{"version":1,"asset_type":"statistical_series","data_type":"time_series","slug":"se-vc-investment-seed","url":"https://apiardata.com/statistics/se-vc-investment-seed","html_url":"https://apiardata.com/statistics/se-vc-investment-seed/","title":"Sweden Seed & Start-Up Venture Capital Investment (2025)","description":"Sweden's Seed & Start-Up Venture Capital Investment: 83 USD millions in 2025, +6.8% YoY. OECD (OECD.SDD.TPS:DSD_VC@DF_VC_INV), 2007–2025.","domain":"markets","category":"Financial Markets","keywords":["Financial Markets","OECD","Sweden","2025"],"publisher":"OECD","frequency":"Annual","geography":"Sweden","temporal_coverage":"2007/2025","unit":"USD millions","last_updated":"2026-07-27","last_updated_text":"27 July 2026","data_as_of":"2025","variable_measured":"Sweden Seed & Start-Up Venture Capital Investment","license":"https://apiardata.com/data-license","is_accessible_for_free":true,"sources":[{"name":"OECD","url":"https://data-explorer.oecd.org/vis?fs[0]=Topic%2C0%7CFinancial+sector%23FIN%23&pg=0&fc=Topic&bp=true&snb=10"}],"meta":[{"label":"Frequency","value":"Annual"},{"label":"Coverage","value":"2007–2025"},{"label":"Observations","value":"19"},{"label":"Geography","value":"Sweden"},{"label":"Last updated","value":"27 July 2026"}],"kpis":[{"label":"Sweden (2025)","value":"83","unit":"USD millions","trend":{"direction":"up","value":"+6.8% YoY"}},{"label":"YoY Change","value":"+6.8%","unit":"USD millions"},{"label":"Trend","value":"up","unit":""},{"label":"Series length","value":"19","unit":"years of data"}],"series":[{"key":"value","label":"Sweden Seed & Start-Up Venture Capital Investment"}],"observation_count":19,"observations":[{"period":"2007","value":20.616896020734647},{"period":"2008","value":10.848336460845813},{"period":"2009","value":3.253051051686871},{"period":"2010","value":5.7882380534799145},{"period":"2011","value":3.7609238908100187},{"period":"2012","value":7.633636137466825},{"period":"2013","value":6.623988744358951},{"period":"2014","value":8.98232589133767},{"period":"2015","value":2.101705896046941},{"period":"2016","value":14.979055622146735},{"period":"2017","value":17.188302409007708},{"period":"2018","value":19.099317411838527},{"period":"2019","value":21.266925866808435},{"period":"2020","value":35.941165021751864},{"period":"2021","value":65.51911761328103},{"period":"2022","value":43.02685142405085},{"period":"2023","value":25.44927900791787},{"period":"2024","value":77.67486925249885},{"period":"2025","value":82.96788172095889}],"table":{"columns":[{"key":"year","label":"Year"},{"key":"value","label":"USD millions"},{"key":"yoyChange","label":"YoY Change"}],"rows":[{"year":"2025","value":"83.0","yoyChange":"+6.8%"},{"year":"2024","value":"77.7","yoyChange":"+205.2%"},{"year":"2023","value":"25.4","yoyChange":"-40.9%"},{"year":"2022","value":"43.0","yoyChange":"-34.3%"},{"year":"2021","value":"65.5","yoyChange":"+82.3%"},{"year":"2020","value":"35.9","yoyChange":"+69.0%"},{"year":"2019","value":"21.3","yoyChange":"+11.3%"},{"year":"2018","value":"19.1","yoyChange":"+11.1%"},{"year":"2017","value":"17.2","yoyChange":"+14.7%"},{"year":"2016","value":"15.0","yoyChange":"+612.7%"},{"year":"2015","value":"2.1","yoyChange":"-76.6%"},{"year":"2014","value":"9.0","yoyChange":"+35.6%"},{"year":"2013","value":"6.6","yoyChange":"-13.2%"},{"year":"2012","value":"7.6","yoyChange":"+103.0%"},{"year":"2011","value":"3.8","yoyChange":"-35.0%"},{"year":"2010","value":"5.8","yoyChange":"+77.9%"},{"year":"2009","value":"3.3","yoyChange":"-70.0%"},{"year":"2008","value":"10.8","yoyChange":"-47.4%"},{"year":"2007","value":"20.6","yoyChange":"n/a"}]},"qa":[{"question":"What does this indicator measure?","answer":"This page tracks seed and start-up stage venture capital investment in Sweden from 2007 to present. Early-stage investment is the leading indicator of innovation pipeline formation and future unicorn creation. It is published by OECD and updated annually."},{"question":"How current is this data?","answer":"The most recent observation covers 2025. OECD typically publishes this series with a lag of several months after the reference period. The series runs 2007–2025 (19 observations)."},{"question":"What is the long-term trend?","answer":"The series peaked at 83 USD millions in 2025 and reached its lowest recorded value of 2.1 in 2015. The latest reading of 83 in 2025 represents a change of +6.8%."}]}