OUR MANIFESTO
Reach beyond the network.
The future is never where you expect it. Neither are the minds building it. That's why we look beyond familiar networks, challenge conventional thinking and back potential before it becomes obvious. This is our manifest.
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The rules have changed
AI is speeding up a game that was already changing. One person with a greatidea and agents can now build what used to take a whole team and plenty of resources. No need to hire, raise or be seen. Not yet.
The next big thing could be growing after hours in a kitchen in Norsborg, a basement in Mora or a student flat in Tampere right now.
The rules have changed
AI is speeding up a game that was already changing. One person with a greatidea and agents can now build what used to take a whole team and plenty of resources. No need to hire, raise or be seen. Not yet.
The next big thing could be growing after hours in a kitchen in Norsborg, a basement in Mora or a student flat in Tampere right now.
The rules have changed
AI is speeding up a game that was already changing. One person with a greatidea and agents can now build what used to take a whole team and plenty of resources. No need to hire, raise or be seen. Not yet.
The next big thing could be growing after hours in a kitchen in Norsborg, a basement in Mora or a student flat in Tampere right now.
Europe needs new minds
Europe needs more minds that break the pattern. The climate transition demands it. So do clean energy, circular industry and Europe's resilience. A competitive Europe will be built by people who don't think like everyone else.
We believe many of the answers to Europe's challenges are already brewing. Many are being built by Nordic founders right now.
Europe needs new minds
Europe needs more minds that break the pattern. The climate transition demands it. So do clean energy, circular industry and Europe's resilience. A competitive Europe will be built by people who don't think like everyone else.
We believe many of the answers to Europe's challenges are already brewing. Many are being built by Nordic founders right now.
Europe needs new minds
Europe needs more minds that break the pattern. The climate transition demands it. So do clean energy, circular industry and Europe's resilience. A competitive Europe will be built by people who don't think like everyone else.
We believe many of the answers to Europe's challenges are already brewing. Many are being built by Nordic founders right now.
The future is probably not in your network
Talent is everywhere. Capital still isn't. Venture capital chases scale but never scaled its own methods. It still finds companies through a warm introduction, the same schools, the same networks. It's comfortable. Comfortable is also late.
A network is a filter. It lets in the established, the familiar, what used to work. What it calls a great mind is usually a mirror image of itself. It also grows one dinner at a time. When founders can go further without one, the best arrive late or not at all. They need resources later, not permission now.
The future is probably not in your network
Talent is everywhere. Capital still isn't. Venture capital chases scale but never scaled its own methods. It still finds companies through a warm introduction, the same schools, the same networks. It's comfortable. Comfortable is also late.
A network is a filter. It lets in the established, the familiar, what used to work. What it calls a great mind is usually a mirror image of itself. It also grows one dinner at a time. When founders can go further without one, the best arrive late or not at all. They need resources later, not permission now.
The future is probably not in your network
Talent is everywhere. Capital still isn't. Venture capital chases scale but never scaled its own methods. It still finds companies through a warm introduction, the same schools, the same networks. It's comfortable. Comfortable is also late.
A network is a filter. It lets in the established, the familiar, what used to work. What it calls a great mind is usually a mirror image of itself. It also grows one dinner at a time. When founders can go further without one, the best arrive late or not at all. They need resources later, not permission now.
Backing unfiltered minds
So we built reach: an audience instead of a network. An audience is a sensor. It picks up signals wherever people are building, long before they show up anywhere else. Founders find us without an introduction. When they need capital, we're already there. Not because we see better. Because we're where it happens.
Reach works both ways. When we back a company, our audience gets behind it. When anyone can build, attention is what's scarce.
Backing unfiltered minds
So we built reach: an audience instead of a network. An audience is a sensor. It picks up signals wherever people are building, long before they show up anywhere else. Founders find us without an introduction. When they need capital, we're already there. Not because we see better. Because we're where it happens.
Reach works both ways. When we back a company, our audience gets behind it. When anyone can build, attention is what's scarce.
Backing unfiltered minds
So we built reach: an audience instead of a network. An audience is a sensor. It picks up signals wherever people are building, long before they show up anywhere else. Founders find us without an introduction. When they need capital, we're already there. Not because we see better. Because we're where it happens.
Reach works both ways. When we back a company, our audience gets behind it. When anyone can build, attention is what's scarce.
Ten years of proof
Ten years in, it works. Strong returns. Few companies lost. A broader deal flow than any network can give. A broader portfolio too: more women founders, more founders born outside the Nordics, more companies outside the capitals. We never set out to build that. It is what you find when you stop filtering the old way.
Ten years of proof
Ten years in, it works. Strong returns. Few companies lost. A broader deal flow than any network can give. A broader portfolio too: more women founders, more founders born outside the Nordics, more companies outside the capitals. We never set out to build that. It is what you find when you stop filtering the old way.
Ten years of proof
Ten years in, it works. Strong returns. Few companies lost. A broader deal flow than any network can give. A broader portfolio too: more women founders, more founders born outside the Nordics, more companies outside the capitals. We never set out to build that. It is what you find when you stop filtering the old way.
Early looks wrong
Most investors wait until it looks right. By then it's priced. We'd rather be early than comfortable.
Early looks wrong
Most investors wait until it looks right. By then it's priced. We'd rather be early than comfortable.
Early looks wrong
Most investors wait until it looks right. By then it's priced. We'd rather be early than comfortable.