VC
Rwanda
Last Deal Apr 2026

Norrsken22

Check Size
€5M – €16M

Investment Focus

Investment Stages

Geographic Focus

Africa
Global

Investment Thesis

Pan-African growth-stage fund backed by 30+ unicorn founders including Niklas Zennstrom (Skype). Targeting 20 investments in fintech, edtech, and medtech.

How to Pitch Norrsken22

No Stated Policy
Norrsken22 hasn't published an outreach policy. A short, specific cold email is the safest default.

Who To Contact

Hans Otterling
Founding Partner
LinkedIn
Lexi Novitske
General Partner
fintech
enterprise platforms
LinkedIn
Source

Recent Deals

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Portfolio Highlights

TymeBank - South African digital challenger bank with 7M+ customers; Norrsken22 led $77.8M pre-Series C
Sabi - Nigerian B2B commerce platform providing distribution infrastructure for goods and services
Smile ID - pan-African digital identity and KYC verification platform for financial institutions

Team

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Bernard Ghartey
Principal

Extensive sub-Saharan Africa investing experience, former Head of Investments at Acuity with $150M+ investment banking mandates.

Checked Oct 2026
Hans Otterling
Founding Partner

Partner at Northzone since 2006 with track record including Spotify and Klarna, serial entrepreneur with three successful exits.

Checked Oct 2026
Lexi Novitske
General Partner

10+ years investment banking and venture capital experience, founded Singularity Investments and Acuity Venture Partners.

fintech
enterprise platforms
Checked Oct 2026
Maina Murage
Principal

East African market focus on seed to Series-A tech businesses, led DOB Equity's EdTech investing efforts.

edtech
Checked Oct 2026
Natalie Kolbe
Managing Partner

18 years private equity experience at Actis as Global Head of PE managing $2.5B AUM across multiple continents.

Checked Oct 2026
Ngetha Waithaka
General Partner

10+ years investing experience at Actis across Africa, pivotal role in Fawry investment and IPO.

financial services
consumer
Checked Oct 2026
Niklas Adalberth
Founding Partner

Co-founder of decacorn Klarna, founded Norrsken Foundation dedicated to impact tech entrepreneurs.

Checked Oct 2026
Nivesh Pather
Principal

9 years financial services experience, early-stage investor across pre-seed, seed and Series A rounds in Africa.

healthcare
insurance
logistics
supply chain
Checked Oct 2026

Focus and check size from the firm's website. Website reachable as of Aug 2026.

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