# Top 50 FinTech Angel Investors in Sweden in May 2026

## Thord Wilkne
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Consulting, Financial Services, Association

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

## Josefin Landgård
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 3
- 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.

## Roland Nilsson
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Financial Services, Finance, Internet

Roland Nilsson - Founding Partner @ Confidus Venture Capital

## Peter Dahlgren
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Financial Services, Finance, Internet

Peter Dahlgren - Founding Partner @ Confidus Venture Capital

## Karl-Johan Persson
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 3
- 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.

## Alexander Hars
- Type: Angel
- Location: Gothenburg, Vastra Gotaland, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Software, SaaS

Alexander Hars - Board member @ Zalster

## Niklas Eklund
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 3
- 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.

## Fabian Hielte
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Retail, FinTech, Software

Fabian Hielte

## Daniel Pilotti
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Apps, Retail, Payments

Daniel Pilotti

## Josh Brown
- Type: Angel
- Location: Cleveland, Ohio, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Apps, Financial Services

Josh Brown is the Chief Financial Officer and a Partner at Ten Capital Management with responsibility for the company’s financial oversight, day-to-day operations and strategic investment planning. Josh has more than 9 years of real estate experience, primarily in investment and development. He was a Summer Associate at Terranum, aColombia-based, fully integrated real estate company focused on investments in, and developments of, hotels, commercial spaces and mixed-used projects in Central and South America. Prior to Terranum, Josh was a Project Development Associate at Lionstone Development LLC, where he conducted financial analysis of proposed investments and developments, as well as coordinated the development of mixed-use hospitality projects. He earned his BA in history from Cornell University and his MBA from the Johnson School at Cornell University.

## Annika Falkengren
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2

Annika Falkengren

## Patrick Söderlund
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed

Patrick Söderlund

## Timo Soininen
- Type: Angel
- Location: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Shoes

Timo Soininen is the co-founder at Small Giant Games.
Timo Soininen is the CEO and co-founder of Small Giant Games, maker of the hit game Empires & Puzzles.
Small Giant joined Zynga, Inc (ZNGA) in December 2018, when Zynga acquired 80% of Small Giant at $700M valuation.
Prior to Small Giant he was the longtime CEO of Habbo Hotel and is also anactive angel investor in several technology startups ranging from biomaterials and digital health to games (Spinnova, Aiforia, Critical Force).
Timo holds a M.Sc. degree in Marketing from Helsinki School of Economics/Aalto University and just loves tennis.

## Simon Josefsson
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Health Care, Sports, Consumer Goods

Simon Josefsson

## Magnus Rausing
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, Financial Services, FinTech

Magnus Rausing

## Mathias Hermansson
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Payments, E-Commerce, Mobile Payments

Mathias Hermansson

## Staffan Persson
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Financial Services, Apps, Banking

Staffan Persson - CEO @ Swedia Capital

## Fredrik Österberg
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Water, FinTech, Software

Fredrik Österberg

## Fredrik Palm
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Payments, E-Commerce, Mobile Payments

Fredrik Palm

## Barry Ritholtz
- Type: Angel
- Location: Auburn, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Apps, Financial Services

Barry Ritholtz is the founder and chief investment officer of Ritholtz Wealth Management, a financial planning and asset management firm, with over $175 million in assets. He writes a daily column for Bloomberg View and a twice-monthly column on Personal Finance and Investing for The popular “Apprenticed Investor” columns at He is a frequent commentator on economics and financial markets, and has appeared as a regular guest in most major media outlets. In 2009, Barry Ritholtz wrote the book Bailout Nation, which was published by Wiley. Bailout Nation was named as the “Investment Book of the Year” by Stock Trader’s Almanac, and received a First Amendment Award for Outstanding Journalism: Best Book.In the summer of 2014, Barry Ritholtz began hosting a new series on Bloomberg Radio, called Masters in Business, an hour long deep dive in to the lives of people who drive markets and ventures. He also authors “Barry Ritholtz is on the Board of Advisors of Barry Ritholtz performed his graduate studies at Barry Ritholtz and his wife Wendy, an artist and teacher, currently reside in Long Island, New York with monsters Max and Jackson.

## Michael Batnick
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Apps, Financial Services

Michael Batnick is the Director of Research at Ritholtz Wealth Management, the author of The Irrelevant Investor Blog. His new book, Big Mistakes: The Best Investors and Their Worst Investments, is coming out in June 2018. Michael is co-hosts the podcast Animal Spirits with Ben Carlson.

## Erlend Reitan
- Type: Angel
- Location: Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Secondary Market
- Focus: Information Technology, Software, Finance

Seasoned venture capital investor helping founders and their teams hands-on to accelerate the entrepreneurial journey. Actively looking for investments with unicorn potential.M&A specialist with experience from complex cross-border transactions. Experience from more than 20 M&A transactions including more than 10 cross-border deals, exitswith mainly publicly listed and Private Equity counterparts.

## Peter Sterky
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Apps, Music Education, Environmental Consulting

Peter Sterky is a CEO of Trift Capital.

## Bo Mattsson
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 2
- 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.

## Johan Andersson
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: CRM, Apps, Travel

Johan Andersson

## Sophia Bendz
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Health Care, Software, Apps

Sophia Bendz - Partner @ Cherry Ventures

## Joen Bonnier
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 2
- 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.

## Lena Apler
- Type: Angel
- Location: Gothenburg, Vastra Gotaland, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: FinTech, Finance, Software

Lena Apler - CEO @ Collector Bank

## Alfred Ruth
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 2
- 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.

## 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.

## Mattias Miksche
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Big Data, Financial Services

Mattias Miksche - Angel Investor & Chairman @ Hem

## Jacob De Geer
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 2
- 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.

## Hjalmar Winbladh
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Manufacturing, Information Technology, Software

Board Member at MAJORITY.

## Öjje Holt
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Apps, Design, Mobile

Öjje Holt is the Founder and Chairman of Acamp.

## Emil Sunvisson
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: B2B, FinTech, Payments

Emil Sunvisson

## Rob Small
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Software, Blockchain, Trading Platform

Rob Small - Founder @ Miniclip

## Michael Wolf
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: FinTech, Internet, Financial Services

Michael Wolf

## Christer Holloman
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Retail

Founder of Divido, the world’s largest white-label saas platform for Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL). Prior to starting Divido, he launched Glassdoor.com in EMEA which subsequently got acquired for $1.2bn USD. Hold an MBA from the University of Oxford and is an active early-stage advisor, investor and NED.

## Mans Ulvestam
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, Apps, Design

Måns Ulvestam is the Founder & CEO at Sesamy. He attended JMK.

## Jens von Bahr
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Art, Auctions, Genetics

Jens von Bahr

## Nicklas Storåkers
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Information Technology, Insurance, FinTech

Nicklas Storåkers

## Knut Frängsmyr
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Financial Services, Banking, Retail

Knut Frängsmyr is the chief operating officer and deputy chief executive officer of Frängsmyr holds master’s degrees in law from Frängsmyr is based in Stockholm, Sweden.

## Lars Thunell
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: Solar, FinTech, Robotics

Lars H. Thunell, a Swedish national, is Executive Vice President and CEO of IFC (International Finance Corporation), a member of the World Bank Group.Lars Thunell is leading IFC in its mission to promote sustainable private sector development. Since joining the Corporation in January 2006, Lars Thunell has advanced growth of IFC's businessand its mission to create opportunities in emerging markets and improve people's lives. He has visited 60 developing countries to see firsthand how IFC can best help its clients with financing and advisory services, and endorsed further decentralization of IFC.Lars Thunell joined IFC after a successful career in the financial services industry. Most recently, he was the Chief Executive Officer of SEB, a North European commercial and investment bank. In the 1990s, Lars Thunell served as the Chief Executive Officer of Trygg-Hansa, a Swedish insurance company, and as Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Nordbanken.As President and Chief Executive Officer of Securum, an asset management company established by the Swedish government, he played a key role in the government's strategy for resolving the country's banking crisis of the 1990s. Under Lars Thunell's leadership, Securum was able to restructure and sell off distressed assets held by the government more quickly than originally expected, recovering value for the Swedish taxpayer.Previously, he worked at ABB Zurich and at American Express in New York. He has also held numerous board positions with international companies and nongovernmental organizations.Lars Thunell graduated with a doctorate from the University of Stockholm and was a research fellow at the Harvard University Center for International Affairs.

## Mikko Salovaara
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Payments, Financial Services

Mikko Salovaara

## Dan Sten Olsson
- Type: Angel
- Location: Gothenburg, Vastra Gotaland, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: Apps, Payments, Insurance

1969, MBA, Gothenburg University. Formerly with Svenska Handelsbanken and Eriksberg Shipyard, Gothenburg. Since 1972, with Stena Group: 1980, Deputy Managing Director; 1983, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer; Director, Stena and affiliates and Stena International and affiliates. Chairman: Stena Line; Stena Metall; Concordia Maritime;Swedish Shipowners' Association. Co-Founder, World Childhood Foundation. Member of the International Advisory Board, Alliance for Global Sustainability. Recipient of awards and honours, including: King's medal for contributions to the development of Swedish society in terms of business, sustainable values and charity (2005); Commander of the British Empire in recognition of Stena's long-standing commitment to investment in the UK; Honorary Doctorate, Chalmers Technical University, Gothenburg.

## Harald Kjessler
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Apps, Design, Mobile

Harald Kjessler

## David Chreng-Messembourg
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series B, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, Financial Services

David Chreng-Messembourg - Co-Founder and General Partner @ LeadBlock Partners

## John Grundström
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Apps, Design, Mobile

John Grundström is an Active board member and Co-Founder at Floid.

## Roger Ver
- Type: Angel
- Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Bitcoin, FinTech, Cryptocurrency

Roger is currently involved in numerous Bitcoin related projects. He is an early investor in bitcoin-related startups. He has been a prominent supporter of bitcoin adoption and saw bitcoin as a means to promote economic freedom. He now promotes Bitcoin Cash, a hard fork of the cryptocurrency created with the intent to fix issues such as high feesand long transaction confirmation times.

## Jason Francis
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: B2B, FinTech, Payments

Jason Francis - Co-founder & Vice CEO @ Qred

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