Top 15 Publishing VC Funds & Investors in Sweden (July 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Zouk Capital
VC Fund
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3 | United Kingdom, Germany, United States | Private Equity, Series B | Software, Renewable Energy, Energy | $1.1M–$145M |
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Swedbank Robur
VC Fund
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2 | Sweden, United States, Norway | Post-IPO Equity, Series B | Health Care, Manufacturing, Mobile Apps | $2.4M–$230M |
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Forward Venture Capital
VC Fund
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2 | United States, Sweden, Denmark | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Financial Services, E-Commerce | |
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Almi Invest
VC Fund
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1 | Sweden, United States, Ukraine | Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, Health Care, Information Technology | $193k–$2.2M |
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Atomico's Angel Programme
VC Fund
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1 | Estonia, Germany, Norway | Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel | Software, B2B, SaaS | $45k–$1.6M |
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LRF Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Sweden | Seed, Series A | Agriculture, Travel, Farming | $1.9M–$3.8M |
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Optimizer Invest
VC Fund
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1 | Sweden, Spain, United States | Seed, Convertible Note | Apps, Financial Services, Casino | |
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Bonnier Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Sweden, Finland, Germany | Seed, Series A | Internet, Software, E-Commerce | $1M–$21M |
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Dynamo
VC Fund
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1 | United States, United Kingdom, Germany | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Logistics, SaaS | $370k–$25M |
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Pale blue dot
VC Fund
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1 | United Kingdom, Germany, Sweden | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Energy | $1M–$33M |
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IQ Capital
VC Fund
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1 | United Kingdom, United States, Germany | Seed, Series A | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning | $1.3M–$44M |
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Axel Johnson
VC Fund
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1 | Sweden, Norway, United States | Seed, Series E | Solar, AgTech, Energy | |
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PINC
VC Fund
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1 | Sweden, Denmark, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Biotechnology, Agriculture, Food and Beverage | $549k–$7.2M |
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Wellstreet
VC Fund
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1 | Sweden, Norway, Finland | Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, E-Commerce, Retail | $193k–$2.5M |
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Aller
VC Fund
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1 | Sweden | Pre-Seed | Audiobooks, Publishing, Creative Agency | |
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Zouk Capital Growth Capital invests to build global leaders in resource efficiency. They believe that resource efficiency is fundamentally driven by technology – both industrial technology and information technology - and it has become clear that companies that improve efficiency are at a distinct advantage. Zouk invests in this new generation ofcompanies, supporting their expansion and accelerating the integration of resource efficiency measures across the global economy. The companies they invest in have commercially proven products and services with revenues between €10m - €150m and are positioned to scale rapidly. They support top-tier management teams to build market-leading, global businesses by providing growth equity and industry knowledge. To support them in achieving their growth strategies, they leverage their extensive international network of senior figures in the industry, business, finance, and government in Europe, North America, Asia, and the Middle East. Dedicated to adding value, they develop close partnerships with their portfolio companies and are some of the most experienced and active investors in the clean economy. Reflecting the value-add of Zouk’s approach, the second Growth Capital fund is the largest of its strategy in Europe at EUR 230m. Zouk’s Growth Capital focus is part of Zouk Capital LLP’s dual strategy of making investments that make a general environmental impact. Alongside its Growth Capital business, Zouk’s Infrastructure team finances the construction of renewable energy and environmental assets.
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- Industry: Software, Renewable Energy, Energy
- Stage:Private Equity, Series B
- Geography: United Kingdom, Germany, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 54
- Round size: Series B $6M–$106M; Private Equity $1.1M–$145M
- Lead/follow: 63% lead, 37% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $513M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Taulia — Taulia makes it easy for businesses to free up cash, accelerate payments, and improve supply chain health. Learn about our working capital solutions today.
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- InstaVolt — InstaVolt is leading the way in EV charging infrastructure, helping to make the UK an easier place to own and operate an electric vehicle.They own, install and maintain rapid electric vehicle charging units all over the country, giving landowners the opportunity to earn a rental income by housing them, and giving EV drivers access to the fastestcharging available.They are driven by their passion for protecting the environment. At their core is a mission to improve air quality and reduce carbon emissions.Air quality has reached critical levels in cities across the UK and cars, buses and lorries have been proven as contributing significantly to the problem. Increasing the use of electric vehicles, which emit zero emissions, is an important part of the solution.According to Government statistics, one of the biggest barriers that deters people from buying EVs is range anxiety – the fear of running out of charge. InstaVolt will ensure a rapid charging point is easily accessible to everyone in the country.They believe that charging an electric vehicle should be quick and easy. It’s why, unlike many other companies, they operate an ‘open charger’ model, so anyone can use their charging points on a pay-as-you-go basis. No monthly subscription and no membership cards are required.
Swedbank Robur is a small, equity-based mutual fund that provides in largest asset managers and a strong investment partner.
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- Industry: Health Care, Manufacturing, Mobile Apps
- Stage:Post-IPO Equity, Series B
- Geography: Sweden, United States, Norway
Investor stats
- Total investments: 27
- Round size: Series B $8M–$190M; Post-IPO Equity $2.4M–$230M
- Lead/follow: 56% lead, 44% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Catena — Catena is a listed property company that, through collaboration sustainably develops, owns and manages efficient logistics facilities. Its strategically located properties supply the Scandinavian metropolitan areas and are adapted for both current and future goods flows.
- Northvolt — Northvolt develops sustainable lithium-ion batteries in conjunction with R&D, industrialization, and recycling to support clean energy. It provides electrification and renewable energy storage designed for lithium-ion battery plant to produce batteries for electric vehicles. Northvolt's product is an environment-friendly batterymanufactured with minimal carbon footprint and with recycling technology without compromising with important eco-systems, enabling the auto industry to replace fossil fuels with electricity in an efficient manner. The company aims to establish a supply of sustainable battery cells and systems.In 2016, Paolo Cerruti and Peter Carlsson headquartered the company in Stockholm, Stockholms Lan.
- Vicore Pharma — Vicore Pharma is a pharmaceutical company dedicated to developing innovative medicines for severe lung disorders. It develops drugs that act through the AT2 receptor. The company’s drug candidate C21 aims to improve the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a rare disease for which C21 has been granted orphan drug designation both in the EUand the US. In addition, C21 is explored pre-clinically in a number of rare diseases where the AT2 receptor plays an important role. The company is based in Astra Zeneca’s Bioventurehub in Mölndal.
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.
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- Industry: Software, Financial Services, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Sweden, Denmark
Investor stats
- Total investments: 63
- Lead/follow: no public data
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.
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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- Industry: Software, Health Care, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Sweden, United States, Ukraine
Investor stats
- Total investments: 278
- Round size: Seed $193k–$2.2M; Pre-Seed $236k–$1.4M
- Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- FirstQFM — FirstQFM offers patent-pending AI foundation models for quantum computing.
- Ambidex AB — helps food retailers create new revenue streams on their refrigeration systems by stabilizing the electricity grid.
- Indevex AB — Indevex is a science-based and privately owned biotech company from Sweden. A natural and reliable partner, providing evidence based natural nutrition concepts based on the patented NGC™ Formula.
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- Industry: Software, B2B, SaaS
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- Geography: Estonia, Germany, Norway
Investor stats
- Total investments: 10
- Round size: Pre-Seed $45k–$1.6M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Improvin' — Improvin' is a sustainability performance platform that helps agri-food companies measure, report and reduce greenhouse gas emissions in their own value chain.
- Tradesnest — Tradesnest is an AI powered B2B SaaS-Marketplace that revolutionises the B2B industry by removing the barriers for brands looking for distributors and retailers to enter new markets. With Tradesnest, getting your innovations on retailers’ shelves in new markets around the world has never been this easy!
- Every Health — Every Health focuses on "holistic, needs-based medical care for the LGBTQIA+ community".
LRF Ventures provides capital, relevant expertise and a network for start-ups.
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- Industry: Agriculture, Travel, Farming
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Sweden
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Round size: Seed $1.9M–$3.8M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Saveggy — Saveggy develops a bio-based edible vegan coating for fruit and vegetables eliminating plastic while keeping its protecting properties.
- Improvin' — Improvin' is a sustainability performance platform that helps agri-food companies measure, report and reduce greenhouse gas emissions in their own value chain.
- 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.
Optimizer Invest is a fully founder funded venture capital company. Optimizer helps early stage business and entrepreneurs to build great companies
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- Industry: Apps, Financial Services, Casino
- Stage:Seed, Convertible Note
- Geography: Sweden, Spain, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Consector — Consector is a loan broker that offers personal counseling for individuals. Consector helps to competition the individuals' mortgages, personal loans and credit cards with the goal of improving and lowering their interest expenses.
- Megalotto — Megalotto is an online gaming and lottery platform designed to revolutionize and popularize the digital lottery experience. The company's platform enables customers to play in a secure, responsible environment for seven-figure jackpots by providing well-known lotteries in numerous markets around the world, in addition to a thorough collectionof instant-win and gaming content and conducting hourly and daily contests of its own.
- Playtomic — Playtomic operates an online sports court booking platform intended to become a social network for sports players. It provides a platform to reserve courts, find other players with similar skill levels, and join a social sports community dedicated to learning that helps sports clubs to optimize the use of their facilities and step into the digitalage.Playtomic was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Madrid, Spain.
Bonnier Capital is the investment division of the Bonnier Group. Since 2016, we invest in promising companies in structurally growing industries and have become a reliant investment partner to companies of various sizes.
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- Industry: Internet, Software, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Sweden, Finland, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 59
- Round size: Seed $1M–$5.9M; Series A $3.4M–$21M
- Lead/follow: 39% lead, 61% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Acast — Want to start a podcast? Acast can help. We're the world's leading independent podcast company, helping creators and advertisers reach listeners globally.
- AAC Clyde Space —
- Mediaflow Europe — Mediaflow Europe is a SaaS company that provides its platform for image, video, design, templates, and document sharing and management.
We invest in extraordinary founders building startups in supply chain and mobility. We are equipped to support founders through the seed stage in their effort to transform global trade and commerce.
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- Industry: Software, Logistics, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 93
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$5.6M; Pre-Seed $370k–$4M; Series A $6.4M–$25M
- Lead/follow: 35% lead, 65% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- Amitruck — Meet your digital logistics partner in Africa. Click here to learn more about our end-to-end smart digital logistics solution.
- LogRock — From box trucks to semis, logrock helps you get truck insurance fast! Compare quotes and receive expert consulting for commercial truck insurance.
- Lux Aeterna — Lux Aeterna is a space infrastructure company that focuses on orbital activities through reentry and reusability.
We invest in diverse and ambitious founders building scalable companies that help us reduce or reverse climate change.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Energy
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United Kingdom, Germany, Sweden
Investor stats
- Total investments: 59
- Round size: Seed $2M–$8M; Pre-Seed $1M–$2.9M; Series A $12M–$33M
- Lead/follow: 42% lead, 58% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- Overstory — Overstory applies artificial intelligence to high-resolution satellite imagery to provide real-time analytics of natural resources. We help to prevent forest fires, deforestation, power outages and are on a mission to create a more sustainable environment. Our insights on the quantity and quality of natural resources help to improve decision-makingby electric utility companies, forestry companies and NGOs.
- Pollen — Pollen is developing a universal battery-swapping network for mopeds and motorcycles, enabling riders to quickly exchange depleted batteries for fully charged ones, reducing downtime and supporting efficient, scalable electric mobility in urban environments.
- Tangible — Tangible empowers hardware companies with sustainable asset-based lending solutions. Our platform streamlines debt funding, compliance automation, and financial product design, enabling efficient capital mobilization and comprehensive reporting for a greener future. Scale your business with Twist.
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Browse database — It's Free!IQ Capital is a Cambridge & London-based VC firm that invests in ‘deep tech’ companies capable of dominating their respective markets on a global scale. Initial investments at Seed and Series A range from £0.5m to £10m, with capacity for follow-on investment up to £30m through the Growth Fund. The team has achieved over 30 exits including toApple, Huawei, Google and Oracle.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 198
- Round size: Seed $1.3M–$13M; Series A $4.5M–$44M
- Lead/follow: 34% lead, 66% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $200M in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- Virti — Discover how our Immersive Learning Platform powers impactful & engaging learning experiences to transform enterprise workplace training.
- Nyobolt — Nyobolt develops high-power energy storage systems based on advanced lithium-ion battery technology designed for rapid charging and sustained high performance. The company focuses on battery systems that enable very fast energy replenishment, supporting applications where downtime needs to be minimized. Its technology combines specialized anodematerials, cell design, battery management systems, and power electronics to achieve high charge and discharge rates. The platform is used in sectors such as robotics, data centers, industrial equipment, and electric mobility where consistent high power delivery is required. It also develops integrated energy solutions that support demanding workloads like automated logistics systems and high-performance computing infrastructure. Nyobolt’s approach emphasizes optimizing cycle life, thermal stability, and energy density for repeated fast charging environments.
- Imperagen — Imperagen combines AI, QM/physics-based simulations, and high throughput lab testing to deliver true, verified enzyme improvements faster with lower cost.
Axel Johnson is the corporate home for a collection of diverse industry-leading businesses. In 2011, Axel Johnson Inc. companies had revenues of approximately $4.0 billion and employed in excess of 1,000 people. AJI is a private investment company, founded in 1920, and owned by the Johnson family of Stockholm, Sweden.
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- Industry: Solar, AgTech, Energy
- Stage:Seed, Series E
- Geography: Sweden, Norway, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Otovo — To homeowners, Otovo is the easiest way to get solar panels on the roof. We are a marketplace organizing a network of hundreds of local, high quality energy installers that we have vetted thoroughly. We use our proprietary technology to analyse the potential of any home and advise precisely about the ideal project. Founded in Oslo in 2016, ourteam consists of engineers, programmers and technical consultants located in Oslo, Stockholm, Paris, Madrid, Warsaw and Milan. In France, we are known as “In Sun We Trust”, the result of the merger with the French solar energy startup.We have sold and completed thousands of solar energy projects across Europe and aim to become the continent’s no.1 residential solar energy company. Otovo is financially solid, being backed by some of Scandinavia’s major investment entities, notably Axel Johnson of Sweden, Norway’s municipal pension fund (KLP), and Nysnø, the Norwegian green sovereign investment fund.
- Improvin' — Improvin' is a sustainability performance platform that helps agri-food companies measure, report and reduce greenhouse gas emissions in their own value chain.
- Volta Greentech — Battling global warming by reducing methane emissions from cows
PINC was launched as Paulig Incubator in 2018 to help Paulig stay in the forefront of relevant innovations, as well as to contribute to a tastier, healthier and more sustainable planet. Today, our ambition is the same, but we have developed into a corporate venture arm. We aim for strategic, financial, and societal impact in our investments,fostering a sustainable food system for tomorrow. We are investing across the agrifood value chain in three primary impact themes: Improve planetary health and diet within the current food system: This includes innovations in agriculture and food security, such as advanced crop breeding or green fertilizers, innovative ingredients and next generation healthy foods, as well as solutions for tracking and improving climate and nature. Novel technologies to feed 10 BN people by 2050: Technologies needed to sustainably produce enough food for our growing population. This includes food production without land use change, such as precision fermentation and cell-culture. A circular system for food & materials: Regardless of whether we grow our food in soil or in bioreactors, the system needs to be circular. Some examples are upcycled ingredients, food from unused sources, new coating and packaging solutions, as well as technologies to prevent or make better use of side streams. We are looking for entrepreneurs in an attractive market space with an intrinsic drive to find a solution to the problem they are addressing, a clear and scalable plan for success, a reliable team and partners whom we can trust and work closely with.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Agriculture, Food and Beverage
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Sweden, Denmark, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 21
- Round size: Seed $823k–$7M; Pre-Seed $549k–$2.8M; Series A $4.1M–$7.2M
- Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Amatera — Amatera is a biotechnology research company that leverages the latest techniques in biotechnology, to create coffee varieties. Amatera urges to make coffee varieties more sustainable and climate resistant to fill that massive demand. Founded by Omar Dekkiche and Lucie Kriegshauser in 2022 and is located in Paris, France.
- EvodiaBio — Mirroring nature with pioneering bioscience for natural flavors
- Mycoverse — Mycoverse is a agri-biotech startup specializes in developing fungal-based biological crop protection solutions to replace chemical pesticides, targeting row crops with an initial focus on potato late blight.
Wellstreet is an innovation and tech ecosystem that includes an investment company, a strategic consultancy firm and a venture building incubator.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Retail
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Sweden, Norway, Finland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 62
- Round size: Seed $193k–$1.4M; Pre-Seed $611k–$2.5M
- Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $40M in 2022
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.
- Berget AI — Berget AI is an AI platform that focuses on inference and agentic infrastructure, enabling businesses to deploy and expand open-source LLMs.
Aller is a publishing firm that specializes in advertising, marketing and recruitment magazines.
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- Industry: Audiobooks, Publishing, Creative Agency
- Stage:Pre-Seed
- Geography: Sweden
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Aniara — Aniara is a service that allows authors and rights holders to access a global audience through their locally published works.
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