Venture Capital

Northzone

Northzone is a multi-stage venture capital firm founded in 1996 in Oslo and now headquartered in London, with additional offices in New York, Stockholm, Berlin and Amsterdam. The firm partners with founders across the United States and Europe from Seed through Growth, positioning itself as a single long-term partner from the first check all the way to IPO, with check sizes ranging from roughly $1M to $50M. Over nearly three decades Northzone has raised 13 funds, backed more than 250 companies, produced 18 unicorns and 14 IPOs, and reports $3.1bn+ in assets under management; its most recent flagship vehicle raised approximately €1bn. Northzone invests broadly across AI, enterprise software, fintech, consumer, healthcare, climate and energy, and infrastructure and developer tools, and is known for early backing of category creators including Spotify, Klarna, Trustpilot, Kahoot!, Personio, TrueLayer, Avito and iZettle. The firm supports portfolio companies through a Platform team and a network of 500+ operators drawn from companies such as OpenAI, Anthropic and Stripe.

140 portfolio companies 17 publish APIs here 13 properties
Venture CapitalSeedSeries AGrowth EquityArtificial IntelligenceEnterpriseFintechConsumerHealthcareClimateDeveloper ToolsEuropeLondon

Northzone has 140 portfolio companies tracked on the APIs.io network, of which 17 (12%) publish APIs indexed here.

Its highest-rated API providers on the network are Spotify, Trustpilot, Hopin, Openzeppelin, Truelayer.

Portfolio on the Network

Portfolio companies that publish APIs indexed on APIs.io, grouped by their API Evangelist rating. Exemplar and Strong are expanded by default.

Strong 2 Solid coverage with minor gaps
Developing 4 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
Thin 4 Limited public surface area
Emerging 6 Early or largely undocumented
Minimal 1 Almost no public developer surface

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Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: northzone
name: Northzone
description: >-
  Northzone is a multi-stage venture capital firm founded in 1996 in Oslo and now headquartered in
  London, with additional offices in New York, Stockholm, Berlin and Amsterdam. The firm partners with
  founders across the United States and Europe from Seed through Growth, positioning itself as a single
  long-term partner from the first check all the way to IPO, with check sizes ranging from roughly $1M
  to $50M. Over nearly three decades Northzone has raised 13 funds, backed more than 250 companies,
  produced 18 unicorns and 14 IPOs, and reports $3.1bn+ in assets under management; its most recent
  flagship vehicle raised approximately €1bn. Northzone invests broadly across AI, enterprise software,
  fintech, consumer, healthcare, climate and energy, and infrastructure and developer tools, and is
  known for early backing of category creators including Spotify, Klarna, Trustpilot, Kahoot!, Personio,
  TrueLayer, Avito and iZettle. The firm supports portfolio companies through a Platform team and a
  network of 500+ operators drawn from companies such as OpenAI, Anthropic and Stripe.
image: https://northzone.com/favicon.ico
x-type: venture-capital
x-category: Venture Capital
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-17'
specificationVersion: '0.20'
tags:
  - Venture Capital
  - Seed
  - Series A
  - Growth Equity
  - Artificial Intelligence
  - Enterprise
  - Fintech
  - Consumer
  - Healthcare
  - Climate
  - Developer Tools
  - Europe
  - London
apis: []
common:
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    url: https://northzone.com/
  - type: Portfolio
    url: https://northzone.com/portfolio/
  - type: Portfolio
    url: portfolio/northzone-portfolio.yml
  - type: Team
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  - type: Team
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  - type: InvestmentThesis
    url: https://northzone.com/our-story/
  - type: InvestmentThesis
    url: https://northzone.com/platform
  - type: Blog
    url: https://northzone.com/insights
  - type: News
    url: https://northzone.com/insights
  - type: Jobs
    url: https://portfolio.northzone.com/companies
  - type: Crunchbase
    url: https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/northzone
  - type: LinkedIn
    url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/northzone/
  - type: Twitter
    url: https://x.com/northzoneVC
  - type: Features
    data:
      - "Stage: Seed to Growth (multi-stage, first check to IPO)"
      - "Typical check: ~$1M-$50M"
      - "Sectors: AI, enterprise software, fintech, consumer, healthcare, climate & energy, infrastructure & developer tools"
      - "Geography: Europe and the United States"
      - "AUM: $3.1bn+ (self-reported); latest flagship fund ~EUR 1bn"
      - "Track record: 250+ companies, 18 unicorns, 14 IPOs, 13 funds"
      - "Founded: 1996 (Oslo)"
      - "HQ: London, UK (offices in New York, Stockholm, Berlin, Amsterdam)"
    sources:
      - https://northzone.com/our-story/
      - https://northzone.com/portfolio/
      - https://northzone.com/
    updated: '2026-07-17'
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