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.

EASME is a European Union executive agency that supports small and medium-sized enterprises and promotes innovation in Europe. It manages projects in the areas of small and medium-sized enterprises, as well as the environment, energy, and maritime sectors, funded by COSME, LIFE, and EMFF. EASME organizes the European Sustainable Energy Week and serves industries such as environmental management, energy production, and maritime activities.

Nordic Investment Bank is an international financial institution headquartered in Helsinki, Finland. It provides sustainable, long-term financing to public and private sector clients on market terms, offering loans and guarantees for energy, environment, transport, infrastructure, telecom, and related projects. Owned by Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway and Sweden, the bank funds its lending through international capital markets. It serves governments, municipalities, large and mid-cap companies, financial institutions, and small and medium enterprises in member and non-member countries, and may support on-lending through financial intermediaries. Its projects emphasize competitiveness and sustainability in the Nordic-Baltic region.

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.

Nordea Funds, a subsidiary of Nordea Bank AB (publ), is a Finnish investment management company that offers a broad spectrum of investment products. It manages equity, fixed income, and balanced mutual funds, as well as hedge funds, for its clients. Nordea Funds invests in public equity and fixed income markets, catering to both individual and institutional investors. The company is headquartered in Helsinki, Finland, and operates as part of Nordea Bank, Denmark's second-largest bank, which provides a comprehensive range of financial services, including banking, insurance, and investment products.

Luminar Ventures, established in 2017 and headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, is a venture capital firm focusing on early-stage investments in technology companies. It primarily invests in scalable digital seed-stage companies from the Nordics, with a particular interest in Sweden. The firm targets industries ripe for disruption or transformation, such as fintech, artificial intelligence, machine learning, healthtech, and insurtech. Luminar Ventures provides not only capital but also active operational support, strategic guidance, and assistance with team building and organizational development to its portfolio companies. It typically invests between USD 500,000 to USD 2 million per round.

Verdane is a specialist growth equity investment firm that partners with sustainable, tech-enabled Northern European businesses to help them reach the next stage of international growth. With over €3bn in total commitments and over 120 investments since 2003, Verdane invests behind three core themes: Digital Consumer, Software Everywhere, and Sustainable Society.

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.

Danske Bank A/S, established in 1871 and headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark, is a leading Nordic universal bank. It offers a comprehensive range of banking services to small and medium-sized businesses, corporates, institutions, and personal customers across Denmark, the Nordics, and selected other markets. The bank's services include daily banking, home financing, investments, retirement planning, strategic advisory, leasing, financing, and wealth management. Danske Bank also provides mobile banking services and operates in areas such as capital markets, fixed income and currencies, and transaction banking and investor services. It has a significant presence in the region, with over 5 million retail customers and a dominant market share in lending and deposits in Denmark. Danske Private Equity, a subsidiary of Danske Bank, is a specialist in small and mid-market buyout funds in Europe and North America, managing funds for premium institutional investors.

Established in 2018, Business Finland is a Finnish government agency dedicated to promoting innovation, internationalization, and tourism. It facilitates funding for research communities, industries, and service sectors, fostering technological, service-related, design, business, and social innovations. The agency connects global buyers with relevant contacts and assists investors with investment opportunities in Finland's key industries.

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.

Antler, established in 2017 and headquartered in Singapore, is an early-stage venture capital firm focused on investing in technology companies. It supports exceptional founders from day one, providing access to a global network of co-founders, talent, advisors, and expansion support, along with capital. Antler's funds, including Antler UK Fund and Antler India Fund, target various sectors such as information technology, climate tech, healthtech, software, energy services, and SaaS, with investments ranging from USD 0.2 to 0.4 million.

EQT is a global private equity and infrastructure firm founded in 1994, headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden. It specializes in buyouts, expansion capital, and infrastructure investments, focusing on mid-market companies with strong growth potential. EQT invests across various sectors, including healthcare, technology, services, industrials, and real estate, with a particular emphasis on Northern and Eastern Europe, Asia, and the US. The firm seeks to unlock growth potential in its portfolio companies, positioning them as sustainable market leaders, and typically holds investments for four to eight years. EQT also prioritizes ESG and impact investments in its infrastructure portfolio.

Helgeland Invest is a private equity firm established in 2011 and headquartered in Mo i Rana, Norway. The company specializes in supporting businesses by providing strategic competence and optimizing structures to meet capital requirements. It focuses its investment activities on various sectors, including aquaculture, seafood, property, infrastructure, and oil-related industries. Through its expertise, Helgeland Invest aims to enhance the performance and growth potential of the companies it invests in.

Spintop Ventures is a Stockholm-based venture capital firm founded in 2009 that invests in seed and early-stage Nordic software and technology companies. Backed by a network of accomplished tech entrepreneurs, industrialists and experienced private investors, the firm focuses on early-stage opportunities in the Scandinavian region and supports founders through growth. Since inception, Spintop Ventures has completed around 35 investments and achieved four exits.

The EIC Accelerator is a Horizon Europe funding program that provides assistance to start-ups and SMEs that have an innovative, game-changing product, service, or business model that has the potential to create new markets or disrupt existing ones, and have the ambition and commitment to scale up, are seeking substantial funding, but the risks involved are too high for private investors to invest alone

Novo Holdings, established in 1999, is a Danish asset management firm based in Copenhagen. It serves as the investment arm of the Novo Nordisk Foundation, managing its assets and wealth. The company's primary focus is the life science sector, with a diversified portfolio comprising equities, bonds, real estate, infrastructure, and private investments. Novo Holdings maintains a significant influence on Novo Nordisk A/S and Novozymes A/S, ensuring these companies align with the Novo Group's visions and values. It also invests in early and growth-stage life science companies through its venture capital arm, Novo Ventures, which targets investments ranging from USD 5 million to USD 30 million.

DNB Bank is a prominent Norwegian financial services group headquartered in Oslo, offering a comprehensive range of financial products and services to both retail and corporate customers. Established in 1822, DNB provides loans, savings accounts, advisory services, insurance, and pension products. The bank's personal banking offerings include various savings and investment options. For corporate clients, DNB delivers investment banking services that encompass financial and strategic advice related to capital raising, mergers and acquisitions, and restructurings. Its clientele spans multiple sectors, including energy, manufacturing, healthcare, shipping, and technology. DNB distributes its services through various channels, including mobile and online banking, bank offices, and in-store outlets, ensuring accessibility for its diverse customer base.

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.

EQT Ventures, established in 2015, is a Stockholm-based venture capital firm managing over €2.3 billion across three funds. It invests in seed, early, and later-stage technology and SaaS companies across Europe and the United States, with a focus on ambitious founders building global success stories. The firm provides more than just capital, offering support and advice throughout various growth stages. EQT Ventures has a data-driven approach, leveraging its in-house AI platform, Motherbrain, which has facilitated over $100 million in portfolio company investments. The team operates from six offices, taking a 'locals-with-locals' approach to support founders on the ground.

Adelis Equity Partners is a Nordic private equity firm focused on lower-mid-market and buyout investments. It pursues organic and acquisition-based growth in sectors such as niche industrials, retail, life science, consumer, healthcare and medical technology, and business services. The firm targets portfolio companies with revenues approximately €25 million to €400 million and enterprise values around €20 million to €200 million, often takes a board seat and seeks majority ownership. Founded in 2012 and based in Stockholm, it maintains a regional presence with an office in Copenhagen to pursue opportunities across Denmark, Sweden and the wider Nordics.

Vaekstfonden – The Danish Growth Fund – is the Danish state's investment fund. We strive to improve access to risk capital to enable Danish businesses to innovate, and to generate growth and new jobs. In close collaboration with banks and domestic and international private investors, we finance companies from all sectors nation-wide. We can accompany you for the entire journey – from your company’s infancy through growth phases to expansion abroad and even to an initial public offering.

eEquity is a Stockholm-based private equity firm that concentrates its investments in the technology sector and related businesses across the Nordic region. It backs online-oriented models and other technology, digital, retail and software companies with the ambition to build market-leading businesses in close partnership with entrepreneurs. The firm emphasizes a collaborative portfolio approach, enabling entrepreneurs to benefit from a connected network and shared experience across companies. It looks for teams with scalable and differentiated business models addressing large markets and pursues opportunities opportunistically within its investment scope.

Layline Partners is a private equity firm based in Göteborg, Sweden, established in 2004. The firm focuses on investing in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across various business products and service sectors. Layline Partners not only provides capital but also actively collaborates with the companies in its portfolio to enhance their value and drive growth. Through its strategic investments and hands-on approach, the firm aims to foster innovation and improve operational efficiencies within the businesses it supports.

Founded in 1856, Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken is a leading financial institution offering a wide range of banking services. It provides corporate and investment banking to large clients, retail banking to individuals and small businesses, and life insurance solutions across the Nordic and Baltic regions. The company also offers asset management services through various funds and portfolio mandates.

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.

FSN Capital is a Nordic private equity firm founded in 1999 and headquartered in Oslo, Norway. It targets middle‑market companies across Northern Europe, investing in sectors including information technology, healthcare, manufacturing, industrials, services, consumer products, and software‑enabled businesses. The firm emphasizes transformation and long‑term value creation through partnerships with management teams, operating improvements, and digitalization, while incorporating ESG considerations into its investment approach.

Brightly Ventures, established in 2018, is a Stockholm-based venture capital firm specializing in seed and early-stage investments. It focuses on the Nordic region, targeting technology sectors such as HealthTech, FinTech, Marketplaces, DeepTech, and MediaTech. The firm invests between SEK 2 million to SEK 50 million, with a preference for companies valued up to SEK 150 million, maximum sales of SEK 60 million, and EBITDA of up to SEK 10 million. Brightly Ventures takes a hands-on approach, supporting high-potential ideas and providing operational support to help founders transform industries and create positive change.

Schibsted is a Scandinavian media group with approximately 7,000 employees across 30 countries. It operates as a family of digital brands, focusing on media, online marketplaces, and technology ventures.

Swedbank is a Nordic-Baltic bank with deep roots in Swedish savings-bank history. It originated from the merger of savings and union banks in the early 1990s and operates in Sweden and the Baltic states, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. The bank holds a leading position in Baltic retail banking and offers a broad range of financial services, including retail banking and asset management.

Vinnova is Sweden's government agency dedicated to fostering innovation. Established in 2001, it aims to drive sustainable growth by funding innovative projects and research, investing in strong research environments, and facilitating collaborations between businesses, universities, public services, and other stakeholders. Annually, Vinnova invests around $350 million in these efforts.

Bonnier Capital, established in 2016, is the venture capital arm of Bonnier, a global media group with operations in 16 countries. Based in Stockholm, Sweden, the firm invests in digital and technology sectors, focusing on seed to growth-stage companies. Bonnier Capital makes minority equity investments, typically ranging from $1 million to $20 million, targeting companies with an enterprise value between $5 million and $300 million. Its portfolio spans digital technologies, digital health, software as a service (SaaS), and fintech across various growth stages. The firm's mission aligns with Bonnier's commitment to entrepreneurship and providing relevant knowledge to decision-makers.

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.

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.

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.

IK Partners is a European private equity firm founded in 1989 and headquartered in London with offices across Europe. It focuses on mid-market investments in Europe, pursuing growth capital, buyouts, add-on acquisitions, recapitalizations and restructurings. It typically invests in divisions or subsidiaries of larger groups, private or family-owned, and occasionally public companies. The firm aims for majority stakes and often takes a board seat in portfolio companies. It targets sectors including engineering, manufacturing, process industries, consumer goods, media, healthcare, business services, industrials, renewables, food processing, retail and distribution, among others. It avoids investments in gambling, tobacco, alcoholic beverages, and pornography; and excludes companies with poor human rights records, environmental non-compliance, or child or forced labor. Investments are primarily in Europe, spanning Northern, Western, and Central Europe, including the Nordic region, the United Kingdom, Benelux, Poland, and France.

European Investment Bank is the EU's long-term lending institution owned by its member states. It finances public and private sector projects across transportation, energy, telecommunications, health, education, water, housing, and other sectors in the European Union and beyond. The bank provides a range of financing tools including project loans, guarantees, debt and equity investments, and risk-sharing arrangements, as well as microfinance and venture capital funds. It also offers advisory services, infrastructure funding, and support for urban development, PPPs, and sustainable energy projects. Through infrastructure and environmental funds and partnerships with banks and intermediaries, it supports SMEs, innovation, and the transition to a low-carbon economy.

Founded in 2015, Zenith is a venture capital firm investing in early-stage tech companies across the Nordic region. It focuses on scalable business models and diverse teams, providing active support to portfolio companies alongside entrepreneurs.

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.

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.

TeleVenture Capital AS is a venture capital firm established in April 1993 and headquartered in Oslo, Norway. The firm specializes in investing in early-stage startup companies, primarily within the information and communication technology sectors, including mobile communication, wireless, broadband, and internet-related businesses. Additionally, TeleVenture has a broader investment scope that encompasses industries such as energy, telecom, oil and gas, life sciences, marine, and consumer sectors. The firm typically focuses its investments in Scandinavian and European regions and aims to secure board representation in its portfolio companies to support their growth and development.

Monterro is a Stockholm-based private equity firm that invests in B2B software companies across the Nordic region. It provides growth capital and takes an active, hands-on approach to helping portfolio companies scale, drawing on the founders' and team's extensive experience in founding, managing, and developing software businesses. The firm focuses on technology-enabled companies in software and related business products and services, targeting opportunities across Nordic markets. Through its experience and network, Monterro supports strategic growth initiatives, customer acquisition, product development, and operational improvements to accelerate value creation for portfolio companies.

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.

Superhero Capital, established in 2015, is a Helsinki-based venture capital firm focusing on seed-stage investments in technology-driven startups. It primarily invests in business-to-business software and services, with a particular interest in health tech, fintech, and IoT sectors, across Finland and the Baltics. The firm typically invests between €100,000 and €1,000,000, supporting founders and early-stage companies with both capital and expertise.

Webrock Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2018 and based in Stockholm, Sweden. The company specializes in creating joint ventures with Scandinavian technology firms to establish and develop new enterprises in Brazil. By leveraging proven business models and the operational expertise of its partners, Webrock Ventures accelerates the growth and success of these companies while mitigating risk. The firm focuses on the technology sector, ensuring that its joint ventures benefit from advanced technology, knowledge, and experience, which facilitates a more efficient and effective path to market for new ventures.

Founded in 2008, Investinor is a Norwegian venture capital firm that invests in high-potential companies based in Norway. It focuses on companies in the early growth to expansion phases within sectors such as internet, software, semiconductors, energy, cleantech, marine, and life sciences.

BrainHeart Capital AB is a private equity and venture capital firm based in Stockholm, Sweden. Established in 2000, the firm specializes in making investments across various stages, including seed, early, mid, and late venture funding, as well as buyouts. Its investment focus encompasses sectors such as telecommunications, information technology, clean technology, energy, and education. Although BrainHeart Capital primarily targets companies within the Scandinavian region, it may consider investments outside this area, provided it does not take on the role of lead investor. The firm often seeks to secure board seats in its portfolio companies and typically engages in initial financing rounds, with investments ranging from SEK 20 million to SEK 50 million.

Fortunator Invest is an investment firm based in Spånga, Sweden, specializing in e-commerce companies. Comprised of a team of experienced entrepreneurs, Fortunator focuses on supporting new businesses in the online marketplace. The firm leverages its knowledge and extensive network to provide entrepreneurs with valuable insights and hands-on assistance in various aspects of running an e-commerce venture. Fortunator Invest aims to foster growth in the e-commerce sector across Scandinavia and Europe, drawing on its team's firsthand experience in launching and managing successful online enterprises.