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September 13, 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

Mimi Billing

5 min read

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.

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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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