International VC Night 2026

​nFront Ventures, Atomico, Inventure, and Sanna are excited to invite you to an interactive session on venture capital fundraising.

​Featuring a panel of international VC investors and Sanna's fundraising story, the event will give information on do’s and don'ts when building a high-growth company and seeking capital from funds abroad.

​Additonally, the panel will explore topics such as AI's impact on the fundraising game, capital efficiency, VC requirements, and more.

​This year we are expanding the event with a one hour mingling session at the end. So, if you want to grab your favorite investor for a quick chat, then this is your chance.

​PS: A photographer will be taking pictures at the event.

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​Speakers and Panelists

​Lauri Kokkila - Inventure

​Lauri is Partner at Inventure, the Nordic & Baltic pre-seed and seed stage focused VC. Lauri joined Inventure as an intern in 2015 and worked his way up to becoming one of the youngest partners in European venture capital. Along the way, Lauri served on the boards of Swappie (raised €108M Series C), Umbra (acquired by Amazon), Nordigen (acquired by GoCardless) and currently is in the board of 10 Nordic growth companies ranging from quantum to music industries.

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​Sherington Amarapala - Atomico

​Sherington is an Investor on Atomico's venture team based in London, where he leads Nordic & Baltic market coverage. He is originally from Norway and is responsible for the sourcing, due diligence, and portfolio management of early-stage companies across the Nordics & Baltics.

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​Petter Reistad - Sanna

​Petter Reistad is the founder and CEO of Sanna, where he is building an AI-powered accounting firm designed from the ground up around AI agents and automation. He previously founded and led Celsia, a sustainability software company acquired in 2024, worked at Cognite, and spent his earlier years as a competitive skier.

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​Magnus Gaarder - nFront Ventures

​Magnus is a technology-focused venture capitalist, with a background in investment banking and computer science. As the Founding Partner of nFront, Magnus brings operational support and capital to companies across various stages of development. nFront’s focus is on game-changing, capital efficient, software propositions based in Europe or the U.S. Prior to nFront, Magnus was an Investment Manager at VC fund Nauta Capital in London, and an early team member at M&A boutique Portico Capital's European arm. He started his career as an M&A-focused investment banker in New York. Magnus has an educational background in computer science and finance from UPenn and NTNU, specialized in machine learning and financial engineering.