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🌍 Introducing the 2023 Norrsken VC Impact Report! 📈 ✨ Check out the greatest hits of the report below, then grab yourself a pot of coffee and dive into the whole thing on the Norrsken VC blog: https://lnkd.in/dEkMh5UA Thank you to all the incredible portfolio founders and their teams for delivering astonishing environmental and social impact in 2023 and for your time and support in helping us create this report. And an extra big hand to Agnes Svensson and Astrid Vikingsdotter Johansson for making this entire 60-page beast come to life! 👏

A great opportunity to join a truly transformative company right here! 👇

✨ Come and make magic with us: join Norrsken VC as a Management Trainee this autumn! ✨ We're looking for a new superstar to join our team in Stockholm. This is a paid, full-time traineeship lasting six to twelve months. This is your chance to immerse yourself in the impact investment world. You’ll support our 15-person team and engage with the full breadth of the business. That's everything from measuring impact to hands-on finance experience, event/project management, and supporting our investing processes. If you're passionate about making a difference, have a knack for problem-solving, and thrive in dynamic, diverse environments, this could be the gig for you! The application deadline is August 11th. Apply today. 👇 https://lnkd.in/dbcqrUVi

We need cement, but do we need it to be such a huge CO2 emitter? It's responsible for up to 8% of all global emissions. We need to mix it up! alcemy is pioneering a new path forward for cement production. Their clever AI platform allows producers to reduce the clinker needed for cement while upholding quality, leading to a finished product with up to 65% lower emissions. Huge welcome to the Norrsken VC portfolio, Leopold Spenner, Robert Meyer, Hoang Anh Nguyen and the whole alcemy team! Read more on: 🇪🇺 EU-Startups: https://lnkd.in/dEbk9WDR 🌍 The Norrsken VC blog - https://lnkd.in/deUrG4ws PS. Thanks to our friends AENU, Galvanize Climate Solutions, and BitStone Capital for participating in the round.

✨ Heads up: we're looking for a Visiting Analyst to join us next spring. ✨ This is a very cool gig. A full-time paid internship where you'll learn the ins and outs of the impact ecosystem and chinwag with force-of-nature founders building solutions to the biggest problems of our time. Plus, you'll be working with and learning from the whole Norrsken gang in Stockholm – during the sunny season. 😎 It's VC. But different. Interested in us? We're interested in you! Apply today 👇 https://lnkd.in/dNyjkgHJ

Could France become Europe's next impact tech hub? 🇫🇷 Last week, we welcomed top French tech journalists to Norrsken House in Stockholm to explore the Nordic impact ecosystem and its potential replication in France. We brought in inspiring figures from our portfolio companies to explore the point: Einride's Robert Ziegler, Klas Johansson from FEVER and evroc's Mattias Åström. So, is France the hot new thing in impact? We say yes! With 30 native unicorns in the climate and impact space already and 40% of last year's French VC investment in this sector, according to Dealroom.co, we think it's a nation to watch. A big thank you to Maxence Fabrion from Maddyness and Les Echos's Camille Wong for featuring us in their articles about their time in Stockholm, plus Agence Raoul Paris for arranging this fantastic trip. Maddyness: https://lnkd.in/dZyheZ7e Les Echos: https://lnkd.in/dXXJ6xQP

Episode 2 of Norrsken's How We Fix This podcast drops today. 🙌 It unpacks the path towards chocolate without all the deforestation, soil depletion, biodiversity loss, high emissions and supply chain injustices... Planet A Foods has the solution—and it's delicious! 🍫 Listen and subscribe exclusively on Spotify: https://lnkd.in/dbw26XAf Missed the news about the podcast last week? Look up! If you're in London or NYC, you just might see podcast host Alexander Skarsgård on a billboard near you.

We're thrilled to share our portco Ochre Bio's new multi-year data licence agreement with GSK to investigate the drivers of liver disease! Liver disease affects approximately 1.5 billion people worldwide and causes nearly 2 million deaths annually. Ochre Bio specialises in developing RNA medicines for chronic liver diseases using advanced computational biology, cellular platforms, and perfused human organs. Valued at up to $37.5m, the deal will enable both Ochre Bio and GSK to deepen their understanding of liver biology and prioritise the development of effective medicines through AI modelling and research. Congrats to Jack O'Meara, Quin Wills and the entire Ochre Bio team! 🙌 Read more in Yahoo Finance: https://lnkd.in/dHw3e36Y

Our planet has got some serious issues. This podcast has got some serious solutions. Norrsken and Spotify proudly present How We Fix This - a new podcast series hosted and narrated by the Swedish born Hollywood megastar Alexander Skarsgård. From cow farts to cocoa-free chocolate to carbon-free cement, this series spotlights eight pioneering startups – selected from the Norrsken Impact/100 list – and their innovative solutions to some of the world’s most pressing challenges. Because if they win, we all win. Featured in Season 1: Brimstone (USA) Planet A Foods (Germany) Volta Greentech (Sweden) Neoplants (France) SunFi (Nigeria) Nilus (Argentina) Plan A (Germany) and our very own portfolio company Commons (USA). Special thanks to our friends at the Stockholm Resilience Centre for helping us navigate these complex issues! New episodes every Wednesday – listen exclusively to episode one right now on Spotify. https://lnkd.in/dwcerHzq

Good news for more equitable supply chains: Quizrr announces a new funding round of $1.4M and invites former H&M Group CEO Helena Helmersson to its board of directors. These additions will help edtech bring its expertise in human rights, labour standards, and workplace safety to more employees worldwide, aiming to empower 100 million people by 2030. Congrats to Erika Wennerström and the whole Quizrr team! 🙌 Read all about it: https://lnkd.in/dghK4gVx