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15 Venture Capital Firms in Copenhagen

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1) Verdane

Verdane

Verdane is a late-stage capital providing growth capital to tech and sustainability companies in Europe.

Details of the VC firm:

  • Country: Germany, Finland, Norway, United Kingdom, Denmark, Sweden
  • City: Berlin, Copenhagen, London, Stockholm, Helsinki, Asker
  • Started in: 2003
  • Founders: Bjarne Kveim Lie
  • Industries: Consumer, E-Commerce, Marketplace, Climate & Sustainability, Enterprise, SaaS
  • Stages: Late Stage
  • Minimum check size: €8,000,000
  • Maximum check size: €150,000,000
  • Number of investments: 395
  • Number of exits: 165
  • Funds raised: €3,700,000,000
  • 3 remarkable investments: Boozt, CAIA Cosmetics, CRF Health

You can find their website here.

You can send them an email at office@verdane.com.

2) Antler

Antler

Antler is a venture capital firm providing early-stage investments and global residency programs to support founders worldwide.

Details of the VC firm:

  • Country: Singapore, Germany, Netherlands, Denmark, Portugal, United Kingdom, Spain, Norway, France, Sweden, Australia, India, Vietnam, Indonesia, South Korea, Japan, USA, Canada, Kenya
  • City: Berlin, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Lisbon, London, Madrid, Oslo, Stockholm, Paris, Bangalore, Ho Chi Minh City, Jakarta, Seoul, Tokyo, Austin, Boulder, New York, São Paulo, Toronto, Nairobi, Sydney
  • Started in: 2017
  • Founders: Magnus Grimeland,Fridtjof Berge, Dilan Mizrakli Landgraff, Vegard Medbo, Jussi Salovaara
  • Industries: AI & ML, Consumer, Crypto & Blockchain, Cybersecurity, E-Commerce, Fintech, SaaS, Gaming, Proptech & Real Estate, Internet & Mobile, Food & Beverage, Supply Chain & Logistics, Healthcare, Media
  • Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Early Stage
  • Number of investments: 365
  • Number of exits: 3
  • Funds raised: $82,200,000
  • 3 remarkable investments: ChatFood, Baselime, Genuine Taste

You can find their website here.

You can send them an email at hello@antler.co.

3) Rockstart

Rockstart

Rockstart focuses on pre-seed to series B investment opportunities in energy, agrifood and emerging tech domains.

Details of the VC firm:

  • Country: Netherlands, Colombia, Denmark
  • City: Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Bogotá
  • Started in: 2011
  • Founders: Oscar Kneppers, Koen Wagemakers, Rune Theill, Don Ritzen
  • Industries: Agriculture, Energy, Industrial, Big Data & Analytics, Healthcare, AI & ML, Crypto & Blockchain, IoT, Smart Cities
  • Stages: Early Stage, Seed, Series A, Series B, Pre-Seed
  • Minimum check size: €100,000
  • Maximum check size: €250,000
  • Number of investments: 270
  • Number of exits: 8
  • Funds raised: €140,000,000
  • 3 remarkable investments: Wercker, Hubs, iClinic

You can find their website here.

4) Heartcore Capital

Heartcore Capital

Heartcore is a consumer technology VC investing in European B2C and B2B2C companies.

Details of the VC firm:

  • Country: Denmark, Germany, France, USA, Austria, Sweden, Spain, Hungary, Poland, United Arab Emirates
  • City: Copenhagen, Berlin, Paris, Lisbon, Stockholm
  • Started in: 2007
  • Founders: Jimmy Fussing Nielsen, Christian Lindegaard Jepsen,
  • Industries: Travel & Hospitality, Education, Entertainment, Food & Beverage, Health & Wellness, Productivity, Consumer, Gaming, InsurTech, Energy
  • Stages: Early Stage, Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Minimum check size: €300,000
  • Maximum check size: €6,000,000
  • Number of investments: 210
  • Number of exits: 51
  • 3 remarkable investments: Reddit, Insight, Werlabs

You can find their website here.

You can send them an email at contact@heartcore.com.

5) Novo Holdings

Novo Holdings

Headquartered in Denmark, Novo Holdings is a corporate investment fund investing in life science companies across the globe.

Details of the VC firm:

  • Country: Denmark, USA, Singapore
  • City: Copenhagen, San Francisco, Boston, Singapore
  • Started in: 1999
  • Founders: Kasim Kutay, Lars Rebien Sørensen
  • Industries: Life Sciences, Biotech, Healthcare
  • Stages: Early Stage, Late Stage
  • Number of investments: 117
  • Number of exits: 55
  • Funds raised: €12,800,000,000
  • 3 remarkable investments: Bactolife, Genomatica, Tempus

You can find their website here.

You can send them an email at cims@novo.dk.

6) Sunstone Life Science Venture

Sunstone Life Science Venture

Located in Denmark, Sunstone Life Science Ventures is a European VC firm investing in novel therapeutics for humans.

Details of the VC firm:

  • Country: Denmark
  • City: Copenhagen
  • Started in: 2007
  • Founders: Søren Lemonius
  • Industries: Life Sciences
  • Stages: Series B, Series A
  • Number of investments: 76
  • Number of exits: 42
  • Funds raised: €300,000,000
  • 3 remarkable investments: TargED, F2G, STipe Therapeutic

You can find their website here.

You can send them an email at lifescience@sunstone.eu.

7) Byfounders

Byfounders

Based in Denmark, byFounders is a community-focused early-stage venture capital investing in Nordic entrepreneurs.

Details of the VC firm:

  • Country: Denmark
  • City: Copenhagen
  • Started in: 2017
  • Founders: Tommy Andersen, Eric Lagier
  • Industries: Crypto & Blockchain, Healthcare, Food & Beverage, InsurTech, Gaming, Proptech & Real Estate, IoT, Climate & Sustainability, Fintech, Travel & Hospitality, SaaS, Legal, Marketing
  • Stages: Early Stage, Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Minimum check size: €500,000
  • Maximum check size: €4,000,000
  • Number of investments: 40
  • Number of exits: 3
  • Funds raised: €100,000,000
  • 3 remarkable investments: Vibrant, Qvin, Smitten

You can find their website here.

You can send them an email at hello@byfounders.vc.

8) Lehrmann Ventures

Lehrmann Ventures

Lehrmann Ventures is a venture fund located in Denmark financing Nordic startups.

Details of the VC firm:

  • Country: Denmark
  • City: Copenhagen
  • Started in: 2019
  • Founders: Jan Dal Lehrmann
  • Industries: E-Commerce, SaaS, Marketplace, Other
  • Stages: Early Stage, Seed
  • Minimum check size: $100,000
  • Maximum check size: $5,000,000
  • Number of investments: 35
  • Number of exits: 12
  • 3 remarkable investments: Mybanker, Actimo, Fenerum

You can find their website here.

9) Blazar Capital

Blazar Capital

Based in Denmark, Blazar Capital focuses on building and scaling DTC consumer brands.

Details of the VC firm:

  • Country: Denmark
  • City: Copenhagen
  • Started in: 2017
  • Founders: Pascar Sivam, Vasilij Brandt, Christian Arnstedt
  • Industries: Consumer, E-Commerce, Food & Beverage, DTC
  • Stages: Series A
  • Number of investments: 30
  • Number of exits: 5
  • Funds raised: $29,600,000
  • 3 remarkable investments: Nordgreen, Bareen, James Ay

You can find their website here.

You can send them an email at hello@blazarcapital.com.

10) Concentric

Concentric

Concentric is a European venture capital firm actively investing in disruptive technology.

Details of the VC firm:

  • Country: Denmark, United Kingdom
  • City: Copenhagen, London
  • Started in: 2013
  • Founders: Denis Shafranik, Kjartan Rist
  • Industries: Proptech & Real Estate, Crypto & Blockchain, Industrial, Transportation, Enterprise, Fintech
  • Stages: Early Stage
  • Minimum check size: €500,000
  • Maximum check size: €5,000,000
  • Number of investments: 28
  • Number of exits: 3
  • Funds raised: €14,500,000
  • 3 remarkable investments: Heist, Pockit, Coindirect

You can find their website here.

You can send them an email at info@concentric.vc.

11) Damgaard Company

Damgaard Company

Damgaard Company is a Danish investment firm investing in small and medium-sized SaaS companies.

Details of the VC firm:

  • Country: Denmark
  • City: Copenhagen
  • Started in: 2003
  • Founders: Preben Damgaard
  • Industries: SaaS, Enterprise, Marketplace, AI & ML, Cloud
  • Stages: Early Stage, Seed
  • Number of investments: 19
  • Number of exits: 10
  • 3 remarkable investments: Templafy, Dixa, Paperflow

You can find their website here.

You can send them an email at info@damgaard.com.

12) People Ventures

People Ventures

People Ventures is a sector-agnostic VC firm investing in early-stage startups since 2018.

Details of the VC firm:

  • Country: Denmark
  • City: Copenhagen
  • Started in: 2017
  • Founders: Christian Tost, Claus Zibrandtsen, Jan Ankjaer Jensen
  • Industries: SaaS, Healthcare, Enterprise
  • Stages: Early Stage, Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Minimum check size: €250,000
  • Maximum check size: €750,000
  • Number of investments: 19
  • 3 remarkable investments: Spiio, Inc., Next11, Passendo

You can find their website here.

You can send them an email at hello@peopleventures.vc.

13) Saltagen Ventures​

Saltagen Ventures​

Saltagen Ventures specializes in funding early-stage biotech startups in North America and Asia.

Details of the VC firm:

  • Country: Hong Kong, Canada, South Korea, USA, Denmark, Australia
  • City: Seoul, Toronto, San Diego, Hong Kong, Copenhagen, Vancouver, Melbourne
  • Started in: 2017
  • Founders: Joseph Fung
  • Industries: Biotech, Healthcare, Health & Wellness
  • Stages: Seed, Early Stage, Series A, Series B
  • Minimum check size: $120,000
  • Maximum check size: $5,000,000
  • Number of investments: 17
  • Funds raised: $41,000,000
  • 3 remarkable investments: Oncoustics AI, Helpwear Inc, Juno Diagnostics

You can find their website here.

You can send them an email at info@saltagen.com.

14) Lundbeckfondon

Lundbeckfondon

Based in Denmark, Lundbeckfondon only invests in life sciences and healthcare companies.

Details of the VC firm:

  • Country: Denmark
  • City: Copenhagen
  • Started in: 1954
  • Founders: Grete Lundbeck
  • Industries: Life Sciences
  • Stages: Early Stage
  • Maximum check size: DKK1,300,000
  • Number of investments: 4
  • Funds raised: DKK75,000,000
  • 3 remarkable investments: Nb Capital, EQT, Nordic

You can find their website here.

You can send them an email at application@lundbeckfonden.com.

15) Willmach

Willmach

Willmach focuses on the pre-seed to series A funding to startups across Europe and Asia with preferences for enterprise IT & SaaS, consumer internet, e-commerce, and health tech sectors.

Details of the VC firm:

  • Country: Denmark
  • City: Copenhagen
  • Started in: 2018
  • Founders: Denis Fedoryaev
  • Industries: E-Commerce, Consumer, SaaS, Enterprise, Healthcare
  • Stages: Early Stage, Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
  • Maximum check size: €500,000

You can find their website here.

You can send them an email at connect@willmach.com.

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