# Top 50 Video Games Startup Investors in Sweden in May 2026 ## Luminar Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 4 - 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. ## Konvoy - Type: VC Fund - Location: Denver, Colorado, United States - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Gaming, Video Games, Software Konvoy Ventures is a thesis driven venture capital firm. We invest in the platforms and technologies at the frontier of gaming. ## Paul Heydon - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Gaming, Mobile Apps 30 years as a founder, operator, investor, and advisor. Previously Paul was a Co-Founder and General Partner at LVP. Paul has invested in Supercell (majority acquired by Tencent), Unity (NYSE:U), Matchmade, Radiant Entertainment (acquired by Riot Games), Boomlagoon (acquired by Wargaming), Peak (acquired by Hachette Livre), AppOnboard, FRVR,Starform, Gameclub, Coherence, Lucid Sight, Doppio Games, Capture, Flick, EvenPrime, Tellie & Litho and others. Previously, he was an investment banker at Avista Partners, Commerzbank Securities & ING Barings. He has both a HBA & MBA from the Richard Ivey School of Business at University of Western Ontario in Canada. ## Dreamcraft Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark - Relevant deals: 3 - 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. ## 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. ## Zlatan Ibrahimovic - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 3 - Focus: eSports, Internet, PC Games Zlatan Ibrahimovic ## Almi Invest - Type: VC Fund - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 2 - 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. ## 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. ## 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 ## Griffin Gaming Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Los Angeles, San Luis Potosi, Mexico - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Gaming, Video Games, Blockchain Griffin Gaming Partners is a leading venture capital firm singularly focused on investing in the global gaming market. ## GFR Fund - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Video Games, Information Technology GFR Fund is a San Francisco-based venture capital fund that invests in early-stage startups that are disrupting the consumer entertainment industry. GFR Fund is managed by GREE VR Capital, an affiliate of GREE Inc., a global leader in the mobile gaming industry.With over a decade of experience driving innovators in multi-platform entertainment,we see emerging technologies such as VR, AR, AI, Video Streaming and Blockchain as powerful tools that will propel the entertainment industry into a new generation of consumable content. We are looking for talented entrepreneurs who share our passion and values to help realize their vision and expand their businesses globally. ## BLN Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Schönefeld, Brandenburg, Germany - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Video Games, Gaming We are an investment firm focusing on partnerships with aspiring companies in the venture capital and private equity space. ## Stefan Lindeberg - Type: Angel - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 2 - 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. ## Martin Dahlin - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Focus: eSports, PC Games, Psychology Martin Dahlin ## 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. ## Back in Black - Type: VC Fund - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Online Games, Video Games Back in Black is a Swedish venture capital firm backed by the Lundin Family. ## eWTP Technology & Innovation Fund - Type: VC Fund - Location: Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series B, Series D - Focus: E-Commerce, Apps, Retail eWTP Fund focuses on technological innovation and development of businesses in regions of the Belt and Road Initiative. ## 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. ## 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. ## Peter Söderberg - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Apps, Mobile, Software Peter Söderberg ## Magnus Claesson - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Focus: Gaming, Video Games, Peer to Peer Magnus Claesson ## 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. ## Marcus Fransson - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Focus: Gaming, Video Games, Peer to Peer Marcus Fransson ## IQ Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence IQ Capital is a Cambridge & London-based VC firm that invests in ‘deep tech’ companies capable of dominating their respective markets on a global scale. Initial investments at Seed and Series A range from £0.5m to £10m, with capacity for follow-on investment up to £30m through the Growth Fund. The team has achieved over 30 exits including toApple, Huawei, Google and Oracle. ## 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. ## SevenX Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Information Technology SevenX Ventures is a Research-driven Crypto Venture Capital founded in 2020. ## 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. ## Supercell - Type: VC Fund - Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Corporate Round - Focus: Gaming, Video Games, PC Games Visit Supercell.com and find out more about us and our games. ## Chalmers Ventures AB - Type: VC Fund - Location: Göteborg, Vastra Gotaland, Sweden - Relevant deals: 1 - 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 ## Telia Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Solna, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, SaaS, eSports Telia Ventures invests in consumer and enterprise markets focusing on cloud, mobile, and security. Telia Ventures looks for companies with the capability to become leaders in their segments. They invest in Series A and B rounds and their geographical focus is Northern Europe and other selected innovation hubs.Telia Ventures is the venture capitalarm of Telia Company. ## 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. ## Shima Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming Shima Capital is an investment fund that focuses on supporting cutting-edge blockchain startups. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States. ## 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. ## Sisu Game Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Gaming, Video Games, Virtual Reality Sisu Game Ventures is an early-stage venture capital fund focused 100% on games. We set up shop in 2014 to support the most promising founders in the industry. Sisu has deep roots in the Nordic region, but our network of founders is fully global.The Sisu team consists of Samuli, Paul, Erik, Kalle, Moaffak, Kadri, and Jere - all of whom haveextensive backgrounds in the game industry and startup circles, both as entrepreneurs and investors. We've founded and built sixteen game companies since the early 90s and had several successful exits. Apart from funding companies, the team uses their expertise to act as a studio builder. Individual founders are supported in building their team, honing their product strategy and in gathering the right group of investors. ## 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 ## Innovestor - Type: VC Fund - Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Health Care, Manufacturing Welcome to Innovestor! We are a Finnish investment company focusing on venture capital, corporate venturing services, and real estate. ## SYBO Games - Type: VC Fund - Location: Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series B - Focus: Video Games, Online Games, Gaming A mobile game company in Copenhagen striving to craft meaningful experiences that can be played by everyone. ## Wild Sloths - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Video Games, Online Games, Social Network Wild Sloths ## Ashley Heppenstall - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: eSports, Internet, PC Games Born in England in 1962, Ashley Heppenstall is a graduate of Durham University where he obtained a degree in Mathematics.From 1984 until 1990, he worked in the banking sector where he was involved in project financing of oil and mining businesses. In 1990, Mr. Heppenstall was a founding director and shareholder of Sceptre Management Limited.Mr.Heppenstall has worked with public companies associated with the Lundin family since 1993. In 1998 he was appointed Finance Director of Lundin Oil AB. Following the acquisition of Lundin Oil by Talisman Energy in 2001, Lundin Petroleum was formed and he was appointed President & Chief Executive Officer in 2002 until he stood down in 2015.Ashley Heppenstall holds 1,542,618 shares in Lundin Petroleum through investment company Rojafi.Ashley Heppenstall is in the Nomination Committee’s and the Company’s opinion, as the Company’s previous President and CEO until 30 September 2015, not independent of the Company and Group management and further not independent of the Company’s major shareholders as he is a director of companies in which entities associated with the Lundin family hold ten percent or more of the share capital and voting rights. ## Andreas Granqvist - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Focus: eSports, PC Games, Mobile Apps Andreas Granqvist ## Innovum Invest - Type: VC Fund - Location: Helsingborg, Skane Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 1 - Focus: SaaS, Gaming, Mobile Innovum Invest provides capital, networks and expertise for companies. ## Optinator - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Focus: Gaming, Video Games, Peer to Peer Optinator is a venture capital firm. ## Jonas Sjögren - Type: Angel - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel, Convertible Note - Focus: CRM, Mobile Apps, Advertising Platforms Jonas Sjögren ## Entreprenör Invest - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: SaaS, Gaming, Mobile Entreprenör Invest is a venture capital firm that prefers to invest in small, entrepreneurial companies in locations outside the metropolitan areas. The firm is active and engages in the companies it invests in. By being long-term and active, the firm hopes to contribute to the success of the companies it invests in, at the same time as itsinvestment increases its value. ## 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. ## Inbox Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 1 - 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 ## David Helgason - Type: Angel - Location: Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark - Relevant deals: 1 - 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. ## Robin Söderling - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Focus: eSports, PC Games, Mobile Apps Robin Söderling ## Rikard Lindström - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: PC Games, Publishing, Video Games Rikard Lindström ## Antoine Lebel - Type: Angel - Location: Montreux, Vaud, Switzerland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Apps, Mobile, Software Antoine Lebel # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. Core features: - 48,091 startup investors (angels, VCs, accelerators, and others) - Email, phone, LinkedIn (for intros), socials, and other contact data - Updated daily from public funding news - CSV and Excel export The User can access the full database FOR FREE after signing up: shizune.co