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Atomico

Atomico

London-based venture capital firm

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.

This article is about the firm. For the TV show, see Atómico.
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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]

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.[2]

Investments

The firm's investments include

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Atomico IV: $765m for Europe's most ambitious founders".
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    "Angry Birds maker Rovio valued at $1 billion in IPO". Reuters. 28 September 2017.
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    Wauters, Robin (November 16, 2011). "Atomico Invests $4.2M In 6Wunderkinder: German Name, Global Ambitions". TechCrunch. Archived from the original on March 30, 2014. Retrieved April 11, 2014.
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    "MessageBird rebrands as Bird". Reuters. 1 February 2024.
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    "Accurx raises £8.8M Series A for its messaging app for medical teams and patients". Retrieved 2020-04-20.[permanent dead link]
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    "Atomico promotes surgeon-turned-VC Irina Haivas to partner". au.finance.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
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