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Meet CVX Ventures, the Largest Angel Network in the Nordics, at Presidents Summit 2024. Join a real-life Shark Tank experience with CVX Ventures featuring growth companies seeking advisors, board members, or venture capital. Discover if you have what it takes to impact their growth journey. CVX Ventures is the fastest-growing venture investor and largest angel network in the Nordics, democratizing venture investment. They offer VC fund-quality deal flow for angels and private investors. Their community helps growth companies by investing capital, skills, knowledge, and network. CVX Ventures has supported over 100 companies in finding advisors, board members, and investors, activating more than 300 community members. In their session, CVX Ventures and a selected group of companies will present and spark interest, inspiration, and collaboration. Don’t miss the opportunity to learn: - Gain insights into the Nordic venture scene. - Begin your journey as a board member or investor. - Leverage your capital, skills, and network for Nordic growth. Join CVX and 4,000+ other top executives at Northern Europe’s Leading Business Conference in Copenhagen on 29-30 May 2024. Secure one of the last spots here: https://lnkd.in/gGXsYxfs #PresidentsSummit2024 #VentureCapital #NordicGrowth

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Emerging vs Established Managers? A lot of discussions by institutional LPs about whether to invest in emerging GPs will end just there. There are exemptions such us AlphaQ Venture Capital Fund of Funds, which actively invests in emerging GPs. Hear what Stephan Heller had to say on the topic on the EUVC 's podcast with Andreas Munk Holm ✅ Looking to raise capital for your #fund and increase the international pool of your LP #investors?   🤝 Need warm #LP introductions?   📝 Selling #secondaries to increase liquidity?   🧐 Looking for co-investments?   ▶ G+QUANT's link for inquiries and fund decks: https://lnkd.in/gjC_EuTE #venturecapital #vcfundraising #lp #gp #familyoffice #fundoffunds #investors #alternatives #secondaries

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Join Agnethe Leonora Hjarnø Boysen and me on June 7th for our #OpenDoor sessions, dedicated to early stage Nordic-based #deeptech startups focusing on #Women's #Health innovation. #PSVDeeptech, we see huge potential within Women’s Health startups and are looking to explore and expand cutting-edge solutions in this crucial area, where funding is still lagging: 🌀 Mature sub-market - encompassing maternal health, fertility, and menstrual health. 🌀 Opportunity sub-market involving menopause, women-specific chronic health, gyn, pelvic, contraception, depression & anxiety, and cardiovascular health. Apply right here: https://lnkd.in/dMGE9xST For startups and investors interested in this market opportunity, please read: 💰 McKinsey & Company Health Institute report 2024: shedding light on the $1 trillion-dollar Women's Health industry that has huge potential for return on investment & impact. 💰 Sie Ventures European FemTech report 2024: Six insights. Anders Kjær, Jakob Rybak-Andersen, Søren Jessen Nielsen, Jacob Graves Beck

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Where do venture investors put their money right now? AI, life science, and climate are definitely among the top contenders. But different sub-categories also start to emerge. One of them seems to be accounting-related startups. Most recently shown with Danish company Ageras that during the week announced a round of 82M Euro. According to Crunchbase more than 419M Euro have been invested in the space this year alone. Here are some of the most recent rounds: 🇩🇰 Ageras: 82M Euro 🇺🇸 FloQast: 93M Euro 🇳🇱 DataSnipper: 93M Euro Investors have been keen on the space for years, as it fits well with the rational spreadsheet. Little money in on one end, more money out at the other. The trend isn't new. One of the pioneers in the space Intuit turned 40 last year. The game-changer this time around is AI - the promised land of automation seems to be just around the corner. The question is if venture investors will keep on betting in this space. 🤔 Check out the list of recently funded accounting-related startups via the link in the comments 👇 👇 👇 #venture #investors #accounting #founder #startup

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Power of a community & the voice of an eco-system. 💪 This week, an important event took place in Oslo. NAST (Norwegian Alliance for Startups & Tech) was launched at Mesh Community with Anders Mjåset & Per Einar Dybvik. 👉 The goal is for Technology to be the 5th largest export industry in Norway by 2030. To reach this, the framework for businesses and governmental trust needs to be aligned with increased globalization and competition. Key success criterias; 💡 Tax - Competitive exit, option, wealth & employer tax as well as incentives for early stage investors. 💡 Talent - Attract talent with visa's and STEM education. 💡 Capital - LP mandates, allowing Government Pension Fund & Folketrygdfondet to allocate 3-5% into unlisted shares. 💡 Automated & effective policy instruments & the state as a buyer. It all starts with people and a good idea. Let us make sure the businesses of tomorrow have all the tools they need to succeed. 🚀 #nast #startups #Innovation #oxidaneventure

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Tech investing and company building are my working life and what I spend most of my time thinking about. Yet, sometimes, other topics impose themselves on you. Last week, the craziest thing happened to me. As I was riding my bike to work after the school drop-off, a guy in a car simply…spat on me ☂️. Here is what happened: A driver was going too fast and almost clipped me. I asked her to slow down when I caught up with her at the next traffic light. Then the driver behind us starting honking and, at the next intersection, cut me off. He then rolled down his window, started to argue that I had nothing to do on the road, and eventually spat on me as he made off. I guess sitting bumper to bumper in Manhattan traffic every morning at rush hour does make one rather angry. It could have been a lot worse - at least I’m still alive and well to joke about it. Not everyone is as lucky. Last year, 260 people died and 46,000 got injured in traffic crashes in NYC. This is an insane level of violence, which we shouldn’t take as an immutable fact of life. We can and have a moral duty to do better. I love NYC. There is no equivalent to the people it brings together. But its infrastructure is not up to par: the streets are dirtier, noisier, more dangerous, more congested and more polluted than they have any right to be. There is one overwhelming reason for it: they have been overtaken by an excessive number of enormous cars. Consider this:  Only 45% of NYC households own a car (22% in Manhattan). 70% of NYC residents commute by public transport, bike or foot. Yet 75% of our shared streetscape is dedicated to cars (both driving and parked). Cars are great in many places, but not in dense city centers. So how can we make NYC streets 10x better in less than 10 years? Based on what worked in other cities, here are the 5 most impactful measures: 💳 Congestion pricing so we reduce the number of cars and fund improvements to subways and busses 🅿️ Fewer on-street parking spots to improve visibility at intersections and enable trash containerisation (bye bye rats and trash summer smell 👋🏻) 🚲 Protected bike lanes on every major road and avenue to make it safer for people to take on cycling 🚸 Low-traffic neighborhoods (stopping vehicles from using residential streets as shortcuts, while maintaining access) to remove noise pollution and give the streets back to residents 🚶🏽‍♀️Car-free streets in core retail areas to turbo-charge local businesses and provide great public space to residents and tourists. But we need policy change for this to happen — for the city’s leaders to step up and fight for a city built for people, not cars. Last year I joined the board of Transportation Alternatives and made a point to donate to their work. But it’s not enough. What else have you seen work well in other cities to effect real political change? Please let me know in comments or DM. After this week, I’m even more committed to fighting for safer streets.

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💡 Time for #ImpactInsights! The Planet&People One Impact Fund by Collective Action and Nordic Investment Opportunities aims to drive positive change through a finance-first investment approach across our six key impact themes.   👇 Let’s look at #healthcare today!   Did you know that solving for #accessibility, #affordability and #quality of #healthcare drives impact and financial return?   Stay tuned for more #ImpactInsights. Together, we can make a difference!  #impactinvesting #privatemarkets

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WOMEN’S HEALTH: INVESTING IS WHERE CHANGE HAPPENS Women’s health is the hot issue in the press and in policy discussions today. At Portfolia, we’re thankful that it’s finally getting the attention that it deserves. Women’s health and our very lives are compromised daily, because of the lack of resources and solutions focused on women’s health – both in research and in creating and scaling women’s health solutions. The bright side is that there are a plethora of emerging medical technologies and processes that can positively impact women’s lives – from puberty to end of life, from daily health to specific conditions that impact women differently. We don’t need to be ignored, to have our needs met last, or to be handled like ‘small men.’ Investing is where change happens. We are at the dawn of a new approach to women health, designed and customized specifically for our needs over our healthspan. The women investors of Portfolia have been instrumental in creating this change, yet we are only at the beginning. New breakthroughs are emerging daily – better solutions for painful periods, safer pregnancy and childbirth, sexual and reproductive health, menopause, bone loss, all types of cancers, dementia, inflammatory disease, heart disease, pain management, sleep, addiction, mental health, even the first male birth control pill. Investing is where this change happens. No matter how important these solutions can be to our lives, and how profitable the future financial returns, these innovations and companies often go without the investment capital they need, if women are not investing. Who better than us, to greenlight the companies we want in the world, help make them successful, benefit from the solutions they offer, and share in the financial rewards? Portfolia created the first investing fund, focused on women’s health -- and we’re the most active investors in women’s health in the world today -- now with 47 companies in our portfolio. We'll highlight each of these companies over the next 30 days. Thousands of women, and a few good men, make up the Portfolia investment community, investing nearly $70 million together, backing the companies they believe in, for returns and impact. Investors can join for a minimum $10,000 investment. BTW, do you know who owns the majority of wealth today? Women! And women over 50, own more wealth than any other demographic in America. Think of the possibilities if we actually invested it in a way that enhances our lives and health.   I’m thankful that some of our leaders today are shining the light on the lack of research and attention to women’s health. Advocacy is important but it’s not enough. Like you, I’ve come too far and accomplished too much in my life to leave my health solutions to others to decide. Investing is where change happens for women’s health. For ourselves, for our sisters, daughters, and friends. For my little granddaughter. Join me to invest where change happens. www.portfolia.com

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We are now opening up applications to the HR Hackathon on the 4th of September at Norrsken House! For a few hours you will get the opportunity to re-imagine what leadership development should look like! This is what to expect: 0830: Magnus Liungman; Synthesis of the challenges in leadership development based on 50 interviews with CHROs and CPOs 0845: Daniel Hjelte from Accenture; 'What are the pioneering technologies being used across the world in leadership development' 0900: Svante Randlert; what separates high-performing leaders and the value of individualisation 0915: [Something I am quite excited about - one of the most exciting AI companies in L&D] 0930: Hackathon in group of 4-5 people 1130: Presentation and awards from our jury with Katarina Roddar and Anne Wolf 1200: Lunch from Doktor Mat 1300: Wrap up If you work in an organisation with +1000 FTEs and you are the eq of VP/Director of Leadership Development, please apply. Link in the comments

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Normally my feed is dominated by ocean & energy, but as I´m a board member at TheFactory - Accelerator & VC, who´s launching the first fund in the Nordic region dedicated to Sportstech - here´s one for all of you committed to sports - and diversity....! Ingar S. Bentsen and the team just launched TF Sportstech Fund, a major initiative supporting startups and scaleups at the intersection where technology meets the sports industry. With the fund comes the first round of Sportstech Academy in partnership with Igloo Innovation and Jarle Aambø, former Elite Sport Director of Olympiatoppen, Norwegian Olympic & Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports. First batch include Recharge Health - backed by Casper Ruud, Mats Zuccarello and Martin Ødegaard, plus Foocus.ai, Vimscore, Sports Computing AS, Mountainsnow and RunAgain. 2 out of 6 has female co-founders. Just as the core industries I work with, sports is yet another area with a huge gender gap, and there are a number of ways to hack & integrate diversity into the journey, from multiple angles. Hence, I´m sharing a big shoutout to all of you who wish to be part of a more diverse sports world - whether you´re potential founders, mentors, partners or investors! 1. Calling female and diverse sports tech founders out there - applications for next year´s SportstechAccelerator is already open: https://lnkd.in/dCb53veY 2. Calling female mentors - do you have domain expertise from sports, and interested to team up with this great new initiative to unite sport, tech and entrepreneurs! Register your interest here: https://lnkd.in/dZ2rtwHz The Sportstech fund´s investment team comprise of 2/3 women, and it´s advisory board include some amazing power women such as EAGL TECHNOLOGIES board member Suzann Pettersen, Right To Play ambassador Caroline Martens, Vibeke Gwendoline Fængsrud, SportAI CEO Lauren Pedersen, Playfinity CEO Pippa Boothman and Emillie Woldvik. The fund has partnered with LEAD VENTURES, Cerro Capital, Apex, Mindspring Capital and Advantage Ventures to help opening the global doors for Nordic startups. https://lnkd.in/gvegAHTP Hope you´ll spread the word; Zaineb Al-Samarai - Birgit Skarstein - Siren Sundby - Johann Olav Koss - Aleksander Hetland - Kristian Ruth - Petter Mørland Pedersen - Marco Elsafadi - Dagfrid Eikeset Forberg - Magnus Borgen - Stine Lise Hattestad Bratsberg - Lisa Mari Watson - Trine-Lise Jagge

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I got shadow banned on Instagram yesterday 😅 Why? SAGA DK is hosting an educational event to encourage more people to vote in the upcoming EU Elections. Sign-up here: https://lnkd.in/duRyVGyT ❌ What is shadow banning? When a platform reduces the visibility of a post without notifying the user. In practice, the content can still be viewed, but is subject to conditions on how it is spread. The post may not appear in a search result, in a news feed, or in other users' content overviews. - TjekDet 🤔 What makes it seem like shadow banning? The reel views are almost the exact same as the number who saw it through my Stories - which was also significantly lower than usual. This means the only people who saw it, are the ones who are actively following my profile. 🤷‍♂️ Why did it happen? I *think* because in the caption I tagged several, different political parties who are joining our panel on Thursday. This is my best guess - open to other suggestions? 💻 Why am I posting this on LinkedIn? 1. Hoping it reaches people who are unsure about the upcoming election, who want join the event - panel and Q&A with candidates + dinner 💛 2. Relevant topic for us working in tech on how to monitor platforms. Politics is a sensitive issue which social media platforms may want to de-priortise in their algorithm to avoid misinformation - but when it is the same places that we use to educate and organise, it poses a challenge. 3. Tip to others: don't tag political parties in your posts 😅

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Last chance to apply to Techarenan Challenge is TOMORROW! Get the chance to pitch on stage at Almedalen on Gotland in June -> accommodation for the stay included for the 24 selected startups! Check out the track record of this competition 😯 Beautiful company journeys and success stories. On another note - if you are an investor looking to get a hold of Techarenan's beautiful deal flow (1,500+ pitch screenings every year and in contact with 8,200+ startups annually), please contact me 📞 #dealflow #startup #pitching

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📢 Call to Polish IT Companies and and Investors - Unlocking Opportunities in the Swedish Tech Industry The latest report from TechSverige underscores an unprecedented demand for tech talent in Sweden. Annually, there is a need for 18,000 skilled tech professionals to meet the growing needs of the industry, with a vision to create 100,000 more tech jobs by 2030. This presents a significant opportunity for Polish IT companies and investors looking to tap into a thriving market. Sweden's emphasis on tech innovation and digital excellence positions it as a leading hub for technological growth and development. Over the last 5 years our Polish Investment and Trade Agency (PAIH) Office in Stockholm has supported dozens of Polish companies in their expansion on this very interesting market. It looks like this trend is set to continue by 2030. Let's collaborate to bridge the talent gap and drive forward the future of technology in Sweden. The complete report in English is available here https://lnkd.in/dt3RyDeu #TechJobs #ITProfessionals #SwedenTech #InvestmentOpportunities #PolishTech Swedish-Polish Chamber of Commerce SoDA - Software Development Association Poland Stockholm Business Region NordPolen Jacek Ziolkowski Mikael Stattin Josh Ponce Aleksandra Gromnicka

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Realheart recently released its Q1 report for 2024. A week later, CEO Ina Laura Perkins participated in a report interview at Direkt Studios (Swedish). "The reason I could be here at Direkt Studios only now, is that at the time of the report release, I was in the #US visiting #cardiologists and having discussions with two major hospital systems. There is an incredible amount of interest in our artificial heart and the response when the surgeons saw all the stable values in the sheep in connection with our latest implantation was ‘Wow, it looks great, like a natural heart’,’ says Realheart's CEO Ina Laura Perkins. ❤️ In the interview, Ina Laura talks about the US visit and how much it means for future market launches there. For example, one of the hospitals visited performs more heart transplants per year than is done in Sweden during the same period. 🍀 Other interesting points are 🍀 ✔️ The second implantation with more than four days survival has been achieved. ✔️ Important and relevant feedback from the surgeons has led to anatomical changes to the heart pump so that it is now more organic and similar in shape to a human heart. It is also generally smaller. This is thanks to the realisation of being able to cross the two pumps, thus freeing up space. ✔️ Dates for implantation have been booked and work is now continuing to optimize blood handling and the heart-lung machine.  ✔️ The 10-day survival milestone remains a goal. ✔️ New laboratory data at the blood cell level will be presented at ASAIO, where the results are a great proof of good blood handling. ✔️ Unique to test on human blood, which is most sensitive, most clinically relevant and best for risk mitigation. ✔️ New chairman of the board, Magnus Öhman, with solid experience from the #commercialisation of the #pacemaker. Ina Laura Perkins sees a similar journey for the company's artificial heart. ✔️ Last, but not least, the upcoming share issue, where Ina Laura emphasises that the situation is good right now, based on a strong cash position and a market that looks good. 👁 Follow us for more updates. #ArtificialOrgans #TotalArtificialHeart #HeartFailure #Hjärtsvikt #Medtech

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💰 Yesterday's Revenue & Business Models session for the Nordic (Spring 2024) Accelerator Program was packed with insights! 🎙 Founders pitched their startup ideas and also shared their revenue model with Mentors for feedback and continued refinement. 💡 When building at early-stage, it is extremely important to figure out how to sustain your startup before receiving financing or revenue. "Cash is the King," was a punchline of the session meaning that founders need to have a rock solid control of a startup's cash flow in early days. Moreover, it is also important to identify the most lucrative revenue source for your business by researching your competition / industry and also testing different revenue sources with your target customers. 🙏 Big thanks to the Mentors: Abdellah Aouf GO PLATFORM - Hire for Skills Erik Afzelius Humla Games Fredrik Rosengren Sting Gemma Whitehouse Ingeniva Sofie Marin Arts Dynamics Naimul Abd Connect Sverige Region Öst

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Social impact financing and the impact ecosystem is growing. Reach out and connect with Anne Smith Petersen and Diana Scalise if you want to learn more about their new impact investment foundation C4IF: "Capital 4 Impact Foundation is a social impact investment foundation, working through the global network of Plan International. We unlock private sector capital by mitigating risks and we leverage our presence and partnerships to bring social impact to scale while creating return on investment. We invite you to be more than an investor; be a changemaker."

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Which Nordic early-stage startups are the ones to watch this summer? Sophia Bendz has you covered. Find out here: https://lnkd.in/dM-6q_3b And, in case you missed it, Sophia recently sat down with Sifted's Amy Lewin, breaking down the early-stage landscape at the moment plus sharing a bit more into why we started a coaching programme for our founders. All that plus insights around diversity, pitchdecks, angel investing, and a few lessons learned while building the marketing arm at Spotify from the ground up. More on that here: https://lnkd.in/d5E6h48C

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Exceptional entrepreneurs come in many shapes and sizes - show us who you are and what you can do! 🛠️💡🚀 Since we at KRING mainly develop our venture concepts in-house, we care less about your idea, and more about YOU as a potential co-founder. Ideas change, people remain. The mindset and values we are looking for in individuals are (among others): 🤘🏼Proactiveness, hands-on, structured thinking, skin in the game, empathy, and kindness. Our experience has taught us that while the mindset and drive is alike, the educational, professional, and personal experiences across the best entrepreneurs differ a whole lot - and thank god for that! We don’t like to put people in a box - but nevertheless we have tried to provide a framework for our typical #cofounder profiles: 💚 Health and Energy industry experts 🦸🏽‍♀️ Second-time entrepreneurs (successful or failed) 📊 Management consultants 🛠️ Operators in high-growth startups / scale-ups 🌈 ...Surprise us and show us what you got! We are constantly looking for great people to join us on our mission to make the world a better place - one #impact venture at a time. Are you curious and what to learn more about building a venture with KRING? 👉Reach out to our Head of Talent & Culture, Agnes A.. Have we forgotten an ideal co-founder above or do you have any reflections to share! We would love to hear from you! #venturestudio #teamiskey #peoplegame

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When Plug and Play Maritime team invited us to train their founders about pitch and investor readiness - we've jumped right in! Thank you Merjen and Natalie for the great opportunity to kill some unicorns and get startups ready to talk to investors - it was just a warm-up!   Here are some tips Inbal and I often give our clients before their investor meetings: 👉🏻 Know investors' thesis and taste 👉🏻 Make a sharp ROI structured pitch 👉🏻 Show vision, but also practical GTM 👉🏻 20% tech and 80% business talk 👉🏻 Come for the money, stay for the people Pitch training isn't just about nailing the perfect pitch deck; it's about grasping the investor's mindset and connecting authentically. #StartupSuccess #InvestmentPitch #ScalingUp

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