Scale Capital
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Scale Capital is a venture capital firm based in Copenhagen, Denmark, investing in early-stage technology companies in Northern Europe. It focuses on critical technologies in computing, defence, robotics, and energy, with a thesis of European technological sovereignty.
Scale Capital is a venture capital firm headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark, founded in 2012. It invests directly in companies, from seed to Series A, in Next-gen Computing & Digital Infrastructure, defence & Cyber Security, robotics & Advanced Manufacturing and energy Systems & Climate. Its stated cheque size is €1-4M. 33 portfolio companies, as it reports.
“Europe First. That’s our thesis. It means backing companies that develop critical technologies in Europe, keeping their leadership, ownership and IP on the continent, while scaling commercially into global markets.”
— Scale Capital, own website
- Layer
- Direct investor
- Type
- Venture capital
- Headquarters
- Copenhagen, Denmark
- Invests in
- Northern Europe
- Sectors
- Next-gen Computing & Digital Infrastructure, Defence & Cyber Security, Robotics & Advanced Manufacturing, Energy Systems & Climate
- Cheque size
- €1-4M
- Founded
- 2012
- Portfolio
- 33 companies
Team, as Scale Capital publishes it
- Lars Jensen Founding Partner
- Kenneth Grunow General Partner
- Joachim Schelde Principal
- Terkel Douglas Principal
- Boje Thosti Head of Finance
- Tiina Erho Investment Analyst
- Alexander Bangsund Investment Analyst
- Vika Marszalek Brand & Design Manager
- Frederik Barsøe PR & Communications Lead
Names and roles exactly as listed on scalecapital.com. Nothing else about these people is recorded.
Co-invests most often with
Derived from portfolio pages both investors publish themselves: each pair below lists at least one company in common. 22 co-investors found.
- Curiosity VC 2 shared companies: telescope.eco, meetingpackage.com
- Rockstart 1 shared company: mqs.dk
- Waterland Private Equity 1 shared company: whistlesystem.com
- Heliad Equity Partners 1 shared company: arx-robotics.com
- Omnes Capital 1 shared company: arx-robotics.com
- Project A Ventures 1 shared company: arx-robotics.com
- Speedinvest 1 shared company: arx-robotics.com
- Accelerace 1 shared company: donkey.bike
- Spintop Ventures 1 shared company: donkey.bike
- Alliance Venture 1 shared company: globus.ai
and 12 more — the graph.
Where this comes from
Every fact above was read from a page Scale Capital publishes itself. Nothing is taken from third-party databases. Investment activity (deals, co-investors) is not yet recorded.
- https://www.scalecapital.com/name, is_investor, layer, type, invests_in_geographies, stage_min, stage_max, sectors, cheque_size, description, portfolio_count, status, confidence
- https://www.scalecapital.com/teamhq_country, hq_city, founded, people
- https://www.scalecapital.com/approachthesis_quote, thesis_quote_page
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