# Top 50 Financial Services Startup Investors in Sweden in June 2026 ## NFT Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 25 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Apps We drive the fintech revolution Next Financial Technology Ventures Backing fintech pioneers since 2014 We aim to capture the shift in the financial industry and empower the entrepreneurs to realize their potential Our Story Strong portfolio across Fintech View the full portfolio Exciting news from the NFT portfolio View all news ## Almi Invest - Type: VC Fund - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 17 - 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. ## Creandum - Type: VC Fund - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 11 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence We support early-stage founders in building global, category-defining companies. From Seed to IPO and beyond. ## Cherry Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 10 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Financial Services Cherry Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm led by a team of entrepreneurs with experience building fast-scaling companies such as Zalando and Spotify. The firm backs Europe's boldest founders, usually as their first institutional investor, and supports them in everything from their go-to-market strategy and the scaling of theirbusinesses. Cherry Ventures has previously invested in the seed stage of over 50 companies across Europe, including FlixBus, Auto1 Group, Infarm, Rows, Forto, and TourRadar. Cherry Ventures is based in Berlin and invests across Europe with operations in London, Paris, and Stockholm. ## Luminar Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 8 - 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: 7 - 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. ## Antler - Type: VC Fund - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 7 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology Build your next company with Antler, a global day zero investor enabling exceptional founders to start great companies, from the very beginning. Apply now! ## Inventure - Type: VC Fund - Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 6 - 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. ## CommerzVentures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Software Venture capital investor in early stage FinTech and InsurTech companies starting at Series A in Europe, Israel and the USA. ## Zenith Venture Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 5 - 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. ## Hjalmar Winbladh - Type: Angel - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: FinTech, Machine Learning, Apps Board Member at MAJORITY. ## LocalGlobe - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology Seeding ambitious founders at places like @citymapper, @improbableio,@teamkano, @moo, @songkick,@seedcamp, @transferwise and @zoopla since 1999. Who's next? ## Collector Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Gothenburg, Vastra Gotaland, Sweden - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Financial Services, FinTech Collector Ventures is the investment vehicle of of Collector Bank, founded by Lena Apler. ## Svea Ekonomi - Type: VC Fund - Location: Solna, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Payments Svea Ekonomi shall through personal service offer the market efficient and customized solutions within the fields of debt recovery, financing and sales ledger administration. ## DHS Venture Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 4 - 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. ## J12 - Type: VC Fund - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS J12 is a thesis-driven venture capital firm partnering early with technical founders across Europe to build category-defining data and AI companies across infrastructure, tooling, and domain-specific applications ## Obvious Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed - Focus: Software, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence Obvious Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in the early and growth stages. The firm was founded in 2014 and is based in San Francisco, California. ## Index Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Internet Index Ventures is an international venture capital firm with dual headquarters in San Francisco and London, investing in technology-enabled companies with a focus on e-commerce, fintech, mobility, gaming, infrastructure/AI, and security. ## Schibsted Growth - Type: VC Fund - Location: Oslo, Oslo, Norway - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Internet, Financial Services, E-Commerce Investing in great digital companies! ## Brightly Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS Brightly Ventures backs bold founders on a mission to transform industries and change the world for the better. Brightly is an early-stage investor focused on the Nordics. It has a hands-on approach supporting high-potential ideas and bringing them to market. It makes a deep commitment to each investment we make and draw upon its network andcompany-building experience to help boost the journey. ## Gorilla Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology Gorilla Capital helps ambitious startups grow with smart funding and support. Discover how our team invests in early-stage companies. ## Öhman Group - Type: VC Fund - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Financial Services, Apps, Software Öhman Group is a responsible and independent fund manager. ## Novax - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Insurance, Manufacturing, Food Processing Novax is an investment firm. ## Passion Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 3 - 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 ## Alliance VC - Type: VC Fund - Location: Oslo, Oslo, Norway - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Analytics Alliance Venture is a Nordic venture capital firm investing in exceptional early-stage tech companies and purpose-driven founders with global ambitions. Offices in Oslo, Stockholm, Copenhagen and Helsinki. ## Northzone - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 3 - 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. ## Visa - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Series B, Series C - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Payments Visa is an American multinational financial services company that facilitates electronic payment systems throughout the world. The company operates the retail electronic payments network through the transfer of value and information among financial institutions, merchants, consumers, businesses, and government entities. ## Chalmers Ventures AB - Type: VC Fund - Location: Göteborg, Vastra Gotaland, Sweden - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: Software, Biotechnology, Health Care We are a leading tech investor & venture builder in the Nordics. Taking deep tech from lab to market.WELCOMEINVESTMENTS ## Sebastian Knutsson - Type: Angel - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Apps, Gaming, FinTech Sebastian Knutsson is one of our founders and has served on our Board of Directors since October 2003, as our chief creative officer since June 2004 and as our executive product developer from February 2003 to June 2004. Sebastian has more than 18 years of experience in the Internet industry. As chief creative officer, he leads the productstrategy, games development and service offerings for King. Sebastian has designed more than 100 games for King. ## Josefin Landgård - Type: Angel - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 3 - 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. ## Inbox Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Apps, Software, Mobile Apps Venture Capital in disruptive, global and high growth potential companies. Stage of funding is pre-series A - C rounds ## Roland Nilsson - Type: Angel - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Financial Services, Finance, Internet Roland Nilsson - Founding Partner @ Confidus Venture Capital ## Global Founders Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, Software, FinTech Over the past two decades, GFC have backed over five hundred entrepreneurs worldwide, e.g. Facebook, LinkedIn, Slack, and Away Travel. ## Fulgur Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Wilmington, Delaware, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Bitcoin, FinTech, Cryptocurrency We believe in Bitcoin as a next generation politically neutral monetary system, the foundation for decentralized finance of the future. While Bitcoin is an efficient settlement layer, it needs a Layer-2 solution for everyday transactions. That is why we support development of the Lightning Network - an essential step towards decentralized finance.As technology entrepreneurs we combine decades of experience creating business from zero and scaling it in emerging and fast-growing industries.We support outstanding teams in several ways: writing checks of $50-$200k for pre-seed startups; granting rewards for acknowledged contributions to the ecosystem; providing startup advisory and mentoring; investing in later stages.Along the way we help startups to navigate cryptocurrency legal and regulatory environment according to the evolving industry standards and best practices. ## Timo Soininen - Type: Angel - Location: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Gaming, FinTech Timo Soininen is the co-founder at Small Giant Games. Timo Soininen is the CEO and co-founder of Small Giant Games, maker of the hit game Empires & Puzzles. Small Giant joined Zynga, Inc (ZNGA) in December 2018, when Zynga acquired 80% of Small Giant at $700M valuation. Prior to Small Giant he was the longtime CEO of Habbo Hotel and is also anactive angel investor in several technology startups ranging from biomaterials and digital health to games (Spinnova, Aiforia, Critical Force). Timo holds a M.Sc. degree in Marketing from Helsinki School of Economics/Aalto University and just loves tennis. ## Accel - Type: VC Fund - Location: Palo Alto, California, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology First partner to exceptional teams everywhere ## Lena Apler - Type: Angel - Location: Gothenburg, Vastra Gotaland, Sweden - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Fashion, E-Commerce, Apps Lena Apler is the Founder and CEO of Collector Bank. ## Creades AB - Type: VC Fund - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Apps, E-Commerce Creades is an investment company investing in businesses that have the potential for revaluation and value creation. Creade's business concept is to provide a good risk-adjusted return to its shareholders by investing in businesses where Creades can act as an engaged owner, primarily in small and medium-listed and unlisted Swedish companies.The firm is a spin-off from Investment AB Öresund. ## Annika Falkengren - Type: Angel - Location: Geneva, Geneve, Switzerland - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed - Focus: FinTech, Analytics, Funding Platform Annika Falkengren ## Daniel Pilotti - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Apps, Retail, Payments Daniel Pilotti is the Founder of Your Special Delivery Service and Ryska Posten. ## Bo Mattsson - Type: Angel - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Internet, Information Technology, Software Bo Mattsson is a director of Previously, Mattsson founded Cint and served the same company as its chief executive office, chairman, and general and sales manager. Hewas also the head of Swedbank Securities.Mattsson holds a bachelor’s degree in economics and an MBA, both from the Stockholm School of Economics. ## Jacob De Geer - Type: Angel - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Internet, IaaS, SaaS Jacob de Geer is a Swedish serial entrepreneur and co-founder and CEO of iZettle, the fast-growing mobile payments company that lets anyone take card payments and manage and grow their business. Before starting iZettle, Jacob was the first employee at performance marketing firm TradeDoubler. Here he helped to build one of the largest advertisingnetworks in Europe before leaving to co-found movie sharing firm, Ameibo, and Tre Kronor Media, an award-winning communications agency. Both companies were acquired in 2010. Now, Jacob is fully focused on democratising payments around the world through his latest venture, iZettle. ## 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. ## Karl-Johan Persson - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Angel - 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. ## Felix Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Health Care A Venture Capital Firm for the creative class ## Peter Dahlgren - Type: Angel - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Financial Services, Software, Finance Peter Dahlgren - Founding Partner @ Confidus Venture Capital ## Ingka Investments - Type: VC Fund - Location: South Holland, Illinois, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series C, Series A - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Recycling We invest in assets, manage companies, and operate strategic businesses to preserve and create value for Ingka Group and IKEA. ## Söderberg & Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: Mobile, FinTech, Insurance Söderberg & Partners offers a wide range of services and products within multiple business areas including: Life and Non-Life Insurance Consulting, Wealth Management and Securities. ## White Star Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: FinTech, Software, Financial Services Our presence, perspective and people enable us to partner closely with founders to help them define this future. ## Peter Sterky - Type: Angel - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Apps, Music Education, Environmental Consulting Peter Sterky is a CEO of Trift Capital. # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. 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