# Top 50 Manufacturing Startup Investors in Sweden in May 2026

## Almi Invest
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 16
- 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.

## Chalmers Ventures AB
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Göteborg, Vastra Gotaland, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 12
- 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

## Creandum
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 6
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Mobile

We support early-stage founders in building global, category-defining companies. From Seed to IPO and beyond.

## Wellstreet
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 5
- 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.

## Industrifonden
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 5
- 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.

## Gustaf Hagman
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: Robotics, Automotive, Industrial Automation

Gustaf Hagman CEO and Co-founder - LeoVegas Group

## Spintop Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 3
- 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.

## Sting Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Kista, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 3
- 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.

## Saeid Esmaeilzadeh
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Legal, Advice, Internet

Saeid Esmaeilzadeh

## Mount Wilson Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Pasadena, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Manufacturing, Chemical, Artificial Intelligence

MWV invests in early-stage startups solving well-defined problems in large markets with solutions built on a foundation of intellectual property and proven science.

## Tobias Emanuelsson
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS

Tobias Emanuelsson is a Founder and CEO at Polar Structure AB. He previously worked as the Founding Partner and Head of Transactions at Scandinavian Property Group.

## Otto Jettman
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Shoes, Manufacturing

Otto Jettman is a record producer and remixer.

## Henrik Norlander
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Shoes, Manufacturing

Henrik Norlander is a professional golfer and plays on the PGA Tour.

## Leo Giertz
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Customer Service, Technical Support

Leo Giertz - General Partner @ Icebreaker.vc

## Point Nine
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Internet

Point Nine Capital is a Berlin-based venture capital firm focused exclusively on early-stage Internet investments in areas like Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), online marketplaces, and mobile.The fund and its managers, Pawel Chudzinski and Christoph Janz have backed a number of highly successful Internet companies such as Delivery Hero, Clio,Shiftplanning, Vend, Typeform, and Zendesk from their earliest stages.

## Teknoinvest
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series B, Series A
- Focus: Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical

Teknoinvest is a premier Scandinavian venture capital company. They invest in areas of emerging technologies within the ITC and Life Sciences sectors. Their main geographical scope is Scandinavia and the USA. Teknoinvest was established as the first venture capital investment company. Teknoinvest is one of the most successful VC´s in Scandinaviaaccording to track record of value created for their investors.

## Forward Venture Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Financial Services, E-Commerce

Forward Venture Capital is a Venture Capital fund that invests in early-stage companies in the US and Europe. We support early stage entrepreneurs and help them accelerate their growth.

## 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.

## NFT Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Finance

We drive the fintech revolution Next Financial Technology Ventures Backing fintech pioneers since 2014 We aim to capture the shift in the financial industry and empower the entrepreneurs to realize their potential Our Story Strong portfolio across Fintech View the full portfolio Exciting news from the NFT portfolio View all news

## Norrlandsfonden
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Luleå, Norrbottens Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Information Technology, Software, Pharmaceutical

Norrlandsfonden, a trust fund, develops companies across all industries from production industry and tourism to IT and biotechnology.

## Northzone
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology

Northzone is a venture capital fund with a perspective shaped by lives as entrepreneurs. Since 1996, they've made over 175 investments and invest from Seed to Growth. They've partnered with the founders of Spotify, Avito, iZettle, Klarna, Hopin, and hundreds of others to build category-defining businesses. They've raised €1bn inSeptember 2022.

## Länsförsäkringar
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Manufacturing, Apps, Mobile

Länsförsäkringar is a Swedish group of public insurance companies.

## SamInvest Mitt
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Härnösand, Vasternorrlands Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 2
- 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.

## Investa Företagskapital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sundsvall, Vasternorrlands Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 2
- Focus: Manufacturing, Hardware, Software

Investa Företagskapital is a venture capital company focusing on small and medium sized expanding companies.

## 42CAP
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Munich, Bayern, Germany
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence

42CAP is a seed stage investment firm based in Munich, Germany.
They initially invest € 0.5 to 1.5m in seed-stage tech- and data-driven companies across Europe with global ambition.With eCircle they previously built one of Europe’s largest SaaS companies and sold the profitable business to Teradata (NYSE:TDC) in 2012.

## Eqvitec
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Enterprise Software

Eqvitec Partners is a privately owned and independent Nordic private equity firm, advising six funds with a total capital base of over €500 million. Equity funds invest in technology companies in all phases from early-stage to buyouts. Mezzanine funds focus on buyouts and expansion financing.Eqvitec Partners offers a combination of experienceand expertise to companies with an attractive business model and solid growth potential. They spend a lot of time with the portfolio companies working closely with the management on a board level. Their aim is to add significant value, particularly via intellectual capital, with a focus on strategy implementation and business development. In addition, they bring a significant network and financial know-how to their portfolio companies. Eqvitec funds typically exit the investments after 3-6 years through a trade sale or a stock exchange floatation.Eqvitec Partners was established in 1997 and currently has 15 employees in the Helsinki and Stockholm offices.They are a member of the Finnish Venture Capital Association (FVCA), Swedish Venture Capital Association (SVCA), European Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (EVCA) and Nordic Venture Network (NVN).

## Headline
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- 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.

## CapMan
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Private Equity, Series B
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing

CapMan is a leading Nordic private assets management and investment company. They have built value in unlisted businesses, real estate and infrastructure for 30 years. They serve investors in the private assets class on a broad scale. Their roots are Nordic but their handprint and their networks are international.At CapMan, they build betterorganised, managed, and financially stable companies, because this contributes to overall economic well-being. More jobs and innovations equal better conditions for the society. Similarly, they invest in real estate and infrastructure, because they believe that functional high-quality environments and utilities are cornerstones for functioning societies.

## Tord Wingren
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Internet of Things, Security, Smart Home

Tord brings over 25 years experience in the mobile and wireless industries. He previously lead Ericsson Mobile Platforms, as the company's first CEO, to become the worlds leading mobile phone platform provider. While at Ericsson Tord oversaw the development of the technology that later became Bluetooth, and has since served in executive rolesat Samsung Electronics and Nanoradio.

## Startup Factory
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Herzliya, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: Manufacturing, Semiconductor

Startup Factory is created and managed by dozens of Israel’s recognized industry and technology leaders and offers an early stage investment fund to technology entrepreneurs. They came together to provide new companies with a better starting point, promote and cultivate brilliant ideas and entrepreneurs. They do this by an investment modelconsisting of the following:» An industry leader will join each venture: One of their Members joins each of their portfolio companies in an active mentoring position, such as Chairman.» An open access to their network and expertise: Their entrepreneurs have access to the broad network, skill set and diverse expertise that their members offer.» Cultivation towards further investment rounds: provide sufficient financing to reach a significant milestone that will enable further financing and growth of the company.

## Santander
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Debt Financing, Seed, Series A
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Software

Our purpose is to help people and businesses prosper. We strive to make all we do Simple, Personal and Fair.

## Henrik Grundén
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Shoes, Manufacturing

Henrik Grundén

## 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.

## Atlantic Bridge
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence

Atlantic Bridge is a growth equity technology Fund with offices in Dublin, London, Palo Alto, Beijing, and Hong Kong. They focus on Middle Market Technology investments across Europe, with a strong emphasis on a transatlantic business building and investment exit model. We focus on making domain-specific investments in growth-stage companies,specifically in sectors such as Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Robotics, Computer Visioning, IoT, Big Data, etc.Atlantic Bridge brings together a unique team of technology entrepreneurs, experienced managers, finance professionals, and investment experts. The team contains a wealth of international business experience across Europe, the US, and Asia. They have worked together in various capacities for the last 30 years, bringing a true partnership approach to their firm and their investments. Its investors include the founders, leading institutional investors, and private investors with a track record of investment in successful technology companies.Atlantic Bridge has developed a unique and differentiated strategy that focuses on specific technology themes and the implementation of the “Atlantic Bridge Model” for scaling companies internationally. The “Bridge Model” accelerates the scale-up of technology companies in the US and Chinese markets. This approach is highly differentiated and has delivered strong performance results to date.

## Colibri Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Solna, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Biotechnology, Manufacturing, Medical Device

Colibri Ventures invest in early-stage life science companies and help accelerate their innovations into commercial products.

## Boundary Holding
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Belgium
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Drones, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence

Boundary Holding is a European deep tech investment firm with presence in Luxembourg and France that invests in technologies enabling 4th industrial revolution.

## EXOR N.V.
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Manufacturing, Health Care, Biotechnology

EXOR is a holding company based in the Netherlands that the Agnelli family controls. The company has a diverse portfolio of investments in various industries, including automotive, real estate, and finance. The company is known for taking a long-term approach to its assets and has a reputation for being a patient and value-oriented investor. Thecompany's primary focus is on creating long-term value for its shareholders by actively managing and growing its portfolio of investments.EXOR's core mission is to cultivate exceptional enterprises, simultaneously nurturing opportunities for its talented workforce to flourish, make meaningful societal contributions, and yield outstanding returns for its valued investors.

## Filip Weintraub
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: Hardware, Software, Manufacturing

Mr. Filip Weintraub is an Angel Investor.

## Almi Invest GreenTech
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Waste Management, Chemical, Recycling

Almi Invest GreenTech is a venture capital company and an active start-up investor.

## Muirfield Invest
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Post-IPO Equity
- Focus: SaaS, Shoes, Video

Swedish VC run by the Kinell family.

## 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.

## Sciety
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Health Care, Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical

Whether you are an investor seeking impactful returns or an entrepreneur looking to take your business to the next level, Sciety is your go-to partner. Join Sciety Venture Partners to invest in the most promising life science companies in the Nordics or get in touch to learn how we can help to turn your life science or health tech innovation into a thriving business.

## Corinthian Properties
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Medical, Manufacturing, Medical Device

Corinthian Properties is an investment Firm.

## FAM AB
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Grant
- Focus: Manufacturing, Energy, Mining

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.

## Mosaic Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, FinTech, Information Technology

We back founders who are reimagining the world. We invest $1-10m early, in those building daring adventures in Europe.

## Bring Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, B2B, Information Technology

Bring Ventures is the Corporate Venture arm of the Norway Post Group. Bring Ventures is dedicated to invest in disruptive and ambitious seed and early phase companies within sustainability and digitalization. We strive to be a value-adding investor by building close relationships, exchange capabilities, expertise, customers and volumes.
We believethe success of the future will be created together in a collaboration with other actors such as universities, innovation environments and start-ups. We want to contribute to create and build completely new type of business models – like ecosystem.

## Lars Thunell
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: Solar, FinTech, Robotics

Lars H. Thunell, a Swedish national, is Executive Vice President and CEO of IFC (International Finance Corporation), a member of the World Bank Group.Lars Thunell is leading IFC in its mission to promote sustainable private sector development. Since joining the Corporation in January 2006, Lars Thunell has advanced growth of IFC's businessand its mission to create opportunities in emerging markets and improve people's lives. He has visited 60 developing countries to see firsthand how IFC can best help its clients with financing and advisory services, and endorsed further decentralization of IFC.Lars Thunell joined IFC after a successful career in the financial services industry. Most recently, he was the Chief Executive Officer of SEB, a North European commercial and investment bank. In the 1990s, Lars Thunell served as the Chief Executive Officer of Trygg-Hansa, a Swedish insurance company, and as Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Nordbanken.As President and Chief Executive Officer of Securum, an asset management company established by the Swedish government, he played a key role in the government's strategy for resolving the country's banking crisis of the 1990s. Under Lars Thunell's leadership, Securum was able to restructure and sell off distressed assets held by the government more quickly than originally expected, recovering value for the Swedish taxpayer.Previously, he worked at ABB Zurich and at American Express in New York. He has also held numerous board positions with international companies and nongovernmental organizations.Lars Thunell graduated with a doctorate from the University of Stockholm and was a research fellow at the Harvard University Center for International Affairs.

## Capital A Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Charleston, South Carolina, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: 3D Printing, Software, 3D Technology

venture capital and private equity for early stage businesses

## H&M Group Ventures (Prev. H&M CO:LAB)
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: E-Commerce, Fashion, Textiles

H&M CO:LAB is the venture capital arm of the H&M Group.

## Emil Söderlund
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: Hardware, Software, Manufacturing

Carflip CEO, Emil Söderlund

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