# Top 50 Impact VC (Venture Capital) Funds in Sweden in October 2023 ## Chalmers Ventures AB - Type: VC Fund - Location: Göteborg, Vastra Gotaland, Sweden - Relevant deals: 17 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: Software, Energy, Health Care We are a leading tech investor & venture builder in the Nordics. Taking deep tech from lab to market.WELCOMEINVESTMENTS ## Almi Invest - Type: VC Fund - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 13 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Health Care, Information Technology ALMI Invest is a venture capital company which invests in Swedish companies with exciting, scalable business models and motivated entrepreneurs. ALMI Invest consists of eight regionally based venture capital funds, all with local offices and experienced local investment managers. We manage a total of SEK 1 billion. Unlike most venture capitalists,we can invest in a wide range of businesses. A strong team of entrepreneurs, a scalable business model and an initial revenue stream are more important than the line of business when we invest.Our first, initial investment would typically be SEK 2-4 million. During the lifetime of an investment, sums of up to SEK 10 million can be ventured. We always syndicate with an investment partner (another venture capitalist or angel investor) from Sweden or otherwise which means that we can take a maximum of 50 percent of an investment round.ALMI Invest was founded in 2009 by ALMI Fretagspartner together with regional investors. Half of our capital comes from European Union structural funds, which accounts for an investment of SEK 500 million. The other 50 per cent comes from regional investors and ALMI Fretagspartner. ## Norrsken VC - Type: VC Fund - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 8 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Food and Beverage, Health Care We are a venture capital fund investigating in Start-Ups solving the worlds biggest problems while building massive businesses. ## Industrifonden - Type: VC Fund - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Software, Biotechnology, Information Technology Industrifonden is a Nordic evergreen venture capital firm with a fund size of $600m, that focuses on early-stage technology and life science companies with international potential. The company works long term with the entrepreneurs we invest in, and have a strong track record of building game changing companies. Industrifonden-backed companiesinclude tech companies Qlik, Arcam, Soundtrack Your Brand, Fishbrain, and life science companies CellaVision, Oncopeptides and AMRA. ## SamInvest Mitt - Type: VC Fund - Location: Härnösand, Vasternorrlands Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Manufacturing, Hardware Saminvest is a venture capital company that was formed by the Swedish government in 2016. Saminvest actively works to establish new and sustainable venture capital funds and angel investor programmes that expand the venture capital market in Sweden. Through Saminvest's indirect investments and work with investment funds, innovative and fast-growing companies can gain access to more capital and expert advice. ## DHS Venture Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: Software, Big Data, Mobile Apps DHS Ventures, Stockholm School of Economics alumni angel investing network that invests early on into inovative companies. ## CommerzVentures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, InsurTech Venture capital investor in early stage FinTech and InsurTech companies starting at Series A in Europe, Israel and the USA. ## Kinnevik - Type: VC Fund - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Series B, Series C - Focus: E-Commerce, Health Care, Financial Services Kinnevik is an industry-focused investment company with an entrepreneurial spirit. Its purpose is to build digital consumer businesses that provide more and better choices. The company does this by working in partnership with talented founders and management teams to create, invest in, and lead fast-growing businesses in developed and emergingmarkets.Kinnevik believes in delivering both shareholder and social value by building well-governed companies that contribute positively to society. Kinnevik was founded in 1936 by the Stenbeck, Klingspor, and von Horn families. Kinnevik's shares are listed on Nasdaq Stockholm's list for large-cap companies under the ticker codes KINV A and KINV B. ## Headline - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology Headline is a Venture Capital firm actively on the ground in 7 cities around the world. We invest across categories and geographies, leading rounds at every stage. Once we commit to a team, we go to the ends of the earth to make their success global. ## SEB Venture Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Financial Services SEB Venture Capital is a Fintech investor that helps entrepreneurs and innovators launch and grow profitable businesses. They primarily serve as a strategic corporate venture focused on Fintech investments, with the option of partnering with SEB. They are also on the hunt for game-changing inventive solutions to new technologies that will make thefinancial industry smarter, safer, and more environmentally responsible, as well as more user-friendly. They also function as an evergreen fund, giving them the flexibility and staying strength to focus on long-term wealth development depending on what is best for the firm and its shareholders. ## SMOK Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology Bridging Silicon Valley to CEE ## Wiklöf Holding - Type: VC Fund - Location: Mariehamn, Aland, Finland - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A - Focus: FinTech, Social Impact, Sustainability Wiklöf Holding operates as a holding company. It invests in logistics, construction, helicopter, real estate ownership, trade, and tourism sectors. ## Verdane - Type: VC Fund - Location: Oslo, Oslo, Norway - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Private Equity, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology The preferred growth partner to tech-enabled businesses in Northern Europe. ## Gullspång Invest - Type: VC Fund - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Software, Food and Beverage, Solar Gullspång Invest is a Stockholm based family office with a long-term investment philosophy. Gullspång Invest funds team of entrepreneurs who are committed to building companies making a big positive impact. The company is a purpose-driven, for profit, with passion, and are seeking long-term partnerships with like-minded entrepreneurs. ## Alfabeat - Type: VC Fund - Location: Gdansk, Pomorskie, Poland - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Marketing, Internet Welcome to Alfabeat, a specialist seed and early stage venture capital fundfocused on Enterprise SaaS companies from Central and Eastern Europe,backed by successful enterprise software founders. ## Almi Invest GreenTech - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Waste Management, Chemical, Recycling Almi Invest GreenTech is a venture capital company and an active start-up investor. ## Ingka Investments - Type: VC Fund - Location: South Holland, Illinois, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Series C - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, GPS We're Ingka Investments, along with Ingka Centres and IKEA Retail, one of the three core businesses of Ingka Group. We invest in generations, not quarters. ## Ålandsbanken - Type: VC Fund - Location: Mariehamn, Aland, Finland - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A - Focus: FinTech, Social Impact, Sustainability Alandsbanken provides retail banking, corporate finance, asset management, and private banking services to institutions and individuals. ## Sting Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Kista, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Apps, Medical Sting – Stockholm Innovation & Growth enables talented people to turn their ideas into sustainable businesses. The support they offer includes qualified coaching in business development, a business angel network, a venture capital fund, a recruitment service, and an international network of investors, business contacts and experts. Itcontribute to the success of Sweden’s future technology companies by helping them to grow and compete internationally. ## KnowledgeHub - Type: VC Fund - Location: Warszawa, Mazowieckie, Poland - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Marketplace, Internet People are in the center of our actions. We believe that investment in human capital and its unique value guarantee success. ## KTH Holding - Type: VC Fund - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Biotechnology KTH Holding is a state-owned limited company managed by KTH's University Board. It invests in promising startup companies that are based on research or teaching at KTH, with the aim of supporting commercialization and making it easier for new science to benefit society. ## Mastercard - Type: VC Fund - Location: Purchase, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Corporate Round - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Payments Mastercard is a payments and technology company that connects consumers, businesses, merchants, and governments. They provide data services and marketing center. Their marketing materials help card portfolios and businesses. They also provide fraud prevention solutions and payment ecosystem security. ## Inovo VC - Type: VC Fund - Location: Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, B2B, SaaS VC for the most ambitious founders in CEE ## Midroc New Technology - Type: VC Fund - Location: Solna, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Series B - Focus: Energy, Fuel, CleanTech The area of New Technologies is highly interesting to us.The companies in this area are often relatively small and new. Midroc has an understanding for entrepreneurism and innovations and can give significant support to innovative companies.We contribute to the process of building profitable companies, and possibly market leadingcorporations, out of innovative ideas. It is an interesting business with a useful function as commercial development of new technology in most cases requires financing and support from a venture capitalist.The potential for global and innovative technologies regarding alternative fuels, energy, environmental technology and a greener future is really without limitations or boundaries.The goal for Midroc New Technology is to go for inventions that gives a good return and at the same time also provides useful global and environmental benefits. ## Brightly Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS Brightly Ventures backs bold founders on a mission to transform industries and change the world for the better. Brightly is an early-stage investor focused on the Nordics. It has a hands-on approach supporting high-potential ideas and bringing them to market. It makes a deep commitment to each investment we make and draw upon its network andcompany-building experience to help boost the journey. ## Wellstreet - Type: VC Fund - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Retail Wellstreet is an innovation and tech ecosystem that includes an investment company, a strategic consultancy firm and a venture building incubator. ## H&M Group Ventures (Prev. H&M CO:LAB) - Type: VC Fund - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Series B - Focus: E-Commerce, Fashion, Textiles H&M CO:LAB is the venture capital arm of the H&M Group. ## LT Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Krakow, Malopolskie, Poland - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, Messaging, Internet We are:Industry 4.0 seed fund. Typically, we invest around EUR 250K. If necessary, we are able to bring top-tier co-investors to the table if a bigger ticket is needed.Founder-centric. Few VC's understand that founders are the ones that run the companies. We are there to help, not to replace.Heavily networked. With contacts across theglobe, we are the bridge between great companies from the CEE and bigger funds and clients from rest of the world.Focused on CEE. In the upcoming years we will invest in around 40 companies in Central and Eastern Europe, with Poland being the main site of our investments. ## Inventure - Type: VC Fund - Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care Since 2005, Inventure has backed over 90 companies including Wolt, Swappie, Jobbatical, aiMotive, and more. ## Spintop Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS Founded in 2009, Spintop Ventures is a venture capital firm backed by a network of successful tech entrepreneurs who have invested in Spintop alongside institutional investors, family offices and some of the most experienced private investors in early stage growth companies. ## Visive Capital - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Environmental Engineering, Finance, Internet Visive Capital is a venture capital investment firm. ## FINCA Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Washington, District of Columbia, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, Education, Agriculture FINCA Ventures is an impact investing initiative of FINCA International that provides patient capital and support to early-stage social enterprises. ## Wave Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Mobile Apps, Internet Founded in 2016, Wave Ventures is the largest student-run VC in Europe, backed by Nordic unicorn founders, investing in Gen Z entrepreneurs at the earliest stage. We operate both from Finland and Sweden with a team of five people from the top universities in the region. ## BackingMinds - Type: VC Fund - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Internet, Health Care, Medical Device We help great minds unleash their full potential! ## Söderberg & Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 2 Söderberg & Partners offers a wide range of services and products within multiple business areas including: Life and Non-Life Insurance Consulting, Wealth Management and Securities. ## Vinnova - Type: VC Fund - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Grant, Seed - Focus: Health Care, Software, Biotechnology Vinnova is Sweden's innovation agency ## SoftBank - Type: VC Fund - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series B, Series C - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Internet SoftBank Group Corp. (Chairman & CEO: Masayoshi Son) Corporate and IR site provides company information such as our company profile, an overview of the company and Group companies, as well as IR and CSR. ## Luminar Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Insurance Luminar Ventures is a venture capital fund that prefers to make early-stage investments in technology companies. They engage with their portfolio companies and are actively helping with strategic, growth, team and organizational, and operational support, and together setting the foundation for future expansion.Luminar's core investment focusis on scalable digital seed-stage companies from the Nordics, founded by highly motivated and talented entrepreneurs with a vision to disrupt or transform major industries. The firm aims to provide experienced seed-stage financing and active operational support to Sweden based early-stage technology companies that are looking to disrupt or transform major industries with digital technologies and innovations. ## Kaai Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Australia, Isabela, Philippines - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Finance, Internet, Impact Investing Kaai Capital is a corporate advisory firm. ## Jindabyne Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Australia, Isabela, Philippines - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Finance, Internet, Impact Investing Jindabyne Capital is a venture capital investment firm. ## Länsförsäkringar - Type: VC Fund - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Manufacturing, Apps, Mobile Länsförsäkringar is a Swedish group of public insurance companies. ## 41an Invest - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Apps, Dating, Energy 41an Invest AB is an investment company. ## EXOR N.V. - Type: VC Fund - Location: Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series B - Focus: Manufacturing, Biotechnology, Service Industry EXOR S.p.A. is one of Europe’s leading investment companies and is controlled by the Agnelli Family. With a NAV (Net Asset Value) of over Euros 9 billion, EXOR sums up an entrepreneurial story based on more than a century of investments. EXOR makes long-term investments focused on global companies in diversified sectors, mainly in Europe and theUnited States.EXOR’s goal is to beat the MSCI World Index in Euros in the long term through the increase in its Net Asset Value (NAV). EXOR invests in different sectors, mainly in Europe and in the United States, focusing on few global companies.EXOR is a responsible owner, combining its entrepreneurial approach with a sound financial discipline. It focuses on the development of its companies, improving their competitive position and profitability. It maintains a constant dialogue with the management of the companies in which it invests, while fully respecting their operating autonomy. ## Rampersand - Type: VC Fund - Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Marketing, Enterprise Software Rampersand is an early-stage venture capital firm. We invest in the best Australian technology founders, teams and companies and are committed to helping them become major national, regional and global leaders.The rampersand team has worked with successful startups and technology firms in Australia, Silicon Valley, Israel, Europe and Asia. Ourpartners have seen numerous companies from the early stages through to successful exits including BEA Systems (acquired by Oracle for US$7.2bn), Jajah (acquired by Telefonica), Snaptu (acquired by Facebook), Onavo (acquired by Facebook), StepStone (acquired by Axel Springer) and Amobee (acquired by Singtel for over US$300m).As you can see, we have done it before and know that companies need more than just capital to succeed. ## Regen Network - Type: VC Fund - Location: Great Barrington, Massachusetts, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Finance, Internet, Impact Investing Regen Network provides tools to create standards and market for sustainable companies to buy carbon credits and nature-based solutions to reduce carbon footprint ## FAM AB - Type: VC Fund - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Manufacturing, Energy FAM is a privately owned holding company that manages assets as an active owner with a long-term ownership horizon.FAM is owned by the three largest Wallenberg foundations – the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation, the Marianne and Marcus Wallenberg Foundation, and the Marcus and Amalia Wallenberg Foundation.FAM focuses its ownership on anumber of strategic holdings and a number of alternative investments. By actively contributing to the long-term development and growth of holdings, their dividend capacity and value can increase over time.Value creation and dividends from FAM grow the value of the foundations and their ability to distribute grants for research and education.FAM aims to generate returns and real growth in FAM’s capital by leveraging the combined experience and expertise of the FAM organization and the Wallenberg family network.FAM takes an active approach to ownership by focusing on activities that are in the best interests of holdings in the long term. In its role as a leading owner, FAM works to ensure that the boards of holdings have the right composition, and that FAM’s board representatives drive strategic work.FAM’s responsibility as majority owner is exercised in an engaged and discerning manner. FAM’s investment managers, who follow and analyze the holdings and the markets they operate in, support the board representatives.FAM’s team evaluates new opportunities that are in line with the current investment and ownership philosophy. The investment managers, together with the board members associated with the companies, form a business team for each holding. The business teams are the basis for active ownership. ## Citi Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series B, Series C, Series A - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Software Citi Ventures ignites change and reimagines solutions to drive economic progress for Citi's clients. We explore, incubate, and invest in new ideas in partnership with Citi colleagues, our clients, and the innovation ecosystem to accelerate the discovery of new sources of value. ## Altor - Type: VC Fund - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Private Equity, Post-IPO Equity - Focus: Manufacturing, E-Commerce, Financial Services Entrepreneurs at heart. Engaged in partnerships built on curiosity, creativity and achieving a lasting impact. ## Navigare Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Biotechnology, Energy, Health Care Welcome to Navigare Ventures. We invest in transformational early-stage companies at the frontier of science and technology. ## LIU Invest - Type: VC Fund - Location: Linköping, Ostergotlands Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Biotechnology, Information Technology, Health Care LIU invests in companies that are based on projects and ideas from Linköping University. LIU Invest is focused on investments in early phases. Investments are typically 250 000, but can be doubled by an additional investment. # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. Core features: - 48,091 startup investors (angels, VCs, accelerators, and others) - Email, phone, LinkedIn (for intros), socials, and other contact data - Updated daily from public funding news - CSV and Excel export The User can access the full database FOR FREE after signing up: shizune.co