# Top 50 Community Angel Investors in Sweden in October 2023 ## Josefin Landgård - Type: Angel - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 4 - 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. ## Sophia Bendz - Type: Angel - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Health Care, Software, Apps Sophia Bendz - Partner @ Cherry Ventures ## Jonas Nordlander - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Apps, E-Commerce, Lifestyle Jonas Nordlander is a Co-Founder & CEO at Avito.ru. ## Mattias Miksche - Type: Angel - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Big Data, Financial Services Mattias Miksche - Angel Investor & Chairman @ Hem ## Cristina Stenbeck - Type: Angel - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 3 - 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: 3 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Health Care, Sports, Consumer Goods Simon Josefsson ## Filip Engelbert - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Apps, E-Commerce, Lifestyle Filip Engelbert is a Co-Founder at Avito.ru. ## Daniel Skavén Ruben - Type: Angel - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Food and Beverage, Pet, AgTech Daniel Skavén Ruben ## Fredrik Mansson - Type: Angel - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Beauty, Fashion, Lifestyle Fredrik Mansson - Investor @ Propel Capital ## Lisa Enckell - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Drones, Travel, Leisure Partner at Antler. Previously VP marketing at Wrapp. Active angel investor and previously independent consultant to startups. ## Hampus Jakobsson - Type: Angel - Location: Malmö, Skane Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 2 - 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. ## Pär Svärdson - Type: Angel - Location: Lidingö, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Beauty, Fashion, Computer Par Svardson is the current CEO of Apotea AB. ## Karl-Johan Persson - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - 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. ## Marcus Lewold - Type: Angel - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Men's, Women's, Mobile Apps Marcus Lewold ## Martin Lorentzon - Type: Angel - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Beauty, Coffee, Fashion Martin first struck up his partnership with Daniel Ek when Tradedoubler, Europe’s largest affiliate sales network (founded by Martin), acquired Daniel’s company Advertigo in 2006. As chairman, Martin has been on the company’s board of directors since July 2006. His responsibilities include creating and implementing strategy, budgets and goals.Previously, Martin held senior roles at Telia, Altavista, Cell Ventures and NetStrategy. He is currently on the TeliaSonera board. Martin was educated at Gothenburg’s Chalmers University of Technology and Handels University. In his spare time Martin enjoys all kind of sports and cultural pursuits. With such a hectic schedule, it’s fortunate that he’s energetic by nature, involving himself in numerous work and leisure activities to try and find the right balance between his career and his personal life. ## Tomas Björkman - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Apps, Dating Tomas Björkman ## Rutger Arnhult - Type: Angel - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Events, Sensor, Big Data Rutger Arnhult ## Stefan Krook - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Apps, Dating, Internet Stefan Krook - CEO @ Kivra ## Joachim Hedenius - Type: Angel - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Gaming, Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality Joachim Hedenius is the VPE and Co-Founder of KRY. ## Daniel Pilotti - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Apps, Retail, Payments Daniel Pilotti ## Andreas Ehn - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - 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. ## Stefan Lindeberg - Type: Angel - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 2 - 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. ## Magnus Bergman - Type: Angel - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Apps, Mobile, Big Data Magnus Bergman is co- founder and general partner of Luminar Ventures. Magnus has made over 30 seed investments in the past 10 years making him one of the most experienced tech angel investors in Sweden. Magnus was the first investor in Truecaller and was an early stage investor in Prezi, Soundtrap, Karma, and others. He also founded ParallelConsulting Group, which he later sold to Icon Medialab. Magnus Bergman has a Ph.D. in Physics at INPT, Toulouse, and a post-doctoral research position at NADA, KTH, Stockholm. ## Sarah Drinkwater - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Fashion, Communities, Apps Atomico Angel ## Henrik Torstensson - Type: Angel - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: SaaS, Sports, FinTech Henrik Torstensson is a Partner at Alliance Venture and a Board Member & Co-founder of Lifesum. ## Sune Alstrup - Type: Angel - Location: Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision Tech Investor and Entrepreneur, former Founder & CEO at The Eye Tribe ## Ian Vernon - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: mHealth, Messaging, Communities Ian Vernon ## Robert Swartling - Type: Angel - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Racing, Sports, FinTech Robert Swartling ## Joakim Mandorsson - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Racing, Sports, Leisure Joakim Mandorsson ## Anette Nordvall - Type: Angel - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Women's, Health Care, Personal Health Anette Nordvall - Managing Partner @ Keiretsu Forum ## Eva Redhe - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Women's, Health Care, Personal Health Born 1962, board member since 2011. Eva Redhe, MBA, has more than 25 years of industrial experience covering positions as CEO and working chairman of the board of Erik Penser Fondkommission AB and founder and CEO of Mercurius Financial Communications AB. Eva also has experience from working within corporate finance at Investor AB. ## Kim Fai Kok - Type: Angel - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Men's, Music, Women's Kim Fai Kok ## Tommy Jacobson - Type: Angel - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 1 - Focus: Art, Apps, Soccer Chairman of Zenith. Entrepreneur. Founder of Varenne, Quesada, and Trevise. Tommy has vast experience as an investor in growth companies, including successful start-up investments in Unibet and Zound. ## Arlan Hamilton - Type: Angel - Location: Los Angeles, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, FinTech, Communities Arlan Hamilton is the Founder and Managing Partner of Backstage Capital, a venture capital firm dedicated to minimizing funding disparities in tech by investing in high-potential founders who are people of color, women, and/or LGBT. Started from scratch in 2015, Backstage has now raised more than $12 million and invested in more than 150startup companies led by underestimated founders. In 2018, they launched a four-city accelerator program in Los Angeles, Detroit, Philadelphia, and London.Arlan is the author of, It's About Damn Time, an inspirational and tactical business book for budding entrepreneurs and aspiring investors. She hosts the popular podcast, Your First Million, and has been featured on CNN, PBS, and others, and in 2019 became the first Black woman to have an entirely devoted episode of Emily Chang's Bloomberg 1.0.In October 2018, Arlan was featured on the cover of Fast Company magazine as the first Black woman non-celebrity to do so (following Oprah, Serena, and Beyonce). In 2019, Arlan and her mother, Mrs. Earline Butler-Sims, announced their new scholarship program, which kicked off with Oxford University's first-ever undergraduate scholarship for a Black student, as well as a commitment to fund a full-ride scholarship for a Psychology student at Mrs. Sims' alma mater, HBCU Dillard University. ## Dan Castillio - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Apps, Racing, Sports Dan Castillio ## Rikard Steiber - Type: Angel - Location: Atherton, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - 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. ## Jan Carl Adelsward - Type: Angel - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Pet, Marketing, Advertising Jan Carl Adelswärd is one of the founders at Sneakerstuff. ## Gabriel Urwitz - Type: Angel - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 1 - Focus: Children, Education, Artificial Intelligence Gabriel Urwitz is the Co-Founder of Segulah Medical Acceleration. Gabriel Urwitz attended Carnegie-Mellon University. ## Peter Benson - Type: Angel - Location: Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Travel, FinTech, Internet Peter Benson is Managing Partner of Life Science Ventures and one of the three co-founders. Peter is responsible for Life Science Ventures overall investment strategy and Investor Relations.During his 25 years in the Life Science industry, Peter has been a senior corporate executive in Big Pharma, start-up CEO, business angel and board memberof more than 20 companies, including 5 public, listed companies. In 2010, Peter was closely involved in the successful IPO of the portfolio company Zealand Pharma (NASDAQ OMX Copenhagen: ZEAL).Peter holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Lund and a Master’s degree in Economics from the University of California. In his free time, Peter likes to combine traveling with action-packed activities. Other interests close to his heart are: literature, sports and music. ## Markus Täkte - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Racing, Sports, Leisure Markus Täkte ## Scott Mackin - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Travel, Education Mr. Scott Mackin is a Managing Partner and Co-President and heads the firm’s Power & Renewables team. Mr. Mackin brings 25 years of energy experience to Denham. He is a member of the Management Committee, Executive Committee, Investment Committee and Valuation Committee. Prior to joining Denham, Mr. Mackin was the President and CEO ofWaypoint Energy, Managing Partner at The Chatham Group, President and CEO of Covanta Energy Corporation, President of Ogden Energy and General Counsel at Ogden Projects, Inc. He was also an Associate at Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis and Law Clerk to the Hon. Daniel H. Huyett III, Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Mr. Mackin currently is a member of the Board of Directors of Greenleaf Power LLC, BTE Wind (Proprietary) Ltd. and Gradient Resources Inc. ## David Helgason - Type: Angel - Location: Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Gaming, Information Technology David is a technologist, the founder of Unity Technologies, non-exec director to others, and a restless entrepreneur with a passion for creating feedback loops between innovation and teams and products, applying new and old business models to changing industries, and pushing people to do the very best they can do.David's background is inprogramming, an assortment of university dabbling, creating companies, and helping entrepreneurs. He served as CEO of Unity Technologies since co-founding it in 2003 and until October 2014, with an unflinching vision to democratize game development, and to develop technology and business models for the next phase of the games industry. David Helgason attended the University of Copenhagen. ## Kivilcim Cayli - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Travel, Property Management, Leisure Cayli began his career in 2000 and held various positions for Roche, Johnson & Johnson, Boston Scientific, and Turev. Founded and led two healthcare companies (Idea and Invivo) and two consultancy companies (Kanvas and Biovenka).He holds a BSc and an MBA, both from Middle East Technical University (aka ODTU).As a seasoned investor, he has 8personal investments including British, Irish, American, Swedish, and Turkish companies, and serves on the Board of some. He also consults startups on behalf of TUBITAK (Turkish Scientific & Technological Research Council). He is a member of BIC Angels and GAIN Global. ## Erik Byrenius - Type: Angel - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 1 - 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. ## Akim Arhipov - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, iOS, Apps Akim is an Estonian entrepreneur who has cofounded BAASIS ID with Sergey Shcherbak – all-in-one identity verification (KYC) platform for financial institutions and governmental agencies in Southeast Asia. Akim’s team was participated in creation of electronic ID system and eGovernment portals for Estonian government.BAASIS ID use biometric facialrecognition, passport / ID validation, bank account validation and sanctions screening in automatic way providing final approval results in 3 minutes.For businesses, BAASIS ID means the end of vast, vulnerable databases of customer data – hugely reducing the risk of regulatory issues, fraud and the reputational damage of a breach providing the data storage in the blockchain.Proud to be a facilitator of reputation economy among Southeast Asia regulatory sandboxes and governmental agencies, like Security and Exchanges Commision of Thailand and Bank Negara Malaysia. Akim and his team work together with Bahrain government in order to build electronic identity system for citizens.Previously a co-founder of successful companies in IT and transportation sectors – OnniBus.com and SuperBus.com. The first one is the most successful commercial bus operator in Finland: 20 lines, 200+ daily departures, 6+ million passengers served annually. ## Lisa Gradow - Type: Angel - Location: Munich, Bayern, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, iOS, Apps Lisa Gradow ## Borje Ekholm - Type: Angel - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 1 - Focus: Events, Software, Nightlife CEO of Patricia Industries, newly created division within Investor AB, since 2015. President and CEO of Investor AB 2005 - 2015. Formerly Head of Investor Growth Capital Inc. and New Investments. Prior to becoming the President and Chief Executive Officer in 2005, Ekholm was a Member of the Management Group of Investor AB, where he hadoversight of the new investments business. Ekholm previously served as the President of Novare Kapital AB, an early-stage venture capital company. He also served in various positions at McKinsey & Co Inc. Ekholm is a member of the board and the remuneration committee of Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson. In summary, as of April 11, 2013,Ekholm is a member of the boards of directors of Investor AB, of which he is the President and Chief Executive Officer, and two other public companies, NASDAQ OMX and Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson. ## Johan Lenander - Type: Angel - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: iOS, Apps, Events Johan Lenander is Owner & Chairman at Barnsjukhuset Martina. ## Klaus Nyengaard - Type: Angel - Location: Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Marketplace, Apps Klaus Nyengaard is the co-founder and Chairman of GenieBelt, a SaaS-based platform that develops project management software. He is also co-founder of the investment club, Nordic Makers. He serves as the co-chairman of Treatwell, a beauty and wellness community marketplace. Nyengaard has previously been CEO & Chairman of Just-Eat pre-IPO, andbuild a number of tech companies. In 1994, Klaus Nyengaard graduated from Aarhus University with a specialized degree in economics and management. ## Karina Univer - Type: Angel - Location: Tallinn, Harjumaa, Estonia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: iOS, Apps, Software Karina Univer is the Investment Manager at Specialist VC. She attended University of Tartu. # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. Core features: - 48,091 startup investors (angels, VCs, accelerators, and others) - Email, phone, LinkedIn (for intros), socials, and other contact data - Updated daily from public funding news - CSV and Excel export The User can access the full database FOR FREE after signing up: shizune.co