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Top Nordic AI founders back Inception Fund’s €21m micro fund

Backers include Taveet Hinrikus and founders of Lovable, Legora and Aris Machina


Mimi Billing

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Inception Fund's team Caroline Cronstedt, Oliver Molander, Peter Sarlin and Erik Lindblad

Stockholm-based Inception Fund has announced its official launch with a closed angel and pre-seed micro fund of €21m.

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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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