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
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Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
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- byFounders-backed Monta is launching in the U.S. with a goal to connect 1 million charging points within five years.
- byFounders is supporting Monta's expansion into the US market, aiming for one million charging points on their platform within five years.
- 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 is hosting a byFounders House in collaboration with Bob W. at Slush 2024 in Helsinki, featuring talks by Petteri Lahtela, Daniel Mauno Pettersson, and Anton Osika.
- byFounders is hosting a Venture Capital event on October 24th, 2024, at CBS Solbjerg Plads in Copenhagen, featuring presentations, a Q&A session, and networking opportunities.
- 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 shared their Q3 2024 market update highlighting investments in Livv Health and Figurement, and insights on New Nordic tech funding trends.
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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
- 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.
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- byFounders invested in Stockholm-based greentech company DREM's €1 million funding round for expanding in the French heat pump market.
- byFounders is an investor in Monta's Series B funding round, which raised $138.95M.
- byFounders reported €374M invested in early-stage funding across 69 rounds in Q3 2024, with Denmark leading in both number of rounds and capital.
- byFounders invested in DataCrunch, which is transforming the AI compute landscape with scalable, cost-efficient solutions from energy-efficient data centers in Iceland and Finland, aiming to become the first European hyperscaler.
- 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.