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Industrifonden is a Nordic venture capital investor, focusing on early stage tech and life science companies with international potential. Industrifonden is an active partner to companies with ground-breaking ideas and capacity to grow. Industrifonden is an evergreen fund with SEK 4 billion ($500 m) in assets. Read more at www.industrifonden.com.

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Industrifonden exits Fältcom, Scandinavian market leader in IoT

Industrifonden and other existing owners sells its entire holding in Scandinavian IoT market leader Fältcom to Telia Company. In recent years, Fältcom has established itself as a leading innovator in the international IoT space.Headquartered in Umeå, northern Sweden, Fältcom has established itself as a front runner in the global IoT arena. Connecting vehicles, machines and buildings globally, Fältcom enables customers to manage and analyze machines, buildings, and systems online. As a result, this lowers costs, provide better information about usage and, in many cases, new and improved

Industrifonden sells Movimento to Delphi Automotive

Industrifonden and other shareholders sells Movimento, the global automotive leader for scalable software management, big data analytics and cybersecurity to Delphi Automotive, one of the world’s leading automotive technology companies.Founded in 2004 in Gothenburg, Sweden, Movimento is an industry leader for vehicle life-cycle management, software management, data and security. Annually it updates tens of millions of electronic control units in millions of vehicles for Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) and Tier-1 suppliers. Movimento has expanded internationally, with offices in

Industrifonden in partial exit from leading lifestyle brand Oatly

Industrifonden sells the majority of its shares in leading lifestyle company Oatly. The proceeds from the partial exit will be reinvested into Industrifonden's evergreen fund, and back other early-stage tech and life science pioneers. Industrifonden retains a smaller stake in the company, and welcomes a new international partner that will support the growth strategy in new key markets, and the further globalisation of the lifestyle brand.Oatly was founded in the 1990s, and is based on Swedish research from Lund University. Industrifonden joined the company in 2002, and has since 2006 been

Scandinavian life science sector attracts investors

A new report from Stockholm-based venture capital investor Industrifonden shows a great interest for life science companies in Scandinavia, with a total investment of $2.4bn from 2014 to the third quarter of 2016. One of several trends is that venture capital funds this year have increased focus on IPO’s, and this trend looks set to continue.These figures and trends are reported in Scandinavian Life Science Funding Report, 2014-2016, commissioned by Industrifonden, which has 15 life science companies in its portfolio. The report is a thorough analysis of the investment landscape and

Industrifonden Leads $6M Series A Round in Soundtrap

Soundtrap, enabling anyone to make audio collaboratively from any device across continents, raises $6 million (SEK 50 million) in a Series A round lead by the Nordic VC Industrifonden. Additional new investors including Peter Sterky, former CFO and COO at Spotify, and existing owners also participated in the round. With the investment, Soundtrap will now continue building on the uniqueness of its product and take it to new global markets.Soundtrap is the first easy-to-use cloud-based music making platform enabling collaboration between people from anywhere in the world across all operating

Industrifonden strengthens its Life Science team

Industrifonden strengthens its Life Science investment team by recruiting Patrik Sobocki as Investment Manager. Patrik has extensive experience from the pharmaceutical industry, academic research and developing startup companies.Before joining Industrifonden, Patrik Sobocki held the position of European Chief Operating Officer for the business area Real World Evidence at IMS Health, the world’s leading provider of information and technology services to the healthcare industry. The role included responsibility for IMS Health’s M&A strategy within Real World Evidence. At Industrifonden,

Industrifonden exits Accedo with 7x return on investment

The Sweden-based venture capital investor Industrifonden sells its entire holding in Accedo, the global leader in television and video experience services, to SEB Private Equity. In recent years, Accedo has been named one of Sweden's fastest growing companies. The company has SEK 320 million ($40 million) in revenue, more than 100 million users and 400 employees globally. The transaction generates a return of seven times the investment for Industrifonden.Accedo’s TV and video solutions are used by hundreds of millions of people globally. The company has close partnerships with some of the

Industrifonden appoints new Investment Director/Head of Business Unit Life Science

Industrifonden has appointed Nina Rawal as new Investment Director/Head of Business Unit Life Science. She replaces Lennart Hansson who transitions into a role of Senior Advisor.“Nina Rawal’s extensive background, expertise and strong commitment make her perfectly suited to take over the reins and to continue developing our engagement within Life Science. At the same time, I am delighted that we can keep Lennart Hansson as part of the team. Through his important contribution, Industrifonden is now one of the leading Life Science investors in the Nordic region. Lennart will now have the

Industrifonden makes new investment in FinTech company Qapital

Industrifonden has led a SEK 30 M founding round together with Northzone in Swedish FinTech company Qapital. Qapital operates on the US market and will use the funding to further develop and expand its digital banking service.Qapital is a new mobile banking service that combines social functions and game-inspired automatic savings with traditional products such as bank cards and savings accounts. Users set personal targets for their savings in Qapital’s mobile application. Qapital automatically transfers small amounts to a savings account depending on which triggers the user has chosen.

Industrifonden co-leads investment round totaling EUR 15.8 M in rising mobile star Widespace

Industrifonden invests another EUR 5 M in Widespace, one of Sweden’s fastest-growing technology companies, further bolstering the fast-paced expansion in key markets.Brand mobile advertising company Widespace is one of Sweden’s fastest-growing technology companies, reaching 230 million unique users across Europe, the US, Brazil and the MENA region every month. The company, founded in 2007 by entrepreneurs Henric Ehrenblad and Patrik Fagerlund has received top rankings in Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500 over the past two years. Industrifonden takes the co-lead on a new financing round in

Industrifonden leads investment round totalling EUR 4 M in Barnebys

Industrifonden leads an investment round totalling EUR 4 M for the auction search service Barnebys. The funding will be used to bolster the company’s international expansion in the form of both marketing and recruitment.Barnebys is an auction search service with more than half a million items and just over one thousand searchable auction houses. 80 percent of the company’s revenues are generated internationally and, of these, the US accounts for about 20 percent. The company has experienced strong growth and has doubled its sales since 2014. “More and more people are becoming interested

Industrifonden sells all shares in Cobolt

Stockholm based company Cobolt AB has been acquired by German Hübner Group. For Industrifonden, as one of the main owners of Cobolt, the acquisition means a sale of the entire holding of 39%.The Hübner Group is a systems supplier for the transportation industry. Since 2006 the group has expanded to also include photonics and high-frequency electronics. Cobolt develops and manufactures high performance laser products for use in scientific applications and demanding industrial environments. The acquisition is an important addition to the Hübner Group’s further expansion in the field and

Industrifonden invests in Athera Biotechnologies

Industrifonden invests 11 million SEK in Swedish Life Science company Athera Biotechnologies AB. Athera Biotechnologies AB is a privately held biopharmaceutical company focused on developing a new antibody against cardiovascular diseases.Industrifonden participates in the 24 million SEK financing round led by Industrifonden, Östersjöstiftelsen and Linc Invest. The proceeds will be used to finance further clinical development of Athera’s lead project PC-mAb, currently in clinical Phase I studies, to become a Phase 2-ready project. PC-mAb provides an opportunity to address the need for

Industrifonden invests in Nextory - the digital book service of the future

Together with private investors and Aggregate Media, Industrifonden is investing SEK 20 million in Nextory AB, which is developing and offering the digital book service of the future. The current owners are also participating in the financing round.With Nextory’s service, users can read and listen to an unlimited number of digital books for a fixed subscription price. The subscription includes the market’s widest selection of e-books, including a large range of bestsellers. “The combination of a large selection of titles, modern subscription model and strong team sold us on Nextory.

Pharmalink raises SEK 96 million in a share issue led by Industrifonden and Investinor

Industrifonden and Investinor of Norway are investing a combined SEK 79 million in the specialty pharma company Pharmalink. Private investors are also participating in the share issue, which totals SEK 96 million. The money will be used for the further development of Pharmalink’s product portfolio.Pharmalink is a specialty pharma company that improves and refines existing drugs. Its current projects are Nefecon as a treatment for nephritis and Busulipo as a treatment for bone marrow transplantation. The company is raising capital now in order to implement clinical studies of Nefecon and

Industrifonden invests in Anyfi Networks

Industrifonden is investing SEK 9 million in Malmö, Sweden-based Anyfi Networks, which is developing a technology for wireless Wi-Fi networks, so that users can access their home networks from anywhere. The current owners are also participating in the new share issue, which totals SEK 10 million. The money will be used for expansion and marketing.Anyfi Networks offers a unique technology that enables operators to provide a secure and automatic connection to the end customer’s home network, regardless of where the customer is at the time. No installation is required in the user’s phone or

Industrifonden invests in Actiwave

Industrifonden is investing SEK 13 million in Actiwave, which is developing a technology that improves audio quality in mobile phones, tablets and other devices. The current owner, SEB Venture Capital, is also participating in the new issue. The money will be used for a market launch.Actiwave, a spin-off from research at Linköping University, has developed a new technology to improve sound quality in small speakers with limited space and battery capacity, e.g., in mobile phones, laptops, tablets and televisions. Actiwave combines expertise in acoustics and human hearing with pioneering

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