GoWest 2024 | Gowest Capital | 6 February 2024 | Eriksbergshallen, Sjöportsgatan 5, 417 64 Göteborg, Sweden

Who is attending:
• Startups and scaleups looking for pre-seed, seed and series A investments
• Business angels, venture capital firms, family offices and private investors and Gothenburg’s wider investor community
• Industry representatives

What does the event offer:
• Access to our online match-making tool to enable you to meet startups, investors and industry
• The chance to join a range of panel discussions, catch up on trends and gain valuable insights
• The opportunity to connect with your peers and build a stronger network

Startups:
• Fundraising is the answer to WHY we meet. Our match-making platform enables people to find connections and engage online and IRL during and after the conference while our pitch sessions help startups improve their visibility and broaden their network. You can also catch up on trends and gain valuable insights and connect with your peers and build a stronger network at the conference.
Investors:
• Investors will have access to a great deal-flow of international startups, particularly deep-tech startups, from west Sweden. Our match-making platform enables investors to find and engage with startups online and IRL during and after the conference while our exclusive investor mixer event enables investors to connect with each other.
Industry & Community:
• The region is characterized by its industrial heritage and reputation for cutting edge research at our universities and hospitals and green urban development. The west Swedish startup community consists of 8 incubators, accelerators and science parks. Gothenburg is home to global brands such as Volvo, SKF, Ericsson and AstraZeneca.

2024 Speakers

MODERATORS:

Jonas Almeling
Head of Nordics, Seedr

Magnus Lundin
Director, Investments and Asset Management Scandinavia, EIT InnoEnergy

Chloe Dagnell
Principal, Isomer Capital

Karl Malmström
CEO & Partner, Goodfellows Group

Claes Mikko Nilsen
Investment Director, NordicNinja VC

HOST:

Klementina Österberg
CEO, GU Ventures

SPEAKERS:

Ragnheiður H. Ragga Magnúsdóttir
Founder & Angel Investor, Nordic Ignite

Ella Eskelinen
Investment Analyst, Maki.VC

Marianne Hyltoft
Senior Director DeepTech Fund, PreSeed Ventures

Sami Ahvenniemi
General Partner, Vendep Capital

Maria Groschopp Dellwik
Head of Listings Sweden, Nasdaq

Jonas Ribbelöv
Managing Partner, Vator Securities

Niclas Holmberg
Head of Commercial Strategy, Vator Securities

Julia Reinaud
Senior Director, Europe, Breakthrough Energy

Kevin Lenehan
Director of Business Creation, EIT Manufacturing

Shiva Kianpoor
External Ventures, Saint-Gobain

Matthieu De Chanville
Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Shift4Good

Terese Ahrens
Investment Director, Nordic Capital Advisors

Axel Ahlström
Founding Partner, Kvanted Ventures

Susanna Bestelid
Regional Manager, Teknikföretagen

Max Mohammadi
Founder, PlasticFri

Sallar Faridi
Senior Director, Plug and Play EMEA

Deqa Abukar
Co-founder, Investor, BLING

Erki Mölder
Managing Partner, Verge HealthTech Fund

Susanna Campbell
Industrial Advisor and Board member, Northvolt

Linn Clabburn
Innovation Ventures Leader, Inter IKEA Group

Anna Fredrixon
Partner, Norrsken Launcher

David Stuck
Partner, Peach Ventures

Petra Koivuvaara
Investment and Portfolio Analyst, Maki.vc

Tomas Nauclér
Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company

Michelle Capiod
Co-founding Partner, Blume Equity

Michael Smith
General Partner, Regeneration.VC

Ola Smeby
Investment Director, Investinor

Karin Henriksson
Venture Partner, GreenCode Ventures

Max Bautin
Co-Founder & Managin Partner, IQ Capital

Marie Brattberg
Chief Strategy Officer, Recorded Future

Vik Li
Investment Director, Ericsson Ventures

Nicholas Nelson
Partner, Offset

Sebastian v. Ribbentrop
Founding Partner, JOIN.CAPITAL

Isabella de Feudis
VD, CEO, SVCA

Douglas von Euler
CEO & Founder, LEONH

Tanya Horowitz
Partner, Butterfly Ventures

David Bryngelsson
CEO & Founder, CarbonCloud

Felicia Nordgård
Partner, Peak

Karl Christian Agerup
Board member NATO IF, CIO Antler

Jenny Engerfelt
Investment Director, Voima Ventures

Staffan Helgesson
General Partner, CREANDUM

Stefan Fällgren
Investment Director, Privat Equity Skandia

Katarina Bonde
Chairman of the Board, Stillfront Group

Carl Svantesson
Partner, EQT Ventures

Fredrik Winther
CSO/ Partner Katapult.vc

Peter Wolpert
CEO, Industrifonden

2024 Partners

KEY PARTNERS:
• TRADE AND INDUSTRY GROUP
• KPMG
• Eit Manufacturing
• VOLVO
• Teknikforetagen
• HSBC Innovation Banking

PARTNERS:
• Almi Invest
• euovc
• BUSINESS REGION GOTEBORG
• Nasdaq
• SEB
• Connect
• European Women in VC
• SEEDRS
• SVCA
• VATOR SECURITIES
• Swedbank
• Goodfellows
• NorBAN
• SAHLGRENSKA SCIENCE PARK
• PLUG AND PLAY
• ESTVCA
• Nordic Angels
• Platzer
• Lifeinside
• NyTeknik
• Nordic Growth Market
• SODRA

ECOSYSTEM PARTNERS:
• IGNITE SWEDEN
• SWEDISH INCUBATORS & SCIENCE PARKS
• Brewhouse Inkubator
• FOUNDERS LOFT
• SCIENCE PARK SKOVDE
• Innovatum Science Park
• ARCTICSTARTUP EVENTS
• HETCH
• BORAS INK
• MobilityXlab
• BIO VENTURE HUB
• UPPSALA INNOVATION CENTRE
• SCIENCE PARK
• SLU HOLDING
• The Link
• movexum
• ICE Innovation Festival
• venture cup
• Sting BIOECONOMY
• SACC-USA
• CHALMERS VENTURES
• Startup Incubator
• lead
• eit Digital
• inkubera
• NORDIC NODE
• proptech
• DIGITALWELL VENTURES
• ODENSE robotics