# Top 50 Community Startup Investors in Sweden in June 2026

## Almi Invest
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 11
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Information Technology

Almi Invest is Sweden’s most active early-stage venture capital firm, investing in scalable startups across Sustainability, Industry, Tech, and Life Science.We invest from pre-seed to Series A, always co-investing with independent private investors to accelerate innovation and long-term success. Our portfolio spans sustainable solutions,industrial innovation, deep tech, SaaS, and life science, supporting startups that drive economic and environmental progress.With €430 million under management and over 1,000 investments since 2009, we have backed leading companies like MIPS, Tobii, and Neo4j, with notable exits to Google, Apple, Microsoft, and Qlik.Beyond capital, we offer engaged ownership, providing strategic guidance, active board participation, and access to an extensive investor network.Almi Invest is part of the Almi Group and is funded by the European Regional Development Fund, Almi AB, and regional partners.

## Heartcore Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech

Heartcore Capital invests in companies re-enchanting the world through technology.

## Course Corrected
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Energy, Renewable Energy, Software

An early-stage venture capital fund backing climate tech companies with potential to become the leading businesses of tomorrow. Representing potentially one of the greatest investment opportunities of our lifetime - we invest in visionary entrepreneurs disrupting traditional industries and delivering exceptional growth as the world transitions to alow-carbon economy. Together with the most visionary and passionate entrepreneurs, Course Corrected wants to be part of solving one of our planet's most pressing challenges – battling climate change.

## Josefin Landgård
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Health Care, Mobile, Medical

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.

## Otiva
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Fashion, Lifestyle, Marketplace

Equity investment company doing Series A to late growth, private and public. Agile and long-term with no fixed holding period.

## Mattias Miksche
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, Big Data, Artificial Intelligence

Mattias Miksche - Angel Investor & Chairman @ Hem

## Filip Engelbert
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Apps, E-Commerce, Fashion

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

## Karl-Johan Persson
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Grant, Seed
- Focus: Information Technology, Internet, Software

Karl-Johan Persson, born in 1975, has been the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB since 1 July 2009.Before taking over as Managing Director Karl-Johan Persson held an operational role within H&M from 2005, including working as head of expansion, business development, brand and new business.Since 2000 Karl-Johan Persson has been a member of the boards of H&M’s subsidiaries in Denmark, Germany, the US and the UK. Between the years 2006 and 2009 he was also a member of the Board of H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB.Between 2001 and 2004 Karl-Johan Persson was CEO of European Network. Karl-Johan holds a BA in Business Administration from the European Business School in London.His current external board assignments are the Swedish Chamber of Commerce in the UK and the GoodCause foundation. Karl-Johan Persson is since 2013 a member of the Board of H&M Conscious Foundation. Karl-Johan Persson is a shareholder in Ramsbury Invest AB, and also personally holds 12,136,289 class B shares in H&M.The Managing Director is appointed by the Board of Directors and is responsible for the daily management of the company as directed by the Board.This means that the Managing Director must focus in particular on recruitment of senior executives, buying and logistics matters, pricing strategy, sales and profitability, marketing, expansion, development of the store network and of online and catalogue sales, and IT development.The Managing Director reports to the Board on H&M’s development and produces decision bases for investments, expansion, etc. The role of Managing Director includes contact with the financial market, the media and the authorities.

## DHS Venture Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: Software, Big Data, SaaS

DHS Ventures, Stockholm School of Economics alumni angel investing network that invests early on into inovative companies.

## Simon Josefsson
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Health Care, Sports, Consumer Goods

Simon Josefsson

## Sophia Bendz
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Health Care, Software, Artificial Intelligence

Sophia Bendz - Partner @ Cherry Ventures

## Industrifonden
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Software, Biotechnology, Information Technology

Industrifonden is a Nordic evergreen venture capital firm with a fund size of $600m, that focuses on early-stage technology and life science companies with international potential. The company works long term with the entrepreneurs we invest in, and have a strong track record of building game changing companies. Industrifonden-backed companiesinclude tech companies Qlik, Arcam, Soundtrack Your Brand, Fishbrain, and life science companies CellaVision, Oncopeptides and AMRA.

## Headline
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- 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.

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

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

## Spintop Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS

Founded in 2009, Spintop Ventures is a venture capital firm backed by a network of successful tech entrepreneurs who have invested in Spintop alongside institutional investors, family offices and some of the most experienced private investors in early stage growth companies.

## Stefan Lindeberg
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, Gaming, PC Games

Stefan Lindeberg was the Venture Partner and Co-founder of Nordic Game Ventures. He attended Linköping University.

## Lisa Enckell
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Drones, Travel, Leisure

Partner at Antler. Previously VP marketing at Wrapp. Active angel investor and previously independent consultant to startups.

## Curitas Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Social Network

Curitas Ventures a Stockholm-based venture capital firm. We invest in entrepreneurs and teams determined to build something out of the ordinary.

## Martin Lorentzon
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Beauty, Coffee, Fashion

Martin first struck up his partnership with Daniel Ek when Tradedoubler, Europe’s largest affiliate sales network (founded by Martin), acquired Daniel’s company Advertigo in 2006.
As chairman, Martin has been on the company’s board of directors since July 2006. His responsibilities include creating and implementing strategy, budgets and goals.Previously, Martin held senior roles at Telia, Altavista, Cell Ventures and NetStrategy. He is currently on the TeliaSonera board.
Martin was educated at Gothenburg’s Chalmers University of Technology and Handels University.
In his spare time Martin enjoys all kind of sports and cultural pursuits. With such a hectic schedule, it’s fortunate that he’s energetic by nature, involving himself in numerous work and leisure activities to try and find the right balance between his career and his personal life.

## Daniel Pilotti
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Apps, Retail, Payments

Daniel Pilotti is the Founder of Your Special Delivery Service and Ryska Posten.

## Tomas Björkman
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Apps, Dating

Tomas Björkman

## Stefan Krook
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Apps, Dating, Internet

Stefan Krook - CEO @ Kivra

## Pär Svärdson
- Type: Angel
- Location: Lidingö, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Beauty, Fashion, Computer

Par Svardson is the current CEO of Apotea AB.

## Active Venture Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology

ACTIVE is a European venture capital company focused on positively disrupting its traditional sector. Spearheaded by a diverse, passionate and multinational team, it is building a reputation for providing support that goes beyond capital for high growth businesses.With a presence in Spain, Germany and Scandinavia, ACTIVE targets entrepreneurialteams driving digital start-ups and seeking holistic partnerships based on shared values and pro-active support. Start-up founders connect to the unique ACTIVE community to engage with sector specialists, growth experts and senior advisors.

## Daniel Skavén Ruben
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Food and Beverage, B2B, Pet

Daniel Skavén Ruben

## Passion Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services

Passion Capital is a partnership of entrepreneurs and operators who are applying our experiences to helping founders and early-stage teams build great digital media/technology companies. We are committed to fostering an ecosystem of technology, collaboration and executional excellence in Europe, and we believe that the criticaldifferentiator and key asset of a successful business is the passion and ability of its founders. We take pride in the calibre and success of all of our founders and teams including but nowhere near limited to GoCardless, Tray.io, Mendeley, Digital Shadows, Adzuna, Smarkets, Ravelin, Tide, Marshmallow, Butternut Box, PolyAI, Lendable and Monzo Bank

## Luminar Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS

Luminar is one of the most active seed investors in the Nordics, providing experienced seed financing and active operational support.

## Wellstreet
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Retail

Wellstreet is an innovation and tech ecosystem that includes an investment company, a strategic consultancy firm and a venture building incubator.

## Nordic Venture Partners (Sweden)
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Gaming

Nordic Venture Partners (Sweden) is a venture capital firm with a portfolio of investments in the Information and Communications Technology.

## Zenith Venture Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Sports, Apps

Zeniths vision is to become the obvious partner for entrepreneurs and investors. We believe this will be achieved by helping entrepreneurs to build fantastic companies and thus deliver attractive return to our investors.

## Fredrik Mansson
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Beauty, Fashion, Lifestyle

Fredrik Mansson - Investor @ Propel Capital

## M2 Asset Management
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: SaaS, Software, Cloud Computing

M2 Asset Management is a public investment company focusing on real estate. Our business concept is to create long-term growth by owning, managing, and developing properties in Sweden.

## Marcus Lewold
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Men's, Women's, Mobile Apps

Marcus Lewold

## Bonnier Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Health Care, Digital Media, Software

Bonnier Capital is the investment division of the Bonnier Group. Since 2016, we invest in promising companies in structurally growing industries and have become a reliant investment partner to companies and funds of various sizes.

## The Case for Her
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Wellness, Content, Women's

Amplifying the issues of menstruation and female sexual health and pleasure through funding and advocacy at The Case for Her.

## Cristina Stenbeck
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Fashion, E-Commerce, Lifestyle

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.

## Joachim Hedenius
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Gaming, 3D Technology, Virtual Reality

Joachim Hedenius is the VPE and Co-Founder of KRY.

## H&M Group Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Fashion, Textiles

H&M Group Ventures is the venture capital arm of the H&M Group.

## Inventure
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care

Since 2005, Inventure has backed over 90 companies including Wolt, Swappie, Jobbatical, aiMotive, and more.

## GP Bullhound
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- 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.

## Rutger Arnhult
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Events, Sensor, Big Data

Rutger Arnhult

## Hampus Jakobsson
- Type: Angel
- Location: Malmö, Skane Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 2
- 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.

## Northzone
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed
- Focus: Software, FinTech, Information Technology

Northzone is a multi-stage venture capital firm operating across Europe and the US. Since 1996, it has backed more than 250 companies, including Spotify, Klarna, Spring Health, and Black Forest Labs.

## JNE Invest
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Events, Computer, Software

JNE Invest

## Andreas Ehn
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Internet, Financial Services

Andreas is working on a service that will connect people, time and places on the web. He also works as an independent consultant helping other startups with product strategy, technical infrastructure, scalability and recruiting as well as financial companies (venture capital and private equity) with technical due diligence and in other advisorroles.He was CTO at Spotify from the launch of the company in August 2006 until November 2009. Before that he worked at Stardoll as an engineer and project manager.

## Christian von Koenigsegg
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Fashion, Children

Christian Von Koenigsegg is the founder and CEO of Koenigsegg Automotive AB.

## Gabriel Urwitz
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: Children, Education, Artificial Intelligence

Gabriel Urwitz is the Co-Founder of Segulah Medical Acceleration. Gabriel Urwitz attended Carnegie-Mellon University.

## KTH Chalmers Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series B, Series C
- Focus: Software, Energy, Search Engine

KTH Chalmers Capital is a venture capital company that assists entrepreneurs who have interesting technologies and attractive business models and are in the early phases of their company development.

## Matu Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Travel, Leisure, Tourism

Matu Capital operates as an investment firm.

## People Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Taastrup, Hovedstaden, Denmark
- Relevant deals: 1
- 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.

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