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Northzone

Founders Bjorn Stray Ingar Ostby Karl-Christian Agerup Tellef Thorleifsson

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Total investments 296
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$43M
Portfolio companies 157
Rounds per year 10.57
Lead investments 81
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.47
Exits 42
Key employees 9
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Seed

Areas of investment

  • Software
  • FinTech
  • E-Commerce
  • Information Technology
  • Financial Services
Summary

Northzone appeared to be the VC, which was created in 1996. The main office of represented VC is situated in the Stockholm. The fund was located in Europe if to be more exact in Sweden.

The current fund was established by Bjorn Stray, Tellef Thorleifsson. The overall number of key employees were 9.

For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - Sweden. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Advertising, SaaS. The fund has no exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. In case when startup counts 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to get the investment is meager. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Spotify, Klarna, IZettle. Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 4-5 years to get the investment from the fund.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 3-4 partakers. Despite the Northzone, startups are often financed by Global Founders Capital, GP Bullhound, Index Ventures. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Industrifonden, Conor Venture Partners, Global Founders Capital. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Industrifonden, Index Ventures, Creandum.

The important activity for fund was in 2018. Despite it in 2019 the fund had an activity. Opposing the other organizations, this Northzone works on 10 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments. When the investment is from Northzone the average startup value is more than 1 billion dollars. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars. The increased amount of exits for fund were in 2018. The fund is generally included in 7-12 deals every year. Considering the real fund results, this VC is 25 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

spektr

$5M21 Feb 2024 Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark

Jow

Apps
E-Commerce
Food and Beverage
Grocery
Shopping
$13M08 Feb 2024 Paris, Ile-de-France, France

Finom

Financial Services
FinTech
$59M17 Jan 2024 Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

Salus Mental

Health Care
$4M20 Nov 2023 -

Defacto

B2B
Credit
E-Commerce
FinTech
Information Technology
Lending
$11M14 Nov 2023 Paris, Ile-de-France, France

Solvimon

Finance
Payments
Software
$10M13 Nov 2023 -

Era Finance

Apps
Financial Services
Service Industry
$3M09 Nov 2023 San Francisco, California, United States

Rayon

Apps
Architecture
Interior Design
Software
$4M27 Sep 2023 Paris, Ile-de-France, France

Quench

Content Creators
Social Media
Video
$5M24 Jul 2023 London, England, United Kingdom
News
Spring Health Scores $190M Series C Round

– Spring Health, the most comprehensive global mental health solution for employers and health plans, has secured $190m in Series C funding.
– Top healthcare investor Kinnevik led the round and was joined by new investor The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America (Guardian Life), along with existing investors Tiger Global, Northzone, RRE Ventures, Rethink Impact, Work-Bench, William K Warren Foundation, SemperVirens, Able Partners, and True Capital Ventures.
– The company’s total investment to date is $300m, bringing the company’s current valuation to $2bn on the heels of approximately 6x revenue growth over the past year.

Fintech startup SellersFunding raises $166.5M in equity, credit round to support e-commerce sellers

– SellersFunding secured $166.5m in a combination of Series A equity funding and a credit facility.
Northzone led the round and was joined by Endeavor Catalyst and Fasanara.
– The company created a digital platform that delivers financial tools and resources to streamline global commerce for thousands of marketplaces, including working capital, cross-border cash management, tax solutions and business valuation.
– The company has consistently grown 300% year over year.

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Total investments 296
Average round size 43M
Rounds per year 10.57
Peak activity year 2021
Lead investments 81
Follow on index 0.47
Exits 42
Group Appearance index 0.90

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

spektr

$5M21 Feb 2024 Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark

Jow

Apps
E-Commerce
Food and Beverage
Grocery
Shopping
$13M08 Feb 2024 Paris, Ile-de-France, France

Finom

Financial Services
FinTech
$59M17 Jan 2024 Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

Salus Mental

Health Care
$4M20 Nov 2023 -

Defacto

B2B
Credit
E-Commerce
FinTech
Information Technology
Lending
$11M14 Nov 2023 Paris, Ile-de-France, France

Solvimon

Finance
Payments
Software
$10M13 Nov 2023 -

Era Finance

Apps
Financial Services
Service Industry
$3M09 Nov 2023 San Francisco, California, United States

Rayon

Apps
Architecture
Interior Design
Software
$4M27 Sep 2023 Paris, Ile-de-France, France

Quench

Content Creators
Social Media
Video
$5M24 Jul 2023 London, England, United Kingdom
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