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Founders today have a choice.

You can choose to bootstrap, raise venture capital, or explore alternative modes of funding. You can partner with world-renowned investors, the up-and-coming former operators, and opinion leaders who can amplify your message. To tap into a global ecosystem and communities tailored to serve your specific needs. 

This is what we're up against. The choice is yours.

We're founders at heart

We invest in you as a founder and the relationship between us. Our compassion for founders permeates our every interaction, where we strive for transparency and candor.

Our community is global

We welcome you into a select and tight-knit community of founders and operators through which you can access a world-class network and operational expertise.

We care about tomorrow

We believe in the future and recognize the power we hold in shaping it. Seeking like-minded founders, we help you strive toward making a positive impact on the world.

We back globally ambitious
& impact-aware founders

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September 25, 2023
Introducing QA.tech: Transforming QA Testing with AI

Introducing QA.tech: Transforming QA Testing with AI

QA.tech is building the first Autonomous QA Tester – to create a future of reliable and bug free applications built by both humans and artificial intelligence
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September 25, 2023

Introducing QA.tech: Transforming QA Testing with AI

QA.tech is building the first Autonomous QA Tester – to create a future of reliable and bug free applications built by both humans and artificial intelligence
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August 24, 2023
Our Investment in Jellatech: the Future of Sustainable Proteins

Our Investment in Jellatech: the Future of Sustainable Proteins

Jellatech is pioneering the ethical and sustainable production of complex proteins like collagen through cellular agriculture
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August 24, 2023

Our Investment in Jellatech: the Future of Sustainable Proteins

Jellatech is pioneering the ethical and sustainable production of complex proteins like collagen through cellular agriculture
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February 23, 2023
Cutting Through Workplace Noise

Cutting Through Workplace Noise

Creating the right context for productive work with AI-powered summarization
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February 23, 2023

Cutting Through Workplace Noise

Creating the right context for productive work with AI-powered summarization
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February 22, 2023
Building the go-to platform for investing in culture‍

Building the go-to platform for investing in culture‍

OWND abstracts away the complexity of purchasing NFTs by lowering the technical, financial, and social barriers. This allows fashion enthusiasts and sneakerheads to purchase, trade, and collect fashion NFTs, including physical items from leading brands such as Nike, Adidas Originals, Gucci, Prada, to name a few. And they are just getting started. 
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February 22, 2023

Building the go-to platform for investing in culture‍

OWND abstracts away the complexity of purchasing NFTs by lowering the technical, financial, and social barriers. This allows fashion enthusiasts and sneakerheads to purchase, trade, and collect fashion NFTs, including physical items from leading brands such as Nike, Adidas Originals, Gucci, Prada, to name a few. And they are just getting started. 
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February 3, 2023
Tackling Climate Change, One Household at a Time

Tackling Climate Change, One Household at a Time

Investing in a greener future with DREM - Accelerating the deployment of heat pumps
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February 3, 2023

Tackling Climate Change, One Household at a Time

Investing in a greener future with DREM - Accelerating the deployment of heat pumps
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January 25, 2023
Our investment in Supernormal: ​​The future of cognitive computing

Our investment in Supernormal: ​​The future of cognitive computing

Supernormal uses a fine-tuned Large Language Model to automatically generate meeting summaries, decisions, and action points.
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January 25, 2023

Our investment in Supernormal: ​​The future of cognitive computing

Supernormal uses a fine-tuned Large Language Model to automatically generate meeting summaries, decisions, and action points.
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January 11, 2023
We invested in Francis: the efficient spreadsheet giving business leaders their time back

We invested in Francis: the efficient spreadsheet giving business leaders their time back

Too often, we see small business owners hurting from the stress of financial uncertainty. We see them learning the hard way (and often too late) that they should’ve invested in tools that bring visibility to their finances, and they should’ve asked for support to help make the right strategic financial decisions in a timely manner.
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January 11, 2023

We invested in Francis: the efficient spreadsheet giving business leaders their time back

Too often, we see small business owners hurting from the stress of financial uncertainty. We see them learning the hard way (and often too late) that they should’ve invested in tools that bring visibility to their finances, and they should’ve asked for support to help make the right strategic financial decisions in a timely manner.
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January 8, 2023
byFounders invests in Watalook - revolutioning the beauty industry with its all-in-one platform

byFounders invests in Watalook - revolutioning the beauty industry with its all-in-one platform

Watalook offers a comprehensive platform that caters to the unique needs of independent beauty professionals, allowing them to manage their clients, brand, and finances all in one place.
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January 8, 2023

byFounders invests in Watalook - revolutioning the beauty industry with its all-in-one platform

Watalook offers a comprehensive platform that caters to the unique needs of independent beauty professionals, allowing them to manage their clients, brand, and finances all in one place.

What we bring to the table

When we invest, we welcome you to our family. A crucial part of that is our Collective, consisting of 70+ of some of the most accomplished Nordic and Baltic founders and operators.

Making up a tight-knit global community, the Collective and our portfolio companies fuels our Platform to provide you with everything you need on your journey to building a wildly successful company.
Johan Brand founder of Kahoot!
Johan Brand
Founder of Kahoot! and We Are Human
Frida Siwe
Mentor - Norrsken Impact Accelerator
Frida Siwe
Mentor Norrsken Impact Accelerator

What we look for when investing

We evaluate companies using our 8 T Framework: Team, TAM, Timing, Traction, Tech, Transformational, Transparency, and Tomorrow.

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October 19, 2023

VC 201 - The VC Success Equation

Three necessary (but not sufficient) conditions to succeed in venture capital
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October 19, 2023

VC 201 - The VC Success Equation

Three necessary (but not sufficient) conditions to succeed in venture capital
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September 7, 2023

6 Reflections From My 6 Months Interning in Venture Capital

Matias Salonen is the newest member of the byFounders investment team. He joined as an intern in January 2023 and recently transitioned into a full-time investor role. In the following, Matias reflects on the lessons learned and shares his path into venture capital and recommendations for prospective VCs.
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September 7, 2023

6 Reflections From My 6 Months Interning in Venture Capital

Matias Salonen is the newest member of the byFounders investment team. He joined as an intern in January 2023 and recently transitioned into a full-time investor role. In the following, Matias reflects on the lessons learned and shares his path into venture capital and recommendations for prospective VCs.
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June 1, 2023

What is the Existential Risk of AI?

Bridging the Intelligence Gap: The Uncharted Terrain of Superintelligence
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June 1, 2023

What is the Existential Risk of AI?

Bridging the Intelligence Gap: The Uncharted Terrain of Superintelligence
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April 18, 2023

We are Publishing our First Impact-Awareness Report

Playing our part in building a better tomorrow
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April 18, 2023

We are Publishing our First Impact-Awareness Report

Playing our part in building a better tomorrow
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March 14, 2023

Rain, Startup Fragility & Boundary Conditions

Or how to consciously decide on your level of risk
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March 14, 2023

Rain, Startup Fragility & Boundary Conditions

Or how to consciously decide on your level of risk
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March 1, 2023

VC 101 - Cultivating a Venture Mindset

Forget everything you thought you knew.
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March 1, 2023

VC 101 - Cultivating a Venture Mindset

Forget everything you thought you knew.
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December 9, 2022

Seed funding for startups 101: How to raise cash from VCs in 2023

Looking to hit the next level of growth with seed funding? Sifted published an extensive piece on everything you need to know before you start and we contributed with our thoughts.
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December 9, 2022

Seed funding for startups 101: How to raise cash from VCs in 2023

Looking to hit the next level of growth with seed funding? Sifted published an extensive piece on everything you need to know before you start and we contributed with our thoughts.
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October 20, 2022

5 things I wish I knew before starting in early-stage VC

For years, I tried to self-educate myself about VC and the startup industry. I read and studied as many books, articles, and podcasts as I could, and watched as many episodes of Silicon Valley as possible to get a glimpse into the life of a VC. I have now been with byFounders for 9+ months and I have come to the conclusion that VC is not something that can be self-taught. Here's what I've learned.
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October 20, 2022

5 things I wish I knew before starting in early-stage VC

For years, I tried to self-educate myself about VC and the startup industry. I read and studied as many books, articles, and podcasts as I could, and watched as many episodes of Silicon Valley as possible to get a glimpse into the life of a VC. I have now been with byFounders for 9+ months and I have come to the conclusion that VC is not something that can be self-taught. Here's what I've learned.