We partner with deep tech and brand-driven companies obsessed with challenging category norms. The Nordics are our home, but we take on a global front in spotting the unexpected - from B2B to B2C, with a sweet spot for scientific advances, strong IP, and customer understanding that looks beyond convention.

Waiting for Startups with: Idea, Team, Prototype, First Incomes, Growth
Fields of interest: Deep tech and brand-driven companies, any verticals
Benefits for Startups:  Investment
Fund range per team: Initial ticket sizes range from €200k to €3m
Investment conditions: Equity
Market focus: Focus is Nordics and Baltics, but we have a global mandate

Early stage venture capital firm announces local fintech investment plans and first hire

Fields of interest: fintech

Waiting for startups with: team, MVP, first incomes.

Benefits for startups: mentoring, investment, community, networking.

Fund range per team: from 100 000 to 2 mln USD.

Growth Engine for European Innovators in Asia

European Startups, SMEs and Incubators work with InnoEU Tech Bridge to internationalise their activities towards Asia. As a leading platform, we connect innovative entrepreneurs with investors and business leaders, e.g. from China.

Fields of interest: health, energy, transportation, security, telecom, semiconductors, iot internetofthings, construction, robotics, hardware.

Waiting for startups with: Team, Prototipe, First Incomes, Growth

Benefits for startups:  Mentoring, Investment, Community, Networking, Working space, Sponsored Business Trip to China

Market focus: East/Southeast Asia with emphasis on China 

Type of support for startups: Pre-accelerators / Accelerators, Investments, Incubators / Hubs, Supporting programs

 

Gold Venture Investment is a global investment banking company running incubators in Israel and the USA and global accelerators in Europe. We help startups in fundraising and global expansion.

Fields of interest: fintech, marketing, health, enterprise software, education, energy, transportation, food, security, real estate, travel, jobs recruitment, legal, telecom, gaming, semiconductors, IoT internet of things, sports, music, construction, kids, hosting, robotics, government, hardware, etc.

Waiting for startups with any of these options: Idea, Team, Prototype, First Incomes, Growth

Types of support for startups: Governmental support, Pre-accelerators / Accelerators, Investments, Incubators / Hubs, Sandbox, Supporting programs

Fund range per team: 200,000-5,000,000 EUR

Investment conditions: equity 

Benefits for startups: mentoring, investment, community, networking, working space

Market focus: worldwide

TNW is a global digital brand that informs, inspires and connects people who love tech through media, events and services. TNW is based in Netherlands.

TNW (short for The Next Web) is one of the world’s largest online publications that delivers an international perspective on the latest news about Internet technology, business and culture.

TNW is a global digital brand that informs, inspires and connects people who love tech, through media, events, and services.

Types of support by TNW for startups: Governmental support, Pre-accelerators / Accelerators, Investments, Incubators / Hubs, Sandbox, Supporting programs, Corporate innovation and Innovation programs

Primarily known for its media outlet thenextweb.com and award-winning tech event TNW Conference.
TNW also incorporates a co-working label (TQ.co), a global startup database (Index.co) and delivers custom innovation programs to corporates and governments via TNW X.

Waiting for the startups with: prototypes, first incomes, growth.

Focusing on global markets.

Benefits for startups: mentoring, community, networking, working spaces.

Karma Ventures (karma.vc) is an early-stage venture capital firm, specialised in late seed and A round investments in Europe’s most promising tech startups.

We back companies with strong ideas delivered with unique technology, customer traction and global ambition. karma.vc accompanies entrepreneurs in figuring out the path to growth in all aspects - commercial, strategic and technical. We believe in open and honest dialogue and the active hands-on-attitude.

 

Fields of interest: Fintech, health, enterprise software, security, real estate, IoT, robotics, deep-tech.

Waiting for startups with: First incomes, growth.

Benefits for startups: Mentoring, Investment.

Fund range per team: 300k - 3M.

Total fund size: 70M, ~20 investments.

Investment conditions: Equity. 

Market focus: Europe.

We are a group of venture capital funds, investing in enterprises in an early stage of development.

Areas of our interest include enterprises and entrepreneurs in Central and Eastern Europe, who want to conquer the global market by utilizing their self-developed solutions. Our cooperation with companies is based on a 3-8 years investment horizon. 

Fields of interest: Consumer internet, electromobility, energy, fintech, martech, adtech, medtech, IoT and hardware.

Waiting for startups with: Prototype, first incomes, growth.

Benefits for startups: Mentoring, Investment, Community, Networking.

Fund range per team: Seed/pre-seed - up to 250k EUR. Late seed - up to 4mln EUR.

Total fund size: 50M.

Investment conditions: Equity. 

Market focus: CEE.

Rockstart supports startups in becoming scalable by providing them with access to the market, capital, expertise, and community.

Rockstart is an international company that supports and empowers the best startups on their way to success. We provide startups with access to the capital, market, community, and expertise by connecting them to partners, investors, mentors and the wider Rockstart network.

Rockstart also creates programs that are customized to boost collaboration between startups and corporates, driving faster access to co-creation, commercial partnerships, and investment. Rockstart has experience in designing and executing programs for Maersk, Shell, Lely, FMO, Dutch Ministry of Health, and many others.

Fields of interest: 4 domains - Energy, Health, AgriFood, and Emerging technologies.

Waiting for startups with: Prototype, first incomes. 

Benefits for startups: Mentoring, Investment, Community, Networking, Working space, Access to capital and market opportunities.

Fund range per team: 100k plus up to 2M as a follow-up.

Total fund size: 18M in each domain. 

Investment conditions: Equity. 

Market focus: Europe.

 




Superhero Capital is to founders what Alfred is to Batman - the help from behind the scenes.

We are an early-stage VC looking for the next Superheroes from Finland and the Baltics.

 

Waiting for Startups with: Prototype, first incomes, growth.

Fields of interest: Any verticals.

Benefits for Startups: Mentoring, Investment.

Fund range per team: Up to 1M.

Investment conditions: Equity.

Market focus: Finland & Baltics.

Overkill VC is a Nordic-based angel fund, investing in early-stage B2B software startups across CEE & Nordics.

At Overkill, we provide an investment of up to €220K, coaching and access to a network of founders and investors to help you get to product-market fit. 

 

Fields of interest: Fintech, health, enterprise software, education, energy, transportation, food, security, legal, telecom, gaming, semiconductors, IoT, sports, construction, robotics, hardware.

Waiting for Startups with: Team, prototype, first incomes.

Benefits for Startups: Mentoring, Investment, Community, Networking, Working space.

Fund range per team: 40-220k

Investment conditions: Convertible loan or equity.

Market focus: CEE & Nordics.