# Top 50 Software Startup Investors in Denmark in May 2026

## PreSeed Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Lyngby, Hovedstaden, Denmark
- Relevant deals: 63
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS

PreSeed Ventures is the biggest and most succesful early stage investor in Denmark. For more than 20 years, PreSeed Ventures have assisted and financed talented entrepreneurs with early-stage investments, and we hold more than 70 companies in our portfolio.

## Seed Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark
- Relevant deals: 59
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Health Care, SaaS

Seed Capital invests in Danish tech businesses with global ambitions. We are focused on "late seed"-stage companies, typically investing 1-3 MEUR in rounds of 1-6 MEUR. Proud backers of Trustpilot, Vivino, Lunar, Templafy, Dixa, Forecast, and many other great companies.

## Vaekstfonden
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Hellerup, Hovedstaden, Denmark
- Relevant deals: 53
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS

Vaekstfonden – The Danish Growth Fund – is the Danish state's investment fund. We strive to improve access to risk capital to enable Danish businesses to innovate, and to generate growth and new jobs. In close collaboration with banks and domestic and international private investors, we finance companies from all sectors nation-wide. We canaccompany you for the entire journey – from your company’s infancy through growth phases to expansion abroad and even to an initial public offering.

## byFounders
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark
- Relevant deals: 17
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Mobile Apps

byFounders is the community-powered early-stage venture fund investing in globally ambitious teams connected to the Nordic and Baltic countries. With its unique Collective of founders and operators, byFounders offers its portfolio operational expertise and a global network. Believing in the power of tech to shape our future, byFounders takes an impact-aware approach to investing and working with the broader startup ecosystem.

## 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.

## Seedcamp
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 10
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, FinTech, SaaS

Seedcamp is Europe's seed fund, identifying and investing early in world-class founders attacking large, global markets and solving real problems using technology. The Seedcamp Nation includes over 400 startups building breakout businesses that change the way people live, interact and buy and includes publicly listed UiPath, Wise, and unicornsRevolut, Hopin, Sorare, Pleo, and wefox along with fast-growing businesses such as Grover, viz.ai and Ezra. Seedcamp fast-tracks a founder's vision and creates value through immediate access to smart capital, a lifelong community of support and a global network built upon more than a decade's experience backing exceptional talent.Seedcamp fast-tracks a founder's vision and creates value through immediate access to smart capital, a lifelong community of support, and a global network built upon more than a decade's experience backing exceptional talent.

## North-East Venture
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark
- Relevant deals: 9
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Fashion

North-East Venture is an international, multi-stage fund placed in Copenhagen, Denmark. The fund was launched December 1st 2013.

## David Helgason
- Type: Angel
- Location: Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark
- Relevant deals: 8
- 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.

## Sune Alstrup
- Type: Angel
- Location: Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark
- Relevant deals: 8
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision

Tech Investor and Entrepreneur, former Founder & CEO at The Eye Tribe

## Innovation Fund Denmark
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark
- Relevant deals: 8
- Stages: Grant, Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology

Innovation Fund Denmark invests in the development of new knowledge and technology creating growth and employment in Denmark. The Fund focuses on societal challenges, strengthens research, and increases innovation commitment within private companies.The Fund provides risk capital that enables cutting-edge initiatives to achieve resultssubstantially impacting the Danish society. Innovation Fund Denmark is also responsible for the future societal partnerships, where companies, universities, and public authorities will work together on challenges facing the society today.

## Klaus Nyengaard
- Type: Angel
- Location: Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark
- Relevant deals: 8
- 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.

## Dreamcraft Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark
- Relevant deals: 7
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, eSports, Health Care

Seed-to-A engineers.
We invest in techdriven companies in the Nordics and Europe.

## CAPNOVA
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Aarhus, Midtjylland, Denmark
- Relevant deals: 7
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Internet

They are an investment and development company providing capital, solid business experience and a strong network in order to turn innovative ideas into successful businesses. They cover all of Denmark from their offices in Aarhus, Roskilde, Copenhagen, Viborg and Kalundborg.

## Nordic Makers
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 7
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Education, Information Technology

We know how much grit and luck it takes to build big companies. That’s why we invest our time and our children’s money in crazy, ambitious founders.Founded by a group of serial entrepreneurs that have built, scaled and exited some of the largest technology companies of the Nordics, Nordic Makers is a seed stage hands-on investor, workingactively with companies to take them to the next level.

## Headline
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 7
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology

Headline is a Venture Capital firm actively on the ground in 7 cities around the world. We invest across categories and geographies, leading rounds at every stage. Once we commit to a team, we go to the ends of the earth to make their success global.

## Christian Jantzen
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 6
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology

Danish angel investor, based in London.

## Thomas Visti
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 6
- Stages: Angel, Grant
- Focus: Robotics, Software, Manufacturing

Thomas Visti - CEO @ Mobile Industrial Robots

## VF Venture
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 6
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Biotechnology, SaaS

Vaekstfonden makes equity investments in Danish companies with a track record as well as in young entrepreneurial, innovative enterprises with an ambition for global growth.

## Creandum
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 6
- 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.

## The Nordic Web Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark
- Relevant deals: 6
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology

The Nordic Web Ventures is an Angel Fund run by Neil S W Murray, backed by 50+ community builders, entrepreneurs and investors passionate about supporting early-stage Nordic startups.

## People Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Taastrup, Hovedstaden, Denmark
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Health Care, Internet of Things, Software

People Ventures are your dreamcast team of co-founders, investors, executives, engineers, academics and industry experts.
Together with talented entrepreneurs — We shape fantastic businesses through operational and commercial execution.

## Morph Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Financial Services

Co-creating and investing in companies whose founders we believe in, to help them reach the next level faster.

## Peter Sandberg
- Type: Angel
- Location: Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Angel, Pre-Seed, Secondary Market
- Focus: Internet, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech

Peter Sandberg is a co-founder of Nordic Secondary Fund, and a venture partner at Startup Wise Guys.
He has extensive experience as a Business Angel and in asset management.

## Chris Murphy
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology

Chris Murphy is a Venture Partner at MS&AD Ventures. He previously worked at SaaStock and attended Dublin City University.

## Balderton Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 4
- 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.

## Esben Gadsbøll
- Type: Angel
- Location: Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Mobile Apps

Esben Gadsbøll - Founder @ Woolspire

## Kasper Grundtvig Knokgaard
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Fashion, E-Commerce, Education

Kasper Knokgaard joined EQT Partners in August 2007 and has since worked in the Copenhagen, New York and Munich offices.Prior to joining EQT Partners, Mr Knokgaard worked with McKinsey & Co., latest as Engagement Manager, in the Copenhagen office. Mr Knokgaard mainly focused on private equity and corporate finance related projects.MrKnokgaard holds a B.Sc. and a M.Sc. in Business Administration and Management Science from Copenhagen Business School. During his study he also spent one semester at IIMA in India and participated in a 2 month entrepreneurial program in Silicon Valley, California.

## Crowberry Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Reykjavík, Gullbringusysla, Iceland
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Gaming, Information Technology

Crowberry Capital invests at seed and early stage in emerging technology ventures in the Nordics. Our mission is to back people that are good for companies and build companies that are good for people. We have a strong follow-through philosophy and commit to putting your company first.

## Nordic Eye Venture Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Software, SaaS

International venture capital firm based in Copenhagen. We come from the North, but we work in the world. We are Nordic Eye.

## Hampus Jakobsson
- Type: Angel
- Location: Malmö, Skane Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 4
- 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.

## The Footprint Firm
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: Software, Renewable Energy, Finance

The Footprint Firm is an advisory and investment company with a sole focus on sustainability.

## Inventure
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland
- Relevant deals: 4
- 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.

## SEB Venture Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 4
- 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.

## Jesper Buch
- Type: Angel
- Location: Marbella, Andalucia, Spain
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Mobile Apps, Internet, Software

Jesper book is the Seed Investor at DIBB Design.

## Preben Damgaard
- Type: Angel
- Location: Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: SaaS, Software, Food and Beverage

Preben Damgaard - Director @ Axcess A/S

## Pale blue dot
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Malmö, Skane Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Logistics, AgTech, Supply Chain Management

We invest in diverse and ambitious founders building scalable companies that help us reduce or reverse climate change.

## Project A Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology

Project A is an early-stage venture capital firm, combining financial and operational support for technology companies. In addition to $600 M in assets under management, Project A provides its portfolio companies with a wide range of operational support services. This includes more than 100 experts from key areas such as software engineering,business intelligence, marketing, and recruiting. The portfolio includes companies such as Trade Republic, sennder, KRY, Catawiki, WorldRemit, Spryker, and Voi.

## Mikal Hallstrup
- Type: Angel
- Location: Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Lifestyle, E-Commerce

Mikal H. is the Co-founder at Offset Motorcycles. He attneded Arkitektskolen Aarhus.

## New York Venture Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Internet

New York Venture Partners is a seed stage venture capital firm dedicated to the entrepreneur.
New York Venture Partners provide an ecosystem of financing, mentorship and strategic marketing consulting to the best entrepreneurs out there today.

## Cherry Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 3
- 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.

## Alexander Aghassipour
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS

Founder at Zendesk.

## Wellington Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Munich, Bayern, Germany
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical

Wellington Partners is a venture capital firm that invests in technology and life sciences companies, focusing on Digital Media, Software, Electronics & Photonics, Resource Efficiency, and Biotech/Life Sciences. It is committed to providing outstanding entrepreneurs with the necessary resources to fund their strategies. We typically leadfinancing rounds ranging from € 0.5 million to € 20 million. Depending on the maturity of the company, its own commitment can go as high as € 15 million.Wellington was established in 1998 and has offices in Munich, London, and Zurich.

## Crista Galli Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Health Care, Wellness, Medical

Crista Galli Ventures invests in ambitious European healthtech companies at Seed and Series A. Our deep medical expertise, powerful network and agile approach enable founders to build important, world-class healthcare businesses.

## Global PayTech Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Miami, Florida, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Payments

Global PayTech Ventures is a venture capital firm that focuses on payment technology. The firm invests in ground-breaking PayTech solutions with massive market opportunities. It also focuses on early-stage PayTech companies and will invest in seed, Series A, and Series B rounds.The firm was founded by Javier Perez and his sons Daniel Perez andKristofer Perez and is headquartered in Miami, Florida.

## Jolt Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Private Equity, Series B
- Focus: Software, Analytics, Manufacturing

Jolt Capital SAS is a fully independent Private Equity firm. We are specialized in Technology investing. Jolt Capital generates returns for its investors..

## Jeppe Rindom
- Type: Angel
- Location: Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Mobile Apps, B2B

Jeppe Rindom is CEO & Co-founder of Pleo.Before starting Pleo, Jeppe was the CFO of the Danish startup success, Tradeshift and he has been involved as an advisor and investor in several startups and fintech companies.

## Sweet Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Apps, Software, Mobile

Sweet is the King.com (Candy Crush) founders' investment fund. We are passionate about funding the next generation of entrepreneurs focused on creating a positive impact through consumer technology.

## Phillip Chambers
- Type: Angel
- Location: Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Human Resources

Phillip Chambers is the GM, Peakon Employee Voice at Workday. He attended University of Manchester.

## LDV Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology

LDV Capital invests in deep technical teams building visual technology businesses that leverage computer vision, machine learning and artificial intelligence.

## Tommy Andersen
- Type: Angel
- Location: Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: Software, EdTech, Virtual World

Tommy Andersen is the founder and Managing Partner of byFounders.

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