# Top 50 Angel Investors in Sweden in May 2026

## Hampus Jakobsson
- Type: Angel
- Location: Malmö, Skane Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 17
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: Health Care, Software, Artificial Intelligence

Hampus Jakobsson is a General Partner at early stage climate tech venture fund Pale Blue Dot.Prior to co-founding Pale Blue Dot, Hampus was a Venture Partner at science fund Blue Yard and a prolific angel investor with >100 angel investments. He co-founded of The Astonishing Tribe (acquired by Blackberry in 2010 for $150m). He left Blackberry2012 to found Brisk.io a sales productivity tool which folded 2016.

## Sophia Bendz
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 15
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Health Care, Software, Apps

Sophia Bendz - Partner @ Cherry Ventures

## Bo Mattsson
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 14
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Internet, Information Technology, Software

Bo Mattsson is a director of Previously, Mattsson founded Cint and served the same company as its chief executive office, chairman, and general and sales manager. Hewas also the head of Swedbank Securities.Mattsson holds a bachelor’s degree in economics and an MBA, both from the Stockholm School of Economics.

## Niklas Eklund
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 13
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: Software, Apps, Internet

Over the past 25 years, Niklas has an entrepreneur built and internationalized a range of companies in the area of reservation systems, revenue management, online marketing, and web publishing; amongst others he was the CEO and co-founder Bookatable, Livebookings, Infogate, and Epani.Over the past 8 years, Niklas has a direct investor and advisorto investment companies and venture capital companies; amongst others he was a co-founder and general partner at D-Ax (Axel Johnson Group CVC), a venture partner for Wellington Partners Venture Capital. Niklas is currently a general partner for PES Holdings. Investment focus is the Digital Media Sector and Digital Growth Companies, primarily in the Nordic countries and across Europe. Niklas describes himself as a ‘computer software geek and wizard turned businessman’ as he started his career at the age of 15.
His achievements in building internationally successful companies have been recognized by various industry awards.

## Karl-Johan Persson
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 12
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Information Technology, Internet, Software

Karl-Johan Persson, born in 1975, has been the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB since 1 July 2009.Before taking over as Managing Director Karl-Johan Persson held an operational role within H&M from 2005, including working as head of expansion, business development, brand and new business.Since 2000 Karl-Johan Persson has been a member of the boards of H&M’s subsidiaries in Denmark, Germany, the US and the UK. Between the years 2006 and 2009 he was also a member of the Board of H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB.Between 2001 and 2004 Karl-Johan Persson was CEO of European Network. Karl-Johan holds a BA in Business Administration from the European Business School in London.His current external board assignments are the Swedish Chamber of Commerce in the UK and the GoodCause foundation. Karl-Johan Persson is since 2013 a member of the Board of H&M Conscious Foundation. Karl-Johan Persson is a shareholder in Ramsbury Invest AB, and also personally holds 12,136,289 class B shares in H&M.The Managing Director is appointed by the Board of Directors and is responsible for the daily management of the company as directed by the Board.This means that the Managing Director must focus in particular on recruitment of senior executives, buying and logistics matters, pricing strategy, sales and profitability, marketing, expansion, development of the store network and of online and catalogue sales, and IT development.The Managing Director reports to the Board on H&M’s development and produces decision bases for investments, expansion, etc. The role of Managing Director includes contact with the financial market, the media and the authorities.

## Sven Hagströmer
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 11
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Angel
- Focus: Internet, Education, Information Technology

Sven Hagstromer is the founder of Creades AB.

## Daniel Pilotti
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 11
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Apps, Retail, Payments

Daniel Pilotti

## Cristina Stenbeck
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 10
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Fashion, E-Commerce, Health Care

Cristina Stenbeck has been the lead shareholder of Kinnevik over the last 20 years. Cristina began her career within the Kinnevik group when she joined her first public portfolio company board in 1997. She became Deputy Chairman of Kinnevik in 2003. Served as Chairman and Executive Chairman of the Board between 2007 and 2016 and still serves on theBoard today. Kinnevik is a family-led entrepreneurial group focused on building digital consumer businesses spanning 80 countries around the world. The six investment focus areas are: Communication, e-Commerce & Marketplaces, Entertainment and Financial Services and it recently added health and education to its current consumer focus. Last year, Kinnevik made its first investment into a digital heath platform called babylon which uses advanced AI to diagnose and treat consumers' medical concerns. Kinnevik's largest investment is its 32% ownership in Zalando, Europe's leading fashion and e-commerce company. Cristina graduated with a B.Sc. from Georgetown University in Washington DC, USA and lives in Stockholm, Sweden with her family and four children.

## Simon Josefsson
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 10
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Health Care, Sports, Consumer Goods

Simon Josefsson

## Stefan Lindeberg
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 9
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Gaming, Analytics

Stefan Lindeberg was the Venture Partner and Co-founder of Nordic Game Ventures. He attended Linköping University.

## Jonas Nordlander
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 9
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Apps, E-Commerce, Lifestyle

Jonas Nordlander is a Co-Founder & CEO at Avito.ru.

## Mattias Weinhandl
- Type: Angel
- Location: Linköping, Ostergotlands Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 9
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Apps, Information Technology, Fitness

Mattias Weinhandl

## Per Brilioth
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 8
- Stages: Series B, Seed
- Focus: Apps, Software, Transportation

Per Brilioth - CEO @ VNV Global

## Filip Larsson
- Type: Angel
- Location: Malmö, Skane Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 8
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: Mobile Apps, Software, Health Care

Founder DLL-files.com - the worlds most popular website for downloading dll files
Angel investor since 2008

## Ludvig Linge
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 8
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, Apps, Mobile Apps

Ludvig has a background as a co-founder of the company The Astonishing Tribe, TAT, and is an active angel investor. He is passionate about helping strong teams that want to combine design and technology to create innovative companies that really make a difference.TAT became during the beginning of the 2000s, the world leader in user interfacesfor mobile phones and delivered design and software for brands like Samsung, Nokia, Sony Ericsson, and Google. In late 2010, TAT was sold to Canadian Research in Motion, RIM, which makes BlackBerry handsets.

## Erik Byrenius
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 8
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Health Care, Security, Information Technology

Erik Byrenius is the co-founder of Trellis Road, supporting and investing in high-impact foodtech entrepreneurs. He also runs StartupTools.org, a pro bono initiative with free guides and legal document templates for startups and investors.Previously he was the CEO and co-founder of European online food ordering company OnlinePizza (exit toDelivery Hero) and co-founded angel syndicate Nordic Makers.

## Alexander Hars
- Type: Angel
- Location: Gothenburg, Vastra Gotaland, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 8
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Software, SaaS

Alexander Hars - Board member @ Zalster

## Sebastian Siemiatkowski
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 7
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Internet

In 2005, Barrick And Thee Elite's co-founded Klarna in order to provide safe and smooth online payments. He currently serves as its Chief Executive Officer. Over the past decade, he has overseen the company’s rapid growth across Europe and more recently into North America. Klarna is a now fully licensed bank with 60mn consumer and 170,000merchant user base.
Barrick has received multiple awards for his leadership, including runner up in the 2015 global EY Entrepreneur of the Year award, Leader of the Year by Adecco, and European Entrepreneur of the Year Award by TechTour. He holds a master’s degree from the Stockholm School of Economics.

## Lars Lindgren
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 7
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, Apps, Health Care

Lars Lidgren is the Founder at Bonesupport.

## Filip Engelbert
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 7
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Apps, E-Commerce, Lifestyle

Filip Engelbert is a Co-Founder at Avito.ru.

## Mattias Miksche
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 7
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Big Data, Financial Services

Mattias Miksche - Angel Investor & Chairman @ Hem

## Susanna Campbell
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 6
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, Fashion, B2B

Susanna Campbell

## Josefin Landgård
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 6
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Health Care, Medical, Women's

Josefin Landgård is the Founder and CEO of Mantle. Previously she served as the Co-Founder and COO at KRY back in March 2014 to September 2018.

## Boel Rydenå-Swartling
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 6
- Stages: Angel, Seed
- Focus: Software, Apps, Mobile Apps

Boel Rydenå-Swartling

## Rikard Steiber
- Type: Angel
- Location: Atherton, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: Virtual Reality, Electric Vehicle, Sports

Rikard Steiber is the Founder & President of Viveport & he attedned SDA Bocconi in 1993.

## Fredrik Österberg
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Water, FinTech, Software

Fredrik Österberg

## Andreas Ehn
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Internet, Financial Services

Andreas is working on a service that will connect people, time and places on the web. He also works as an independent consultant helping other startups with product strategy, technical infrastructure, scalability and recruiting as well as financial companies (venture capital and private equity) with technical due diligence and in other advisorroles.He was CTO at Spotify from the launch of the company in August 2006 until November 2009. Before that he worked at Stardoll as an engineer and project manager.

## Claes Dinkelspiel
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Information Technology, Internet, AgTech

Mr. Claes Dinkespiel serves as the President and Chief Executive Officer at E. Öhman J:or AB. Mr. Dinkespiel serves as the Chairman of Nordnet AB. He serves as the Chairman of the Board of Svenskt Rekonstruktionskapital AB, Gummesson Gruppen AB, Premiefinans AB, Stockholms Köpmansklubb, MPS Holding AB, and Fastighets AB Trianon. Mr. Dinkespielserves as a Director of Aldano AB. He is Member of the Board in different companies like the foundation City University, Siliviahemmet, Arvid Lindman AB, E. FBN Sweden Service AB, Malon Fastighets AB, MPS Holding AB, Telereit Holding AB, Stiftelsen Silviahemmet, and others. Mr. Dinkespiel has been a Director of Nordnet AB since 2001. He served as a Director of Prevas AB since 2000. Mr. Dinkespiel served as the Chairman of the Board of Emric AB, SalusAnsvar AB and E. Öhman J:or Fondkommission AB. He served as a Director of Salusansvar AB since 1999. Mr. Dinkespiel served as a Director of Intellecta AB (publ). He served as a Director of Småföretagsinvest AB. Mr. Dinkespiel served as a Director at Öhman J:or Fondkommission AB, and Fylkinvest. He holds an M.B.A. from Insead, France, and a B.Sc. in Economics from Stockholm School of Economics.

## Thord Wilkne
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Consulting, Financial Services, Association

Thord Wilkne is Member of the Board of Directors at Addnode Group

## Saeid Esmaeilzadeh
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Legal, Advice, Internet

Saeid Esmaeilzadeh

## Sebastian Knutsson
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Apps, Music, Public Transportation

Sebastian Knutsson is one of our founders and has served on our Board of Directors since October 2003, as our chief creative officer since June 2004 and as our executive product developer from February 2003 to June 2004. Sebastian has more than 18 years of experience in the Internet industry. As chief creative officer, he leads the productstrategy, games development and service offerings for King. Sebastian has designed more than 100 games for King.

## Daniel Skavén Ruben
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Food and Beverage, Pet, AgTech

Daniel Skavén Ruben

## Fredrik Hjelm
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: Information Technology, Software, Pet

Fredrik Hjelm co-founded Voi Technology in 2018 with a vision of improving the way people move around congested urban centres by offering fleets of electric scooters as a cleaner, affordable and exhilarating alternative to cars. Prior to Voi, Fredrik founded Guestit, the Nordics’ most successful Airbnb management company, and worked in businessdevelopment for Avito.ru, Russia’s leading - and the world’s third largest – classified advertising site. Fredrik’s entrepreneurial career began at 12 years of age when he ran a number of commercial projects including forestry work (he grew up in rural Sweden), events and website sales.After graduating from high school, he attended the Armed Forces Interpreter Academy, within the intelligence branch of Sweden’s special forces, where he studied Russian and linguistics. He served a total of four years in Moscow in the Defence Attache Office, where he worked as an interpreter and analyst, covering Russia as well as Kazakhstan and Belarus. He went on to study business and economics at the Stockholm School of Economics.

## Joachim Hedenius
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Gaming, Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality

Joachim Hedenius is the VPE and Co-Founder of KRY.

## Christian Jantzen
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology

Danish angel investor, based in London.

## Peter Sterky
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Apps, Music Education, Environmental Consulting

Peter Sterky is a CEO of Trift Capital.

## Jacob Key
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Insurance

Jacob Key is co-founder and general partner of Luminar Ventures. Jacob has made close to 20 early stage investments in companies such as Challengermode, Gavagai, Unacast and Pacemaker - and made 3 successful exits to date in Sportamore, Vera&John and Vetzoo.

## Martin Randel
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Information Technology, E-Commerce, Mobile

Martin Randel - Co-Founder, Board Member and Owner @ Vitamin Well

## Jacob De Geer
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Internet, IaaS, SaaS

Jacob de Geer is a Swedish serial entrepreneur and co-founder and CEO of iZettle, the fast-growing mobile payments company that lets anyone take card payments and manage and grow their business. Before starting iZettle, Jacob was the first employee at performance marketing firm TradeDoubler. Here he helped to build one of the largest advertisingnetworks in Europe before leaving to co-found movie sharing firm, Ameibo, and Tre Kronor Media, an award-winning communications agency. Both companies were acquired in 2010. Now, Jacob is fully focused on democratising payments around the world through his latest venture, iZettle.

## Hady Shkeer
- Type: Angel
- Location: Gothenburg, Vastra Gotaland, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Angel, Pre-Seed, Private Equity
- Focus: Marketplace, E-Commerce, Same Day Delivery

Hady Shkeer is the Executive Director of Source A Network. He attended The Wharton School in 2014.

## Fabian Hielte
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Retail, FinTech, Software

Fabian Hielte

## Joen Bonnier
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Education, B2B, EdTech

Joen is a Partner at Atomico and leads our engagement with corporations, traditional industries and international family-owned businesses to help them better understand the changing nature of the technology landscape.Joen is the bridge between highly successful traditional businesses and the transformative tech companies who are enablingdigitisation across all sectors. The potential for highly valuable collaborations that will catalyse massive growth opportunities is really exciting, especially in Europe. The future of technology is to be deeply embedded across the economy where it can drive efficiencies. Joen’s role at Atomico is to foster this engagement by creating strategic co-investment opportunities and collaborative relationships. As an active player in the startup scene in the Nordics, Joen also helps with sourcing and the evaluation of new investment opportunities.Fostered in a family-owned enterprise environment with deep understanding of the dynamics of family controlled businesses, Joen has 15+ years experience in the media and Internet sectors in both Europe and Asia. Joen has held senior positions with Bertelsmann and the Bonnier Group in New York, Scandinavia and China. Joen holds a Masters degree in Science (M.Sc) from the Stockholm School of Economics and is based in London.Joen lived in China for eight years and while his Mandarin is OK, his acting was apparently better – making his silver screen debut in a Chinese arthouse movie ‘Short Capitalism’ which premiered at the 2015 Art Basel fair in Hong Kong.

## Johan Andersson
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: CRM, Apps, Travel

Johan Andersson

## Peter Carlsson
- Type: Angel
- Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Information Technology, Food and Beverage, AgTech

Peter joined Tesla from NXP Semiconductors where he was responsible for purchasing and outsourcing. As CPO, he took the purchase organization from a tactical decentralized structure to a strategic global commodity organization.
Before starting at NXP, Peter was CPO at Sony Ericsson. Peter had a total of 13 years experience from different roles withEricsson and Sony Ericsson in Sweden and the US. He led the team that built and implemented Ericsson's framework for Supplier Quality Assurance.
Peter has a Master's degree with specialization in Production and Quality Control from Luleå Technical University in Sweden. In his spare time he enjoys running, mountain biking, golf, cooking and travel.

## Johan Hernmarck
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Internet, E-Commerce, PaaS

Johan Hernmarck is the Principal, Owner & Board Member of Mobilaris Industrial Solutions. He previously worked at Ledstiernan Utvecklings as a CEO and Owner. Johan Hernmarck attended Stockholm University.

## Danny Saucedo
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Music, Sales, Sports

Danny Saucedo

## Alfred Ruth
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, Digital Media, Apps

Private investor with background as co-founder/CTO of Videoplaza. Author of speculative fiction thriller trilogy Fermi's Filter.

## Pär Svärdson
- Type: Angel
- Location: Lidingö, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Beauty, Fashion, Computer

Par Svardson is the current CEO of Apotea AB.

## Fredrik Mansson
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Beauty, Fashion, Lifestyle

Fredrik Mansson - Investor @ Propel Capital

## Lena Apler
- Type: Angel
- Location: Gothenburg, Vastra Gotaland, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: FinTech, Finance, Software

Lena Apler - CEO @ Collector Bank

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