Investors in Ar

Novalis Biotech is an early-stage venture capital investor in life sciences. They welcome innovative concepts in healthcare and aim to support their development from the state of incorporation. Their investment focus is on “enabling technologies” in life sciences. They strongly believe in capital-light platform technology and close interaction with customers early in the life of the company. Focus areas include innovative research and manufacturing tools, bioinformatics, genomics, diagnostics, and digital health.

Lean FUND is a privately held seed and early stage investment fund managed by experienced entrepreneurs. On top of their first-round investment, they provide coaching from their integrated Lean REACTOR. Their vision is to spark a chain reaction of European innovation and fuel entrepreneurship from their base camp in Belgium.

Viralety is an adventure capital fund that invests in aspiring and passionate entrepreneurs with disruptive ideas determined to build companies with long-term worth. They aim to be a strong strategic partner throughout the first difficult steps of a startup's journey by investing mostly seed or even pre-seed capital for startup R&D, product development, and expansion while providing strategic guidance.

A purpose-driven global investment organization, EQT has a 30-year track record of delivering consistent and attractive returns across multiple geographies, sectors, and strategies. They have multiple funds under management: EQT Ventures, EQT Life Sciences, EQT Private Equity, etc.

Aggregate Media is a venture capital fund that specializes in media-for-equity investments, aimed at boosting companies' marketing efforts. Founded in 2002, the fund has facilitated over 250 transactions across diverse industries. Supported by prominent Nordic media houses, Aggregate Media offers a wide-ranging media mix, from out-of-home and magazines to radio, daily press, display, and TV. This support enables companies lacking capital for media advertising to accelerate their expansion and growth.

Rite specializes in investing in Swedish and Finnish companies operating in IT-services, Software as a Service, and e-commerce sectors. As an active investor, Rite is dedicated to enhancing and preparing early-stage growth companies for advancement into the midmarket. Leveraging a robust value creation process and a steadfast sector-specific focus, Rite serves as a catalyst in nurturing its portfolio companies towards achieving their maximum potential.

Curus is a rapidly expanding investment firm specializing in digital health across the Nordic region, investing across early-stage to growth phases. With a portfolio spanning from minority stakes to fully owned subsidiaries, Curus has made approximately 22 investments to date, supporting prominent entrepreneurs like those behind Mindler, Doctrin, Knodd, Findout Diagnostic, Health Integrator, and Medicheck. Founded as the investment arm of Add Health Media, Curus aims to empower top-tier founders with capital, expertise, strategic guidance, and network access to foster long-term business growth. Supported by seasoned experts in digital health, Curus actively seeks new investment opportunities and acquisitions that complement its subsidiary, Add Health Media. The firm is backed by long-term investors including Alfvén & Didrikson, Stefan Bengtsson's CBS Capital, Alex Stendahl's Stone Valley Group, Lars Lindgren's Venture Securities, Christian Dahlberg (former CEO of SEB in New York), and Johan Bloom, founder of Curus and Add Health Media.

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.

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.

"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"

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.