Kinnevik AB

Investor - Venture Capital

Overview

A Swedish venture capital firm looking to invest in digital business at any stage of a business development.

Country: Sweden

Headquarters: Box 2094 103 13 Stockholm

Investment Strategy

Geography

  • Africa
  • North America
  • Latin America
  • Europe
  • Asia

Sector Focus

  • Funding Platforms
  • Institutional Investments and Trading
  • Payments and Remittances
  • Infrastructure and Enterprise Software

Investment Stage

  • Series A
  • Series B

Summary

Kinnevik AB is an institution in Stockholm that has been investing in digital consumer business. Founded in 1936 by Stenbeck, Klingspor and von Horn families the entrepreneurial investment group has already invested in some of the most revolutionary ideas like Foodpanda, HelloFresh and Quickr.

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Investments

Date

Name

Size

Round

Co-Investors

Sector

Country

March 2016

Home24

€20M

Venture

Baillie Gifford, Rocket Internet

Payments & Remittances

Germany

March 2016

Betterment

$100m

Series E

Menlo Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, Citi Ventures, Globespan Capital Partners, Red Swan Ventures

Investment platform

United States

April 2014

BIMA

$22m

Series B

LeapFrog Investments, Leapfrog Ventures

InsurTech

Sweden

March 2014

Quickr

$90m

Series F

Brand Capital, Warburg Pincus, Tiger Global Management, Steadview Capital

Infrastructure and Enterprise Software

India

April 2013

mobly

$20m

Private Equity

J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. , Cisneros Group, Rocket Internet

Payments and Remittances

Brazil

June 2012

Bloglovin

$1m

Series A

Betaworks, Basset Investment Group, Lerer Hippeau Ventures,White Star Capital

Payments & Remittances

United States

Key Employees

Lorenzo Grabau
CEO

Chris Bischoff
Senior Investment Director