# Top 50 Angel Investors in Denmark in June 2026 ## Klaus Nyengaard - Type: Angel - Location: Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark - Relevant deals: 11 - 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. ## David Helgason - Type: Angel - Location: Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark - Relevant deals: 11 - Stages: Seed, Series A - 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. ## Christian Jantzen - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 10 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology Danish angel investor, based in London. ## Sune Alstrup - Type: Angel - Location: Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark - Relevant deals: 10 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, Computer Vision, Artificial Intelligence Tech Investor and Entrepreneur, former Founder & CEO at The Eye Tribe ## Jesper Buch - Type: Angel - Location: Marbella, Andalucia, Spain - Relevant deals: 9 - Stages: Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Internet, Software, E-Commerce Jesper book is the Seed Investor at DIBB Design. ## Peter Sandberg - Type: Angel - Location: Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark - Relevant deals: 8 - Stages: Angel, Pre-Seed, Secondary Market - Focus: Internet, SaaS, 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, Asset Management and Wealth Management ## Kasper Grundtvig Knokgaard - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 8 - Stages: Angel, Secondary Market - Focus: Fashion, Education, E-Commerce Experienced investor with more than 20 years of experience: - 17 years doing large cap Private Equity investment with EQT. Have been part of completing >10 large-cap platform acquisitions and numerous add-ons, with a >$20 billion combined transaction value - 3 years as management consultant with McKinsey, primarily focused on Strategy andM&A - Private investor in startups since 2012, having participated in >40 equity financing rounds across 14 platform investments ## Nicolaj Nielsen - Type: Angel - Location: Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark - Relevant deals: 8 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Angel, Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence Nicolaj nielsen is an investor at IDUN audio. attended INSEAD MBA, General Management. ## Chris Murphy - Type: Angel - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 7 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology Chris Murphy is a Venture Partner at MS&AD Ventures. He previously cofounded SaaStock and was an early Web Summit employee. ## Jeppe Rindom - Type: Angel - Location: Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark - Relevant deals: 7 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: FinTech, Software, Financial Services Jeppe Carøe Rindom is based out of Copenhagen, Hovedstaden and is the co-founder & CEO of Pleo. Jeppe previously worked at Nodes as a CEO & co-owner. Jeppe Carøe Rindom attended the Copenhagen Business School. ## Alexander Aghassipour - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 7 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: SaaS, Information Technology, Software Founder at Zendesk. ## Bjarke Staun-Olsen - Type: Angel - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 7 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech Bjarke Klinge Staun is a Principal at Creandum, a leading European early stage venture capital firm with a portfolio that includes Spotify, iZettle and Vivino.After starting his career at Goldman Sachs, Bjarke co-founded Alipes in 2008. Alipes is a technology company that never left stealth, as it became profitable very fast, has grownorganically and has a very specialized product. The company uses machine learning and natural language processing to automatically read financial news and generate insights about the stock market. The company has about 20 employees in Copenhagen, most of them machine learning, physics and computer science PhDs.After running Alipes for 6 years, Bjarke left active management to his two co-founders in 2014, and is now a proud board member and shareholder. He then ran Vaniday in Berlin, a Rocket Internet funded global beauty and wellness marketplace, before joining Creandum.At Creandum, Bjarke spends a lot of time on the machine learning and AI space, as well as on Fintech. ## Phillip Chambers - Type: Angel - Location: Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS Phillip Chambers is based out of Islington, Islington, and is the Partner of Balderton Capital. Bahar previously worked at Orbex as Chief Executive Officer. Phillip Chambers attended The University of Manchester. ## Tommy Ahlers - Type: Angel - Location: Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Analytics, Social Media, SaaS Tommy Ahlers is a Danish serial entrepreneur and CEO of the Danish software startup, Podio, which Tommy joined Podio as CEO and angel investor in August 2010. Podio connects work processes and interactions in an online environment, Prior to joining Podio, Tommy Ahlers founded the networking and mobile backup site ZYB in 2005 and sold it toVodafone Europe BV for nearly $50m in May 2008. Ahlers holds a masters degree in law from the University of Copenhagen, graduating in 2000 and was previously with McKinsey & Company for more than four years, where he served as an engagement manager.Ahlers is a regular on the technology startup conference circuit, speaking at the likes of Mobile 2.0 Europe, DLD, the European Directory Marketplace Conference and TheNextWeb. ## Hampus Jakobsson - Type: Angel - Location: Malmö, Skane Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 5 - 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. ## Preben Damgaard - Type: Angel - Location: Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: SaaS, Software, Food and Beverage Preben Damgaard - Director @ Axcess A/S ## Per Falholt - Type: Angel - Location: Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Series A, Seed - Focus: Biotechnology, Robotics, Biopharma A passion and vision for chemistry and biotechnology led Per (born 1958) to Novo A/S, where he started his career as a research chemist. He subsequently held several managerial positions developing products for the detergent industry and rose to Director for Application Technology in the company’s new enzyme development division in 1995.Hemoved to Raleigh, N.C., to head the company’s U.S. application technology unit in 1997, returning to Denmark three years later as Corporate Vice President of the Enzyme Development and Application division. In April 2000, Per merged the Research and Development division into the newly formed Enzyme Business R&D.Per assumed his current position following Novozymes’ demerger from Novo Nordisk in 2000. As chief science officer, he has helped Novozymes develop a unique industrial biotechnology platform which delivers solutions to meet customer needs and support growth.Per holds a M.Sc. in Chemical Engineering from Technical University of Denmark (DTU). Committed to promoting education and research within the sciences, he was appointed Honorary Professor at DTU’s Institute for Systems Biology in 2010 and became Chairman of the Board in 2013. He is also Chairman of the Young Scientists association in Denmark.Per’s current external positions also include Chairman, DTU, board member of DHI Group, board member of ARTs Biologics A/S, and member of the Danish Council for Research Policy. ## Heini Zachariassen - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Apps, Gaming Heini is Vivino’s Founder and Chief Executive Officer. Credited with bringing a technology revolution to the wine industry, Heini founded Vivino because he was frustrated by not knowing which wine to buy. It’s been his passion project ever since. During his tenure, Vivino has grown into a community of 46 million users, raised $72 million infunding, and rolled out a worldwide wine marketplace. Before starting Vivino, Heini co-founded several startups, including global internet and mobile security company BullGuard. Heini leads the team from Vivino’s European headquarters in Copenhagen, Denmark. Heini and Vivino’s story is featured in an independent documentary, “Disrupting Wine, The Life of an Entrepreneur.” Heini also hosts the YouTube series Raw Startup, which offers candid advice for entrepreneurs and startups. ## Thorbjorn Ronje - Type: Angel - Location: Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Self-Storage, Cyber Security, Personalization Serial entrepreneur ## Morten E. Wulff - Type: Angel - Location: Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Gaming, Content, SaaS Founder & Chairperson at GameAnalytics - changing game development. ALso, Advisor & miniature-investor in 10+ companies; mostly in the Nordic start-up community with connections to several major VC companies as well a track record of working with top business angels such as Morten Lund, Tommy Ahlers, Thomas Mygdal, Klaus Lovgreen, JimmyMaymann, Michael Arrington.As entrepreneur Morten has been involved with more than 10 start-ups including TraceWorks, Wulffmorgenthaler, Get In, Wordy (Winner Seedcamp 2010), Lovemade™, and Hello Fitness. ## Jesper Brok - Type: Angel - Location: Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel - Focus: E-Learning, Recruiting, Communities Jesper Brok is the Founder of Tjommi and Legalfinder.com. ## Lars Fjeldsoe-Nielsen - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Mobile Apps Lars Fjeldsoe-Nielsen grew up across Africa, from Angola and Guinea-Bissau to Tanzania and Libya, after his family fled the Angolan Civil War as refugees. Those early experiences instilled in him a belief that education, technology, and social innovation can transform lives and continue to anchor his career and philanthropic activities to this day.Today, Lars is a General Partner at Owl Ventures ($2.2 billion AUM), the world’s leading venture capital firm focused exclusively on education technology. He leads Owl’s expansion across Europe, Africa, and global markets, backing founders who harness AI and breakthrough technologies to make learning more accessible and impactful.Before joining Owl, Lars co-founded 2xN, an early-stage fund at the frontier of deeptech and quantum innovation, with standout investments including Quantinuum (valued above $10 billion), Oxford Ionics (acquired by IonQ in a $1 billion deal), QSimulate, and Sparrow Quantum. Prior to that, he was a General Partner at Balderton Capital in London during which time the firm led the Seed and Series A rounds in Revolut. His investments also span education (Labster, uLesson, StudySmarter, Kukua), mobility (Yassir, Voi, Monta, NoTraffic), and mobile and frontier tech (Hiya, Monarch Money, Rahko, Pocket, Colossal, Celus, Octant Bio, Vivino, OpenSea, Blue Bottle Coffee).Lars previously spent a decade in Silicon Valley, shaping some of tech’s most iconic growth stories. At Uber, he joined when it operated in fewer than 20 cities and, as Vice President, forged global alliances with Verizon and América Móvil that fueled its international expansion. Before Uber, as Head of Mobile at Dropbox, he was among the first 25 employees and helped the company reach its first 100 million users through partnerships with Samsung and other OEMs.Despite his career in technology and venture capital, Africa has never left Lars’s journey. After his father’s passing, he returned to Angola to trace his family’s history, discovering that his sister had died of malaria as a child. That revelation transformed a personal loss into a mission. A technologist turned humanitarian innovator, Lars filed a patent for genetically modified mosquitoes that light up when carrying malaria and began funding malaria-research projects in Angola through partnerships with global nonprofits. In 2024, he climbed Mount Kilimanjaro to raise funds for malaria research, following earlier campaigns such as climbing the Matterhorn and crossing the Sahara by motorbike.A Danish-Portuguese national who served with the Royal Danish Guards, Lars holds an MBA from London Business School, where he was a member of the Board of Governors and Chairman of the Endowment Fund, an MSc from Oxford University (Keble College), and a BSc from King’s College London. Across every chapter, from refugee to technologist to investor, his purpose endures: advancing education, health, and innovation as catalysts for social change. ## Nicolaj Reffstrup - Type: Angel - Location: Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Fashion, E-Commerce, Information Technology Nicolaj Reffstrup is the Founding Partner of Look Up Ventures. He previously worked at Lifestyle and Design Cluster as a Board Member.Nicolaj Reffstrup attended Copenhagen Business School. ## Christian Bach - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Developer Tools Christian Bach is the President & Co-founder of Netlify. ## Thomas Visti - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Angel, Grant - Focus: Robotics, Software, Manufacturing Thomas Visti - CEO @ Mobile Industrial Robots ## Esben Gadsbøll - Type: Angel - Location: Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Mobile Apps Esben Gadsbøll - Founder @ Woolspire ## Morten Primdahl - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Apps, SaaS, Events Morten brings to Zendesk a refined focus on the technical details. He’s involved on all technical levels – from the application to the infrastructure components and databases.Prior to co-founding Zendesk, Morten consulted on a number of technology projects, ranging from helping startups establish a technical platform, to doing heavy dutyconsulting for online banking systems.Morten earned a master’s degree in computer science from the University of Copenhagen. ## Steen Riisgaard - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Biotechnology, Biopharma, Wholesale Steen Riisgaard ## Anders Holch Povlsen - Type: Angel - Location: Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Series B, Secondary Market - Focus: E-Commerce, Fashion, Education Anders Holch Povlsen is the CEO at Bestseller. ## Lars Seier Christensen - Type: Angel - Location: Jonschwil, Ausser-Rhoden, Switzerland - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, Internet, Blockchain Lars seier Christensen is the chief executive officer of Saxo Bank, an online trading and investment specialist that enables clients to trade forex, CFDs, stocks, futures, options, and other derivatives. ## Martin Lykke Suhr - Type: Angel - Location: Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: SaaS, Retail, Billing Martin Lykke Suhr is the Co-Founder of GamerPay. He attended Y Combinator. ## Nicholas Francis - Type: Angel - Location: Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: SaaS, Robotics, Software Nicholas Francis is Co-founder at framebunker ## Stig Myken - Type: Angel - Location: Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Security, Information Technology Stig Myken ## Stine Molgaard Sorensen - Type: Angel - Location: Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: Robotics, Software, Health Care Stine Molgaard Sorensen is the Co-founder and COO of Radiobotics. ## Ralf Reichert - Type: Angel - Location: Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A - Focus: Education, Video Streaming, SaaS Ralf Reichert is the Co-CEO, Founder, and Chairman at ESL FACEIT Group. Ralf Reichert attended the University of Duisburg-Essen. ## Ben Holmes - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Gaming, Software, Internet Ben is a Partner at Index Ventures, having joined the London office in 2002. Ben focuses on the software and internet sectors and has been actively involved with many of the firm's consumer and media investments. He currently sits on the boards of Astley Clarke, Grey Area Labs, iZettle, Just-Eat, King.com, Mind Candy, Notonthehighstreet,Rebtel, Secret Escapes, Shapeways, Stardoll and Twoo. He was previously a Director of Panther Express and Playfish (Electronic Arts).Prior to joining Index Ventures, he worked at the NewMedia Spark investment fund, before becoming Vice President at EO plc, a Spark portfolio company in the consumer financial services sector. Previously he spent four years at OC&C Strategy Consultants, advising firms in the retail and IT sectors.He has a Masters degree in Engineering, Economics and Management from Oxford University. ## Fredrik Hjelm - Type: Angel - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence Fredrik Hjelm co-founded Voi Technology in 2018 with a vision of improving the way people move around congested urban centres by offering fleets of electric scooters as a cleaner, affordable and exhilarating alternative to cars. Prior to Voi, Fredrik founded Guestit, the Nordics’ most successful Airbnb management company, and worked in businessdevelopment for Avito.ru, Russia’s leading - and the world’s third largest – classified advertising site. Fredrik’s entrepreneurial career began at 12 years of age when he ran a number of commercial projects including forestry work (he grew up in rural Sweden), events and website sales.After graduating from high school, he attended the Armed Forces Interpreter Academy, within the intelligence branch of Sweden’s special forces, where he studied Russian and linguistics. He served a total of four years in Moscow in the Defence Attache Office, where he worked as an interpreter and analyst, covering Russia as well as Kazakhstan and Belarus. He went on to study business and economics at the Stockholm School of Economics. ## Tommy Andersen - Type: Angel - Location: Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Software, EdTech, Events Tommy Andersen is the founder and Managing Partner of byFounders. ## Des Traynor - Type: Angel - Location: Dublin, Dublin, Ireland - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, SaaS, Internet Des is the Co-Founder of Intercom, the platform for all customer interaction needs from marketing to support to product development. Previously he worked as User Experience Lead at web app development agency Contrast, and he was a Co-Founder of popular social networking search engine Bigulo. ## Steen Ulf Jensen - Type: Angel - Location: Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Legal, Internet, Textiles Steen Ulf Jensen Investor, Chairman of the Board at PentaLock ## 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. ## Jonatan Hjortdal - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Software, Legal Tech, Information Technology Jonatan Hjortdal ## Pia Vemmelund - Type: Angel - Location: Sealand, Surrey, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Local, Travel, Software Pia joined Momondo A/S in 2007 as Commercial Manager with responsibility for Sales, Online Marketing, Finance and Administration. She was promoted to Managing Director in mid 2012 following Thorvald Stigsen's move to a non-executive Group role.Pia has over 25 years' experience in the travel industry. Prior to Momondo she spent 19years with Scandinavian airline, SAS, in a variety of roles including Director Commercial Intelligence & Sales Support. ## Jonathan Sanders - Type: Angel - Location: Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: Software, B2B, SaaS Jonathan Sanders is the Founder and COO of Juni. ## Tahir Siddique - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Retail, Sports, Cycling Tahir Siddique ## Alexander Rindom-Andersen - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Mobile, Software, Freelance Alexander Rindom-Andersen is the Co-founder & CEO @ Naetion ## Thomas Madsen-Mygdal - Type: Angel - Location: Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Computer, Collaboration, Software Thomas Madsen-Mygdal is a Danish designer, entrepreneur and activist behind companies like Mondo, 23, Podio and the reboot festival. ## Morten Strunge - Type: Angel - Location: Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Fashion, Beauty Morten Strunge is the current Co-Founder of Nexta.io. He previously worked at Storytel AB as a Board Member. ## Henrik Holmark - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Apps, TV, DRM Henrik Holmark - Board chair @ TrueLinked ## Chris Schagen - Type: Angel - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS I help developer tech entrepreneurs beginning from crazy idea, through MVP stage, product market fit, go-to-market fit, up to go-to-market scaling. Also I help you get your first 1000 leads. Before, I was the CMO at Contentful and helped it grow from $0m to $50m in ARR, and before that founded 3 companies, including Wooga (exit to Playtika),Linklift, and Mundwerk.I obsess about being customer-centric and customer-driven in building your organization. And I am the curmodgeon who tells you things you need to (but probably don't want to) hear.