Nordic Venture Network (NVN) was founded in 1999 and is the unique club of the 12 leading technology venture firms in the Nordic region. The eight sponsors of NVN and guests present at the conference are the leading public institutional investor in each Nordic country (Sixth Swedish National Pension Fund (www.apfond6.se), Industrifonden (www.industrifonden.se), SEB Venture Capital (www.seb.se), Argentum (www.argentum.no), Investinor (www.investinor.no), Vaekstfonden (www.vaekstfonden.dk), SITRA (www.sitra.fi), New Business Venture Fund (www.nsa.is).