Unveiling the Power Players: Profiling Stockholm's Leading Investors Pushing Innovation in 2025

Recently, Stockholm has become a hotbed of tech potential, drawing eminent attention from global investors. This surge is fuelled by promising startups such as Legora, Filed, Lovable, and Tandem Health, which have successfully secured generous investments, shining a new light onto the city’s entrepreneurial landscape. By mid-2025, Stockholm’s startups had already accumulated a whopping €886m, largely favouring healthtech ventures (€328m) and climate tech (€281m).

But who’s fuelling this investment fever? The answer: ‘A dynamic fusion of local and global investors.’ From the Europe-based EQT Ventures to the San Francisco-based Y Combinator, heavyweight investors have been zealously backing Stockholm’s startups.

Industrifonden tops the list as the city’s most dynamic dealmaker in 2025. This venture capital firm has demonstrated a highly extensive investment approach, backing a wide array of startups from nuclear fusion initiatives to e-commerce solutions.

Keeping them company is the acclaimed Y Combinator, the San Francisco-based accelerator. It has continually invested in European startups across a variety of sectors, including AI, fintech, and deeptech, displaying a robust commitment towards bolstering innovation and boosting early-stage entrepreneurship.

Lastly, Antler has proved itself as a force to be reckoned with. Since launching its first European office in Stockholm in 2019, the global early-stage investor, using its unique residency model, has consistently backed promising founders. With its second Nordic fund closing at $100m in February 2025, it remains one of the region’s most active seed investors, cementing its foothold on the global investor landscape.