About Zenith
Zenith is a venture capital firm founded in 2015. It is primarily based out of Stockholm, Sweden. As of May 2023, Zenith has invested in 3 companies. It primarily invests in Seed round in Sweden based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications to Retail and Transportation and Logistics Tech. Most recently it participated in the $***** Seed round of FRESHSOUND A lot of funds co-invest with Zenith, with names like Aligned sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Zenith has team of 4 people including 4 partners.Key Metrics
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Zenith's List of All Investments
Zenith has a portfolio of 3 companies. Their most notable investmentis in FRESHSOUNDTheir portfolio spans across Sweden and Denmark. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, Retail, Transportation and Logistics Tech and 4 other sectors, across stages such as Seed stage. Here is the list of all investments by Zenith:1. Shopbox
Shopbox provider of cloud-based POS and checkout solutions for businesses. The solution allows merchants to manage their sales, inventory, employee management, and payments. The software is compatible with various hardware to carry out the payment issues. Its additional features include a customer loyalty program, reporting, and more. It can be integrated with multiple e-commerce platforms such as Woocommerce, Magento, Shopify, etc.
Key facts about Shopbox
2. FRESHSOUND
Platform for licensing music. It provides a self-serve portal where users can easily license music for various projects. It has developed a marketplace for original music and an automated pre-cleared licensing technology.
Key facts about FRESHSOUND
- Founded Year: 2020
- Location: Stockholm (Sweden)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $2.78M
- Employee Count: 13 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: Zenith, Aligned Partners Venture Services and 8 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, May 11, 2023, $*****
3. Urb-it
Urb-it is a local shopping mobile app through which a costumer can shop in an urb-it enabled shop and within the next 2 hours an urb-it executive(urber) will pick up the order and deliver to the customer's location of choice. The app will have tools to track and communicate with the urber. Urb-it have recently tied up with volvo to start an in-car delivery service for volvo customers where the urb-it app tracks the customer's car location and delivers within 2 hours to that location. Urb-it claims that they focus on sustainability and hence delivery is done only through either foot, cycle or public transport.
Key facts about Urb-it
- Founded Year: 2014
- Location: Stockholm (Sweden)
- Stage: Acqui-Hired
- Total Funding till date: $7.2M
- Employee Count: 58 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: Zenith, Le Village by CA and 1 Other
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Dec 09, 2015, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Zenith's Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Its most recent first time investment was in FRESHSOUND.Zenith's Investments by Stage
Zenith has made 1 investment in Seed stage with an average round size of $1.43M.Zenith's Investments by Sector
Zenith has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Consumer, Enterprise Applications and Media & Entertainment. Notably, it has invested in 3 Tech companies, 2 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 2 Software companies and at least 1 company focusing on Consumer (B2C).Sector | No. of Investments |
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Consumer | 1 |
Enterprise Applications | 1 |
Media & Entertainment | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Zenith's Investments by Geography
Zenith has made most investments in Sweden (1).Zenith's recent investments
Zenith has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by Zenith:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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May 11, 2023 | Sweden | Seed | 9888 | [+5] |
Acquired companies in Zenith's Portfolio
1 company from Zenith's portfolio has been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Urb-it in Jan 2024 by Finmile for $*****.Here are Zenith's portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Jan 23, 2024 | - | - | 4706 |
Team profile of Zenith
Zenith has a team of 4 members including 4 Partners located in Sweden. Zenith's team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Here is a list of all team members in Zenith:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact Details |
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Partner | Sweden | - | ||
Partner | Sweden | - | ||
Partner | Stockholm | - | ||
Partner | Stockholm | - | - |
Co-investors of Zenith
Over the past 3 years, 9 investors have co-invested in Zenith's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Zenith: Aligned Partners Venture Services, Kristina Tunkrans and 4 others have invested in rounds before Zenith. There is 1 company where Aligned Partners Venture Services has invested before Zenith and 1 company where Kristina Tunkrans has invested before Zenith.
- Top Co-investors of Zenith: 3 investors entered a company along with Zenith. These include investors like Aligned (1 company).
Recent News related to Zenith
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Zenith pumps another €10 million into Sweden's TruecallerTech.eu•Dec 12, 2016•Zenith Capital Partners, Truecaller, Zenith
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Substantial investment from Zenith brings Shopbox to Stockholm - Øresund StartupsOresund Startups•Feb 11, 2016•Shopbox, Zenith
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