the active agent to have low systemic bioavailability, and only few and minor adverse effects were observed at the site of administration. In open label Phase II clinical trials, the product has shown strong analgesic effect in both nociceptive and neuropatic pain conditions. In follow up, placebo controlled trials, the analgesic effect of the product has been further documented. In the companyâ€™s most advanced pain indication under study, osteoarthritis, the company has recently completed the Phase II program.These trials supports the open label results and document statistically that the analgesic effect in patients treated with 2PX is superior to that observed with placebo treatment.
Sol Voltaics — Founded in 2007, Sol Voltaics AB is a venture-backed, development-stage nanotechnology company focused on development and commercialization of highly efficient, third-generation photovoltaic concentrator solar cells based on its proprietary heterostructured nanowire epitaxial growth and process technologies.

KTH Holding is a state-owned limited company managed by KTH's University Board. It invests in promising startup companies that are based on research or teaching at KTH, with the aim of supporting commercialization and making it easier for new science to benefit society.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Biotechnology
Funding Round, Seed, Pre-Seed
Sweden

Portfolio highlights

Cellfion — Cellfion provides sustainable materials for next level clean energy storage and conversion devices.
porkchop — In-space logistics for SmallSats in Low Earth Orbit and beyond.
Novatron — A new fusion reactor design for stable plasma confinement and fusion power generation.

H&M Group Ventures is the venture capital arm of the H&M Group.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Fashion, Textiles
Funding Round, Series A, Series B
Sweden, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Centra — Centra is part of creating the next generation of brands, with a direct-to-consumer and wholesale e-commerce software for global brands. Brands across Scandinavia and the world trust Centra to seamlessly connect people to products. We're a medium-sized company with offices in Stockholm, Sweden, Wroclaw, Poland and New York City, USA.
Voyado — All-in-one CRM, Loyalty, CDP, marketing software and AI-powered product discovery purely built for retail and e-commerce.
Colorifix — Colorifix is a biotechnology company that has pioneered the first entirely biological process to produce, deposit and fix pigments onto textiles. Using a synthetic biology approach, it offers a radically different solution to incumbent dyeing technologies that entirely cuts out the use of harsh chemistry and leads to huge reductions in waterconsumption. Colorifix’s investors include Cambridge Enterprise, H&M, Mills Fabrica, Primera Impact and Sagana, whose collective backing is funding its expansion. For more information, visit www.colorifix.com

Sting – Stockholm Innovation & Growth enables talented people to turn their ideas into sustainable businesses. The support they offer includes qualified coaching in business development, a business angel network, a venture capital fund, a recruitment service, and an international network of investors, business contacts and experts. Itcontribute to the success of Sweden’s future technology companies by helping them to grow and compete internationally.

Investment focus

Software, Apps, Medical
Funding Round, Seed, Pre-Seed
Sweden

Portfolio highlights

Prion — Prion makes it quick and easy for the preschool staff to give parents insight into what happens at preschool - together with the children. The app is available free for iPhone, Android and iPad.
Texelio — Texelio a company who is set to redefine financial market news by developing AI which empowers the customers of Retail banks, Online Brokers and Investment Service platforms.
Minnemera — Minnemera develops digital neurocognitive tests.

IMAS Foundation is an organization that supports objectives for the good of the society through investment.IMAS Foundation focuses on asset allocation, which involves balancing the risk of our investments.IMAS Foundation is one of two arms to the Ingka Foundation, the other one is IKEA Foundation which main objective is to donate money toorganizations focusing on children and women that live in extreme poverty.

Investment focus

CleanTech, Clean Energy, Manufacturing
Series B, Funding Round, Grant
Sweden

Portfolio highlights

Syre — Syre is a textile impact company with a mission to decarbonize and dewaste the industry through textile-to-textile recycling at hyperscale.
Qvantum — Qvantum is driven by a passion for a sustainable future and we are changing the way the cities of Europe are heated.
H2 Green Steel — H2 Green Steel will be a fully integrated, digitalized and automated greenfield steel plant. By bringing together raw materials, renewable energy, local expertise, and artificial intelligence, we aim to bring emissions down to zero.

Headline is a Venture Capital firm actively on the ground in 7 cities around the world. We invest across categories and geographies, leading rounds at every stage. Once we commit to a team, we go to the ends of the earth to make their success global.

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
Series A, Series B, Seed
United States, Germany, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Mission Brasil — Mission Brasil is an information technology solution that provides a digital outsourcing platform for business development. Their services include legal and administrative, retail and monitoring, research and audit, hidden shopper, data and accreditation, logistics, and direct sales.
NUMA Group — Life's hard. Travelling shouldn't be. Book a fully furnished room or apartment in some of Europe's coolest neighbourhoods and see how simple travel can be.
Trellis Research — Trellis Research is a research tool for litigators.

Ackra Invest AB is a venture capital and private equity firm specializing in late venture, growth capital and turnaround investments. The firm does not have a sector preference and seeks to invest in small and middle sized companies based in Norrland; the Northern region of Sweden. It does not provide loans or invest in seed or early venture. Thefirm takes minority stakes, between 10 percent and 49 percent and invests between SEK1 million ($0.13 million) and SEK8 million ($1.02 million). It invests in equity or convertible loans and can perform co-investments. The firm seeks to exit its investments within seven years. Ackra Invest AB was founded in 2005 and is based in Skellefteå, Sweden.

Investment focus

Manufacturing, Mining, Chemical
Funding Round, Seed
Sweden

Portfolio highlights

Xore — Xore AB has develops and sells analyzers to enrichment plants in the mining industry.Xore is one of the world’s leading suppliers of on-stream analyzers and related services to the mining industry. Xore is the natural first choice when investing in equipment for on-stream analysis of pulp and liquids. Our product brand is Boxray™. Xore is agenuine Swedish engineering technology company based in Skellefteå in northern Sweden.
Protab AB — Protab specializes in machining, turning and milling and manufactures details for the hydraulic and forest industry. Another important part of the business is system delivery, where the company also assembles the details that were manufactured.Protab manufactures components primarily for the hydraulics and forestry industries. System deliveries,where the company assembles manufactured components, form another important part of the operation. We also do value flow analyses to improve the efficiency of our customers' businesses. How can we make things better for you?
Fortlax AB — Fortlax is Northern Sweden's data center with three world-class facilities just outside Piteå. We help companies grow using smart IT and cloud services. We store data in highest-class facilities at a location where risk analysis shows extremely low risk of natural disasters. In addition, we operate all our facilities with 100% green energy anduse natural cooling for large parts of the year. Fortlax AB has over the past fiscal year more than tripled its revenue and shows profit.

Entrepreneurs at heart. Engaged in partnerships built on curiosity, creativity and achieving a lasting impact.

Investment focus

Manufacturing, E-Commerce, Renewable Energy
Private Equity, Funding Round, Post-IPO Equity
Sweden, Norway, United States

Portfolio highlights

Aira — Aira operates as a clean energy-tech company.
H2 Green Steel — H2 Green Steel will be a fully integrated, digitalized and automated greenfield steel plant. By bringing together raw materials, renewable energy, local expertise, and artificial intelligence, we aim to bring emissions down to zero.
Marshall Group — Marshall Group is formed by merging Zound Industries and Marshall Amplification companies.

Daniel is a serial entrepreneur and technologist who started his first company in 1997 at the age of 14. He is currently the CEO of Spotify, which he co-founded in 2006 together with Martin Lorentzon.Spotify is an award-winning digital music service that gives on-demand access to over millions of songs, wherever you are. The music servicemakes it easier than ever to discover, manage and share music with friends, while making sure that artists get a fair deal. Spotify is available on the computer, smartphone, and a whole heap of other devices from Android to iPod.Prior to Spotify, Daniel founded Advertigo, the online advertising company acquired by TradeDoubler, having previously held senior roles at Nordic auction company Tradera (acquired by Ebay). Daniel was also CTO at Stardoll, the fashion and entertainment community for tweens.

Investment focus

Manufacturing, Mining, Hospital
Series A, Seed, Angel
Sweden, United States

Portfolio highlights

Sand Clinic — Sand Clinic is a healthcare startup. Sand Clinic provides a wide range of services to its members, including primary care, vascular ultrasonography, and red light therapy.
H2 Green Steel — H2 Green Steel will be a fully integrated, digitalized and automated greenfield steel plant. By bringing together raw materials, renewable energy, local expertise, and artificial intelligence, we aim to bring emissions down to zero.
Unearthly Materials — Unearthly Materials is a transformative materials company focused on delivering practical room-temperature superconductors and powering the century of superconductivity.

Forward Venture Capital is a Venture Capital fund that invests in early-stage companies in the US and Europe. We support early stage entrepreneurs and help them accelerate their growth.

Investment focus

Software, Financial Services, E-Commerce
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, Sweden, Denmark

Portfolio highlights

Uniify — Uniify is a no-code customer onboarding software that makes it fast, easy and secure for financial companies to onboard their customers. Save your business time and money, and build onboarding flows for your customers in minutes instead of months.
Niricson — Niricson Software has developed a proprietary damage assessment software platform paired with a patent-pending drone-based data collection technology that helps infrastructure owners inspect their structures (e.g. hydro dams) in a way that is more accurate, five times faster, and 50% more cost-effective. Niricson is differentiated by its ability toautomatically detect and quantify not only surface damage, but also subsurface damage.
Brink Commerce — Brink Commerce offers leading eCommerce solutions. Boost growth, perfect customer experiences, and unlock agility with our Composable Commerce API.

We drive the fintech revolution Next Financial Technology Ventures Backing fintech pioneers since 2014 We aim to capture the shift in the financial industry and empower the entrepreneurs to realize their potential Our Story Strong portfolio across Fintech View the full portfolio Exciting news from the NFT portfolio View all news

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Finance
Funding Round, Seed, Series A
Sweden, Finland, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Yabie — Yabie's Payment and POS systems take the effort out of selling. It's the most intuitive, hassle-free and mobile way of interacting with your customers and making a sale.
Invoier AB — Invoier is on a mission to help small and medium sized businesses become more competitive by changing the behaviour to access and price working capital. Founded in Stockholm, the financial technology company revolutionised short term financing with the world’s first spot market in real time for invoice trading. Today Invoier offers a platformfor businesses in Europe to get paid directly, plan the liquidity and grow its business. Backed by the EIC/European Investment Bank and partnering with some of the biggest investors we are quickly changing how the world sees SME financing. Join us on our mission! Visit: https://www.invoier.com/
Oort Digital — Oort Digital offers users to store, send, borrow, lease, trade, pay, mine, and game with NFTs.

Cristina Stenbeck has been the lead shareholder of Kinnevik over the last 20 years. Cristina began her career within the Kinnevik group when she joined her first public portfolio company board in 1997. She became Deputy Chairman of Kinnevik in 2003. Served as Chairman and Executive Chairman of the Board between 2007 and 2016 and still serves on theBoard today. Kinnevik is a family-led entrepreneurial group focused on building digital consumer businesses spanning 80 countries around the world. The six investment focus areas are: Communication, e-Commerce & Marketplaces, Entertainment and Financial Services and it recently added health and education to its current consumer focus. Last year, Kinnevik made its first investment into a digital heath platform called babylon which uses advanced AI to diagnose and treat consumers' medical concerns. Kinnevik's largest investment is its 32% ownership in Zalando, Europe's leading fashion and e-commerce company. Cristina graduated with a B.Sc. from Georgetown University in Washington DC, USA and lives in Stockholm, Sweden with her family and four children.

Investment focus

Fashion, E-Commerce, Health Care
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Sweden, Germany, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Opna — Directing climate finance toward high-impact infrastructure to ensure investment works for the climate, not against it.
Fides — Fides is your one-stop-shop for c-level governance.We are making it easier for managers to comply with, digitally execute and track their legal obligations across different companies in various jurisdictions. Keep an overview of duties, deadlines and tasks in different entities. Orchestrate, execute and document c-level meetings, resolutions& approvals. Create a revision-proof audit trail of any c-level decision.We know you have good intentions. You just need to be able to prove them.
H2 Green Steel — H2 Green Steel will be a fully integrated, digitalized and automated greenfield steel plant. By bringing together raw materials, renewable energy, local expertise, and artificial intelligence, we aim to bring emissions down to zero.

J12 is a thesis-driven venture capital firm partnering early with technical founders across Europe to build category-defining data and AI companies across infrastructure, tooling, and domain-specific applications

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Sweden, Germany, Norway

Portfolio highlights

Ostrom — We make energy fair, smart and green - one flexible monthly plan with no hidden fees, digital-first and 100% renewable energy.
DataCrunch.io — DataCrunch is a cloud service provider which facilitates utilization and integration of state of the art AI/ML models
IPercept — At IPercept we provide AI-based, hardware-enabled software solutions and services that can best be described as the fitness tracker for complex industrial machines. At the push of a button, you can learn about a machines’ health, down to micrometer changes for each critical component. You can get insights into what maintenance activities you shouldapply and when. You can monitor how the machines are operated, how to optimize their utilization and much more. All of this is achieved through a plug-n-play installation - for old machines as well as new. All securely provided without requiring access to any machine controllers or IT-systems. These services reduce maintenance costs, downtime and increase productivity - a solid ROI for our customers. In 5 years, most complex industrial machinery sold in the world will be supported by our technology.

Henrik Norlander is a professional golfer and plays on the PGA Tour.

Investment focus

Shoes, Manufacturing
Seed, Pre-Seed
Sweden

Portfolio highlights

Goatlane — Your Everyday Golf Sneaker

Leo Giertz

Investment focus

Software, Customer Service, Technical Support
Seed, Series A, Series B
Sweden

Portfolio highlights

Mavenoid — Mavenoid is the only product support automation platform built for complex products and devices. Using our unique AI, we solve problems too complex for chatbots
Saltfish — Guide visitors with short, face-to-face videos embedded directly on your site and product - onboard faster, increase activation and drive adoption.

We help great minds unleash their full potential!

Investment focus

Medical Device, SaaS, Information Technology
Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
Sweden, Denmark, Finland

Portfolio highlights

NitroVolt — NitroVolt: the next generational step of sustainable ammonia.
Serviceform — Welcome to future of communication - the truly all-in-one conversion and management software built for established businesses. Start now!
Techarena — Since 2014 Techarena is the platform for innovation and Tech in the Nordics. From supporting startups and scaleups to bringing the Tech and Business world together at Scandinavia's Biggest Events.

Tobias Emanuelsson is a Founder and CEO at Polar Structure AB. He previously worked as the Founding Partner and Head of Transactions at Scandinavian Property Group.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, SaaS
Seed, Series B, Funding Round
Sweden

Portfolio highlights

STILRIDE — The future of electric mobility
Taggr AB — Realize latent value in your equipment portfolio using light-touch, low-cost IoT technologies, delivered as-a-Service.
CemVision — CemVision is an industrial tech company that has been developing CO2-free cement.

Eqvitec Partners is a privately owned and independent Nordic private equity firm, advising six funds with a total capital base of over â‚¬500 million. Equity funds invest in technology companies in all phases from early-stage to buyouts. Mezzanine funds focus on buyouts and expansion financing.Eqvitec Partners offers a combination of experienceand expertise to companies with an attractive business model and solid growth potential. They spend a lot of time with the portfolio companies working closely with the management on a board level. Their aim is to add significant value, particularly via intellectual capital, with a focus on strategy implementation and business development. In addition, they bring a significant network and financial know-how to their portfolio companies. Eqvitec funds typically exit the investments after 3-6 years through a trade sale or a stock exchange floatation.Eqvitec Partners was established in 1997 and currently has 15 employees in the Helsinki and Stockholm offices.They are a member of the Finnish Venture Capital Association (FVCA), Swedish Venture Capital Association (SVCA), European Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (EVCA) and Nordic Venture Network (NVN).

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Enterprise Software
Funding Round, Series A, Seed
Finland, Sweden, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Norstel — Norstel AB manufactures and develops wide bandgap semiconductor materials, including silicon carbide (SiC) wafers and epitaxial layers.
eBuilder — eBuilder is a global company that optimizes and automates administrative processes for corporations and public sector agencies through IT-based business process outsourcing.
MediSapiens — MediSapiens provides software solutions to clients in the biomedical field. Our solutions turn biomedical data into new insights and knowledge. Our clients

Otto Jettman is a record producer and remixer.

Investment focus

Shoes, Manufacturing
Seed, Pre-Seed
Sweden

Portfolio highlights

Goatlane — Your Everyday Golf Sneaker

Investa FÃ¶retagskapital is a venture capital company focusing on small and medium sized expanding companies.

Investment focus

Manufacturing, Hardware, Software
Funding Round
Sweden

Portfolio highlights

Collectric — Collectric AB develops systems for measuring, controlling, and reporting on electricity, heating, and water consumption in houses. The company was founded in 2003 and is based in Sundsvall, Sweden.
ArtBoard AB — Artboard AB manufactures, develops and sells sandwich constructions of fiber composite; roofs, walls and floors for trains and ships. Nearly 95 percent of sales are made on exports focusing on the Chinese market and Europe.Innovation has always been at the heart of the company. A team of development and engineering professionals continuously workon new, improved and/or more cost-competitive solutions. We work closely with our customers to produce high quality products for their specific applications. The major part of Artboard AB products are exported all over the World. Artboard AB offer consulting services with technical support based on our knowledge and experience. Largest markets are Europe and Asia. Company presentation.
Absolicon Solar Concentrator — Absolicon Solar Concentrator AB produces and installs solar energy systems. It offers solar concentrators and collectors. The company provides X10, which produces electricity and heat for hot tap water, heating, heat-powered air conditioning, and desalination or process heat applications. Its products are used in photovoltaic thermal applications,hotels, hospitals, apartment buildings, sport centers, industries, airports, restaurants, and supermarkets in southern Europe. Absolicon Solar Concentrator AB was founded in 2007 and is based in HÃ¤rnÃ¶sand, Sweden.

Point Nine Capital is a Berlin-based venture capital firm focused exclusively on early-stage Internet investments in areas like Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), online marketplaces, and mobile.The fund and its managers, Pawel Chudzinski and Christoph Janz have backed a number of highly successful Internet companies such as Delivery Hero, Clio,Shiftplanning, Vend, Typeform, and Zendesk from their earliest stages.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Internet
Seed, Series A, Series B
Germany, United States, France

Portfolio highlights

cargo.one — The cargo.one booking platform gives you access to real-time prices and available capacities of multiple airlines. Directly book online within seconds, 24/7.
Omnea — The all-in-one procurement platform. Request purchases, automate approvals, and streamline your procurement process in one centralised solution.
Delivery Hero — Delivery Hero is the world's leading local delivery company. We are on a mission to deliver an amazing experience - fast, easy, and to your door.

Northzone is a multi-stage venture capital fund that seeks to invest in the healthcare, semiconductors, software, hardware, artificial intelligence, blockchain, and gaming industries.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, FinTech
Series A, Series B, Seed
United States, Sweden, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Clarium — Clarium is transforming healthcare by empowering providers with an AI-powered platform with intelligent workflow automation and actionable insights.
Topline Pro — Receive a optimized website built for you in 24hrs with online tools to grow your service business. Take your business to the next level.
GovDash — Realize allows users to link brokerage accounts, view real-time account data, and place trades from any app. We currently support over 90 million accounts at the largest retail brokerages in the US.We're revenue-generating and backed by top investors like Y Combinator, Craft Ventures, Global Founders Capital, Soma Capital, Olive Tree Capitaland more.

Länsförsäkringar is a Swedish group of public insurance companies.

Investment focus

Real Estate, Manufacturing, Apps
Seed, Funding Round, Post-IPO Equity
Sweden

Portfolio highlights

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.

EXOR is a holding company based in the Netherlands that the Agnelli family controls. The company has a diverse portfolio of investments in various industries, including automotive, real estate, and finance. The company is known for taking a long-term approach to its assets and has a reputation for being a patient and value-oriented investor. Thecompany's primary focus is on creating long-term value for its shareholders by actively managing and growing its portfolio of investments.EXOR's core mission is to cultivate exceptional enterprises, simultaneously nurturing opportunities for its talented workforce to flourish, make meaningful societal contributions, and yield outstanding returns for its valued investors.

Investment focus

Manufacturing, Health Care, Service Industry
Funding Round, Series A, Series B
United States, United Kingdom, Italy

Portfolio highlights

Stardust — Stardust a research company dedicated to investigating the responsible use of Stratospheric Aerosol Injection technology.
Via — Via is a re-engineering public transit company that develops and provides on-demand public mobility solutions for commuters. The company transforms public transit, from a regulated system of rigid routes and schedules to a fully dynamic, on-demand network. Via's mobile app connects passengers who are headed the same way, allowing riders toseamlessly share a premium vehicle. The platform operates in the United States and in Europe through its joint venture with Mercedes-Benz Vans, ViaVan. Via's technology is deployed worldwide through partner projects with public transportation agencies, private transit operators, taxi fleets, private companies, and universities, integrating with public transit infrastructure to power cutting-edge on-demand mobility.The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in New York, United States.
Philips — Koninklijke Philips is a technology company that provides healthcare, consumer lifestyle, and lighting products, solutions, and services. The company offers professionals with healthcare, lighting, and oral healthcare products, professional dictation, and display solutions, and innovation services. It offers consumers electronic products related tosound and vision, personal care, mother and child care, housewares, lighting, PCs and phones, and more.

TPG Rise Climate offers a differentiated, multi-strategy approach to a generational investment theme with capital across private equity, transition infrastructure, and the global south.

Investment focus

Energy, Renewable Energy, CleanTech
Private Equity, Funding Round, Seed
United States, Israel, Sweden

Portfolio highlights

Hybar — Hybar builds and operates a scrap metal recycling steel rebar production facility.
Monolith — Monolith is a next generation chemical and energy company that believes technology will create the path to environmental transformation.
UBQ Materials — UBQ Materials envisions a world where finite resources are infinitely reused. It aims to help rescue the planet. The UBQ proprietary process converts Residual Municipal Solid Waste, destined to landfills, into novel bio-based UBQ Material, that can be used to make everyday durable products - with a reduced carbon footprint.The company was foundedin 2012 and is headquartered in Tel-Aviv, Israel.

We are peers amongst entrepreneurs helping the brave to build game-changing companies, just like we have done ourselves.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Germany, France, Sweden

Portfolio highlights

Occtoo — Build digital experiences at record speed. Unify customer, content and context data from any source and combine it into a new experience. No more lengthy integration projects.
Flowlity — Flowlity revolutionizes planners' experience by streamlining tasks within planning tools and automating 95% of planning activities.
Superface — Superface helps you build reliable AI solutions that achieve human-level accuracy with high goal completion rate.

FAM is a privately owned holding company that manages assets as an active owner with a long-term ownership horizon.FAM is owned by the three largest Wallenberg foundations – the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation, the Marianne and Marcus Wallenberg Foundation, and the Marcus and Amalia Wallenberg Foundation.FAM focuses its ownership on anumber of strategic holdings and a number of alternative investments. By actively contributing to the long-term development and growth of holdings, their dividend capacity and value can increase over time.Value creation and dividends from FAM grow the value of the foundations and their ability to distribute grants for research and education.FAM aims to generate returns and real growth in FAM’s capital by leveraging the combined experience and expertise of the FAM organization and the Wallenberg family network.FAM takes an active approach to ownership by focusing on activities that are in the best interests of holdings in the long term. In its role as a leading owner, FAM works to ensure that the boards of holdings have the right composition, and that FAM’s board representatives drive strategic work.FAM’s responsibility as majority owner is exercised in an engaged and discerning manner. FAM’s investment managers, who follow and analyze the holdings and the markets they operate in, support the board representatives.FAM’s team evaluates new opportunities that are in line with the current investment and ownership philosophy. The investment managers, together with the board members associated with the companies, form a business team for each holding. The business teams are the basis for active ownership.

Investment focus

Software, Manufacturing, Energy
Funding Round, Series A, Series B
Sweden, Austria, United States

Portfolio highlights

Holyvolt — Our mission is to provide the world with high-efficiency renewable energy solutions at an affordable cost and with minimal environmental impact.
Qarlbo Energy — Accelerating decarbonization with groundbreaking technology.
H2 Green Steel — H2 Green Steel will be a fully integrated, digitalized and automated greenfield steel plant. By bringing together raw materials, renewable energy, local expertise, and artificial intelligence, we aim to bring emissions down to zero.

Saminvest is a venture capital company that was formed by the Swedish government in 2016. Saminvest actively works to establish new and sustainable venture capital funds and angel investor programmes that expand the venture capital market in Sweden. Through Saminvest's indirect investments and work with investment funds, innovative and fast-growing companies can gain access to more capital and expert advice.

Investment focus

Software, Manufacturing, Hardware
Funding Round, Seed, Pre-Seed
Sweden

Portfolio highlights

The Fit — Let our AI-powered fitting technology improve your customer experience and bottom line.
Learnster — Learnster develops the LMS of tomorrow for growing organizations aspiring to achieve maximum learning in minimum time.
Brick Technology — Rent-on-the-go with Brick powerbank sharing: convenient on-the-move charging solution! Suitable for all devices.

Lars H. Thunell, a Swedish national, is Executive Vice President and CEO of IFC (International Finance Corporation), a member of the World Bank Group.Lars Thunell is leading IFC in its mission to promote sustainable private sector development. Since joining the Corporation in January 2006, Lars Thunell has advanced growth of IFC's businessand its mission to create opportunities in emerging markets and improve people's lives. He has visited 60 developing countries to see firsthand how IFC can best help its clients with financing and advisory services, and endorsed further decentralization of IFC.Lars Thunell joined IFC after a successful career in the financial services industry. Most recently, he was the Chief Executive Officer of SEB, a North European commercial and investment bank. In the 1990s, Lars Thunell served as the Chief Executive Officer of Trygg-Hansa, a Swedish insurance company, and as Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Nordbanken.As President and Chief Executive Officer of Securum, an asset management company established by the Swedish government, he played a key role in the government's strategy for resolving the country's banking crisis of the 1990s. Under Lars Thunell's leadership, Securum was able to restructure and sell off distressed assets held by the government more quickly than originally expected, recovering value for the Swedish taxpayer.Previously, he worked at ABB Zurich and at American Express in New York. He has also held numerous board positions with international companies and nongovernmental organizations.Lars Thunell graduated with a doctorate from the University of Stockholm and was a research fellow at the Harvard University Center for International Affairs.

Investment focus

Solar, FinTech, Robotics
Seed, Angel, Series A
Sweden

Portfolio highlights

TRINE — TRINE uses crowdinvesting to enable people to support solar energy projects, while also delivering a return to the investors. We provide the expertise, organization and the platform for enabling secure investments in carefully selected projects and bring finance to local solar entrepreneurs in emerging nations to electrify the world. Ourcrowdinvestors will fund the initial cost for installing the solar system, over time this loan is paid back with interest by the value of electricity produced from the solar system. With our solution we will connect money sitting in banks, with solar entrepreneurs like yourself in need of financing. By doing so, we will not only enable people to earn a return on an impact investment and democratize those investment options, but also help you to elevate poor communities out of their energy poverty and improve their living standard.
Spowdi — Spowdi uses solar-powered drip irrigation to enable farmers to save water, be more independent and secure more profitable food production.
ManoMotion — ManoMotion is a deep tech AI company developing software for real time 3D gesture analysis that allows the user to interact with technology through finger and hand gestures in 3D. This is particularly important to create effective interaction without the need for additional hardware in Augmented and Virtual Reality, and with the small screens, orno screens, typical in wearable computing and smart devices.

Atlantic Bridge is a Growth Equity Firm with a Cross Border Value Add strategy. We invest in deep technology companies in Europe and the US. Our team is made up of successful entrepreneurs and senior technology industry executives and we invest in strong ambitious entrepreneurs and management teams that have the passion and drive to scale up andexploit major growth opportunities. We help our portfolio companies expand and grow internationally through our global platform with our team and offices in London, Dublin, Munich, Paris and Palo Alto.Atlantic Bridge brings together a unique team of technology entrepreneurs, experienced managers, finance professionals, and investment experts. The team contains a wealth of international business experience across Europe, the UK and the US. They have worked together in various capacities for the last 30 years, bringing a true partnership approach to their firm and their investments. Its investors include the founders, leading institutional investors, and private investors with a track record of investment in successful technology companies.Atlantic Bridge has developed a unique and differentiated strategy that focuses on specific technology themes and the implementation of the “Atlantic Bridge Model” for scaling companies internationally. The “Bridge Model” accelerates the scale-up of technology companies in Europe and the US. This approach is highly differentiated and has delivered strong performance results to date.

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Analytics
Series A, Series B, Funding Round
United States, Ireland, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

SOC Prime — SOC Prime is the only Threat Detection Marketplace where researchers monetize their content to help security teams defend against attacks faster and more efficiently than ever. Powered by its Detection as Code platform, SOC Prime curates the most up-to-date Sigma-based threat detection content from over 300 researchers and natively delivers it viasubscription to 20+ SIEM and XDR platforms at more than 6,000 enterprises, governments and MDRs worldwide.
Insight Terra — Insight Terra supports data driven risk management in critical situations where business operations, people and the environment all come together.
Output Sports — Discover Output's portable and affordable athlete testing and tracking device. Measure strength, power and speed in minutes giving accurate and reliable data.

Tord brings over 25 years experience in the mobile and wireless industries. He previously lead Ericsson Mobile Platforms, as the company's first CEO, to become the worlds leading mobile phone platform provider. While at Ericsson Tord oversaw the development of the technology that later became Bluetooth, and has since served in executive rolesat Samsung Electronics and Nanoradio.

Investment focus

Internet of Things, Security, Smart Home
Angel
Sweden

Portfolio highlights

Minut — Minut keeps your home safe and your neighbors happy while respecting your guests' privacy. Monitor noise and occupancy, secure your home, and enhance guest experience. Only Minut gives you the full insight you need to protect your homes, all in one single sensor.
DeviceRadio — IoT could allow drones to deliver defibrillators directly to critical heart patients - 15 minutes faster than an ambulance. IoT could increase the crop yield for farmers in developing countries, while reducing water consumption and need for artificial fertilizers. Today there are countless hardware solutions for IoT, almost one thousand commercialIoT platforms and a multitude of connectivity options ranging from cellular to LoRa and Bluetooth. The lack of common infrastructure to bring everything together creates complexity and a huge knowledge gap. DeviceRadio is building this infrastructure. Our mission is to make it possible for millions of existing developers to be part of building a better future powered by IoT.

I am an entrepreneurial and experienced CEO. I have successfully built, launched, and grown multiple new global businesses at companies such as Google (Internet), Modern Times Group (media), and HTC VIVE (VR). Proven ability to successfully create and communicate corporate visions and strategies, hire and motivate top talent, and lead global sales,marketing, and product teams.Board member of companies such as Cision (software), Scandic Hotels (hotels), and Raymond (solar). Trusted advisor to large firms such as Ericsson and EQT, and cutting-edge startups like Einride (electric trucks), Jetson (flying cars), and Elonroad (electric roads).World class keynote speaker at international conferences such as MWC, GDC, IBC, CES, and invited speaker at Harvard, Stanford, and MIT. I am a future astronaut with Virgin Galactic, and the founder of WIT Global Women In Tech network and events.

Investment focus

Virtual Reality, Sports, Electric Vehicle
Seed, Angel, Series A
Sweden, United States, Czech Republic

Portfolio highlights

WEIQ — WEIQ is an application that offers an ordering and payment solutions for restaurants.
Elonroad — Elonroad charging solutions allow for vehicle agnostic conductive charging, providing freedom and flexibility by charging while driving or parked.
Jetson Aero — Your personal aircraft in aluminium and carbon fibre, powered with eight powerful electric motors.

Equity investment company doing Series A to late growth, private and public. Agile and long-term with no fixed holding period.

Investment focus

Fashion, Lifestyle, Marketplace
Seed, Series A, Series B
Sweden, France

Portfolio highlights

BlaBlaCar — BlaBlaCar is the world’s leading long-distance carpooling community, connecting people looking to travel long distances with drivers going the same way. They travel together and share the costs of the journey. The platform is engineered to create a secure, trust-based community with declared identities and full member profiles. Members can evenspecify how chatty they are from “Bla” to “BlaBlaBla”, hence the name BlaBlaCar. BlaBlaCar is creating a global people-powered network with a trusted community of drivers and passengers.Backed by Accel Partners, Insight Ventures, Index Ventures, Lead Edge Capital, Baring Vostok and ISAI, it operates in 22 countries across Europe, Russia, Turkey, Mexico, Brazil and India. The site and free mobile apps provide a range of features to create a secure, trust-based community and easy connections between drivers and passengers.BlaBlaCar is based in Paris with offices across a dozen of countries.
NA-KD.com — NA-KD.com is the next generation of fashion marketplaces. A predominantly mobile-based online shopping sanctuary for fashion addicts all over the world. Combined with a unique merchant service that unleashes the e-commerce power of digital brands and social influencers. Funded by the original founder and team behind Nelly.com (170 million USDonline fashion store).
Pet Media Group — Woof Woof. Europe's Largest Pet Marketplaces PetMediaGroup is the leading operator of online marketplaces for pets and related goods and services. Through our trusted and local brands, we help thousands of animals every day to find a new loving home as well as assist their human caregivers

venture capital and private equity for early stage businesses

Investment focus

3D Printing, Software, 3D Technology
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, India, Sweden

Portfolio highlights

Chargeup — Empowering drivers, NBFCs, and OEMs through AI-driven financing and asset management solutions for India's EV ecosystem.
OpenRatio — Enterprise Mobile Engagement Platform OpenRatio empowers enterprises to rapidly build context-aware and personalised apps to engage with their employees, clients and partners Our mission is engagement: We empower enterprises to rapidly build context-aware and personalised cross platform mobile apps to engage with their employees, clientsand partners.Why engagement? Because the payoff Is evident. Enterprises improve efficiency, productivity. satisfaction and interaction for employees and customers.By licensing OpenRatio mobile platform enterprises will be:------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1- Cutting mobile development costs by over 80%2 - Move mobile publishing in-house and leveraging your exciting IT department know-how3 - Start building and deploying applications fast4 - Simplicity: Anyone within the organisation can start building and managing enterprise mobile applications5 - Open platform for partners to build modules and plugins 6 - Bring the consumer mobile experience to your enterprise
Svenska Aerogel — At Svenska Aerogel, we enable our customers to develop more sustainable and efficient products using our aerogel material, which meets the growing demand for higher performance.

The first mass-produced Volvo car rolled off the production line in Gothenburg in 1927. Since then, they have delivered a steady stream of cars equipped with world-leading innovations. Today, they are one of the most well-known and respected car brands in the world with sales in about 100 countries.Volvo Car Group (Volvo Cars) is owned byZhejiang Geely Holding (Geely Holding) of China. Volvo Cars formed part of the Swedish Volvo Group until 1999 when Ford Motor Company bought the company. In 2010, Geely Holding acquired Volvo Cars.They produce premium cars with the following body types: Sedans, Estates/Sportswagons, Cross Country vehicles, SUVs, and Convertibles. Their cars are characterized by intuitive, human-focused, functional Scandinavian design and good craftsmanship.Relative to the strength of the brand, Volvo Cars is a small producer with global sales reaching 421,951 cars in 2012. Their largest markets are the United States, Sweden, China, Germany, and the UK. Their corporate and brand strategy is ”Designed Around You” and puts people at the heart of everything they do.As a responsible company, they want to contribute to a more sustainable society. To ensure that they are in harmony with customers and society, they do their part by spearheading the development of sustainable mobility - from plug-in hybrids and all-electric cars to active cooperation in a partnership project on road trains.They are proud to continuously deliver world-first solutions; innovations that put people first, by saving and simplifying their lives. Volvo Cars was owned by AB Volvo until 1999 when it was acquired by the Ford Motor Company as part of its Premier Automotive Group. Geely Holding Group then acquired Volvo Cars from Ford in 2010.

Investment focus

CleanTech, Electric Vehicle, Automotive
Seed, Funding Round, Post-IPO Debt
Sweden, Finland, United States

Portfolio highlights

Syre — Syre is a textile impact company with a mission to decarbonize and dewaste the industry through textile-to-textile recycling at hyperscale.
Forciot — Forciot is a Finnish technology company that was born in December 2015 out of love for engineering challenges and sports. Group of leading wearable researchers from Tampere University of Technology and consumer electronics experts agreed to put their heart and passion into developing together unique innovation that would start a new era in wearablebusiness.They realized that world is lacking wearable technologies that could be part of products that people use every day, everywhere.Today there starts to be an overload of separate measurement gadgets offered for people to be carried around them to measure performance.Their vision is that in the future they do not need to carry separate performance wearable gadgets with us anymore while for example exercising. Instead, the measurement technology will be integrated directly into those sporting products, such as shoes or gloves, that they all are using when training anyway.They decided to start building this new era of wearables. On their view, most product manufacturer companies will also evidently become IOT-product manufacturers in the future. FORCIOT® with innovative solutions that are connected to internet, is the engineering partner for these companies to build the future IOT-products.For their business to business customers, they offer advanced and accurate REAL-TIME force, power, pressure, balance and weight measurement system that will take wearable world to the next level. They provide their customers the capability to utilize force related data that has not been available before.
Polestar — Wir stellen Performance-Elektroautos her. Unser Ziel: eine bessere Zukunft durch Innovationen.

EIT Urban Mobility is an initiative of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), a body of the European Union. Europe’s leading community for impact-driven start-ups and scale-ups in urban mobilityWe want to move cities toward a more sustainable future by partnering up with start-ups and scale-ups like yours. Our Impact Venturesdivision gives you access to funding and support channels to deliver financial, environmental and social impact on the urban landscapes around us. Our tools are: Funding through grants and equity investments, Knowledge and training through partner-led programmes, networking and introductions through dedicated support to our equity portfolio companiesOur investments provide you with a boost on your growth journey, and our network connects you with the right stakeholders in the public policy sector — on a regional, national and European-wide scale — to put your company on the map and bring your urban mobility services to the people who need it the most.If you’re like us and have a drive to shape the cities of our future, join our community of engaged and esteemed impactful ventures by applying for one of the many different programs we offer.

Investment focus

Software, Transportation, Information Technology
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Spain, Sweden, France

Portfolio highlights

Smart Point — We are entering the age of convenience and immediacy. A Smart Point automates the reception of any product you shop online, and any service available in your city, from pharmaceuticals, to flowers and dry cleaning. All delivered in 1 hour and available to pick up at your convenience.
Parabol — As Parabol, we use our innovative power for smart mobility systems and traffic safety all over the world.
Fastlane — Discover seamless logistics control with our cutting-edge transport management software. Streamline operations, optimize routes, and enhance efficiency effortlessly. Try our solution for comprehensive control today!

A leading Nordic financial services group guided by a strong belief that entrepreneurial minds and innovative companies are key in creating a better world.

Investment focus

FinTech, Banking, Financial Services
Series B, Post-IPO Debt, Debt Financing
Sweden, United Kingdom, United States

Portfolio highlights

Mowi — Mowi, a seafood company, produces and supplies farmed salmon products worldwide. It operates through three segments: Feed, Farming, and Sales and Marketing. Mowi is involved in the salmon feed production, salmon farming and primary processing, and seafood secondary processing activities. It offers whole gutted fish, including Label Rouge andorganic salmon; and white fish and other seafood products, as well as fillets, steaks, cutlets, portions, loins, kebabs, and steak combos. Mowi also provides value added products, such as breaded, pre-fried, dusted, marinated, grilled, battered, topped, filled with sauce, delicatessen, fresh fish ready meal, and smoked fish products. It offers its products under the Pieters, The Irish Organic Salmon Company, Rebel Fish, Sterling, Olav's, Supreme Salmon, Ducktrap River, Kritsen, Donegal Silver, Harbour Salmon, Appeti’Marine, Mowi, Laschinger, and Admiral's brands. Marine Harvest that began operation in 1965 became Mowi in December 2018. It has its headquarters in 1965, with its headquarters in Bergen in Norway.
Helen — Helen sell electricity to about 450,000 customers and heat more than 90 percent of Helsinki's properties with district heating.
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.

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