# Top 50 Startup Investors in Sweden in May 2026

## Almi Invest
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 155
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Information Technology

ALMI Invest is a venture capital company which invests in Swedish companies with exciting, scalable business models and motivated entrepreneurs. ALMI Invest consists of eight regionally based venture capital funds, all with local offices and experienced local investment managers. We manage a total of SEK 1 billion.
Unlike most venture capitalists,we can invest in a wide range of businesses. A strong team of entrepreneurs, a scalable business model and an initial revenue stream are more important than the line of business when we invest.Our first, initial investment would typically be SEK 2-4 million. During the lifetime of an investment, sums of up to SEK 10 million can be ventured. We always syndicate with an investment partner (another venture capitalist or angel investor) from Sweden or otherwise which means that we can take a maximum of 50 percent of an investment round.ALMI Invest was founded in 2009 by ALMI Fretagspartner together with regional investors. Half of our capital comes from European Union structural funds, which accounts for an investment of SEK 500 million. The other 50 per cent comes from regional investors and ALMI Fretagspartner.

## Chalmers Ventures AB
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Göteborg, Vastra Gotaland, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 106
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: Software, Energy, Health Care

We are a leading tech investor & venture builder in the Nordics. Taking deep tech from lab to market.WELCOMEINVESTMENTS

## Industrifonden
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 83
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Software, Biotechnology, Information Technology

Industrifonden is a Nordic evergreen venture capital firm with a fund size of $600m, that focuses on early-stage technology and life science companies with international potential. The company works long term with the entrepreneurs we invest in, and have a strong track record of building game changing companies. Industrifonden-backed companiesinclude tech companies Qlik, Arcam, Soundtrack Your Brand, Fishbrain, and life science companies CellaVision, Oncopeptides and AMRA.

## Wellstreet
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 37
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Retail

Wellstreet is an innovation and tech ecosystem that includes an investment company, a strategic consultancy firm and a venture building incubator.

## Creandum
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 34
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Mobile

We support early-stage founders in building global, category-defining companies. From Seed to IPO and beyond.

## NFT Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 34
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Finance

We drive the fintech revolution Next Financial Technology Ventures Backing fintech pioneers since 2014 We aim to capture the shift in the financial industry and empower the entrepreneurs to realize their potential Our Story Strong portfolio across Fintech View the full portfolio Exciting news from the NFT portfolio View all news

## Luminar Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 31
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Insurance

Luminar Ventures is a venture capital fund that prefers to make early-stage investments in technology companies. They engage with their portfolio companies and are actively helping with strategic, growth, team and organizational, and operational support, and together setting the foundation for future expansion.Luminar's core investment focusis on scalable digital seed-stage companies from the Nordics, founded by highly motivated and talented entrepreneurs with a vision to disrupt or transform major industries. The firm aims to provide experienced seed-stage financing and active operational support to Sweden based early-stage technology companies that are looking to disrupt or transform major industries with digital technologies and innovations.

## Inventure
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland
- Relevant deals: 30
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care

Since 2005, Inventure has backed over 90 companies including Wolt, Swappie, Jobbatical, aiMotive, and more.

## Sciety
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 28
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Health Care, Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical

Whether you are an investor seeking impactful returns or an entrepreneur looking to take your business to the next level, Sciety is your go-to partner. Join Sciety Venture Partners to invest in the most promising life science companies in the Nordics or get in touch to learn how we can help to turn your life science or health tech innovation into a thriving business.

## Norrsken VC
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 28
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Food and Beverage, Health Care

We are a venture capital fund investigating in Start-Ups solving the worlds biggest problems while building massive businesses.

## Northzone
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 26
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology

Northzone is a venture capital fund with a perspective shaped by lives as entrepreneurs. Since 1996, they've made over 175 investments and invest from Seed to Growth. They've partnered with the founders of Spotify, Avito, iZettle, Klarna, Hopin, and hundreds of others to build category-defining businesses. They've raised €1bn inSeptember 2022.

## Antler
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
- Relevant deals: 26
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS

Build your next company with Antler, a global day zero investor enabling exceptional founders to start great companies, from the very beginning. Apply now!

## SEB Venture Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 26
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Financial Services

SEB Venture Capital is a Fintech investor that helps entrepreneurs and innovators launch and grow profitable businesses. They primarily serve as a strategic corporate venture focused on Fintech investments, with the option of partnering with SEB. They are also on the hunt for game-changing inventive solutions to new technologies that will make thefinancial industry smarter, safer, and more environmentally responsible, as well as more user-friendly. They also function as an evergreen fund, giving them the flexibility and staying strength to focus on long-term wealth development depending on what is best for the firm and its shareholders.

## Spintop Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 25
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS

Founded in 2009, Spintop Ventures is a venture capital firm backed by a network of successful tech entrepreneurs who have invested in Spintop alongside institutional investors, family offices and some of the most experienced private investors in early stage growth companies.

## EQT Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 23
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS

EQT Ventures is a European VC fund with just over €2.3 billion in total capital raised. EQT Ventures I launched in May 2016, with commitments totalling €566 million and a simple mission - to be the kind of VC the team would have liked to have had on their own startup journeys. Recognizing that building and growing a company takes more than justcapital, the EQT Ventures team provides founders with support and advice throughout different stages of growth. EQT Ventures doesn't focus on particular markets or industries, but bold and ambitious founders who have the grit and determination to build global success stories. EQT Ventures II launched in November 2019, with commitments totalling €660 million. EQT Ventures III launched in 2022, with commitments totalling €1.1 billion, making it the biggest European Venture Capital fund committed to early stage tech startups. The EQT Ventures team is based across six offices in London, Stockholm, Berlin, Paris, Amsterdam, Paris and San Francisco, taking a locals with locals approach and supporting founders on the ground. Motherbrain, EQT Ventures' in-house-developed artificial intelligence (AI) platform, ensures the team has data-driven approach and has driven more than $100 million in portfolio company investments.

## J12
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 21
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence

J12 Ventures invests early in innovative companies in the Nordics.

## GP Bullhound
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 18
- Stages: Series B, Series A
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Internet

Since 1999, GP Bullhound has invested in and advised brilliant leaders. Powered by more than 180 employees across 13 offices worldwide.

## Inbox Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 17
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Apps, Service Industry

Venture Capital in disruptive, global and high growth potential companies. Stage of funding is pre-series A - C rounds

## Verdane
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Relevant deals: 17
- Stages: Private Equity, Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology

The preferred growth partner to tech-enabled businesses in Northern Europe.

## 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.

## Bonnier Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 17
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Health Care, Digital Media, Software

Bonnier Capital is the investment division of the Bonnier Group. Since 2016, we invest in promising companies in structurally growing industries and have become a reliant investment partner to companies and funds of various sizes.

## 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

## Sting Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Kista, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 15
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Apps, Medical

Sting – Stockholm Innovation & Growth enables talented people to turn their ideas into sustainable businesses. The support they offer includes qualified coaching in business development, a business angel network, a venture capital fund, a recruitment service, and an international network of investors, business contacts and experts. Itcontribute to the success of Sweden’s future technology companies by helping them to grow and compete internationally.

## Aggregate Media
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 15
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, Information Technology, Software

Aggregate is a venture capital company investing with media as expansion capital - media for equity. Since the start 2002, Aggregate has made over 150 transactions in a variety of industries; e-commerce, digital services, product- and B2B-companies etc. Aggregate target companies which today are not able to maximize the effect on their market, inlack of capital for media advertising.

## 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.

## DHS Venture Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 14
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: Software, Big Data, Mobile Apps

DHS Ventures, Stockholm School of Economics alumni angel investing network that invests early on into inovative companies.

## Brightly Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 14
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS

Brightly Ventures backs bold founders on a mission to transform industries and change the world for the better. Brightly is an early-stage investor focused on the Nordics. It has a hands-on approach supporting high-potential ideas and bringing them to market. It makes a deep commitment to each investment we make and draw upon its network andcompany-building experience to help boost the journey.

## Zenith Venture Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 13
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Sports, Apps

Zeniths vision is to become the obvious partner for entrepreneurs and investors. We believe this will be achieved by helping entrepreneurs to build fantastic companies and thus deliver attractive return to our investors.

## 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.

## Cherry Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 11
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, FinTech, Information Technology

Cherry Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm led by a team of entrepreneurs with experience building fast-scaling companies such as Zalando and Spotify. The firm backs Europe's boldest founders, usually as their first institutional investor, and supports them in everything from their go-to-market strategy and the scaling of theirbusinesses. Cherry Ventures has previously invested in the seed stage of over 50 companies across Europe, including FlixBus, Auto1 Group, Infarm, Rows, Forto, and TourRadar. Cherry Ventures is based in Berlin and invests across Europe with operations in London, Paris, and Stockholm.

## 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

## KTH Holding
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 11
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Biotechnology

KTH Holding is a state-owned limited company managed by KTH's University Board. It invests in promising startup companies that are based on research or teaching at KTH, with the aim of supporting commercialization and making it easier for new science to benefit society.

## Icebreaker.vc
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland
- Relevant deals: 11
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence

Founded in 2016, Icebreaker has invested in over 50 fast-growing tech startups built by domain expert founders from companies like Rovio, Nordea, Pipedrive, Eniram, IBM and BCG. In addition to the fund, Icebreaker also runs a community of more than 1000 founders and pre-founders with 5+ years of relevant industry experience and the will to start,build or join strong tech companies.With the initial ticket sizes of €150k - 800K Icebreaker provides enough funding for companies to get to a position of strength and avoid post-accelerator limbo without having to resort to disreputable sources of capital and unfriendly deal terms.

## Schibsted Growth
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Relevant deals: 10
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Internet, Financial Services, E-Commerce

Investing in great digital companies!

## Balderton Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 10
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C
- Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services

In the two decades since our founding, we have worked with hundreds of extraordinary European founders, and have raised eight funds totalling more than $3bn.

## Creades AB
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 10
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Enterprise Software, Apps

Creades is an investment company investing in businesses that have the potential for revaluation and value creation. Creade's business concept is to provide a good risk-adjusted return to its shareholders by investing in businesses where Creades can act as an engaged owner, primarily in small and medium-listed and unlisted Swedish companies.The firm is a spin-off from Investment AB Öresund.

## SamInvest Mitt
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Härnösand, Vasternorrlands Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 10
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Manufacturing, Hardware

Saminvest is a venture capital company that was formed by the Swedish government in 2016. Saminvest actively works to establish new and sustainable venture capital funds and angel investor programmes that expand the venture capital market in Sweden. Through Saminvest's indirect investments and work with investment funds, innovative and fast-growing companies can gain access to more capital and expert advice.

## H&M Group Ventures (Prev. H&M CO:LAB)
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 10
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: E-Commerce, Fashion, Textiles

H&M CO:LAB is the venture capital arm of the H&M Group.

## Add Health Media
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Kista, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 10
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Health Care, Medical, Apps

Add Health Media is a company that specializes in creating marketing materials for health companies.

## Heartcore Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark
- Relevant deals: 10
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence

Heartcore Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm devoted to backing founders building category-defining consumer internet brands.Founded as Sunstone Capital in 2007, Heartcore has raised over $500 million in committed capital across four fund generations. The firm has offices in Copenhagen, Berlin, and Paris but invests across Europe andoccasionally in the United States. Heartcore has backed more than 70 exceptional founding teams.

## 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

## BackingMinds
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 10
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Internet, Health Care, Medical Device

We help great minds unleash their full potential!

## VNV Global
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 9
- Stages: Series B, Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, Health Care, Marketplace

VNV Global is an investment company with the business concept of using experience, expertise and a widespread network to identify and invest in assets with considerable potential for value appreciation. The company has a special focus on online marketplaces and businesses with strong network effects. The common shares of VNV Global are listed onNasdaq Stockholm, Mid Cap segment, with the ticker VNV.

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

Mattias Weinhandl

## Navigare Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 9
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Biotechnology, Energy, Health Care

Welcome to Navigare Ventures. We invest in transformational early-stage companies at the frontier of science and technology.

## 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.

## 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.

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