LIFA Ventures

LIFA Ventures

Reykjavik, IcelandEst. 20247 employeeslifa.vc
€30.00M AUM
LIFA Ventures is launching a new €30M early-stage specialist fund to back Nordic MedTech startups, leveraging the founding partner's 10+ years track record guiding 100+ companies through clinical trials and regulatory approvals. We target a concentrated Core-12 portfolio in medium-risk medical devices and selected diagnostics, with operator-led rigour in regulatory, clinical, and commercialisation. MP Jón Ingi Bergsteinsson founded SMART-TRIAL (DK, 2013) and drove its successful exit to Greenlight Guru (USA, 2022), founder & chair of IceBAN, and invests as an angel/LP. Co-GP Snorri Helgason helped scale Nox Medical (IS) from ~€15m to €38m revenue (2017–2024) and built EU/US market-access and commercial playbooks.

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