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Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Venture capital |
| Founded | 2006 (2006) |
| Founder | Niklas Zennström |
| Products | Venture capital, growth capital |
Number of employees | 57 |
| Website | www.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
It has invested in more than 155 companies1 across the globe via 7 funds, Atomico Ventures I, the $165 million Atomico Ventures II, Atomico III, which closed at $476 million in November 2013,2 the $765 million Atomico IV,3 the $820 million Atomico V,4 the $1.1 billion Atomico VI,5 and most recently, the $1.24 billion Atomico VII.6 The company publishes an annual report into the European technology industry.7
Areas of interest for Atomico, include Industrial Automation, Internet Infrastructure & Security, and Future of Food. Notable growth investments in these categories include CADDi ($38 million Series C),8 Lakera ($20 million Series A led by Atomico),9 and FarmDrop (£7 million Series A).10
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), Rovio's $1 billion IPO in September 2017,11 and LendInvest's IPO on the London Stock Exchange in July 2021.12
References
References
- "$1.24 billion as European technology comes of age". atomico.com. Retrieved 2025-04-30.
- "Atomico Raises $476.6 Million for Third Fund". StrictlyVC, LLC. 2013-11-09. Retrieved 2025-04-30.
- "Atomico IV: $765m for Europe's most ambitious founders".
- Browne, Ryan (2020-02-18). "Skype co-founder's venture capital firm just raised an $820 million fund to back European start-ups". CNBC. Retrieved 2025-04-30.
- Prabhu, Abhinaya (2023-10-04). "Amidst market slowdown, Atomico closes $1.1B to break the Silicon Valley monopoly in Europe — TFN". Tech Funding News. Retrieved 2025-04-30.
- Sawers, Paul (2024-09-08). "European VC Atomico closes $1.24B across two funds for early- and growth-stage startups". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2025-04-30.
- "State of European Tech 2023". State of european tech. Retrieved 2024-07-28.
- Kahn, Jeremy. "AI startup CADDi, which helps manufacturers solve their 'too many parts' problem, gets $38 million in new funding". Fortune. Retrieved 2025-04-30.
- Sawers, Paul (2024-07-24). "Lakera, which protects enterprises from LLM vulnerabilities, raises $20M". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2025-04-30.
- Ghosh, Shona. "Skype's billionaire cofounder funded a startup that delivers fresh local produce". Business Insider. Retrieved 2025-04-30.
- "Angry Birds maker Rovio valued at $1 billion in IPO". Reuters. 28 September 2017.
- "London Stock Exchange | London Stock Exchange". www.londonstockexchange.com. Retrieved 2025-04-30.