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April 23, 2026

Ex-Creandum partner launches fund to help scaleups raise capital via bonds

Swedish Voi previously raised €90m through bonds. Now growth fund Always Summer wants to deliver similar deals for other scaleups


Mimi Billing

5 min read

Always Summer's founders Fredrik Hjelm, Sabina Wizander, Johannes Schildt and Taner Pikdöken.

European scaleups often struggle to raise growth capital. Now a group including Voi founder Fredrik Hjelm and Kry’s Johannes Schildt is teaming up with former Creandum partner Sabina Wizander and hedge fund manager Taner Pikdöken to launch a fund aimed at changing that — using bonds.

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Mimi Billing

Mimi Billing is Sifted's Europe editor, based in Stockholm. She covers the Nordics and can be found on X and LinkedIn

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