About
NJORD.
Njord Ventures is a seed and early-stage venture capital investor with focus on Swedish entrepreneurial companies. We look for inspirational entrepreneurs with a scalable business model that has exceptional growth potential and that is underpinned by technology, macrotrends and disruptions. We value entrepreneurship, integrity and drive.
News
June 6th, 2024
PLAYREPLAY CLOSES NEW INVESTMENT ROUND
In this new investment round, USTA Ventures, the strategic investment fund launched by the USTA last September, has made its first investment. We welcome USTA as a new investor to the company.
March 25th, 2024
BUDDYWISE CLOSED EURO 3,5 MILLION IN SEED FUNDING
We are happy to welcome Kvanted, a Helsinki-based industrial fund; and J12, a data and AI specialist fund, as new investors in the company.
February 9th, 2024
LESSLIE SECURES SEK 18M IN NEW FUNDING ROUND
The new round was led by Wellstreet which we also welcome as new investors to the company. Also Quinary Investment took a significant part in the round.
Current portfolio
03 / COLIVIA
Colivia is offering an automated staffing platform for the healthcare sector, creating a solution that helps tackle the healthcare personnel shortage.
02 / CLOUDBACKEND
CloudBackend is building a global no-code distributed Edge Database Platform as a Service (Edge dbPaaS) for developers that is managed across cloud and edge.
01 / BUDDYWISE
Buddywise uses computer vision and machine learning to improve and automate industrial safety monitoring and risk mitigation.
04 / ECONANS
Econans is a fintech partner that provides digital services for simulation and automated advice on environmental and financial sustainability.
05 / FOR REAL! FOODS
For Real! Foods produces nutrient rich frozen foods and taps into a global trend of natural, sustainable, and convenient meals.
06 / LESSLIE
Lesslie develops financial tools that cut costs for import and export companies by reducing currency exchange fees and streamlining international payments.
07 / LOGCAST
Logcast is an NFT-powered social network for audio creators and their fans.
08 / PLAYREPLAY
PlayReplay has developed a tracking system for racket sports where the user can get real-time line calling and match statistics.
09 / TREYD
Treyd enables any company to trade with any company in the world, solving the trust- and working capital problem.
Our past
Company
HERMINE HOLD
MADE PEOPLE
RIDESUM
Business in brief
Women's hair accessories
Artisan e-commerce agency
Equestrian training collaboration platform
Invested
2018
2017
2020
Exited
2018
2025
2024
But why?
Business closure
Acquired by norwegian KRY
Business closure
This section reflects on the range of investments we've made, including successful exits and key lessons that have shaped our growth. Each experience has contributed to our evolving approach. The information provided about these portfolio companies is intended to be illustrative and is not intended to serve as an indication of the current or future performance of Njord’s portfolio companies.
Contact
We strive to be your first-choice seed and early-stage investor. Our team has many years of local and global experience at top management and ownership level, covering industries such as E-commerce, Software, Tech, Finance, Performance Management and Strategy Consulting.
We would love to get in contact with YOU and learn more about your idea or your business! Drop us an e-mail and let us know a little bit more about yourself.