For everyone building hard things in the Nordics.

EUDIS BAMM (Business Accelerator) is a public, non-dilutive funding and coaching instrument of the EU Defence Innovation Scheme, run by the European Commission's Directorate-General for Defence Industry and Space together with a Starburst-led consortium. It selects cohorts of 20 European (EU + Norway) defence-tech start-ups and scale-ups twice a year, giving each a €120,000 seed-financing voucher plus coaching, bootcamps and investor/end-user matchmaking.

Plug and Play Gothenburg is the Nordic mobility hub of the global Plug and Play Tech Center network, based at The Yard in Lindholmen Science Park with Volvo Cars as founding partner. It runs corporate innovation and accelerator programs connecting startups with mobility and automotive corporates, but no Gothenburg-specific portfolio company list is publicly documented.

Nordfas Invest AB is a Gullspång, Sweden based family investment company owned by the Lööf family. Its core holding is Partex Marking Systems, a global manufacturer of industrial wire, cable and component marking systems, and it has more recently backed the youth wellness app SoulBuddy.

Scania Invest is Scania's in-house, global corporate venture capital arm, investing across all stages in energy and infrastructure, autonomous and supply chain, asset management and circularity, and deep tech. Scania also runs Scania Growth Capital, a fund managed by East Hill Equity that has backed nine companies since 2016 including sennder, Northvolt and H2 Green Steel, and a venture building arm that manages home-grown ventures such as Erinion and Scania Industrial Batteries.

Helsinki-based early-stage VC investing in bold founders from Finland and the Baltics, especially in SaaS and deep tech.

Danish VC investing in growth-stage companies in lifestyle, software, and hardware across Europe and the U.S. Formerly Nordic Eye.

STOAF is an angel network from Stockholm of almost 50 business angels acting as an early stage investment company backing deep technology ventures focused on B2B and deep technology companies in Life Science, Industrial Technology and Software. Originally known as Stockholms Affärsänglar, it was founded in mid-2008 and now manages its third fund, STOAF III SciTech, registered as an Alternative Investment Fund under the EuVECA framework, investing in early-stage research-based spinouts across the Nordics, often alongside co-investors such as Almi Invest.

DigitalWell Ventures is a Nordic accelerator and incubator, founded in 2020 and headquartered in Karlstad, Sweden, that supports early-stage digital health, welfare and cybersecurity startups across the Nordic and Baltic region rather than operating as a traditional direct-investment fund.

Helsinki-based venture capital firm investing at pre-seed and seed stage in deep tech and brand-driven startups, managing €260 million across three funds with initial tickets from €300,000 to €3 million.

Investing in Nordic life science and medtech companies. Pre-seed-early serie A.

Herenco is a fourth-generation family-owned holding company based in Jönköping, Sweden, founded in 1865, structured around wholly owned business areas in packaging (Emballator), indoor climate/ventilation, sun protection and flooring, alongside minority stakes in listed companies such as Nolato, Balco, Lyko, Profoto and Fractal Design.

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.

Provides a comprehensive EV charging platform, including hardware and software solutions for charging networks.

Provides engineering consultancy in energy, environment, plumbing, and HVAC industries.

Develops direct air capture technology to remove CO2 from the atmosphere using renewable energy, aiming for scalable and efficient carbon removal solutions.

Develops AI solutions for visual inspection in manufacturing, including collaborations in Sweden.

Copenhagen Atomics is building molten salt reactors powered by thorium, the cheapest, cleanest scalable nuclear energy.

Develops electric watercrafts aimed at sustainable marine transportation. Formerly Roxen Innovation. Formerly Roxen Innovations.

Provides intelligent transportation systems and sensor solutions for traffic and rail applications.

Manufactures ventilation and air conditioning products for commercial and industrial applications.

Acodyne is a Copenhagen-based deeptech aerospace startup developing autonomous electric eVTOL cargo aircraft for defence, offshore and remote logistics.

Develops high-performance GaN-on-SiC epitaxial wafers for RF and power electronics applications.

OODALOOP Technologies is a Nordic defence tech company building autonomous, expendable drone systems at scale for the defence of Europe.

Offers automated vision inspection systems for quality control in manufacturing.