Investor AB does have some private equity investments in Asia, but most of its holdings are based in Sweden or other parts of Scandinavia.

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Winterkorn bought the remainder from Investor AB in March 2008.

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He was a biotech and healthcare portfolio manager for Investor AB and, later, an engineer in the startup arena before coming to Google to spin up Ventures, which formally launched in 2009 -- with some particularly abstract goals.

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