For everyone building hard things in the Nordics.

Direct investment firm based in Kungsbacka, Sweden, taking active co-ownership stakes in growth companies including recent participation in a defense-tech funding round.

Curitas Ventures is a Stockholm-based venture capital firm founded in 2020 by Mikael Ahlström and Gerda Larsson that invests in early-stage Nordic entrepreneurs across Disruptive Technology, Life Science and Sustainability; in 2025 its venture portfolio was acquired by Nordic Asia Investment Group 1987 AB, which now operates under the name Collaxio for its unlisted-investments strategy.

SNÖ Ventures is an Oslo-based early-stage VC investing in Nordic founders across software, gaming and consumer tech, with Peter Thiel as a strategic partner in its USD 100 million fund. Its one hardtech position is Nordic Air Defence, a drone interceptor maker it backed in 2024.

EQT is a Stockholm-founded global investment organization managing the Scaleup Europe Fund, a €5bn public-private growth vehicle backed by the European Commission and institutions including Novo Holdings, EIFO and Wallenberg Investments, aimed at scaling Europe's most promising deep-tech companies from Series B to pre-IPO.

Saab Ventures is Saab's corporate venture arm, set up in 2001 to spin out technology from Saab's engineering base into independent companies and to spin in outside startups that complement Saab's core business. It runs from Sweden with a portfolio that currently spans ten active holdings, including Applied Actuators, ReVibe Energy, MicroDri and Wheelscanning, alongside spin-outs such as Minesto and Cold Cut Systems, and its parent Saab has also made direct strategic bets like the USD 10 million lead investment in rocket company Pythom Space.

A VC firm investing in overlooked markets and underrepresented founders, aiming to expand access to capital.

SEB Greentech Venture Capital is the Swedish bank's corporate VC unit investing directly from SEB's balance sheet into green technology companies, mainly in the Nordic and Baltic region with a broader European reach. It writes initial tickets of SEK 10-40 million from a SEK 1 billion mandate, taking active minority stakes with board seats in hardware, software and platform companies working on renewable energy, energy storage, water and agricultural technology, circular business models and waste management.

University of Gothenburg’s venture firm supporting research-based startups in life science, tech, and impact.

Vargas is a Stockholm-based impact company builder that identifies, validates, finances and scales industrial companies in hard-to-abate sectors. Founded in 2014, it has built or co-founded Northvolt, Polarium, Stegra (formerly H2 Green Steel), Aira, Syre and the Arctial aluminium project, spanning batteries, energy storage, green steel and hydrogen, heat pumps and textile recycling.

Technology group investing in and developing B2B companies in electronics and communication.

Investo Capital is a Danish venture capital firm based in Aalborg, founded in 2018 and backed by NOVI Innovation and Heartland. It invests in early growth Danish tech companies across medtech, industry 4.0 and water tech, and takes an active board role in each company it backs.

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.

Hosts and supports innovative companies in technology and research sectors.

Provides industrial data communication solutions for mission-critical systems in harsh environments.

Össur is a global leader in non-invasive orthopaedics, developing innovative technologies within braces, supports, prosthetic limbs and compression therapy, including bionic prosthetic legs and mind-controlled limbs.

The Volvo Group is headquartered in Gothenburg, Sweden and develops trucks, buses, construction equipment, and drive systems for marine and industrial applications.

Calmon specializes in motor control solutions, offering development and consulting services for BLDC, DC, and stepper motor systems.

Mendi is an at-home Neurofeedback Brain Training headband and app.

Global EMS partner for complex electronics manufacturing, offering PCB assembly, box-build integration and full product lifecycle support to industrial, defense, medical and energy customers.

Hefring Marine builds IMAS, an AI-powered marine guidance system that turns real-time onboard sensor data into safety, fuel-efficiency and operational guidance for vessel operators and fleet managers.

GEG Power is an Iceland-headquartered geothermal developer that designs, engineers, manufactures and delivers turn-key modular geothermal wellhead power plants, from well to transmission-line connection.

Vanadis Energy delivers advanced vanadium solid-state batteries offering superior safety, long life, and scalable performance for next-generation energy storage.

Stockholm Water Technology (SWT) is a Swedish company specialising in the development of low pressure, low cost and low energy electrochemical water desalination/purification systems based on Capacitive Deionization.

Startup incubator in Malmö offering support, mentorship, and resources for early-stage companies across various sectors.