Atomico

London-based venture capital firm

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This article is about the firm. For the TV show, see Atómico.

Atomico

Company type| Private
Industry| Venture capital
Founded| 2006; 19 years ago (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

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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 an 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]

## See also

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* List of venture capital firms

## 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.

## External links

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* Atomico (company website)