Founded in Sweden in 2009, Almi Invest is an active early-stage venture capital firm focusing on scalable startups across Sustainability, Industry, Tech, and Life Science sectors. With €430 million under management and over 1,000 investments since inception, the company supports startups from pre-seed to Series A stages, co-investing with private investors. Almi Invest offers engaged ownership, strategic guidance, active board participation, and access to an extensive investor network.
Founded in 1979, Industrifonden is a Swedish venture capital firm focusing on early-stage investments in technology and life science companies with international potential. It invests in sectors such as internet and media, information technology, telecom, mobile, electronics, industrial growth, pharmaceuticals, medical technology, manufacturing, and established service companies. The firm typically invests between SEK 5 million to SEK 145 million per company, seeking ownership interests of between 15% and 50%. It actively co-invests with other regional venture capital firms and usually exits its investments within five to ten years.
Chalmers Ventures is a Swedish venture capital firm based in Gothenburg that supports technology-driven companies through coaching, financing and business development. The firm invests across seed, early, and growth stages in Sweden, with programs that include incubation, startup camps and accelerator activities as well as a technology transfer program. It focuses on companies connected to the Gothenburg region and Sweden operating in information technology, communications, new materials, green tech, health tech and biotechnology, and seeks innovative ventures with growth potential. The firm typically makes minority investments and uses a staged funding approach, providing capital through various program phases and through balance sheet investments. It partners with ventures that participate in its programs, helping them advance from explore to scalable stages and achieve commercial success.
Luminar Ventures is a Stockholm-based venture capital firm that concentrates on early-stage technology investments in the Nordic region, with a focus on Sweden-based startups seeking to disrupt major industries through digital innovations. The firm provides seed financing alongside active operational support, offering strategic guidance, growth planning, and assistance with organizational development to help portfolio companies scale. It targets scalable digital seed-stage companies led by ambitious entrepreneurs and backs ventures across areas such as fintech, artificial intelligence and machine learning, healthtech, and insurtech. By combining capital with hands-on support, Luminar Ventures aims to strengthen the foundations for rapid expansion and long-term success within the Nordic tech ecosystem.
Founded in 2014, Sciety is a Stockholm-based investment company focused on supporting innovative life science and health tech companies in the Nordic region. It invests in biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, medical technology, and health tech sectors, with deal sizes ranging from 1 to 15 MEUR.
Sting Capital AB, established in 2005 and based in Kista, Sweden, is a venture capital firm and accelerator focused on nurturing early-stage startups. It offers two primary programs: Sting Incubate and Sting Accelerate. Through these, Sting Capital provides initial grants of SEK 0.3 million ($0.03 million), with the possibility of up to SEK 0.5 million ($0.05 million) for Incubate, in exchange for equity stakes of 5% (Incubate) or 2% (Accelerate). The firm supports around 15-20 companies per year through Incubate (12-month duration) and 8 companies per batch (4-month duration) through Accelerate, with a focus on AI/deeptech, internet/media, health, sustainability, and games sectors. Sting Capital also offers coaching, a business angel network, a recruitment service, and an international network to foster the growth and global competitiveness of Swedish technology companies.
EQT Ventures is a European venture capital firm founded in 2015, headquartered in Stockholm. With over €2 billion in total capital raised across its funds, EQT Ventures invests in early to later-stage technology companies across Europe and the United States. The firm supports founders with more than just capital, providing strategic advice and operational support throughout different stages of growth. EQT Ventures' team operates locally from six offices, taking a 'locals-with-locals' approach.
Karolinska Development is a venture capital firm based in Solna, Sweden, that funds and develops medical innovations rooted in academic and clinical science with the goal of commercialization. It selects commercially attractive innovations, advances them to milestones, and monetizes through the sale of portfolio companies or out-licensing of products. The firm works with innovators, often academics, to form lean portfolio companies that begin with low fixed costs and outsource development; a Karolinska Development representative typically serves on the board. Projects are continuously monitored and discontinued if targets are not met, with typical milestone-driven funding over six to eighteen months. Exits are usually structured as upfront payments plus milestone payments and royalties from sales, with a preference for exiting at the Phase II stage to demonstrate efficacy and value. The firm concentrates investments in Northern Europe across healthcare, life sciences, oncology, digital health, and related sectors.
SEB Venture Capital is the corporate venture capital arm of a Swedish financial services group. It invests in fintech and related technologies, acting as a strategic partner to entrepreneurs and the parent company. The focus is on innovative solutions that improve the financial industry's efficiency, safety, and user experience, with an evergreen structure that supports long-term value creation for the firm and its stakeholders.
Spiltan Fonder is a Swedish investment management company based in Stockholm, specializing in venture capital and private equity. The firm provides multi-stage financing to businesses across various sectors in Sweden, investing amounts typically ranging from SEK 1 million to SEK 10 million, with a preference for SEK 2 million to SEK 4 million. Spiltan Fonder seeks to partner with companies that demonstrate viable investment opportunities and have committed management teams with proven track records. The firm allocates approximately 60% of its capital to private companies while the remaining 40% is directed towards publicly listed firms, primarily through affiliated entities. Spiltan Fonder also supports portfolio companies by leveraging its extensive network of industry professionals to facilitate growth and development. Investments in private companies are guided by the potential for a realistic exit within three to five years. In addition to fund management, Spiltan Fonder offers services such as fund trading, child savings plans, and risk advisory.
Established in 2020, the European Innovation Council supports innovative startups and researchers with promising ideas, focusing on early-stage companies with positive environmental, social, or governance impacts. It co-invests alongside private investors.
Creades is a Swedish investment company established in 2011. It focuses on investing in small and medium-sized public and private companies, primarily in Sweden, with a typical investment range of SEK100 to SEK300 million. As an engaged owner, Creades seeks to provide a good risk-adjusted return for its shareholders by driving value creation.
Bonnier Ventures is the venture capital arm of Bonnier, a long-standing media group. Based in Stockholm, it was founded in 2013 and makes minority equity investments across seed through growth stages in Europe. It targets digital technologies, digital health, software as a service and fintech, investing typically $1 million to $20 million in companies with enterprise values between $5 million and $300 million.
Northzone is a venture capital firm founded in 1996 and based in London, with offices in New York, Oslo, and Stockholm. It invests in technology-enabled companies across healthcare, software, hardware, artificial intelligence, semiconductors, blockchain, and gaming, spanning early-stage and multi-stage opportunities. The firm emphasizes connections by helping portfolio companies access customers, partners, and talent on an international scale. Northzone has backed notable founders of Spotify, Avito, iZettle, Klarna, and Hopin, reflecting a history of building category-defining businesses. The firm maintains a Nordic and European footprint while operating globally, and has raised substantial capital, including over €1.5 billion in funds.
Founded in 2003, Creandum is a Stockholm-based early-stage venture capital firm focusing on innovative technology companies across Western Europe and North America. The firm supports founders by providing not only capital but also operational expertise and a robust network built over years in the industry.
Partnerinvest Norr is a private equity and venture capital firm based in Luleå, Sweden, founded in 2010. The firm focuses on investing in companies that are in their expansion phase across various sectors, including software, security, biometrics, cleantech, e-commerce, trade, tourism, industrial, media, transportation, information technology, communication, and life sciences. With a commitment to supporting growth-oriented businesses, Partnerinvest Norr aims to foster innovation and development within these industries.
Alfvén & Didrikson is a venture capital firm based in Stockholm, Sweden, established in 2010. The firm focuses on investing in fast-growing companies across various sectors, including healthcare, financial services, and information technology. It aims to support passionate entrepreneurs and teams with international growth ambitions. Since its inception, Alfvén & Didrikson has invested in a number of notable Northern European companies, such as Trustly, Quinyx, Glue, Acast, Offerta, Sympa, PE Accounting, and PingPong. The firm is committed to fostering innovation and helping its portfolio companies achieve their growth potential.
Wellstreet Partners is a venture capital firm established in 2016 and located in Sollentuna, Sweden. The firm focuses on investing in early-stage Nordic-based companies across various sectors, including direct-to-consumer, software as a service, business-to-business services, infrastructure technology, e-commerce, fintech, marketing technology, greentech, and proptech. Wellstreet is dedicated to fostering innovation and entrepreneurship by challenging the status quo and facilitating the transformation of small businesses into significant players in their respective fields. The firm has been instrumental in the success of numerous startups, emphasizing the development of a supportive ecosystem to enhance value propositions and disrupt traditional markets. Through its commitment to driving progress and embracing change, Wellstreet Partners aims to contribute to a better future filled with opportunities and advancements.
Founded in Singapore in 2017, Antler is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests globally. It focuses on backing exceptional founders from day one, offering a global community network of co-founders, talent, advisors, expansion support, and capital across various sectors such as technology, healthcare, finance, consumer goods, and more.
J12 Ventures is a Stockholm-based venture capital firm that backs pre-seed and early-stage technology and software startups, with a focus on AI, data infrastructure, and enterprise applications. It targets the Nordic and Baltic regions, including Sweden, Finland, and the Baltics, and maintains offices in the United Kingdom and Finland. Typical equity investments range from €0.1 to €2 million. The firm backs founders building software infrastructure that makes data more accessible and AI applications for enterprises, consumers, and healthcare. Founded in 2019, J12 Ventures operates to support ambitious early-stage founders in the tech ecosystem.
Founded in 2010, EIT InnoEnergy is a leading European innovation engine focused on Sustainable Energy. It invests in early-stage climate tech and energy companies across Europe and the US, providing equity minority investments and added value services to de-risk projects.
Founded in 2018, Brightly Ventures is a Stockholm-based venture capital firm specializing in early-stage investments. It focuses on the Nordic region and sectors such as HealthTech, FinTech, Marketplaces, DeepTech, and MediaTech. The firm invests between SEK 2 million to SEK 50 million, with enterprise values ranging up to SEK 150 million.
Founded in Stockholm, Sweden in 2014, NFT Ventures is a venture capital firm specializing in seed and early-stage investments. It focuses on the financial technology sector across Europe, with a particular emphasis on Northern European countries. The firm aims to take equity stakes of around 20-25% and supports entrepreneurs by providing funding, guidance, and increased visibility.
Founded in 1936, Kinnevik is an investment company focused on building digital consumer businesses globally. It partners with talented founders to create and invest in fast-growing companies, aiming to deliver both shareholder value and positive social impact.
Almi Invest GreenTech is a venture capital company based in Stockholm, Sweden, focusing on early-stage investments in clean tech, climate tech, and life sciences sectors.
Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Stockholm, BackingMinds is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage technology companies. It focuses on entrepreneurs outside traditional networks, offering more than just capital, with a commitment to team up with founders.
Maki.vc is a venture capital firm established in 2018 and located in Helsinki, Finland. The firm focuses on investing in early-stage companies, spanning from their inception to Series A and beyond. Maki.vc targets a diverse range of sectors, including deep tech, consumer products and services, healthcare technology, artificial intelligence, and machine learning. While the firm is rooted in the Nordics, it actively seeks opportunities on a global scale, particularly in countries such as Sweden, Norway, Germany, France, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Maki.vc partners with companies that challenge conventional norms, emphasizing strong intellectual property and a deep understanding of customer needs. The firm aligns itself with visionary founders who are committed to innovation and disruption in their respective industries.
DHS Venture Partners is a venture capital firm founded in 2015 and based in Stockholm, Sweden. The firm is dedicated to supporting early-stage startups in the Nordic region, focusing on turning innovative ideas into sustainable businesses. DHS provides entrepreneurs with access to a wealth of expertise and hands-on support, akin to that of an angel investor, while also leveraging the resources and network of an experienced community to enhance growth opportunities.
LRF Ventures is a corporate venture capital firm based in Stockholm, Sweden. It invests in early-growth stage agricultural technology startups with a focus on long-term partnerships.
Founded in 1996, HealthCap is a Stockholm-based venture capital firm specializing in life sciences. With over €800 million under management, it invests globally across various stages in pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, and other life science sectors.
Incore Invest, established in 2022 and headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, is an investment firm specializing in growth-stage companies within the internet and technology sectors. The firm focuses on actively supporting and expanding innovative businesses by collaborating with founders, management teams, and existing owners. Its portfolio includes Brite Payments, a European payment platform leveraging open banking technology; Mynt, a Swedish fintech company streamlining expense management with smart company cards; and SAVR, a marketplace for long-term savings committed to transparency and improved user experiences.
Walerud Ventures is a Stockholm-based family office firm founded in 2002 that focuses on investing in early-stage startups, often from the ideation phase. The firm specializes in sectors such as artificial intelligence, 3D technology, solar cells, fintech, telecom, and biotech. Walerud Ventures emphasizes a hands-on approach, dedicating significant time to help startups establish their teams, strategies, and sales efforts. The firm selectively partners with a limited number of startups to ensure personalized support, working closely with founders who are dedicated to a single product that addresses a significant market need. With a track record of involvement in 18 companies, including notable successes and profitable exits, Walerud Ventures values sustainable competitive advantages and seeks to foster brilliant, motivated teams with integrity. The investment process is designed to be straightforward and fair, with the firm investing between 1-10 million SEK while ensuring founders retain the majority ownership of their companies.
Subvenio Invest is a venture capital firm founded in 2018 and based in Stockholm, Sweden. The company focuses on investing in early-stage firms, specifically targeting the business-to-business, technology, and healthcare sectors. Through its investments, Subvenio Invest aims to support the growth and development of innovative companies that show potential for significant impact and success in their respective industries.
Rite Ventures is a Swedish venture capital firm focusing on early to mid-stage companies within the IT services, software as a service, and e-commerce sectors in Sweden and Finland. It invests between €1 million to €20 million, typically €2 million to €5 million, in companies with turnover between €3 million to €20 million. Rite Ventures seeks active involvement in portfolio companies to drive growth and expansion.
Founded in 2024, Amplio focuses on investing in business services and IT & technology services. It employs a buy-and-build strategy to drive long-term growth in markets driven by sustainable solutions, digital efficiency, and smart urbanization.
Balderton Capital is a London-based venture capital firm that invests in European technology companies across early-stage and growth stages. It targets sectors including software, fintech, health technology, consumer and retail, internet, mobility, security, and related tech-enabled businesses. The firm supports portfolio companies throughout their lifecycle—from seed to exit—by providing strategic guidance, introductions to professional services, and access to a network of globally connected executives. It operates a founder-focused program with workshops and community events designed to help portfolio companies scale, hire, and navigate markets.
Founded in 2016, Wave Ventures is a venture capital firm specializing in pre-seed investments across the Nordics and Baltic regions. Based primarily in Finland with an additional office in Sweden, it focuses on supporting Gen Z entrepreneurs at the earliest stage.
Accel is a venture capital firm founded in 1983 and based in Palo Alto, California, with additional offices in San Francisco, London, and Bangalore. It focuses on early and growth-stage technology startups, investing across software, cloud, data analytics, mobile technology, consumer services, fintech, security, healthcare, and information technologies. Accel seeks to partner with entrepreneurs to build world-class companies that define new categories and drive growth. Its portfolio includes notable technology companies such as Atlassian, Dropbox, Slack, Spotify, Etsy, Cloudera, DJI, Braintree, and Lookout Security, among others.
Zobito is a growth capital firm based in Limhamn, Sweden, focusing on B2B software and technology companies in Europe. The firm combines equity investments with hands-on operational support to help portfolio companies achieve sustainable growth. Its partners bring experience in taking companies from startup to world-class scale and emphasize a science-based approach to building operational platforms. Zobito aims to align incentives by sharing both risk and upside with the companies it backs, investing capital alongside execution expertise to drive performance improvements. The firm prioritizes scalable operations and strategic growth initiatives, leveraging its enterprise software background to support rapid and durable value creation across its portfolio.
Inventure is a Helsinki, Finland-based venture capital firm established in 2005 that focuses on early-stage technology startups in the Nordics and Baltics. It backs seed and Series A rounds, with initial investments typically starting around €100,000 and potentially rising to €10 million over a company’s life cycle. The firm concentrates on software, technology, and next-generation digital services across deep tech and consumer internet sectors. Its portfolio includes several notable companies such as Wolt, Detectify, Blueprint Genetics, Swappie, and Insurello.
VNV Global AB (publ), formerly known as Vostok New Ventures Ltd., is a private equity and venture capital firm based in Stockholm, Sweden. Established in 2007, the company specializes in growth capital, buyout investments, and incubation in online marketplaces, consumer-focused, and business-to-business companies globally, excluding China. VNV Global prefers to be a significant minority shareholder and actively manage investments through board representation, focusing on unlisted companies in various sectors, including fintech. With a strategic approach to both majority and minority stakes in its portfolio companies, VNV Global aims to drive growth and value creation in its investments.
Northern Light Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 2016 and based in Umea, Sweden. It focuses on early and growth stage investments, with a preference for Swedish companies, and supports portfolio firms with expertise, networks, and committed capital to help them grow.
Index Ventures is a venture capital firm headquartered in London with offices in San Francisco and Geneva, focused on backing technology-driven startups across Europe, North America, and beyond. The firm specializes in high technology and life sciences, and invests across early and growth stages in sectors such as artificial intelligence, software, data, fintech, healthcare, media, mobility, open source, and security. Since its founding in 1996, Index Ventures has partnered with ambitious entrepreneurs to turn bold ideas into global businesses, providing strategic guidance and capital to help companies scale. Notable portfolio companies include Adyen, Deliveroo, Dropbox, Farfetch, King, Slack, and Supercell, reflecting the firm’s track record of supporting market-changing technology companies.
Founded in 2012, Optimizer Invest is a venture capital firm based in Malta with additional offices in Stockholm. It specializes in investing in early to late-stage startups, primarily focusing on fintech and consumer-oriented online businesses. The firm's founders have extensive backgrounds in igaming, ecommerce, and digital lead generation.
Founded in 2017, Scania Growth Capital is a venture capital firm based in Södertälje, Sweden. It invests in high-growth companies within the automotive and transport industries, focusing on sustainability and disruptive technologies.
JNE Invest AB is a private equity and venture capital firm established in 2015 and located in Sollentuna, Sweden. The company focuses on growth investments, primarily targeting early-stage ventures in the branding, real estate, and technology sectors. JNE Invest aims to support small companies with significant potential in these industries, leveraging its expertise to foster their development and expansion.
Vidici Ventures AB is a private equity and venture capital firm based in Stockholm, Sweden, founded in 2012. The company specializes in investing across various stages, including seed, start-up, early, mid, and late-stage ventures, with a strong focus on the fintech sector. Vidici Ventures was established by entrepreneurs who recognized the potential for fintech innovation in the Nordic region. The firm collaborates closely with entrepreneurs and management teams to foster partnerships that enhance the growth and development of promising fintech companies. With extensive experience in scaling high-growth fintech ventures, Vidici Ventures plays a crucial role in supporting a diverse range of ambitious and emerging fintech businesses in today's competitive landscape.
Nefco is an international financial institution that finances the initial scale-up of Nordic green solutions on international markets. Nefco has financed and implemented over 1,500 projects in energy efficiency, renewable energy, clean water and sanitation, waste management, and cleaner industrial processes, among others. Their task is to accelerate the shift to green by financing the initial scale-up of Nordic environmentally and climate-friendly solutions in international markets.
Nordic Makers is a venture capital investment firm based in Stockholm, Sweden, established in 2016. Focused on the startup ecosystem, it specializes in seed-stage investments and actively partners with ambitious founders to help scale their companies. Founded by a group of experienced entrepreneurs who have successfully built and exited major technology firms in the Nordics, Nordic Makers aims to leverage their expertise and resources to guide early-stage companies in their growth journey. The firm takes a hands-on approach, working closely with portfolio companies to enhance their potential and drive success.
Established in 1995, GU Ventures is a Swedish venture capital firm wholly owned by the state and managed by the University of Gothenburg. It supports projects and companies spun out from the university, focusing on life sciences and technology sectors with commercial viability.