LongRun Capital

www.longruncapital.com

VCMatch tracks LongRun Capital as an investor focused on Climate/Cleantech, Energy, and Manufacturing companies, Seed and Series A rounds, Nordic, Sweden, and Norway markets, and $500k to $2m check sizes. Upload your deck to compare your startup against the full private matching profile.

Check Size

$500k to $2m

Stages

Seed, Series A

Focus Areas

Climate/Cleantech, Energy, Manufacturing

Geography

Nordic, Sweden, and Norway

Investment Thesis

Longrun Capital invests to accelerate the green transition by backing “unique and scalable innovations” that can “redefine some of the most hard-to-abate industries”—with a particular emphasis on the built environment. They combine a climate-first impact framework with a belief that “substantial climate impact and superior risk-adjusted financial returns go hand in hand,” taking a long-term, patient approach to help startups commercialize and scale.

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Investment Focus

Who should take a closer look

LongRun Capital is most relevant for founders raising Seed and Series A rounds in Climate/Cleantech, Energy, Manufacturing, and Proptech, especially across Nordic, Sweden, and Norway, with public check-size signals around $500k to $2m.

Focus statement

Focused on early-stage (Seed to Series A) climate tech companies in Advanced Materials & Energy across the built environment value chain, primarily in the Nordics but with global potential; typical tickets are SEK 5–20 million with target ownership of 10–20%.

Value Add

Specialized sector focus on the built environment (construction & real estate) and on Advanced Materials & Energy rather than broad climate tech.
In-house climate research expertise: "Unique in-house expertise in climate research" to ensure alignment with impactful sustainability goals.
Strong industry and investor network in construction and real estate to support commercialization and follow-on financing.
Long-term, flexible capital and patient approach: "Long-Term Commitment" with flexible exit structures to let technologies mature.
Active ownership and hands-on commercial support: they "future-proof our portfolio companies by helping them commercialize their innovations."
Explicit emphasis on diversity and inclusion as an investment criterion: they target "diverse teams" or teams with "clear ambitions to become more diverse."
Founding/backing by the Ljungberg family and real-estate operators, providing customer/operational insight and potential deployment pathways (e.g., financing solutions used in group construction projects).