# Top 20 Platforms Angel Investors in Sweden in October 2023

## Niklas Zennström
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, Internet, Apps

Niklas Zennström is CEO and Founding Partner at Atomico. He works daily with founders and sits on the boards of Farmdrop, Lilium, Pipedrive, Oden Technologies and Varjo. Niklas is an experienced technology investor and entrepreneur, having previously co-founded and managed globally successful technology companies including Skype, Kazaa andJoltid. Niklas founded Atomico in 2006. He is passionate about partnering about founders solving big challenges facing their planet with digital technology.In 2007, he co-founded Zennström Philanthropies with his wife, Catherine. They focus their efforts in two areas: human rights and the environment. Niklas also founded the Race for the Baltic, a foundation for a well-managed and sustainable Baltic Sea, one of the most threatened major bodies of water in the world.Niklas is a keen yachtsman and has won four World Championships with his yacht racing team, Rán.Niklas holds dual degrees in Business and MSc Engineering Physics/Computer Science from Uppsala University in Sweden, and he spent his final year at the University of Michigan.

## Sebastian Knutsson
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 2
- 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.

## Sebastian Siemiatkowski
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 2
- 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.

## Eros Resmini
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Video Games, Communities, iOS

Eros Resmini - Partner, Sales And Marketing @ 9+ Program

## Mattias Weinhandl
- Type: Angel
- Location: Linköping, Ostergotlands Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Apps, Information Technology, Fitness

Mattias Weinhandl

## Simon Josefsson
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Health Care, Sports, Consumer Goods

Simon Josefsson

## Kari Anette Jakobsen
- Type: Angel
- Location: Sandefjord, Vestfold, Norway
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Android, Software

Kari Anette Jakobsen

## Boel Rydenå-Swartling
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel, Seed
- Focus: Software, Apps, Mobile Apps

Boel Rydenå-Swartling

## David Baszucki
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Mateo, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Series A, Series D
- Focus: iOS, Apps, Gaming

David Baszucki is the Founder and CEO of Roblox, the largest entertainment platform for play. A visionary inventor and engineer, David is passionate about building a revolutionary new genre of entertainment that seamlessly integrates user-generated content, social play, and the latest cross-platform technologies to power the imagination of peoplearound the world. David developed a love for construction toys at an early age, spurring his interest in pioneering an innovative entertainment platform where anyone could imagine, create, and share experiences together. Under his leadership, Roblox has been recognized twice on the Inc. 5000 list of America’s Fastest-Growing Private Companies, as well as the Deloitte Technology Fast 500™ in 2017. Additionally, the San Francisco Business Times honored Roblox with its Tech & Innovation award in 2017.David, who holds a multitude of patents, was named one of Goldman Sachs’ 100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs in 2017. For his contributions to STEM education, he also received the San Mateo Visionary Hero Award in 2015.Before launching Roblox, David founded Knowledge Revolution which became the volume leader in educational physics and mechanical design simulation software. The company was acquired by MSC Software in 1998, where he served as Vice President and General Manager.David graduated from Stanford University as a General Motors Scholar in Electrical Engineering.

## 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.

## Katja Toropainen
- Type: Angel
- Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, iOS, Apps

Katja Toropainen is the founder of Inklusiiv. Prior to that, she served as a chief program curator at Slush. Katja holds a master's degree in information and service management from Aalto University.

## Martin Randel
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Information Technology, E-Commerce, Mobile

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

## 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.

## Lisa Gradow
- Type: Angel
- Location: Munich, Bayern, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, iOS, Apps

Lisa Gradow

## Hampus Jakobsson
- Type: Angel
- Location: Malmö, Skane Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- 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.

## Lars Björk
- Type: Angel
- Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Apps, Android, Security

Lars Björk leads Qlik as CEO and is a member of the company’s board of directors. He oversaw the company’s initial public offering (IPO) in 2010 on the NASDAQ, which was recognized as one of the year’s top tech IPOs.Lars is recognized as an authority on driving company culture through an accessible management style, with articles appearing inthe New York Times, Forbes and Harvard Business Review, as well as speaking engagements at conferences including the CEO2CEO Leadership Summit. He was named the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year in the technology category and was named Technology CEO of the Year at the 2015 PACT Annual Enterprise Awards. More recently, he was nominated to participate in Startup America, a White House initiative to accelerate high-growth entrepreneurship, and the Clinton Global Initiative, an organization that brings together leaders to drive action on global challenges.Before Qlik, Lars held several positions as CFO at companies such as ScandStick and Resurs Finance. He has an MBA from the University of Lund, Sweden and a Degree in Engineering from the Technical College in Helsingborg.

## 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.

## Sophia Bendz
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Health Care, Software, Apps

Sophia Bendz - Partner @ Cherry Ventures

## Bjørn Ole Gleditsch
- Type: Angel
- Location: Sandefjord, Vestfold, Norway
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Android, Software

Bjørn Ole Gleditsch

## Anne Gleditsch
- Type: Angel
- Location: Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Android, Software

Anne Gleditsch

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