# EQT Ventures

> EQT Ventures is a VC fund backing Software and Artificial Intelligence. See 274 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stockholm, Sweden
- Total investments: 274
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 55%
- Fund size: $1.1B
- Last fund: Nov 2022
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/eqt-ventures
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/eqtventures
- Website: https://eqtventures.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EQT-Ventures-1360176604060711/

EQT Ventures is a European VC fund with just over €2.3 billion in total capital raised. EQT Ventures I launched in May 2016, with commitments totaling €566 million and a simple mission - to be the kind of VC the team would have liked to have had on their own startup journeys. Recognizing that building and growing a company takes more than justcapital, the EQT Ventures team provides founders with support and advice throughout different stages of growth. EQT Ventures doesn't focus on particular markets or industries, but on bold and ambitious founders who have the grit and determination to build global success stories. EQT Ventures II launched in November 2019, with commitments totaling €660 million. EQT Ventures III launched in 2022, with commitments totaling €1.1 billion, making it the biggest European Venture Capital fund committed to early-stage tech startups. The EQT Ventures team is based across six offices in London, Stockholm, Berlin, Paris, Amsterdam, Paris, and San Francisco, taking a locals-with-locals approach and supporting founders on the ground. Motherbrain, EQT Ventures' in-house-developed artificial intelligence (AI) platform, ensures the team has a data-driven approach and has driven more than $100 million in portfolio company investments.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2.6M–$15M |
| Series A | $6.8M–$44M |
| Series B | $18M–$100M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 37 | 14% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 28 | 10% |
| Information Technology | 19 | 7% |
| FinTech | 13 | 5% |
| Financial Services | 13 | 5% |

190 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 53 | 19% |
| Seed | 46 | 17% |
| Series B | 40 | 15% |
| Series C | 21 | 8% |
| Funding Round | 20 | 7% |

12 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Sweden | 25 | 9% |
| Germany | 25 | 9% |
| United States | 22 | 8% |
| United Kingdom | 20 | 7% |
| France | 10 | 4% |

16 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Kees Koolen | Senior Advisor | 29 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kees-koolen |
| Carolina Brochado | Head of EQT Ventures | 12 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/carolina-brochado |
| Gregory Bernstein | Venture Lead | 7 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gregory-bernstein |
| Hampus Särnbratt | Investor | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hampus-s%C3%A4rnbratt |
| Jenny Dreier | Venture Lead | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jenny-dreier-ff1e |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Fly.io | Fly.io offers an Application Delivery Network (ADN) intended to help website owners get connected with their customers easily. The company's application delivery network uses a global network of servers to accept visitor traffic, run middleware on requests, then route them to backend applications, enabling website owners to direct theirvisitors to their respective sites securely and in a few clicks. | $25M | Series D | Jul 24, 2026 |  |
| Syntetica | Syntetica is a materials technology and climate technology company that develops chemical recycling technology for synthetic textiles. It uses proprietary green chemistry to convert nylon textile waste into virgin-quality recycled polymers, enabling circular production for the textile, automotive, and industrial materials industries. Its mission isto decarbonize synthetic materials by making high-quality recycled feedstocks commercially viable.The company's proprietary chemical depolymerization process separates and recovers Nylon 6 and Nylon 6,6 from blended textile waste that would otherwise be difficult to recycle. The process operates under low-temperature, low-pressure conditions, removes dyes and finishes, and produces recycled raw materials that can be reintroduced into manufacturing without compromising quality. Syntetica's technology supports textile-to-textile recycling and is designed to reduce carbon emissions, landfill waste, and reliance on virgin fossil-based materials. | $30M | Series A | Jul 16, 2026 |  |
| Syntetica | Syntetica is a materials technology and climate technology company that develops chemical recycling technology for synthetic textiles. It uses proprietary green chemistry to convert nylon textile waste into virgin-quality recycled polymers, enabling circular production for the textile, automotive, and industrial materials industries. Its mission isto decarbonize synthetic materials by making high-quality recycled feedstocks commercially viable.The company's proprietary chemical depolymerization process separates and recovers Nylon 6 and Nylon 6,6 from blended textile waste that would otherwise be difficult to recycle. The process operates under low-temperature, low-pressure conditions, removes dyes and finishes, and produces recycled raw materials that can be reintroduced into manufacturing without compromising quality. Syntetica's technology supports textile-to-textile recycling and is designed to reduce carbon emissions, landfill waste, and reliance on virgin fossil-based materials. | $30M | Series A | Jul 16, 2026 |  |
| Einride | Einride is a freight technology company providing digital, electric, and autonomous shipping. It was founded in 2016 and became the world’s first company to operate an autonomous, electric freight vehicle on a public road in 2019. Einride´s award-winning technology and products enable users to execute on electrification and automation, order andtrack shipments, oversee routes and assignments, visualize data and gain insights. | $113M | Post-IPO Equity | Jun 09, 2026 |  |
| Ineffable Intelligence | Ineffable Intelligence develops machine learning systems that learn through interaction and experience. The company works on reinforcement learning approaches that allow models to improve by trial and error rather than relying on large human-generated datasets. Its core work centers on building a “superlearner,” a system designed to generateknowledge and skills by engaging with simulated or real environments.The organization develops algorithms and computational frameworks that support autonomous learning, experimentation, and decision-making processes. Its efforts involve designing AI models that can adapt, refine behavior, and solve complex problems through continuous feedback loops. The company’s research aims to expand how AI systems acquire knowledge and apply it across different domains. | $1.1B | Seed | Apr 27, 2026 |  |
| Candela | Candela makes Electric Hydrofoil Boats. | $34.5M | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 18, 2026 |  |
| Qevlar AI | Qevlar focuses on increasing the productivity of Security Operations Centers (SOC) through the use of AI technology. Qevlar's intelligent, zero-programming approach streamlines threat detection, reveals hidden automations, and accelerates response times. | $30M | Series A | Mar 10, 2026 |  |
| Stacks | Stacks is an AI-powered workspace that shortens monthly financial close cycles, reduces accounting risk, and boosts accuracy. | $23M | Series A | Feb 19, 2026 |  |
| Parloa | Parloa is a Conversational AI platform for revolutionary AI technology in customer dialogue and is the ideal answer to increased customer expectations for service quality on more and more channels. Large companies such as ERGO, Decathlon, Swisslife and the German Red Cross automate their most important communication channels with Parloa. Thisallows customer concerns, primarily on the phone, to be identified within seconds and repetitive tasks to be automated. Instead of generating data silos, our customers optimize several service channels simultaneously thanks to unified training data. | $350M | Series D | Jan 15, 2026 |  |
| Parloa | Parloa is a Conversational AI platform for revolutionary AI technology in customer dialogue and is the ideal answer to increased customer expectations for service quality on more and more channels. Large companies such as ERGO, Decathlon, Swisslife and the German Red Cross automate their most important communication channels with Parloa. Thisallows customer concerns, primarily on the phone, to be identified within seconds and repetitive tasks to be automated. Instead of generating data silos, our customers optimize several service channels simultaneously thanks to unified training data. | $350M | Series D | Jan 15, 2026 |  |

10 of 274 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does EQT Ventures invest in?

EQT Ventures invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and Information Technology startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 274 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Sweden. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is EQT Ventures's check size?

EQT Ventures typically joins rounds of $2.6M–$15M at Seed, $6.8M–$44M at Series A and $18M–$100M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds EQT Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact EQT Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at EQT Ventures?

The team at EQT Ventures includes Kees Koolen (Senior Advisor), Carolina Brochado (Head of EQT Ventures) and Gregory Bernstein (Venture Lead), among 15 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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