The Drip before The Drop
The Drip is back for the 4th year straight at the Drop. We are gathering investors and founders for drinks, networking and karaoke.
Last year, we sadly had to turn away a couple of hundred LPs, GPs, and great founders due to capacity, so this year, we are going bigger and better!
We wish you a warm welcome to this year's The Drip before The Drop!
Please note: This side event is part of The Drop in Malmö but is independently organized and run. Please direct any questions (or praise!) to the event organizers.
Being accepted to host or attend a side event does not guarantee a ticket to The Drop's main event on September 16. If you'd like to attend the main event, please try to get a ticket here.
Hosted by:
Future Energy Ventures (FEV)
FEV is a global VC focused on digital and asset-light infrastructure accelerating the energy transition. Founded by experts from European energy companies RWE and E.ON, FEV has since 2016 focused on the interface of traditional energy and an electrified society, with a decarbonization mission. We look for ambitious founders raising Series A and B rounds. HQ Berlin.
Blume
Blume Equity is a European climate-tech growth equity firm backing European scale-ups across energy, industry and resilience. We invest from Series B onwards, filling the growth gap between Europe's early-stage venture market and large late-stage funds. Investments include Overstory, the AI wildfire-prevention platform, Sensorfact, a smart monitoring platform for industry (exited to ABB) and Vyntelligence, agentic video intelligence of critical infrastructure.
Karaoke Club
Karaoke Club is backing founders at angel stage based on full conviction, intuition and ability to sing a banger. 28 investments and €1.4M deployed in Karaoke Club 1, co-investing alongside founders of Lovable, Vercel, Roblox, ElevenLabs, Neo4j, Wolt, Oura and Legora. Not structured as a fund but as an investment company investing off the balance sheet: members see the full case on every deal before the money moves, not in a quarterly report afterwards. Karaoke Club 2 is currently raising €5M. Karaoke Club also runs Mashup, the Nordic founder community it grew out of.
Semapa Next is a pan-European venture capital firm investing at Series A in companies with the ambition to become global category leaders. We focus on Industrial Tech, Supply Chain & Logistics, Energy Transition, and Vertical Software. We operate a concentrated investment model, fewer investments, deeper partnerships, and work closely with leadership teams from day one through structured onboarding, board engagement, and long-term support.
Course Corrected is a Nordic early-stage venture capital firm investing in climate tech companies with the potential to drive meaningful climate impact and strong financial returns. We back ambitious founders across the Nordics, combining capital with hands-on support, operational expertise, and an international network to help build and scale category-leading companies.
HSBC Innovation Banking
SBC Innovation Banking is the bank for the innovation economy, founders, scale-ups and the funds behind them. Built on the acquisition of Silicon Valley Bank UK, it pairs specialist teams who have banked tech and life sciences companies since 2004 with HSBC's global balance sheet and network across 50+ markets. From first round to IPO: venture debt, growth lending, fund finance and cross-border expansion.
Mashup
Mashup is the network behind the room: 4,000 founders and investors across the New Nordics and Europe, brought together at invite-only events in Copenhagen, Stockholm, Helsinki, Paris and Malmö. No pitch stages, no badge queues, curated guest lists where everyone in the room is someone you would have wanted to meet anyway. Main event in Malmö, 28–29 April 2027.