# Top 45 Sports Angel Investors in Sweden in May 2026

## Mattias Weinhandl
- Type: Angel
- Location: Linköping, Ostergotlands Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Apps, Information Technology, Fitness

Mattias Weinhandl

## Zlatan Ibrahimovic
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 3
- Focus: eSports, Internet, PC Games

Zlatan Ibrahimovic

## Jonas Nordlander
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Apps, E-Commerce, Lifestyle

Jonas Nordlander is a Co-Founder & CEO at Avito.ru.

## Jacob Key
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Insurance

Jacob Key is co-founder and general partner of Luminar Ventures. Jacob has made close to 20 early stage investments in companies such as Challengermode, Gavagai, Unacast and Pacemaker - and made 3 successful exits to date in Sportamore, Vera&John and Vetzoo.

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

Simon Josefsson

## Per Brilioth
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series B, Seed
- Focus: Apps, Software, Transportation

Per Brilioth - CEO @ VNV Global

## Mattias Miksche
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Big Data, Financial Services

Mattias Miksche - Angel Investor & Chairman @ Hem

## Helene Nathhorst Spångberg
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: Sales, Sports, Marketing

Helene Nathhorst Spångberg

## Danny Saucedo
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Music, Sales, Sports

Danny Saucedo

## Mats Carlsson
- Type: Angel
- Location: Danderyd, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: eSports, Internet, PC Games

Mats Carlsson is the Chief Executive Officer of Pareto Securities.

## Jonas Siljemark
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: eSports, Internet, PC Games

Jonas Siljemark is the CEO of Warner Music Scandinavia.

## Andreas Granqvist
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: eSports, PC Games, Mobile Apps

Andreas Granqvist

## Martin Dahlin
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: eSports, PC Games, Psychology

Martin Dahlin

## Ted Nelson
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Apps, Mobile, Sports

Ted Nelson is currently Chief Commercial Officer at Truecaller. Previously he was SVP Sales & GM Stardoll.com at Stardoll.

## Henrik Torstensson
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: SaaS, Sports, FinTech

Henrik Torstensson is a Partner at Alliance Venture and a Board Member & Co-founder of Lifesum.

## Hans-Olov Blom
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: B2B, Apps, SaaS

Hans-Olov Blom

## Mark Livings
- Type: Angel
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Content Marketing, Information Technology, Software

Founder of a diverse group of businesses including globally-distributed consumer brands (Lyre's Spirits Co) as well as growth-award winning companies specialising in the supply of marketing services and products to the FMCG\ CPG industry. These businesses include an integrated creative agency, a digital printing and personalisation platform,a branded merchandise and speciality packaging supplier as well as a specialty promotional logistics and fulfilment provider.Mark has worked closely with over 50 major FMCG organisations in the grocery, pharma, liquor and health and beauty space and has grown a portfolio of businesses servicing their go to market requirements over the last seven years.Passionate about technology, Mark has invested across all business units ensuring a competitive edge is maintained with best in class platforms to delivery quality creative, product production and fulfilment services to some of the world's most recognisable businesses and brands.

## Shane Wright
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: Sports, Robotics

Shane Wright

## Dan Castillio
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Apps, Racing, Sports

Dan Castillio

## Cristina Stenbeck
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- 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.

## Karl Magnus Troedsson
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Gaming, Software, SaaS

Karl Magnus is the Troedsson Founder at Behold Ventures. He attended University of Gavle.

## Daniel Pilotti
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Apps, Retail, Payments

Daniel Pilotti

## Nicklas Backstrom
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: Sports, Robotics

Nicklas Backstrom

## Niklas Kronwall
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: Sports, Robotics

Niklas Kronwall

## Mikael Backlund
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: Sports, Robotics

Mikael Backlund

## Erik Byrenius
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Health Care, Security, Information Technology

Erik Byrenius is the co-founder of Trellis Road, supporting and investing in high-impact foodtech entrepreneurs. He also runs StartupTools.org, a pro bono initiative with free guides and legal document templates for startups and investors.Previously he was the CEO and co-founder of European online food ordering company OnlinePizza (exit toDelivery Hero) and co-founded angel syndicate Nordic Makers.

## Per Båtelson
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Medical, Health Care, Medical Device

Per Båtelson

## Rikard Steiber
- Type: Angel
- Location: Atherton, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: Virtual Reality, Electric Vehicle, Sports

Rikard Steiber is the Founder & President of Viveport & he attedned SDA Bocconi in 1993.

## Caroline Ingeborn
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Apps, Sports, Fitness

Caroline Ingeborn is a Co-founder & CEO of Leap.

## Filip Engelbert
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Apps, E-Commerce, Lifestyle

Filip Engelbert is a Co-Founder at Avito.ru.

## Michael Hansen
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: B2B, Apps, SaaS

Offers a strong passion for empowering people and ideas to grow beyond expectations.
Bring close to 20 years of experience from roles as Investor, Board Member, CEO/ Managing Director and Business Development. Skills are primarily understanding customer needs, business models, business development, strategy, financing, change management andtaking ideas to the next level.
Experience from a large number of industries but primarily within media, Internet, tech, gaming and entertainment, both Sweden and around the globe.
Direct and indirect investments in some 20 companies with strong growth. Primarily in the digital space, e.g. gaming, eLearning, consulting, application development, Machine to Machine (M2M).
More than 10 years of experience from Seed Investing, Venture Capital, Private Equity and Startups.
An extensive international network of entrepreneurs, investors and skilled specialists.

## Rouven Dresselhaus
- Type: Angel
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Internet

Rouven Dresselhaus is Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Cavalry Ventures. His most notable investments at Cavalry include McMakler, Forto and Planetly (acq. by OneTrust). He also serves on numerous boards, e.g. at BRYTER and Sofía.Rouven started his career at Morten Sondergaard and then moved to Capnamic Ventures. In parallel, as a member of theadvisory board, he spearheaded the digitization initiative of his family business Joseph Dresselhaus GmbH & Co. KG (acq. by Nimbus) comprising core processes such as finance, HR, logistics and procurement.Rouven has invested in more than five dozen startups and participated in over two hundred funding rounds. He is a member of YPO, a global community of chief executives, and has been mentoring young entrepreneurs in formats such as Techstars, Techstars SAP.io, next logistics accelerator and the Axel Springer Plug and Play Accelerator. In addition, Rouven is a supporter of the entrepreneurial charity Founders Pledge.

## Graham Weston
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Antonio, Texas, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: Information Technology, Health Care, Enterprise Software

Graham Weston is one of the founders of Rackspace and now serves as Chairman of the Board. Graham has been a part of Rackspace from the beginning. Born and raised in the San Antonio area, he saw entrepreneurial opportunities in everything around him. He launched his first business venture as a seventh grader, marketing organic pork in newspaper adsthat read "Go Hog Wild!" In high school, he built another business that took photos at livestock shows and sold them to contestants. He attended Texas A&M, where—you guessed it—he launched another business. This one was inspired by his successful appeal of his father's property tax bills, and led him to help other property owners appeal their bills.Graham went into the real estate business, and led his family to buy and develop the Weston Centre in downtown San Antonio. At the same time, he developed a keen interest in the possibilities of the Internet. In 1998, he and a partner provided the original capital for a business idea pitched by three local Trinity University students. They called it "Rackspace.com." Graham joined the enterprise as CEO and remained in that position until 2006, when he became chairman. In 2005, Graham was honored by the City of San Antonio for converting one of his vacant properties into a temporary shelter for victims of hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Nicknamed the "Hilton of Shelters," by the Denver Post, it housed more than 2,500 refugees. Graham was named a 2006 "Best Boss" by Fortune Small Business magazine and was recognized as regional Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst & Young," from Rackspace.com.

## Niklas Eklund
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- 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.

## Josefin Landgård
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- 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.

## Stefan Lennhammer
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series B
- Focus: Apps, B2B, Mobile

Stefan Lennhammer - Chairman @ Truecaller

## Karl Sandstedt
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: eSports, Internet, PC Games

Karl Sandstedt is the Head of Devices and Services at Google.

## Markus Täkte
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Racing, Sports, Leisure

Markus Täkte

## Bengt Maunsbach
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Racing, Sports, Leisure

Bengt Maunsbach

## Mathias Ackermand
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Apps, Audio, Music

Mathias Ackermand is a Private Investor at Privat. Attended Kiel University.

## Johan Skarborg
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: eSports, Internet, PC Games

Johan Skarborg is the Founder and CEO of Academic Work.

## Henrik Zetterberg
- Type: Angel
- Location: Östervåla, Vastmanlands Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: Sports, Robotics

Henrik Zetterberg was the Founder Zetterbergs.

## Joakim Mandorsson
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Racing, Sports, Leisure

Joakim Mandorsson

## Robin Söderling
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: eSports, PC Games, Mobile Apps

Robin Söderling

## Auston Matthews
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: Sports, Robotics

Auston Matthews

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