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Northzone Venture capital

London, GB · founded 1996 · checks $2M seed to $40M growth · website

Founded in 1996 in Norway as one of the Nordics' first venture firms, later expanding across Europe and relocating its main hub to London. It rode the Nordic tech wave from dial-up era to Spotify.

Strategy

Multi-stage: seed to growth, with a 2022 flagship fund of €1B; Nordic roots, pan-European and selectively US scope.

Sector focus

Consumer, fintech, SaaS, gaming, health

Notable investments

Spotify, Klarna, iZettle, Trustpilot, Kahoot!, Personio

Notable exits

Spotify direct listing (Northzone backed it from the 2008 Series A), iZettle ($2.2B to PayPal), Trustpilot IPO

Fun fact

Northzone led Spotify's Series A in 2008 when most investors thought licensed music streaming was commercially impossible.

At a glance

54 portfolio companies
70 rounds
28 led
$5.2B total

Portfolio

CompanyRoundsInvested
Forto
Logistics
2 rounds$470M
Tier Mobility
Mobility
2 rounds$450M
Hopin
SaaS B2B
1 round$400M
Einride
Logistics
2 rounds$310M
Black Forest Labs
AI
1 round$300M
Black Forest Labs
AI
1 round$300M
Zopa
fintech
1 round$260.8M
Flink
E-Commerce
3 rounds$212.8M
Blitzy
DevTools
1 round, 1 led$200M
Wagestream
Fintech
2 rounds$197M
Wallapop
Marketplace
1 round$157M
XBOW
Cybersecurity
1 round, 1 led$155M
Pollen
Mobility
1 round$138.3M
FINOM
Fintech
1 round$133.4M
Yonder
Fintech
3 rounds, 3 led$105.5M
Personio
HR Tech
1 round$103.6M
Holidu
Consumer
1 round$100M
Homa
Gaming
1 round$100M
TrueLayer
Fintech
2 rounds, 1 led$95M
Stream
Fintech
1 round$90M
CarOnSale
Marketplace
1 round, 1 led$81.2M
Anyfin
Fintech
2 rounds, 1 led$81M
Flower
energy
2 rounds, 2 led$74.8M
Labster
EdTech
1 round$60M
Tandem Health
Healthtech
2 rounds, 1 led$59.5M
Magic
ai_ml
1 round$52M
Katana
SaaS B2B
2 rounds, 1 led$51.2M
Medwing
HR Tech
1 round$47M
Sona
HR Tech
1 round$45M
Mimo
Fintech
2 rounds, 2 led$39.3M
Goals
SaaS B2B
2 rounds, 1 led$35M
Predoc
Healthtech
1 round$30M
CuspAI
Climate
1 round$30M
Topline Pro
SaaS B2B
1 round, 1 led$27M
spektr
Fintech
2 rounds, 1 led$25.4M
Monumental
Robotics
1 round$25M
Stockeld Dreamery
FoodTech
1 round, 1 led$19.4M
Riff
DevTools
1 round, 1 led$16.2M
Disperse
AI
1 round$16M
Duvo
SaaS B2B
1 round$15M
Defacto
Fintech
1 round, 1 led$15M
Murphy
AI
1 round, 1 led$15M
Reonic
saas_b2b
1 round, 1 led$13.7M
AirForestry
AgriTech
1 round, 1 led$11.1M
Solvimon
Fintech
1 round, 1 led$9.7M
Fiberplane
DevTools
1 round$8.8M
Brickanta
PropTech
1 round, 1 led$8M
Kota
InsurTech
1 round$5.4M
Tuza
Fintech
1 round$5M
Seamflow
SaaS B2B
1 round, 1 led$4.5M
Rayon
PropTech
1 round, 1 led$4.3M
automaited
SaaS B2B
1 round$4M
Microverse
EdTech
1 round$3.9M
Statement
Fintech
1 round, 1 led$1.9M

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