Fund profile / Sweden

SKF Ventures

Geography: Sweden
Stage: Pre-Seed
Fund size: Undisclosed
Focus: Climate & Sustainability, Energy Tech and Manufacturing
Signals: Published

N°01 / About

About SKF Ventures

SKF (industrial bearing maker, Sweden) launched SKF Ventures as its new corporate VC arm investing in early-stage industrial and sustainability tech.

N°02 / Thesis

Investment Focus

Location / RegionSweden

Funding StagePre-Seed

Industry Focus

Climate & Sustainability

Energy Tech

Manufacturing

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

Deep tech founders solving industrial efficiency or sustainability challenges

industrial tech

energy efficiency

circularity

digital solutions

deep tech

Bullish Signals

SKF Ventures officially launched Oct 2025external

Backed by €98B revenue industrial giant SKFexternal

Access to 130-country global distribution networkexternal

Focus: energy efficiency, circularity, digitalexternal

Active global community engagement & brand visibilitylinkedin

Deploying digital engineering platforms for customerslinkedin

759K+ LinkedIn followers — strong corporate reachlinkedin

Contrarian Signals

Source appears non-VC (industrial manufacturer)external

Corporate CVC — strategic fit may limit exitsexternal

No fund size or investment terms disclosedexternal

Social posts focus on product updates, not VClinkedin

Recent content: lifestyle/entertainment, not tech focuslinkedin

Founder Do's

Solve real industrial / manufacturing problems

Focus on energy efficiency or sustainability

Bring digital or sensor-driven solutions

Open to corporate partnership & co-development

Target industrial transformation use cases

Founder Don'ts

Pure software / no industrial relevance

Consumer-facing or B2C models

Early concept — needs validated tech

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Facts

Fund Overview

Fund SizeUndisclosed

Saves0

Website

People

Key People

SKF Group

Mikael KrookDirector, SKF Ventures

Annika ÖlmeCTO & SVP Technology Development, SKF

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