The Nordics is usually thought of as the home of large climate tech scaleups like H2 Green Steel and Northvolt. The two giants combined raised €9bn in January of this year — a huge portion of the €11.5bn in equity and debt funding raised by startups in the region in the first seven months of 2024.
The most active early-stage investors in the Nordics
These VCs have all done five or more early-stage deals so far in 2024
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