For everyone building hard things in the Nordics.

Early-stage VC focusing on scalable Nordic tech companies, especially B2B SaaS and digital platforms.

First Gate Invest is a Västerås-based Swedish investment network of business angels, entrepreneurs and investors, founded in 2020, that invests jointly and broadly across industries and stages without geographic or sector restrictions. Its roughly 20-company portfolio skews toward early-stage Swedish deep-tech and industrial startups, including marine EV charging, forestry drones, vertical-farmed saffron, sawmill AI/automation, EV fast-charging infrastructure and medtech AR.

I Love Lund is a publicly listed (Spotlight Stock Market, ticker LOVE B) local investment company founded in 2017 and headquartered in Lund, investing broadly across sectors with a focus on pre-seed, seed and Series A rounds in early-stage, mostly unlisted companies with a strong Lund connection. Its portfolio today comprises roughly 50 holdings spanning fintech, medtech, femtech, IoT sensors, defense/dual-use, materials and life science, alongside shareholder network and mentoring activities.

Pre-seed impact fund helping founders get from idea to funded startup within 10 weeks.

Early-stage investment firm supporting impact-driven startups solving global challenges.

Kinnevik is a Swedish listed growth investment company, founded in Stockholm in 1936 by the Stenbeck, Klingspor and von Horn families. It backs technology-enabled companies from early to growth stage across healthcare, software and climate tech, holding a portfolio of 20+ larger companies including recent bets on green steel, heat pumps and battery technology.

Copenhagen-based early-stage venture capital fund founded in late 2020, investing in deeptech and hardtech companies tackling climate and environmental challenges, with a concentrated portfolio of five companies where partners take an active, hands-on role with each founding team.

Global innovation platform connecting Nordic startups with corporations and investors in Gothenburg.

University-linked investor supporting early-stage companies rooted in Uppsala University's research and innovation.

Almi is Sweden's state-owned organization that provides loans, business development advice, and equity financing to Swedish SMEs, with its venture-capital arm Almi Invest (including the national Almi Invest GreenTech fund) making direct investments in early-stage tech, life-science, industrial and sustainability startups.

Innovestor is a Helsinki based venture capital firm founded in 2014, investing in early-stage technology and life science startups across the Nordic and Baltic regions through its Technology Fund, Life Science Fund and Angel CoFund, alongside a corporate venturing arm and a commercial real estate business.

Offers smart energy solutions for homes and businesses, including energy storage systems.

TerraBarrier develops an inward-growing coating technology that gives stainless steels and nickel alloys superior resistance to corrosion, hydrogen permeation and embrittlement for use in hydrogen, chemical processing, energy and manufacturing applications.

Manufactures communication and alarm systems for healthcare and industrial environments.

Swedish Inventors Association promoting innovation and supporting inventors across Sweden.

AVTECH Sweden AB develops and sells products and services for digital air traffic management, enabling efficient flight operations through route planning, performance analysis, and environmental impact assessments.

A pan-European research infrastructure under construction outside Lund, Sweden, hosting the world's brightest neutron source for materials and fundamental science.

Develops smart mechanical fasteners with integrated sensors for real-time monitoring in industrial applications.

Elywhere designs and manufactures charger-plus-battery-storage EV charging stations that let fast charging work at sites where the local grid cannot support it.

Perplant develops AI-based systems mounted on tractors that use high-resolution field imaging to guide targeted spraying of herbicides and fertilizers at the plant level.

HEMLA combines smart alarms, AI cameras and cybersecurity in one Swedish system with no cloud dependency.

Specializes in 3D computer vision and machine learning for autonomous systems and smart city applications.

Offers electronic paper display solutions for point-of-purchase advertising, enhancing in-store marketing effectiveness.