Investors in Sweden

First Venture Sweden AB (publ) is a private equity and venture capital firm specializes in middle market, turnaround, seed/startup, early venture, mid venture, late venture, bridge financing and growth capital investments. The firm focuses on the technology, health, and sustainability businesses in Sweden. The firm prefers to invest between $0.1 million to $5 million in equity per transaction having maximum enterprise value upto $50 million. It prefer to take minority stake. First Venture Sweden AB (publ) was founded in 2006 and is based in Stockholm, Sweden.

ABB is a global technology leader specializing in electrification and automation, committed to enabling a more sustainable and resource-efficient future. With a workforce of approximately 110,000 employees worldwide, ABB has a rich history spanning over 140 years. The company was formed in 1988 through the merger of Sweden's Allmänna Svenska Elektriska Aktiebolaget (ASEA) and Switzerland's Brown, Boveri & Cie, combining their expertise in electrical equipment manufacturing. ABB's core activities include power generation, transmission and distribution, industrial automation, and robotics. The company invests around 4 to 5 percent of its annual revenues in research and development, collaborating with customers and partners to drive technological innovation. Sustainability is central to ABB's purpose, as it works with stakeholders to promote a low-carbon society, preserve resources, and support social progress toward a net-zero future. (

CNI is a Stockholm-based investment firm founded in 2011, specializing in funding and supporting exceptional entrepreneurial businesses across various sectors in the Nordic region. With a flexible investment mandate, CNI focuses on building and scaling companies that create sustainable shareholder value. To date, they have successfully funded and supported around 30 companies. Their team comprises professionals with extensive international financial industry experience, including founding partners Jesper Almkvist and Erik Ejerhed, and investment associates John Crafoord and Alice Halvorsen.

Oxx is a venture capital firm specializing in European B2B SaaS companies at the scale-up stage. Founded in 2017 by Richard Anton and Mikael Johnsson, the firm is headquartered in London and Stockholm. Oxx focuses on investing in companies that have achieved Product-Market Fit and assists them in navigating the Go-to-Market Fit stage to achieve rapid growth. The firm's investment strategy centers on the concept of "Go-To-Market Fit," developing a structure for building a repeatable, sustainable growth engine that propels the growth of SaaS companies. Oxx's portfolio includes companies such as Funnel, Goodlord, and Gravitee. The firm has raised multiple funds, including a €172 million second fund generation in November 2023, supported by investors like British Patient Capital, Saminvest, KfW Capital, Argentum, Pool Re, and Coeli. (

Alder invests in unlisted companies in the environmental technology sector. They are five partners with extensive experience in entrepreneurial companies and with good insight into the industry. They focus on established companies in the Nordic countries that exhibit profitable growth. They want to help build strong Nordic companies. In addition to capital, They add management and corporate governance expertise. And by Their partners closely with management and by the qualified board members They engage in Their portfolio companies.

Novax is an active, long-term partner for growth companies and an ecosystem where individuals and organizations can thrive. By investing in, supporting, and developing small and medium-sized enterprises, Novax contributes to building successful companies and future pillars for Axel Johnson. Novax focuses on sectors such as Preventive Health, Energy of the Future, Technical Security, and Food of the Future. The firm offers a long-term perspective, allowing them to see potential beyond traditional business plans and planning horizons, enabling them to seize and act on exciting opportunities that require endurance and long-term commitment. Novax provides practical support, advice, and knowledge to accelerate the development and increase the capability within companies. They believe in entrepreneurship and freedom, as well as the power of sharing experiences and learning from one another. Novax is part of Axel Johnson, a family-owned business group active in multiple industries.

Ratos is an investment company that owns and develops unlisted medium-sized Nordic companies.Ratos goal as an active owner is to contribute to the long-term and sustainable business development in the companies we invest in and to make value-generating transactions.Ratos create value by being the partner that unlocks business opportunities and contributes with ideas, experience, capital and contacts. Our business is about being entrepreneurial and a prerequisite for our long term success is our ability to attract and develop employees and to build important relationships.Ratos offers a unique opportunity for stock market players to benefit from unlisted Nordic enterprises’ growth in value.Ratos is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm and has a balanced portfolio and exposure to several industries and markets, which is expected to yield healthy returns over time.

Stockholms Affärsänglar AB is a venture capital firm specializing in pre-seed, seed, early stage and growth capital investments. The firm primarily invests in B2B and technology companies in Life Science, Industrial Technology and Software, ICT and medical technology areas. It seeks to invest in greater Stockholm area and adjacent provinces. The firm seeks to exit through IPO, trade sells and M&As. It also offers co-investing possibilities. Stockholms Affärsänglar AB was founded in 2008 and based in Stockholm, Sweden.

We’re a venture capital firm partnering at (pre)seed stage with entrepreneurs in France, Denmark & Sweden. We’re currently investing out of our first €75m fund, which was launched at the beginning of 2023. Our investors include the Danish sovereign fund (Vaekstfonden), Edenred (a French Euronext-listed corporation), several prestigious European family offices and 70+ French & Nordic Tech entrepreneurs (including the founders of 3shape, Akeneo, Botify, Dixa, Falcon, Kantox, Peakon, PeopleDoc, Planday, Pleo, Qonto, Silae, Spendesk, Swile, Tiller, Zendesk, etc.).

Nicoya is a future foods investor investing at the frontier of food innovation, partnering with entrepreneurs to build healthier, smarter, and more resilient food businesses across demand and supply.

PunktB AB is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in incubation, middle market, later stage, mature, emerging growth, sees/startup, early, mid, late venture, buyout, turnaround and growth companies. It also seeks to invest in private equity funds. The firm seeks to invest in gaming, e-learning, media, sportsnews and info, sportsbetting info, M2M, and application development. It prefers to invest globally with a focus on Sweden. The firm seeks to invest between €.02 million ($.026 million) and €0.5 million ($0.66 million) in companies with a maximum target enterprise value of €0.25 million (0.33 million), sales value between €0.01 million ($0.013 million) and €5 million ($6.62 million), and EBITDA maximum of €0.5 million ($0.66 million). It makes balance sheet investments and also uses its personal capital. PunktB was founded in 2001 and is based in Stockholm, Sweden.

Zobito is a growth capital firm that invests in European enterprise software companies. They utilize a co-investment model, providing hands-on advisory and value creation alongside other funds.

Blue AB is a venture capital firm specializing in pre-seed, seed, venture, growth, and start-up stage investments. The firm primarily seeks to invest in environmentally and socially responsible companies. The firm seeks to invest globally but with an emphasis on Nordic-focused business. The firm typically invests in clean air, clean water, clean energy, healthy food and drinks, improved health, and sustainable material innovation. Blue AB was founded in 2016 and is based in Stockholm, Sweden.

Bust is the venture arm of Harmar, a private family-owned investment company based in Stockholm. The firm focuses on early-stage investments in consumer-centric technology that creates emotional connections.

eEquity invests in online related business models, primarily in the Nordics with the ambition to build large market leaders. Since They have a comprehensive portfolio of companies within the same business fields the entrepreneurs will significantly benefit from being plugged into Their network and from exchanging experience and expertise between the portfolio companies. They look for passionate entrepreneurs with a scalable and differentiated business model that adresses a substantial market. They are opportunistic in their investment process.

Our basic concept is to invest in companies with good opportunities for development, where we can add value as an active owner. So that we can act decisively, we only invest in companies as a majority owner with the opportunity to make quick decisions when necessary. Our investments are made via our own balance sheet and we have no stated investment horizon. Our main focus is on smaller unlisted companies that operate within the industrial sector. This typically includes companies that carry out their own manufacturing, development and sales of industrial goods and services, trading in input goods or systems solutions for industry.

Verdane is an independent investment firm specializing in growth equity investments in software, tech-enabled, and sustainable businesses across Europe. Established in 2003, Verdane has made over 400 investments, managing assets exceeding €8 billion. The firm operates from seven offices in London, Berlin, Munich, Oslo, Stockholm, Copenhagen, and Helsinki. Verdane focuses on two primary investment themes: digitalization and decarbonization. Within digitalization, the firm targets software, B2C products, and B2C services, while in decarbonization, it concentrates on energy transition and resource efficiency. In October 2024, Verdane raised €700 million for its second fund, Verdane Idun II, dedicated to companies aiding in the decarbonization of the economy. The firm has also been recognized for its commitment to sustainability, achieving B Corp certification in May 2023, reflecting its dedication to high standards of social and environmental performance. Verdane's portfolio includes notable companies such as Fashion Cloud, a B2B software solution for the fashion wholesale industry, which received a €25 million investment led by Verdane in December 2022. Additionally, Verdane partnered with Cleanwatts, a global clean tech and energy management software leader, to support its expansion and development.

Creandum is a leading European early-stage venture capital firm that invests in innovative and fast-growing technology companies within the consumer internet, software, and hardware sectors. Founded in 2003, the firm has supported over 100 companies, including notable successes like Spotify, iZettle, Depop, Klarna, KRY, Epidemic Sound, and Small Giant Games. With offices in Stockholm, Berlin, London, and San Francisco, Creandum manages assets totaling approximately €500 million as of June 2024. The firm's investment strategy focuses on early-stage companies, primarily in seed and Series A rounds, aiming to partner with exceptional entrepreneurs to build market-leading companies.

The faktum-b GmbH is part of since 2007 existing single family office with two generations of fortune makers from Germany, Sweden and the UK. International investments are made with a long-term investment horizon in order to preserve and build up the assets. The focus is on alternative / illiquid asset classes, especially direct investments in real estate and private equity through participation in funds. We are available for a dialogue to exchange experiences and ideas with other family offices, managers and service providers.

Immetric is a venture capital firm specializing in pre-seed, seed/startup, early stage and growth capital investments. The firm seeks to invest in emerging technologies and deep tech including medtech, diagnostics, consumer electronics, robotics, automation, Internet of Things, transport, renewables, and clean tech. The firm seeks to invest in Nordics, United Kingdom and Western Europe. Immetric is based in Malmö, Sweden.

Monterro is the leading B2B software investor in the Nordics, with a mission to turn Nordic software companies into market leaders and global players within their niches. Our operational experience (Pointsec, Episerver, Orc Software), hands-on approach and laser focus set us apart:We invest in software – we don’t plan to diversify.We come from operations – we are not bankers.We invest our own money – we don’t rely on others’ capital.Since 2012, Monterro has completed ten investments and eight add-on investments. We manage three funds with a combined value of SEK 4.3 billion, and 30 percent of the managed capital comes from our founders and employees. But we know that it takes much more than just capital to successfully scale a software company.We help Nordic software companies fulfil their world-beating potential by adding value in four key areas: with hands-on support, insight, talent management, and our management network.

Our roots are firmly planted in the history of Sweden’s savings banks, the cooperative agricultural bank tradition and Hansabank’s leading role in the Baltic countries. We serve everyone, from customers with basic needs to those who require advanced banking services. We work to develop close relationships with our about 7.3 million private customers and about 615,000 corporate customers.

Ajanta Oy is no longer investing. It is a private equity firm and venture capital firm specializing in early stage, bolt on acquisition and buyout. The firm seeks majority stakes. It seeks to invest in unlisted and listed companies primarily in finance, retail, clean technology, communication industries and media companies. It typically invests in companies based in Finland, Sweden, Belgium and United Kingdom. It also engages in real estate investment activities. Ajanta Oy was founded in 1989 and is based in Helsinki, Finland and an additional office in Brussels, Belgium.

Backstage Invest is the investment arm of a Swedish Single Family Office focusing on scale-up companies in the Nordics. They are active, hands-on investors who back proven entrepreneurs with traction.

CapitalT is a Venture Capital firm specializing in seed, startups and early stage investments. The firm prefers to invest in artificial intelligence, software technology companies with a primary focus on climatetech and the future of work and building scalable solutions to urgent challenges from decarbonization to the transformation of work. The firm prefers to invest in companies based in Netherlands, United Kingdom, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland and Germany. The firm seeks to invest between €0.25 million ($0.28 million) and €3 million ($3.41 million) in companies. CapitalT was founded in2020 and based in Amsterdam, Netherlands.