# Top 50 Payments VC (Venture Capital) Funds in Sweden in May 2026

## NFT Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 7
- 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

## Wellstreet
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 5
- 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.

## Almi Invest
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 3
- 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.

## Luminar Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 3
- 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.

## Brightly Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 3
- 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.

## Visa
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series B, Corporate Round
- Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Payments

Visa is an American multinational financial services company that facilitates electronic payment systems throughout the world. The company operates the retail electronic payments network through the transfer of value and information among financial institutions, merchants, consumers, businesses, and government entities.Visa also provideselectronic payment, risk management, and payment security solutions to online merchants; digital goods transaction services in online games, digital media, and social networks; and mobile financial services for mobile network operators and financial institutions in developing economies.Visa’s global payment brands include Visa, Visa Electron, PLUS, and Interlink. Together they provide payment options through credit, debit, prepaid, and commercial programs in 200 countries and territories. Visa's global network, VisaNet, delivers value-added processing services such as fraud and risk management, dispute resolution, rewards, and other business-enhancing applications.

## Swedbank
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Vilnius, Vilniaus Apskritis, Lithuania
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Post-IPO Debt, Debt Financing
- Focus: Banking, Real Estate, FinTech

Swedbank AB (formerly Föreningssparbanken) is a Nordic-Baltic banking group offering retail banking, asset management, financial, and other services.Swedbank is a modern bank firmly rooted in Swedish savings bank history.

## Fulgur Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Wilmington, Delaware, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Bitcoin, FinTech, Cryptocurrency

We believe in Bitcoin as a next generation politically neutral monetary system, the foundation for decentralized finance of the future. While Bitcoin is an efficient settlement layer, it needs a Layer-2 solution for everyday transactions. That is why we support development of the Lightning Network - an essential step towards decentralized finance.As technology entrepreneurs we combine decades of experience creating business from zero and scaling it in emerging and fast-growing industries.We support outstanding teams in several ways: writing checks of $50-$200k for pre-seed startups; granting rewards for acknowledged contributions to the ecosystem; providing startup advisory and mentoring; investing in later stages.Along the way we help startups to navigate cryptocurrency legal and regulatory environment according to the evolving industry standards and best practices.

## Industrifonden
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 2
- 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.

## Forward Venture Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Financial Services, E-Commerce

Forward Venture Capital is a Venture Capital fund that invests in early-stage companies in the US and Europe. We support early stage entrepreneurs and help them accelerate their growth.

## Creandum
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 2
- 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.

## Element Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Payments

Investors in tomorrow's financial technology. Element partners with European fintech firms targeting the biggest markets in financial services utilising technology to deliver competitive advantage.

## DHS Venture Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 2
- 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.

## Index Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Internet

Index Ventures is an international venture capital firm with dual headquarters in San Francisco and London, investing in technology-enabled companies with a focus on e-commerce, fintech, mobility, gaming, infrastructure/AI, and security.

## Schibsted
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Apps, Financial Services, Information Technology

A global family of digital consumer brands leading the way across media, online marketplaces and technology ventures.

## Kangaroo Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming

Kangaroo Capital is a community driven blockchain and cryptocurrency venture capital that is dedicated to helping young startups and more established projects accelerate.

## COINCU
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, Privacy

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## Aggregate Media
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- 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.

## Partech
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Financial Services

Partech is a global venture capital firm with offices in San Francisco, Paris, Berlin and Dakar. Partech invests in Internet and information technology startups at seed, venture and growth stages.

## Greens Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: FinTech, Software, Cryptocurrency

Greens invests in Nordic pre-seed startups with founders who are alumni of Nordic Unicorns.

## BitScale
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services

BitScale invest in teams and solutions that bring transparency and efficiency to our world with cutting-edge technologies.

## Chainlayer
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Initial Coin Offering
- Focus: Cryptocurrency, FinTech, Finance

blockchain, bitcoin, ethereum, akash, bumper, concordium, cosmos, e-money, flow, kava, regen, serum, solana, the graph, unslashed finance.

## Creades AB
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- 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.

## Coin98
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Ho Chi Minh City, NA - Vietnam, Vietnam
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services

Coin98 is a Crypto-focused software company.

## La Famiglia
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS

We are an early-stage venture capital fund backing the best tech entrepreneurs across Europe and the US

## Cocoa
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Payments, Software, Virtual Reality

We invest angel checks at pre-seed/seed and bring on all our VC network and expertise to become your in-house VC: here to help you hack the system, with independent and unfiltered investor insights

## SKEL
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Reykjavík, Gullbringusysla, Iceland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: FinTech, Payments, Mobile Payments

SKEL is an investment company that seeks to create value for its shareholders and other stakeholders. SKEL's investment strategy is to grow the current portfolio while keeping long-term value creation in mind and to reduce the importance of fossil fuels in the company's operations by increasing the number of income supports andinvestments. SKEL's strategy is to be a transformational investor, supporting and assisting the companies, management teams, and entrepreneurs in which it chooses to invest. Thus, SKEL's managers and employees assist their partners in fully utilizing all of the potentials of the companies they manage, whether they are established companies or good business ideas.

## GP Bullhound
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- 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.

## Investment AB Öresund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Information Technology, SaaS, FinTech

The Oresund Group consists of the parent company, Investment AB Oresund, which is a pure investment company active in asset management, and the subsidiary, Ven Capital AB. Ven Capital is engaged in securities trading as a complement to the parent company's investment management activities.Investment AB Oresund traces its origins toSjoforsakringsaktiebolaget Oresund, a marine insurance company founded in 1890 with a share capital of SEK 300,000. In 1956 the company was restructured with AB Sjo-Oresund becoming the parent company of a group consisting of three marine insurance companies, Oresund, Agir and Stockholms Sjö. In 1961, the shares in these three companies were sold to Skandia in return for a portfolio of listed shares and cash. AB Sjo-Oresund changed its name to Investment AB Oresund.

## VYSYN Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, Gaming

VYSYN Capital is a blockchain investment firm with a passion for helping entrepreneurs develop world-class projects based exclusively on blockchain technology.

## Alfvén & Didrikson
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series C, Series B
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Transportation

Alfvén & Didrikson is an active and long-term backer of passionate entrepreneurs and teams with international growth ambitions. Since 2010, Alfvén & Didrikson team has made investments in fast-growing Northern European companies such as Trustly, Quinyx, Glue, Acast, Offerta, Sympa, PE accounting, and PingPong.

## Young Entrepreneurs of Sweden
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: FinTech, Software, Cryptocurrency

Yeo build networks between and develop talented young entrepreneurs.

## Stahl Invest
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: Apps, Billing, Robotics

Stahl Invest

## Accel
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C
- Focus: Software, SaaS, E-Commerce

First partner to exceptional teams everywhere

## H&M Group Ventures (Prev. H&M CO:LAB)
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: E-Commerce, Fashion, Textiles

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

## CSP DAO
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Initial Coin Offering, Series A
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming

CSP DAO offers a unique blockchain system designed to address fair investment rights.

## Sanctor Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software

Sanctor Capital is a thesis driven investment fund and deploys capital across both primary and secondary markets.

## D4 Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Financial Services, E-Commerce, Software

D4 Ventures is an investment vehicle founded by Hanzade Dogan.

## Swisscom Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series B, Series A
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology

Swisscom Ventures is an venture capital arm of Swisscom AG, that specializes in early stage tech investments founded in 2007.Swisscom Ventures invests in growth companies with emerging business models and technologies of strategic relevance to Swisscom's core business. As a value-add investor, Swisscom brings its investees the technicalexpertise and strategic insights of an incumbent telecom operator. We act as a bridge to Swisscom's operational business units, which portfolio companies can also leverage as a test environment for their products and services.Swisscom Ventures seeks minority stakes in companies related to the information/communications/entertainment space.

## BnkToTheFuture
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Equity Crowdfunding, Series A
- Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Blockchain

The online investment platform that brings financial innovation & technology investment opportunities to qualifying investors.

## Svea Ekonomi
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Solna, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Finance

Svea Ekonomi shall through personal service offer the market efficient and customized solutions within the fields of debt recovery, financing and sales ledger administration.

## Nordic Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Private Equity, Post-IPO Equity
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Financial Services

Nordic Capital is a private equity investment firm and now has an enviable reputation in investment and portfolio management.

## Schibsted Growth
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Internet, Financial Services, E-Commerce

Investing in great digital companies!

## Global Brain Corporation
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series B, Series A
- Focus: Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence

Global Brain Corporation is a venture capital firm that invests in companies from seed or early to pre-IPO startups. Global Brain has invested in 300+ startups from seed/early to pre-IPO startups and achieved 25 IPOs and 61 M&As as a result of providing hands-on support services and resources to its portfolio startups. Global Brain hasmanaged a pure investment fund as well as multiple corporate venture capital funds partnered together with tier 1 public companies of telecom, real estate development, financial service, beverages, agriculture food, logistics, and electronic devices.

## Halvings Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming

Halvings Capital is to invest in crypto projects with lots of potentials, before anyone else.

## Tether
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong
- Relevant deals: 1

Tether Holdings operates a platform to store, send, and receive local currency person to person globally. Tether is a token backed by actual fiat currency assets, including USD, Euros and, soon, Japanese Yen. One Tether equals one underlying unit of the currency backing it, e.g., the U.S. Dollar, and is backed 100% by actual assets in the Tetherplatform’s reserve account. Being anchored or “tethered” to real world currency, Tether provides protection from the volatility of cryptocurrencies.Tether enables businesses – including exchanges, wallets, payment processors, financial services and ATMs – to easily use fiat-backed tokens on blockchains. By leveraging Blockchain technology, Tether allows you to store, send and receive digital tokens person-to-person, globally, instantly, and securely for a fraction of the cost of alternatives.

## Draper Associates
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Mateo, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, FinTech, Information Technology

Draper Associates, founded in 1985, is a seed-stage venture capital firm that helps entrepreneurs to drive their businesses to greatness. We understand that a great company takes time to build and we'd like to ensure that entrepreneurs are in for the long haul.

## ZBS CAPITAL
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Initial Coin Offering
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services

ZBS Capital - distinguished crypto venture fund, backed by major media resources including CryptoDiffer.

## Pfeffer Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series C
- Focus: Cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, FinTech

Pfeffer Capital is a family investment firm investing in all stages of companies leveraging exponential tech.

## Collector Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Gothenburg, Vastra Gotaland, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Financial Services, E-Commerce, FinTech

Collector Ventures is the investment vehicle of of Collector Bank, founded by Lena Apler.

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