byFounders | News, Hiring, Layoffs, Competitors, CEO, Fundraising Insights
byFounders is a community-powered early-stage venture fund based in Copenhagen, Denmark, that invests in globally ambitious teams...
byFounders is a community-powered early-stage venture fund based in Copenhagen, Denmark, that invests in globally ambitious teams connected to the Nordic and Baltic countries. The firm emphasizes operational expertise and a global network through its Collective of over 70 accomplished founders and operators, supporting impact-aware startups in their journey to success.
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Copenhagen K, Denmark
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1-10 employees
Industry
Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
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- byFounders integrates ESG and Impact priorities into their investment process by adding an 8th T, 'Tomorrow,' to their investment framework and using a 5-point scoring system for assessment.
- byFounders launched their Impact Awareness Report for 2023 on March 21, 2024, to transparently share their impact journey for the second consecutive year.
- byFounders is hosting a breakfast and boat ride event in Copenhagen on September 13th in collaboration with Monta.
- byFounders released the second article in their six-part series detailing their ESG & Impact playbook, explaining their fund’s positioning and strategy with clear KPIs for accountability.
- byFounders has open-sourced their Impact-awareness playbook to integrate ESG and Impact principles into their investment process and operations.
- byFounders is hosting a breakfast and boat ride event in Copenhagen on September 13th for climate founders and operators attending The Drop and TechBBQ.
- Palle Broe from byFounders and Emil Dyrvig outlined 7 steps for B2B SaaS companies to expand from Europe to the US, including when to expand, where to land, and how to scale.
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⚔️ byFounders Alternatives and Competitors
- Merit Capital Partners |
- Kamylon Capital |
- Rockport Capital |
- K5 Ventures |
- Mellion Ventures |
- Hummingbird Ventures |
- PSV |
- Dreamcraft Ventures |
- Seed Capital Denmark |
- Inventure |
- Heartcore Capital |
- Antler |
- Luminar Ventures |
- People Ventures |
- Nordic Eye Venture Capital |
- Nordic Makers |
- The Nordic Web Ventures
💼 byFounders Hiring and Layoffs
- Freja Sommerskov joined byFounders as an Investor in Denmark, previously working as an Associate at Kearney.
- byFounders is hiring a Visiting Analyst for their investment team in Stockholm, with the position starting in February 2025.
- John Ardelius, former CTO & Co-founder at Hedvig, has joined Greenely as the new CTO, a portfolio company of byFounders.
- Daniel Stenson joined byFounders in the Copenhagen office.
- Jacob Busck Andersen joined byFounders as VP Finance & Fund Operations in Denmark, previously serving as Head of FP&A at Leapwork.
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📈 byFounders Financials, Fundraising and Valuation News
- byFounders' portfolio company PipeBio has been acquired by Benchling, combining cloud-based R&D software with high-throughput bioinformatics to drive innovation in biologics discovery.
- byFounders led a €12M seed funding round for Helsinki-based AI computing infrastructure provider DataCrunch.
- byFounders invested in Lovable, a company that uses AI to simplify product creation for individuals.
- byFounders co-led a €6.8 million pre-seed funding round for the Swedish AI coding platform Lovable.
- byFounders is backing Figurement, a Danish company building a collaborative 3D rendering platform, with support from angels with backgrounds at Google, DeepMind, Meta Reality Labs, and CrowdStrike.
- byFounders and angels from Meta, Google, DeepMind, and Humio invested in Figurement.
- byFounders VC Fund II K/S has invested in multiple companies including JANUAR APS, ENTO LABS APS, OWND APS, VIBRANT APS, CREATIVE FORCE APS, YAAK TECHNOLOGIES APS, and RIG.DEV APS, all of which reported negative results.
- byFounders released their Q2 report detailing funding flows, leading New Nordic countries, active sectors, and invested capital in diverse founders.
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