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November 3, 2022

Nordic VC Inventure closes €150m fund and opens for angel investments

The Nordic backer of Wolt will continue betting on high-risk startups, it insists


Mimi Billing

4 min read

Nordic VC Inventure is today announcing its fourth fund, of €150m, to back early-stage startups in the Baltics and Nordics. This fund will also see the VC dip its toes into even earlier stages by writing angel investor-sized tickets.

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An image of the Inventure team, one of the top early-stage investors in the Nordics
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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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