Nordic entrepreneur-led VC firm Node.vc closes €71 million first fund

From Switzerland’s Founderful to Italians Founders Fund and the Dutch Operator Fund, a new crop of European VC firms claim to operate as “entrepreneurs backing entrepreneurs.” Although it might still be early to call it a trend, Swedish fund Node.vc has now joined this group, with €71 million in funding to deploy into startups across the Nordics and Baltics. “I hope it is a beginning trend,” Node.vc managing partner John Elvesjö told TechCrunch. “Europe has been significantly behind the U.S. when it comes to operational experience in VC investors….There’s a...