First exit by EQT Ventures - sells stake in Small Giant Games at USD 700 million valuation

EQT Ventures sells its stake in mobile games company Small Giant Games to Zynga, a leading social games developer EQT Ventures led a USD 5.7 million Series A round in March 2017 and an additional USD 41 million investment at the end of January 2018 The EQT Ventures fund (“EQT Ventures”) today...

EQT køber Saxo Payments Banking Circle

EQT VIII og EQT Ventures (tilsammen EQT) har, i partnerskab med stifterne af Saxo Payments Banking Circle samt eksisterende minoritetsinvestorer, indgået en aftale om at købe Saxo Payments Banking Circle Saxo Payments Banking Circles unikke platform muliggør simplere, hurtigere og mere effektive...

EQT acquires Saxo Payments Banking Circle

EQT VIII and EQT Ventures, in partnership with Saxo Payments Banking Circle’s founders and other co-investors, to acquire Saxo Payments Banking Circle Saxo Payments Banking Circle’s unique banking platform enables cross-border payments with reduced complexity, time and cost EQT to support Saxo...

“Mixed Reality might be the next smartphone”

Since EQT Ventures launched in May 2016, the fund has closed 22 investments and the team has grown rapidly - now consisting of 22 people in Stockholm, London, Amsterdam, Berlin and San Francisco, and with part-time advisors in Tel Aviv, Zurich and Munich. Ted Persson, Design/UX/Brand Partner...

“The societal effects of this technological transformation will be fundamental”

2016 was a breakthrough year for technologies such as Big Data, Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality – a trend that is set to continue in 2017. Hjalmar Winbladh, Partner and Co-Head of EQT Ventures, shares his insights on what opportunities these technologies bring and how they will...

A busy summer for the EQT Ventures fund

While many look to the summer as a season to wind down, the EQT Ventures fund has been busy and continued to accelerate in portfolio investments. Below is a brief snapshot of the investments made during the summer.

EQT Ventures invests in Unomaly

The EQT Ventures Fund (“EQT Ventures”) has invested in Unomaly. Unomaly, based in Stockholm, was founded in 2012 and helps companies avoid IT-incidents by automatically analyzing all the data their IT-systems produce. Smart algorithms continuously learns the baseline patterns of normal IT...

EQT Ventures secures commitments totaling EUR 566 million

EQT Ventures secures commitments totaling EUR 566 million; to support fast-growing tech-enabled companies across Europe throughout all stages of growth Team combines successful specialists and serial entrepreneurs; with experience from success stories including Booking.com, Uber, King and Spotify...