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Norway's Investinor out raising new LP fund amid European push to fund scaleups

The state-backed investor aims to bring more pension fund money into VC

Anne Sraders

4 min read

Norwegian government-backed firm Investinor is out fundraising for a new LP fund targeting around €200m-300m (2bn-3bn NOK) to back early- and growth-stage VC funds to boost the local ecosystem.

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Anne Sraders

Anne Sraders is a senior reporter at Sifted, based in Berlin. She covers the VC industry and deeptech startups. She also writes Sifted's weekly VC newsletter Up Round. Follow her on X and LinkedIn

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