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May 6, 2021

Atomico cofounder Ljungman launches Moonfire Ventures

Mattias Ljungman believes there's a serious gap in Europe's seed stage investment. His new firm's trying to change that.


Chris O’Brien

3 min read

Moonfire Ventures founder Mattias Ljungman

For more than a decade, Mattias Ljungman helped shake up Europe’s once-sleepy VC scene as the cofounder of Atomico, the $2.7bn firm that has backed the likes of Klarna and Lilium. 

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Chris O’Brien

Chris O’Brien is a writer for Sifted. He covers French tech, and can be found on X and LinkedIn

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