Navisalma

Profile

Navisalma is a European venture firm based in Sweden, launched by Robert Falck and Linnéa Kornehed Falck, co-founders of the autonomous-freight company Einride, alongside Robert Westerdahl, a former McKinsey partner. The firm's inception seeks to leverage the founders' extensive experience in building and scaling tech-driven companies. Alongside the founding trio the firm has built out a partner-level bench, including Rui Eduardo as co-founding partner and chief design officer and Mattias Nagér as partner and chief product officer. Navisalma aims to provide a blend of investment and active operational support to its portfolio companies, differentiating itself by offering more than just capital support to its investments.

Navisalma targets deep tech investments in sectors like robotics, industrial AI, and energy systems or climate infrastructure, with an ambition to foster long-term commercialization paths. The firm has a publicly stated €450 million (about $495 million) target to be raised within three years, with a first step of roughly €40 million — largely committed by the founders themselves and other backers — covering operating costs and initial seed investments. The firm's focus is to bridge the commercial scale-up gap common in European deep-tech startups, offering stages from seed to early-stage, while geographically concentrating on Europe, particularly the Nordics.

Navisalma's notable investment includes Abundry, a Swedish startup utilizing AI for optimizing energy system performance. As they grow their portfolio over the planned deployment horizon, the firm is likely to emphasize support in areas such as energy systems, robotics, and industrial AI, aligning with the founders' backgrounds and strategic insights into deep tech challenges.