Early stage · FIRST CHECK
Backing
founders early.
Strawberry Ventures is a Lund-based early-stage investment firm backing ambitious founders from Skåne and the wider Öresund region. We invest our own capital, bring practical business experience, and connect founders with people who can help them move forward.
Close to where companies begin.
Strawberry is built around Lund and the surrounding Skåne and Öresund ecosystem. Lund brings together a major university, technical talent, research, life science, established industry, startup communities and some of Europe's leading research infrastructure. Malmö and Copenhagen extend that ecosystem across the region. We believe there is room for more locally rooted private capital that can meet founders early, before everything is figured out.
Lund University
A large university environment bringing together students, researchers, engineers and future founders.
Company-building
Ideon Science Park has been part of Lund's innovation environment since 1983, alongside a growing community of startups and established technology companies.
Life science and deep tech
Medicon Village, MAX IV, ESS and Skåne University Hospital contribute to a particularly strong environment for science, health and technology.
Öresund
Malmö and Copenhagen expand the local market for talent, customers, industry relationships and investment.
Local capital
We want more founders from the region to have an investor nearby who is willing to listen early.
Good founders rarely start with everything figured out.
We want to meet ambitious people early. You might have an idea, a prototype, your first customers or already be building a company. What matters more is that you understand the problem, are serious about solving it and want to build something meaningful.
Technical founders
Building software, technology, products or companies around a strong technical advantage.
Tell us what you're building →
Research spinouts
Researchers, engineers, clinicians and teams exploring the commercial potential of their work.
Start a conversation →Early-stage companies
Promising companies from Lund, Skåne and the wider Öresund region looking for early capital and the right people around them.
Apply as a founder →Capital is only the beginning.
Strawberry exists to invest, but being useful to founders does not stop with writing a check. We bring operating experience, commercial perspective and relationships across the local business and investment ecosystem.
Invest early
We want to be comfortable having the conversation before everything looks finished.
Stay practical
Customers, pricing, sales, positioning, hiring and the next important decision. We focus on what is useful.
Open the network
When there is a good reason, we connect founders with customers, operators, advisors, industry and other investors.
Think long term
Companies take time to build. We want relationships that can develop with them.
Stay local
Being close matters. We want to know the founders, companies and people shaping the ecosystem around us.
Built here. Connected beyond it.
Strawberry is based in Lund because we believe proximity creates an advantage. The region brings universities, startups, research environments, established companies, investors and technical talent together within a relatively small geography.
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You do not need a perfect pitch deck before contacting us. If you are building something interesting from Lund, Skåne or the surrounding region, we would rather hear from you early.
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Tell us what you're building
A short introduction is enough. Tell us about the problem, what you're building, who is involved and where you are today. - 02
We take a look
We consider the founders, opportunity, stage, geography and whether Strawberry could genuinely be useful. - 03
We meet
If there is a potential fit, we have a founder conversation and get to know the company properly. - 04
We decide what makes sense
That could mean continuing an investment discussion, sharing useful feedback or introducing you to someone better suited to help.
See what we're seeing locally.
Strawberry is building relationships with founders at the earliest stages across Lund and Skåne.
Alongside investing our own capital, we want to build a trusted network of angels, operators, family offices and venture investors interested in promising companies emerging from the region. Where there is a strong fit, that can create opportunities for introductions and co-investment.
Investor participation may be subject to eligibility, suitability and applicable regulations.
We want to add capital, not another programme.
Lund already has universities, incubators, science parks, accelerators, founder communities and organisations helping people build companies. We do not want to duplicate them. Strawberry's role is to add something specific: private early-stage capital, business experience and investor relationships. We want to work alongside the people already supporting founders across Lund, Skåne and Öresund.
Universities & research
Meet founders and teams exploring commercial opportunities.
Incubators & communities
Be an accessible local investor for companies that may be ready for outside capital.
Industry
Create useful connections between established businesses and emerging companies.
Investors
Help promising local companies reach the next layer of capital.
Useful before you're ready to raise.
Practical material for founders navigating the early stages of building and financing a company. No jargon. No promises. Just useful starting points.
Founder notesBuilding something?
Talk to us early.
You don't need everything figured out. Tell us what you're building and where you are today.