Norwegian family office makes a splash with new blue ocean fund

SWEN Capital Partners' new venture capital fund Blue Ocean has attracted a major investment from one of Norway's biggest family offices. The fund's first investment was in a Norwegian company, which will not be the only Nordic company for the portfolio. AMWatch dives into the details with its Managing Director Christian Lim.
Photo from Thailand in 2021 and Managing Partner of the SWEN Blue Ocean team Christian Lim | Photo: Mladen Antonov/AFP/Ritzau Scanpix & SWEN Capital Partners'
Photo from Thailand in 2021 and Managing Partner of the SWEN Blue Ocean team Christian Lim | Photo: Mladen Antonov/AFP/Ritzau Scanpix & SWEN Capital Partners'

The world's oceans are increasingly being flooded with single-use plastics while sea life is being depleted because of overfishing. Seawater booming with plastic straws, water bottles, or even tires have become easy to find and a common subject of documentaries aiming to showcase the issue.

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