# Top 15 Finance Angel Investors in Sweden in June 2026

## Alexander Hars
- Type: Angel
- Location: Gothenburg, Vastra Gotaland, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, SaaS

Alexander Hars - Board member @ Zalster

## Erlend Reitan
- Type: Angel
- Location: Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Secondary Market
- Focus: Information Technology, Software, Finance

Seasoned venture capital investor helping founders and their teams hands-on to accelerate the entrepreneurial journey. Actively looking for investments with unicorn potential.M&A specialist with experience from complex cross-border transactions. Experience from more than 20 M&A transactions including more than 10 cross-border deals, exitswith mainly publicly listed and Private Equity counterparts.

## Niklas Eklund
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 2
- 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.

## Peter Dahlgren
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Financial Services, Software, Finance

Peter Dahlgren - Founding Partner @ Confidus Venture Capital

## Roland Nilsson
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Financial Services, Finance, Internet

Roland Nilsson - Founding Partner @ Confidus Venture Capital

## Nicolas Cary
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Dental, Bitcoin, FinTech

Nicolas Cary is the Co-Founder & Vice Chairman at Blockchain.com.

## Erik Voorhees
- Type: Angel
- Location: Zug, Zug, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Bitcoin, FinTech, Finance

Erik Voorhees is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of ShapeShift Ag. Erik Voorhees served as the Head of Marketing and Communications at BitInstant LLC. Erik Voorhees is an American and Panamanian startup Founder. Erik Voorhees was co-founder of the bitcoin company Coinapult. Erik Voorhees was the Founder and Partial Owner of SatoshiDICE. Hejoined BitInstant in February 2012. He has been a Member of Cryptocurrency Advisory Board at MGT Capital Investments, Inc. since June 14, 2016.

## Robert Swartling
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Racing, Sports, FinTech

Robert Swartling

## Willard Ahdritz
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Music, Events, Rental

Willard Ahdritz is the current CIO, Founder, and Chairman of Kobalt Capital Limited. He previously worked at L.E.K. Consulting as a Senior Manager. Willard Ahdritz attended Stockholm School of Economics.

## Federico Pirzio-Biroli
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Non Profit, Venture Capital

Fede started out as an angel investor in 2010. His portfolio quickly grew, so he built a team around him and thus Playfair Capital was born. We have since gone on to become one of Europe’s most active and well-known early-stage VC funds. Before becoming a technology investor Fede worked for several NGOs in Africa, with a particular focus on aidtransparency. He recently renewed his focus on Africa by relocating to Kenya and becoming an angel investor in East Africa’s burgeoning startup ecosystem. He maintains an active role at Playfair and continues to lead our investment team.

## Lena Apler
- Type: Angel
- Location: Gothenburg, Vastra Gotaland, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: FinTech, Finance, Software

Lena Apler - CEO @ Collector Bank

## Johan Bendz
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Maine, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, B2B, Banking

Johan Bendz

## Staffan Persson
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Financial Services, Apps, Banking

Staffan Persson - CEO @ Swedia Capital

## Thord Wilkne
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Consulting, Financial Services, Apps

Thord Wilkne is Member of the Board of Directors at Addnode Group

## Roger Ver
- Type: Angel
- Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Bitcoin, FinTech, Cryptocurrency

Roger is currently involved in numerous Bitcoin related projects. He is an early investor in bitcoin-related startups. He has been a prominent supporter of bitcoin adoption and saw bitcoin as a means to promote economic freedom. He now promotes Bitcoin Cash, a hard fork of the cryptocurrency created with the intent to fix issues such as high feesand long transaction confirmation times.

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