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Founded by Niklas Adalberth, one of the founders of Swedish fintech unicorn <\/span>Klarna<\/span><\/a>, in 2016, <\/span>Norrsken<\/span><\/a> aims to help entrepreneurs solve the world\u2019s greatest challenges. Its ecosystem consists of <\/span>Norrsken House<\/span><\/a>, a co-working space for over 350 impact entrepreneurs in Stockholm, the Norrsken Founders Fund, and <\/span>Norrsken VC<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n
Disrupt Africa reported<\/span><\/a> in 2019 the foundation had launched operations in Kigali, Rwanda, which it said it planned to use as a base for investing across the East and Central African region, and it <\/span>started raising its fund in February 2022<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n
Norrsken22 is focused on entrepreneurs developing fintech, ed-tech, e-health, and market-enabling solutions that will deliver strong returns and have a positive impact across Africa. At its inception, the fund was supported by over 30 unicorn founders, including Olugbenga Agboola, co-founder of Flutterwave; Niklas\u00a0Zennstr\u00f6m, co-founder of Skype; and Niklas \u00d6stberg, co-founder of Delivery Hero.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
The fund was also backed by SEB Pension Foundation and family offices.\u00a0Since the fund\u2019s first close, a number of high-profile institutional investors have joined the investor base, such as British International Investment (BII), International Finance Corporation (IFC), US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC), Standard Bank and Norfund.<\/span><\/p>\n
\u201cAfrica has the youngest population globally and its upcoming digital-first generation is the future of Africa – and the world. We\u2019re delighted to announce this final close and with the support the fund has received. There are huge opportunities in Africa. We are excited to continue our mission of driving funding into African tech, and creating jobs and sustainable growth in the region,\u201d said Adalberth.<\/span><\/p>\n
Norrsken22 has already made five investments, in South African challenger bank Tyme Bank, African business-to-business digital commerce platform Sabi, Africa\u2019s leading identity verification solution, Smile ID and auto financing platform Autochek.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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