Ugly Duckling Ventures ❄️ Cold Water Dipping & Sauna Event for Investors 2026
Please note: Approval is required before your participation is confirmed. All guests will be verified against the guest list upon arrival.
Exclusive Event with Limited Availability
Due to the exclusive nature of this event and limited availability, we will be carefully selecting a small group of attendees from the list of registrations. We appreciate your understanding and will notify those who are selected with further details. Thank you for your interest in joining us!
Let’s Make Every Seat Count!
As the number of attendees is limited (and fixed), we kindly ask that you RSVP only if you're certain you’ll be able to attend. If your plans change, please let us know as early as possible so we can accommodate others who are eager to join.
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Fellow investors! Join us for sauna, networking and a dip in the Baltic Sea at famous Löyly Helsinki.
Löyly, rated one of Time Magazine´s “World's 100 Greatest Places”.
Please note: Löyly provides separate changing rooms and shower facilities for men and women. As the saunas and other public areas are mixed, swimming costumes are required at all times. Attendance at this event will be evenly split between female and male attendees.
5.15pm-6.00pm - Registration and pre-sauna bar
6.00pm-8.00pm - Sauna and cold water event
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About Ugly Duckling Ventures
GP-only team (Andreas, Louise & Rune)
Nordic-focused early-stage venture fund backing exceptional founders building B2B software and tech in Medtech, Resilience tech and Business Software.
We invest in Danish and Nordic B2B startups at the pre-seed and seed stage:
- Initial ticket ~€1m (can go to €1.5m)
- Follow-up: 50% of funds allocated for follow-ups
- Geo: OG Nordics
- Stage: Pre-seed/seed, post revenue
- Focus: B2B software and tech, primarily in Medtech, Resilience tech and Business Software, open to hardware-enabled SaaS
- Role: Lead or co-lead initially, co-lead or follow later
"Ducklings" (portfolio companies, raising soon)
- Clock&Cloud 🇫🇮 (—> Seed round)
- FNS 🇩🇰 (—> Seed round)
- Moxso 🇩🇰 (—> Series A)
- Cytely 🇸🇪 (—> Series A)
- Velatir 🇩🇰 (—> Series A)
- Skyfora 🇫🇮 (—> Series B)
- Eupry 🇩🇰 (—> Series B)
- Wilmo 🇩🇰 (recent pre-seed investment)
- Spiich 🇸🇪 (recent seed investment)
- Palette 🇩🇰 (recent pre-seed investment)
Full portfolio, incl. co-investors: https://airtable.com/appPthkV6uzVaB7Ss/shrgSIRmcBbMXCpay/tblphALW1JJ4TOKDx?utm_source=luma