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Atomico
Company typePrivate
IndustryVenture capital
Founded2006
FounderNiklas Zennström
ProductsVenture capital, growth capital
Number of employees
57
Websitewww.atomico.com

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

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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 and 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

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The firm's investments include

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Atomico IV: $765m for Europe's most ambitious founders".
  2. ^ "State of European Tech 2023". State of european tech. Retrieved 2024-07-28.
  3. ^ "Angry Birds maker Rovio valued at $1 billion in IPO". Reuters. 28 September 2017.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "MessageBird rebrands as Bird". Reuters. 1 February 2024.
  6. ^ "Accurx raises £8.8M Series A for its messaging app for medical teams and patients". Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  7. ^ "Atomico promotes surgeon-turned-VC Irina Haivas to partner". au.finance.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
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