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Startup investing and growth has exploded in the Nordic region.
The area has begun to attract big US venture capital firms such as Sequoia.
US funds in the Nordics were a rarity but now the landscape has changed, local investors told Insider.
There used to be a time where the main way for Nordic entrepreneurs to be successful was to decamp to Silicon Valley.
Now, the Valley is coming to northernmost Europe as funds look to pick out the best new tech startups.
The first quarter of 2021 saw a record $1.56 billion invested into tech startups from Norway, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, and Iceland by US funds, per Dealroom data. It s part of a larger trend of Bay Area investors looking beyond their traditional patch, with the Nordics now an established destination for venture capital dollars.
6 Oslo VCs discuss 2021 trends, deal flow and regional opportunities
The Nordic countries make up just 4% of Europe’s total population, but they account for a significant amount of venture capital investment.
That said, Norway’s VC community has been somewhat dormant for a while. The country makes far too much money from oil, giving it one of the world’s largest sovereign wealth funds and a large system of socialized support. Not a bad thing, but as a result, there are few “hungry” tech entrepreneurs.
High-profile players like Northzone and Creandum did well with early entries into Spotify and Klarna, among others, and now Norway is catching up with the rest of the European hubs. Among the trends our survey respondents identified were e-commerce, blockchain and crypto, healthtech, energy, mobility and climate.
6 Oslo VCs discuss 2021 trends, deal flow and regional opportunities
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