Stockholm, Sweden · Venture Capital Creandum is one of Europe's leading early-stage venture capital firms, founded in Stockholm in 2003 and now operating from Stockholm, Berlin, London and San Francisco. It backs technology companies from seed to Series A and has been an early investor in category-defining businesses including Spotify, Klarna, Bolt, Kahoot, Depop and Pleo. In 2024 it closed its seventh flagship fund at around 500 million euros to continue backing European founders.
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Stockholm, Sweden · Venture Capital EQT Growth is the growth equity arm of EQT, one of Europe's largest alternative investment firms headquartered in Stockholm. Launched in 2019, EQT Growth manages over EUR 4B and invests EUR 30-200M in high-growth technology companies scaling across Europe and globally. The fund focuses on category-leading software, fintech, and marketplace businesses at Series C and beyond. Notable investments include Vinted (led its EUR 250M Series F), Mollie, Epidemic Sound, and Small Giant Games. EQT Growth leverages the broader EQT platform's industrial network and 30+ years of operational value creation expertise.
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Stockholm, Sweden · Venture Capital HealthCap is one of Europe's largest dedicated life science venture capital firms, headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden. Founded in 1997, the firm invests in biotech, pharmaceutical, and medical device companies across the Nordic region and internationally. HealthCap has backed numerous successful life science companies over more than two decades and manages multiple funds with a strong track record in European biotech.
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Stockholm, Sweden · Venture Capital Kinnevik is a Stockholm-based growth-stage investment company listed on Nasdaq Stockholm that backs innovative digital businesses in healthcare, software, consumer, and climate sectors. Originally a traditional Swedish industrial conglomerate founded in 1936, Kinnevik transformed into a focused growth investor and was an early backer of companies like Zalando, Tele2, and Millicom. The firm manages a portfolio valued at several billion euros and takes concentrated positions in companies it believes can become category leaders. Kinnevik provides patient capital with a long-term orientation unusual among European growth investors.
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Stockholm, Sweden · Venture Capital Navigare Ventures is a Nordic deep tech venture capital firm and fully owned subsidiary of Wallenberg Investments AB, investing at seed and Series A stages in science-driven companies across the Nordic region. Its core investment themes span future of computing, advanced materials, and life science, with a portfolio covering AI, quantum computing, synthetic biology, and nanotechnology. Navigare Ventures is a long-standing partner of the NORDEEP Nordic Deep Tech Business Summit and plays an active role in the broader Nordic innovation landscape.
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Stockholm, Sweden · Venture Capital Pale Blue Dot is a Swedish venture capital firm dedicated exclusively to investing in early-stage climate tech companies across the Nordic region and Europe. Founded to accelerate decarbonization through technology-driven solutions, the fund backs startups working on energy transition, carbon capture, sustainable food systems, and related sectors. It is one of the most prominent climate-focused VC funds operating in Scandinavia and a partner organization at NORDEEP 2026.
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Stockholm, Sweden · Venture Capital Sound Bioventures is a Nordic life science venture capital firm investing in early-stage biotechnology, pharmaceutical, and medical technology companies in Scandinavia and the Baltic region. The firm focuses on science-driven innovation in therapeutics and diagnostics and is an active sponsor of the Nordic life science community. It served as Investor Dinner Sponsor at Nordic Life Science Days 2026.
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Stockholm, Sweden · Venture Capital Verdane is a Nordic growth equity firm with offices in Oslo, Stockholm, Helsinki, Berlin, and London that specializes in technology-enabled, sustainable growth companies. The firm invests at growth and late stage, typically in companies with $5-100 million in revenue, and manages over $6 billion in committed capital. Verdane focuses on digital consumer, software, and sustainable businesses, and is one of the largest dedicated growth investors in Northern Europe.
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