Zenith Venture Capital is a venture capital firm established in 2015, operating as a family office with a focus on early-stage investments in the Nordic tech landscape. The firm specializes in partnering with entrepreneurs who have scalable business models in fast-growing industries, taking an active minority stake to foster collaboration and growth. With a commitment to diversity, Zenith's team comprises forward-thinking professionals and seasoned company-builders who provide critical insights and support to portfolio companies. Operating in the dynamic Scandinavian market, Zenith emphasizes the importance of a sharp investment focus and a proactive approach to identify promising opportunities. The firm leverages a robust network to generate leads and strengthen relationships, ensuring a steady flow of investment proposals. By continuously reassessing its core investment themes, Zenith aims to drive growth and profitability for both its portfolio companies and its investors.
Cerve is a platform designed to enhance communication between wholesalers and B2B buyers in the food industry. It offers a personalized, automated experience by delivering customized product catalogs, pricing, and delivery terms across various devices and platforms. Cerve serves as an end-to-end solution, equipping wholesalers with critical tools such as an AI infrastructure, an ordering platform, a sales application, and a dedicated wholesaler platform. The company focuses on facilitating seamless integration and operational automation for various stakeholders in the food sector, including manufacturers, wholesalers, buying groups, operators, caterers, and marketplaces. By providing these resources, Cerve helps businesses scale their operations more efficiently and effectively.
CoCoach
Seed Round in 2024
CoCoach concentrated on developing a feature-rich web platform specifically for health coaches.
Valpas
Seed Round in 2024
Valpas offers innovative bed bug prevention systems aimed at enhancing safety in the hospitality industry. Their technology combines a traditional pitfall trap with wireless capabilities, creating a bioengineered design that effectively attracts, traps, and detects bed bugs. This system is installed at the corners of each bed, allowing hotels to eliminate the reliance on harmful pesticides and reduce environmental impact. Valpas is gaining popularity among a growing number of highly-rated hotels worldwide, appealing to both leisure and corporate travelers. The presence of the Valpas label on hotel websites signals a commitment to guest safety and pest control, ensuring that guests can return home free from the risk of bed bug infestations.
Treyd
Series A in 2023
Treyd is a B2B fintech company that provides a buy-now-pay-later solution specifically designed for consumer goods companies. Founded in 2019 by Peter Beckman and Sameh El-Ansary, Treyd operates from its headquarters in Stockholm, Sweden, and has additional offices in London and Cairo. The company's innovative digital trade contract platform simplifies trade finance by enabling businesses to manage payments more effectively. Clients can pay for goods after receipt, while suppliers receive payment upon shipment, contingent on quality standards being met. This approach not only accelerates growth for consumer goods companies but also alleviates the challenges of making upfront payments to suppliers, facilitating smoother international business transactions. Treyd is supported by various global venture capitalists and angel investors.
Freshsound
Seed Round in 2023
Freshsound is a music licensing platform that caters to professional storytellers and agencies by providing access to original music. The company combines artificial intelligence with human creativity to ensure that content creators can find the most suitable music for their visual projects. By offering a streamlined approach to music licensing, Freshsound empowers users to enhance their storytelling with high-quality soundtracks, facilitating a more engaging experience for audiences.
Treyd
Series A in 2022
Treyd is a B2B fintech company that provides a buy-now-pay-later solution specifically designed for consumer goods companies. Founded in 2019 by Peter Beckman and Sameh El-Ansary, Treyd operates from its headquarters in Stockholm, Sweden, and has additional offices in London and Cairo. The company's innovative digital trade contract platform simplifies trade finance by enabling businesses to manage payments more effectively. Clients can pay for goods after receipt, while suppliers receive payment upon shipment, contingent on quality standards being met. This approach not only accelerates growth for consumer goods companies but also alleviates the challenges of making upfront payments to suppliers, facilitating smoother international business transactions. Treyd is supported by various global venture capitalists and angel investors.
Minut
Series B in 2022
Minut is a technology company focused on smart home solutions, specializing in the development of a device called Point. Founded in 2014, with headquarters in Malmö, Sweden and operations in Shenzhen, China, Minut's product is designed to enhance home security by monitoring environmental factors such as noise, temperature, and motion without using cameras. The device employs infrared motion detection and microphones to identify unusual activities and send alerts to users' smartphones. This approach allows homeowners to maintain security and privacy while fostering good neighborly relations, particularly benefiting short-term rental hosts. Minut's technology represents a significant advancement in IoT and smart home management, providing users with peace of mind regarding their properties.
Acuminor
Seed Round in 2022
Acuminor AB is a regulatory technology company based in Stockholm, Sweden, founded in 2018. It specializes in providing online services for risk assessments related to financial crimes, specifically focusing on money laundering, counter-terrorist financing, and sanctions compliance. The company's platform collects and analyzes data to help various industries, including real estate, banking, finance, legal advisory, and gaming, understand and mitigate their financial crime risks. By offering solutions that comply with European Union anti-money laundering regulations, Acuminor enhances the effectiveness and efficiency of its clients' compliance frameworks, ultimately helping them reduce costs and improve risk management outcomes.
Ridesum
Seed Round in 2021
Ridesum AB is a company based in Ekerö, Sweden, that specializes in developing software applications for horse riders and coaches. Founded in 2018, Ridesum offers a digital training platform that connects riders, trainers, and experts in the equestrian field. The software allows users to search for coaches, book workouts, and receive feedback through live video streaming, thereby facilitating a collaborative training environment. By streamlining coaching operations and reducing travel needs, Ridesum aims to enhance performance while promoting environmental sustainability. The company’s solutions are designed to save time and money for both riders and coaches, contributing to improved training outcomes.
Bright Energy
Series A in 2019
Bright Energy AB is a Swedish electricity provider based in Stockholm that has been operating since 2010. The company offers hourly pricing for electricity, allowing both businesses and households to pay according to their actual consumption in real time. This pricing model includes real-time information and forecasts for electricity costs over the next 24 hours, enabling customers to adjust their energy usage to take advantage of lower rates. By shifting their consumption to cheaper times, customers can not only lower their electricity expenses but also minimize their environmental impact. Bright Energy's services include measures and forecasting for electricity consumption, catering to the needs of its diverse clientele.
GoFrendly
Seed Round in 2019
GoFrendly AB is a Stockholm-based company that operates a social networking application aimed at women seeking to make new friends at various stages of life. Founded in 2016, the app caters to women who may be relocating, experiencing changes in their relationship status, or looking to expand their social circles. Available on both iPhone and Android platforms, GoFrendly employs a smart matching process that connects users based on shared preferences and life situations. The application provides a secure environment for women to interact, featuring built-in chat functions, discussion groups, and tools for organizing activities, all designed to facilitate friendship building among its users.
Minna Technologies
Series A in 2019
Minna Technologies specializes in subscription management services that connect banks and fintech companies with subscription businesses. The company offers applications that help consumers manage their subscriptions by identifying active services and providing options to switch to more affordable alternatives or cancel them altogether. These applications also facilitate the comparison and switching of energy, mobile, and broadband services. Through its solutions, Minna Technologies aims to simplify the process of managing monthly payments for subscriptions and memberships, ensuring a reliable and secure user experience.
Leeroy
Venture Round in 2019
Leeroy is a technology platform that specializes in transforming customer data into effective marketing tools for both in-store and mobile environments. By offering merchants a suite of resources to engage with customers in real time, Leeroy enhances operational efficiency and improves revenue potential while prioritizing customer experience. The platform serves as a production and distribution tool across various digital channels, including digital signage for in-store communication. Additionally, Leeroy provides insights into consumer behavior and digital campaign services, allowing retailers to optimize their offerings and create rewarding experiences for customers. Overall, Leeroy enables merchants to streamline their operations and foster stronger customer interactions.
Vionlabs
Venture Round in 2018
Vionlabs AB is a technology company based in Stockholm, Sweden, with an additional office in Barcelona, Spain, that focuses on developing digital ecosystems for carriers, cable networks, and internet providers across Scandinavia, Europe, and the Middle East. The company specializes in advanced AI-driven solutions designed to enhance content discovery, user engagement, and content management in the media and entertainment industry. Its offerings include MMDb, an application that helps users discover music through movies, as well as digital ecosystems for online film and TV distribution, such as those developed for Tele 2 in Sweden and Latvia. Vionlabs also provides atflick, a social video-on-demand service. By utilizing multi-layered deep learning and content analysis, Vionlabs aims to deliver personalized viewing experiences, streamline content workflows, and improve overall viewer satisfaction for streaming services and broadcasters.
Strawbees
Series A in 2018
Strawbees AB, founded in 2013 and based in Gothenburg, Sweden, specializes in educational toys that facilitate the development of design, construction, electronics, and programming skills for users of all ages. The company originated from a project in 2011 that repurposed plastic waste from IKEA lamps to create connectors for straws and cardboard, allowing for the construction of various mechanical objects. Strawbees provides a platform with curated activities designed to align with educational curricula, promoting creative learning at home and in classrooms. Their tools include comprehensive lesson plans that encourage critical thinking and creativity through hands-on prototyping, enabling children to engage with technology in an innovative and enjoyable manner.
Truecaller
Venture Round in 2018
Truecaller AB is a mobile application that enhances user communication by allowing individuals to identify callers and manage their contacts effectively. The platform focuses on verifying contacts and blocking unwanted calls, thereby protecting users from spam and enhancing their mobile experience. Truecaller facilitates safe and relevant interactions, making it easier for businesses to connect with consumers. By providing tools for expanding contact lists and identifying incoming calls, Truecaller aims to create a smarter mobile environment for its users.
Fan League
Seed Round in 2018
FanLeague Ltd operates a gaming and betting application focused on football prediction, allowing fans to engage in friendly competition by inviting and challenging one another to predict the outcomes of matches. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Swatar, Malta, the platform fosters social interaction among users, enabling them to communicate, share insights, and discuss football. Participants can create leagues, compete for weekly and seasonal cash prizes, and demonstrate their knowledge of the sport. By connecting football fans globally, FanLeague creates a unique social experience centered around the excitement of football predictions.
Leeroy
Venture Round in 2018
Leeroy is a technology platform that specializes in transforming customer data into effective marketing tools for both in-store and mobile environments. By offering merchants a suite of resources to engage with customers in real time, Leeroy enhances operational efficiency and improves revenue potential while prioritizing customer experience. The platform serves as a production and distribution tool across various digital channels, including digital signage for in-store communication. Additionally, Leeroy provides insights into consumer behavior and digital campaign services, allowing retailers to optimize their offerings and create rewarding experiences for customers. Overall, Leeroy enables merchants to streamline their operations and foster stronger customer interactions.
Kwiff
Series C in 2018
Kwiff Limited, based in Attard, Malta, is an online gaming start-up that specializes in sports betting within the UK market. Founded in 2015 by Anders Ström, a former Unibet founder, and Karl Engström, Kwiff launched as a mobile application featuring an innovative approach to predicting customer behavior. The platform offers a real money gambling experience, enabling users to place bets on various games. Notably, Kwiff's application has a unique feature that enhances the betting experience by allowing users to supercharge their bets, providing opportunities to engage in virtual games and potentially earn income through betting activities.
Shopbox
Seed Round in 2018
Shopbox is a cloud-based solution designed to assist small businesses in enhancing their operational efficiency and reducing costs. Founded in 2011 and based in Copenhagen, Denmark, Shopbox offers a comprehensive platform that integrates various essential tools for business management. Its features include customer management, finance analytics, appointment booking, online shopping, and inventory management. The system aims to address common challenges faced by business owners by providing a scalable and accessible platform for managing operations from anywhere at any time. By focusing on the needs of entrepreneurs, particularly in Nordic countries, Shopbox empowers businesses to improve productivity and streamline their processes.
Inkbay
Seed Round in 2018
Inkbay is an innovative online marketplace that connects tattoo artists with individuals seeking tattoo services. By providing a platform where users can discover, book, and purchase tattoos from a diverse range of connected artists and studios, Inkbay aims to enhance the tattoo industry. The platform offers comprehensive information about tattoo professionals, showcasing their work portfolios and ensuring they operate from legitimate studios. This user-friendly approach simplifies the process of finding and scheduling appointments with tattoo artists, ultimately transforming the way people engage with tattoo services.
Giosg.com
Series A in 2017
Giosg.com Ltd is a company that specializes in providing online tools for real-time customer analysis and communication. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Helsinki, Finland, Giosg.com offers a suite of services that includes designer tools, CSS editors, and custom JavaScript for website customization. The company's solutions enable businesses to analyze website visitors' behavior in real-time and assess the potential value of each visitor. By allowing users to set up rules and build workflows, Giosg.com helps businesses effectively target the right visitors at the right moment. The company serves a diverse range of industries, including banking and insurance, automotive, real estate, e-commerce, telecommunications, retail, and travel. In addition to its headquarters, Giosg.com has offices in London, Stockholm, Oslo, and Tampere.
Fan League
Venture Round in 2017
FanLeague Ltd operates a gaming and betting application focused on football prediction, allowing fans to engage in friendly competition by inviting and challenging one another to predict the outcomes of matches. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Swatar, Malta, the platform fosters social interaction among users, enabling them to communicate, share insights, and discuss football. Participants can create leagues, compete for weekly and seasonal cash prizes, and demonstrate their knowledge of the sport. By connecting football fans globally, FanLeague creates a unique social experience centered around the excitement of football predictions.
Kwiff
Seed Round in 2017
Kwiff Limited, based in Attard, Malta, is an online gaming start-up that specializes in sports betting within the UK market. Founded in 2015 by Anders Ström, a former Unibet founder, and Karl Engström, Kwiff launched as a mobile application featuring an innovative approach to predicting customer behavior. The platform offers a real money gambling experience, enabling users to place bets on various games. Notably, Kwiff's application has a unique feature that enhances the betting experience by allowing users to supercharge their bets, providing opportunities to engage in virtual games and potentially earn income through betting activities.
Truecaller
Venture Round in 2017
Truecaller AB is a mobile application that enhances user communication by allowing individuals to identify callers and manage their contacts effectively. The platform focuses on verifying contacts and blocking unwanted calls, thereby protecting users from spam and enhancing their mobile experience. Truecaller facilitates safe and relevant interactions, making it easier for businesses to connect with consumers. By providing tools for expanding contact lists and identifying incoming calls, Truecaller aims to create a smarter mobile environment for its users.
Truecaller
Series D in 2016
Truecaller AB is a mobile application that enhances user communication by allowing individuals to identify callers and manage their contacts effectively. The platform focuses on verifying contacts and blocking unwanted calls, thereby protecting users from spam and enhancing their mobile experience. Truecaller facilitates safe and relevant interactions, making it easier for businesses to connect with consumers. By providing tools for expanding contact lists and identifying incoming calls, Truecaller aims to create a smarter mobile environment for its users.
Truecaller
Funding Round in 2016
Truecaller AB is a mobile application that enhances user communication by allowing individuals to identify callers and manage their contacts effectively. The platform focuses on verifying contacts and blocking unwanted calls, thereby protecting users from spam and enhancing their mobile experience. Truecaller facilitates safe and relevant interactions, making it easier for businesses to connect with consumers. By providing tools for expanding contact lists and identifying incoming calls, Truecaller aims to create a smarter mobile environment for its users.
Inkbay
Seed Round in 2016
Inkbay is an innovative online marketplace that connects tattoo artists with individuals seeking tattoo services. By providing a platform where users can discover, book, and purchase tattoos from a diverse range of connected artists and studios, Inkbay aims to enhance the tattoo industry. The platform offers comprehensive information about tattoo professionals, showcasing their work portfolios and ensuring they operate from legitimate studios. This user-friendly approach simplifies the process of finding and scheduling appointments with tattoo artists, ultimately transforming the way people engage with tattoo services.
Zound Industries
Venture Round in 2016
Zound Industries designs, develops, and markets headphones. It offers four brands, intended to serve specific audiences: Urbanears, Coloud, Marshall, and Molami. The company has set up distribution in more than 100 markets, and its products are available at over 20,000 locations globally, including Apple, Best Buy, HMV, Target, Urban Outfitters, Colette, FNAC, Media Markt, Telia, Deutsche Telecom, Orange, and Tesco. Zound Industries was co-founded by Konrad Bergström, Niklas Bergh, and Oscar Axhede in 2008 and is based in Stockholm, Sweden. Its products were first introduced to the market in December 2009.
Bright Energy
Venture Round in 2016
Bright Energy AB is a Swedish electricity provider based in Stockholm that has been operating since 2010. The company offers hourly pricing for electricity, allowing both businesses and households to pay according to their actual consumption in real time. This pricing model includes real-time information and forecasts for electricity costs over the next 24 hours, enabling customers to adjust their energy usage to take advantage of lower rates. By shifting their consumption to cheaper times, customers can not only lower their electricity expenses but also minimize their environmental impact. Bright Energy's services include measures and forecasting for electricity consumption, catering to the needs of its diverse clientele.
Leeroy
Seed Round in 2016
Leeroy is a technology platform that specializes in transforming customer data into effective marketing tools for both in-store and mobile environments. By offering merchants a suite of resources to engage with customers in real time, Leeroy enhances operational efficiency and improves revenue potential while prioritizing customer experience. The platform serves as a production and distribution tool across various digital channels, including digital signage for in-store communication. Additionally, Leeroy provides insights into consumer behavior and digital campaign services, allowing retailers to optimize their offerings and create rewarding experiences for customers. Overall, Leeroy enables merchants to streamline their operations and foster stronger customer interactions.
Strafe
Seed Round in 2016
Strafe is a lifestyle application designed for the global e-sports audience, enabling fans to stay informed about news, matches, and results in the rapidly expanding e-sports sector. The platform offers features such as real-time scores, statistics, and comprehensive updates on major e-sports games. Additionally, Strafe includes a social betting game, enhancing user engagement by allowing fans to track their favorite teams and players through timely updates. With a growing monthly user base, Strafe is positioned to tap into the vast potential of the approximately 300 million people who follow e-sports worldwide.
Shopbox
Venture Round in 2016
Shopbox is a cloud-based solution designed to assist small businesses in enhancing their operational efficiency and reducing costs. Founded in 2011 and based in Copenhagen, Denmark, Shopbox offers a comprehensive platform that integrates various essential tools for business management. Its features include customer management, finance analytics, appointment booking, online shopping, and inventory management. The system aims to address common challenges faced by business owners by providing a scalable and accessible platform for managing operations from anywhere at any time. By focusing on the needs of entrepreneurs, particularly in Nordic countries, Shopbox empowers businesses to improve productivity and streamline their processes.
Vionlabs
Series A in 2016
Vionlabs AB is a technology company based in Stockholm, Sweden, with an additional office in Barcelona, Spain, that focuses on developing digital ecosystems for carriers, cable networks, and internet providers across Scandinavia, Europe, and the Middle East. The company specializes in advanced AI-driven solutions designed to enhance content discovery, user engagement, and content management in the media and entertainment industry. Its offerings include MMDb, an application that helps users discover music through movies, as well as digital ecosystems for online film and TV distribution, such as those developed for Tele 2 in Sweden and Latvia. Vionlabs also provides atflick, a social video-on-demand service. By utilizing multi-layered deep learning and content analysis, Vionlabs aims to deliver personalized viewing experiences, streamline content workflows, and improve overall viewer satisfaction for streaming services and broadcasters.
Urb-it
Seed Round in 2015
Urb-it AB is a logistics company dedicated to providing sustainable delivery solutions, primarily focusing on the e-commerce sector. The company operates in France and the United Kingdom, utilizing cargo bikes and bicycles to facilitate green parcel deliveries. Urb-it does not own a fleet or warehouses, which helps reduce pollution and congestion in urban areas. By partnering with local businesses, Urb-it collects packages from existing store networks and delivers them using branded bags, all executed by a community of couriers. The company emphasizes customer satisfaction by offering flexible delivery options that can occur anywhere and at any time, often within an hour. Urb-it aims to enhance urban living through an efficient, eco-friendly delivery experience.
Zound Industries
Secondary Market in 2015
Zound Industries designs, develops, and markets headphones. It offers four brands, intended to serve specific audiences: Urbanears, Coloud, Marshall, and Molami. The company has set up distribution in more than 100 markets, and its products are available at over 20,000 locations globally, including Apple, Best Buy, HMV, Target, Urban Outfitters, Colette, FNAC, Media Markt, Telia, Deutsche Telecom, Orange, and Tesco. Zound Industries was co-founded by Konrad Bergström, Niklas Bergh, and Oscar Axhede in 2008 and is based in Stockholm, Sweden. Its products were first introduced to the market in December 2009.
Zound Industries
Venture Round in 2015
Zound Industries designs, develops, and markets headphones. It offers four brands, intended to serve specific audiences: Urbanears, Coloud, Marshall, and Molami. The company has set up distribution in more than 100 markets, and its products are available at over 20,000 locations globally, including Apple, Best Buy, HMV, Target, Urban Outfitters, Colette, FNAC, Media Markt, Telia, Deutsche Telecom, Orange, and Tesco. Zound Industries was co-founded by Konrad Bergström, Niklas Bergh, and Oscar Axhede in 2008 and is based in Stockholm, Sweden. Its products were first introduced to the market in December 2009.
Newstag
Seed Round in 2014
Newstag is a broadcasting company that specializes in delivering crowd-curated video news to subscribers. It actively engages with global events, aiming to make a meaningful impact, and aligns its operations with the United Nations' Agenda 2030 and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Each month, Newstag manages over 300,000 unique video news channels, known as Tagstreams, across more than 200 countries. The company's platform aggregates video feeds from various news suppliers, allowing users to view, tag, and share news videos, thereby enhancing access to relevant information about global happenings.
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