Investors in Sweden

VEQ, headquartered in Stockholm, is an investment company dedicated to supporting early-stage technology founders striving for positive impact. Specializing in pre-seed and seed stages across Europe, with a particular focus on the Nordics and the Baltics, VEQ acts as a long-term and engaged owner. The firm's mission is to assist founders in transforming innovative ideas into successful and profitable businesses through strategic investment and active support.

Granitor specializes in investing in cutting-edge technologies with significant commercial potential and global relevance. Primarily focused on Swedish companies, Granitor supports innovations in solar-powered water purification, sustainable food production, environmentally neutral energy solutions, zero-emissions transportation, and breakthrough medicines for previously untreatable diseases. By making early investments and maintaining a long-term commitment, Granitor aims to propel sustainable innovations forward, bridging the gap to market adoption. The firm's philosophy emphasizes active engagement and strategic leadership, playing a pivotal role in the operational and strategic development of its portfolio companies.

Zenith is a boutique VC fund that supports early-stage B2B software companies across the Nordics. Specializing in post-revenue businesses addressing real-world business challenges, Zenith prioritizes building enduring relationships with each portfolio company. Beyond providing financial support, Zenith actively engages with its portfolio, supporting them through the challenges and growth phases of business development. Rooted in ESG principles, Zenith believes that successful businesses can and should contribute positively to society.

CBC Investment Group invests in early stage IT and MedTech companies with a high level of innovation and a globally scalable business model. CBC also maintains a network of non-professional private investors that are given the opportunity to invest in companies within the CBC portfolio.

Founded in 2014 in Sweden, Vargas specializes in identifying, validating, financing, launching, and scaling impact companies. Focused on accelerating decarbonization in hard-to-abate industries, Vargas pushes boundaries in critical sectors such as green batteries, steel, and hydrogen. Companies like Polarium, Northvolt, and H2 Green Steel exemplify Vargas' greenfield model, demonstrating their approach to building companies from inception to success.

"Cloud Capital specialises in investing in SaaS-companies in Sweden through financing solutions that are optimised for the SaaS-business model. We provide traditional venture capital funding, non-dilutive growth capital as a loan - or a combination of both. -Growth capital from €250.000 – €1.000.000 -Don’t give up control or equity -Optimized for SaaS businesses"

Nicoya is a business-accelerating investment company deeply committed to food tech, driven by a relentless pursuit of meaningful impact for people, planet, and health. Their ambition is to establish themselves as the leading investor and acceleration partner for mission-driven food tech companies across the Nordics and beyond. Nicoya invests with a long-term perspective, aiming to foster sustainable impact in the realms of people, planet, and health.

Alfvén & Didrikson is an active and long-term backer of passionate entrepreneurs and ambitious teams. Since 2010, the Alfvén & Didrikson team has made investments in fast growing European companies such as Trustly, Quinyx, Acast, Mentimeter, Tellent and Airmee.

BLQ, or Building Legacy Quota, is a tech fund based in Stockholm, Sweden, dedicated to investing in early-stage tech companies navigating the challenging "valley of death" phase. Their mission is to build a lasting legacy by refining and supporting these companies methodically, aiming for profitability and sustained impact long into the future.

Founded in 2014, we are a prominent fintech investor in Northern Europe and a founding member of the Swedish FinTech Association. Specializing in early-stage investments, we focus on unlisted companies and actively assist them in implementing strong business processes. With a portfolio of over 40 companies across fintech and related sectors like e-commerce and insurtech, we support startups with scalable concepts and dedicated teams across Northern European markets from our offices in Stockholm and Helsinki.

EQT Ventures is a multi-stage VC fund fuelled by some of the world's most obsessive company builders, engineers, designers, marketers, data scientists and scaling experts from success stories such as Booking.com, King, Spotify and Hotels.com. Recognising that building a global success story takes more than just capital, EQT Ventures'​ operational experts are on hand to advise and support ambitious founders on their journeys to building global winners.

Navigare Ventures is an early-stage investor specializing in science-driven companies, focusing on deep tech sectors such as advanced computing, quantum technologies, synthetic biology, advanced materials, and data-driven life sciences. They are committed long-term investors, supporting companies from Seed to Series A and beyond, and emphasize forming enduring partnerships with founders. Navigare Ventures leverages their extensive industrial and scientific networks to provide capital, networks, and expertise to facilitate the transformation of science startups into successful enterprises.