EAST HILL EQUITY

About us

A hybrid venture capital fund powered by Scania and managed by East Hill Equity

Bridging Financial and Strategic Expertise

Scania Growth Capital is a hybrid venture fund, combining financial expertise with industry leadership to support entrepreneurs. We invest in exceptional founders and companies in the tech-enabled B2B space, aiming to nurture market leaders. Established in 2016, we actively invest from seed stage onward, globally focused with a European emphasis. Currently investing from our second fund of €200m.

What we are looking for

Passion

Minority investments in growth-oriented companies and management teams

Traction

Commercial traction, with recurring revenue from satisfied customers

Scalability

Tech-enabled B2B Software, Hardware or services that can scale efficiently

Who we are

Unique partnership with Scania – Claiming to be the best-of-both worlds is bold but this is our clear ambition. You get an open door to the enormous network and know-how of Scania, always on commercial terms. At the same time, you will collaborate with a small and agile investment team that is in it for the long run.

Experienced start-up – We are a start-up just like you. Prior to East Hill, we were able to gain relevant investor related experience in different settings and both in downturns and sunny days. This has given us the confidence to act fast, just like you.

Shit happens, let’s learn from it and move on together – We love to support founders on their journey, and views our relationship as our key asset. This is why we believe in mutual trust rather than non-value-adding control. We care for an open dialog and are proud when we are the first to hear about any disappointments.

We can invest early and then hold on – We can invest from seed and can follow our companies during their growth. We believe that this is key. Having recently pro-longed our partnership with Scania with a second fund, we can hold on for long.

We loved B2B before most others did –  We focus on an industry we know well and are able to contribute. At times it can become very technical but bear with us, we will find someone in the network who understands.

This is of course our view, if you are interested to hear what our portfolio companies think we are more than happy to connect them with you!

How we work

Flexible

We strive to be fair and founder-friendly, without unnecessary investment complexity

Fast

We keep a high pace in our investment process, so founders can spend time on growing the business

Understanding

We create joint shareholders' agenda, so even as everything might change, we share the same starting point

Roughly right

As the future is uncertain and complex, it is a challenge to plan all details, we believe therefore that it is better to be roughly right than exactly wrong