Northzone

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.
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  open_source: false
  commercial: false
  callable_host: false
  label: Delivery model not determined — needs a product licence on record
  confidence: low
  source:
  - none
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://northzone.com/favicon.ico
x-type: venture-capital
x-category: Venture Capital
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-17'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
tags:
  - Venture Capital
  - Seed
  - Series A
  - Growth Equity
  - Artificial Intelligence
  - Enterprise
  - Fintech
  - Healthcare
  - Climate
  - Developer Tools
  - Europe
  - London
apis: []
common:
  - type: Website
    url: https://northzone.com/
  - type: Portfolio
    url: https://northzone.com/portfolio/
  - type: Portfolio
    url: portfolio/northzone-portfolio.yml
  - type: Team
    url: https://northzone.com/team/
  - type: Team
    url: team/northzone-team.yml
  - 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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