Atomico Explained

Atomico is a European Venture Capital firm headquartered in London, with offices in Paris, Berlin and Stockholm. Its founder and CEO is Niklas Zennström, a serial entrepreneur who co-founded Skype and Kazaa.

History and investments

It has invested in more than 130 companies across the globe via 4 funds, Atomico Ventures I, the $165 million Atomico Ventures II, Atomico III, which closed at $476 million in November 2013[3] and most recently the $765 million Atomico IV.^[1] It publishes an annual report into the European technology industry.^[2]

The company has been involved with exits or substantial transactions in companies including Supercell (sold a majority stake to SoftBank, valuing the business at $3 billion in 2013), The Climate Corporation (acquired by Monsanto for $1.1 billion in 2013), Xobni (acquired by Yahoo! in 2013), PowerReviews (acquired by Bazaarvoice in 2012) and Rovio's $1 billion IPO in September 2017.^[3]

Investments

The firm's investments include

Europe

• 6WunderKinder^[4]
• Graphcore
• Lilium
• Infarm
• Truecaller
• Framer
• Bird (previously MessageBird^[5])
• Varjo
• Omio (previously GoEuro)
• Pipedrive
• Scandit
• HealX
• Spacemaker
• Kheiron Medical
• Betable
• Chemist Direct
• EVRYTHNG
• Farmdrop
• AccuRx^{[6] [7]}
• Dexory ^{[8] [9]}
• Fashiolista
• Fon
• Habito
• Hailo
• Jolicloud
• Klarna
• Last.fm
• LendInvest
• Star
• Mydeco
• OneTwoTrip
• Ostrovok
• Playfire
• Quipper
• Rovio Mobile
• Seesmic
• Siine
• Silk
• Scoutbee
• Skype
• State
• Supercell
• Uniplaces
• Viagogo
• Wrapp
• Zattikka

North America

• Masterclass
• Clutter
• Lime
• Compass
• Stripe
• Deca
• Fab.com
• Fabricly
• Heysan
• Jawbone
• Knewton
• Kyte
• Memolane
• PowerReviews
• Quid
• Rdio
• Technorati
• The Climate Corporation
• TrialPay
• Upside Foods
• Xobni

South America

• Gympass
• Bebestore
• CinemaKi
• Connect Parts
• PedidosYa
• Restorando

Asia

• Smartnews
• CMUNE
• Gengo
• iBoxPay

See also

• List of venture capital firms

References

1. Web site: Atomico IV: $765m for Europe's most ambitious founders .
2. Web site: State of European Tech 2023 . 2024-07-28 . State of european tech . en.
3. News: Angry Birds maker Rovio valued at $1 billion in IPO . Reuters . 28 September 2017 .
4. News: Atomico Invests $4.2M In 6Wunderkinder: German Name, Global Ambitions . Robin . Wauters . . November 16, 2011 . April 11, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140330125136/http://techcrunch.com/2011/11/16/atomico-invests-4-2m-in-6wunderkinder-german-name-global-ambitions/ . March 30, 2014 . live .
5. News: MessageBird rebrands as Bird . Reuters . 1 February 2024.
6. Web site: 2020-04-20. Accurx raises £8.8M Series A for its messaging app for medical teams and patients.
7. Web site: 2020-04-20. Atomico promotes surgeon-turned-VC Irina Haivas to partner. au.finance.yahoo.com.
8. Web site: 2024-09-16. Dexory nabs $19M to bring visibility to warehouses through analytics and autonomous robots.
9. Web site: 2024-09-16. Atomico leads Dexory’s $19 million round as it keeps tabs on warehouses around the world. Tech.eu.

External links

• Atomico (company website)