# Top 50 Impact Angel Investors in Sweden in June 2026

## Hampus Jakobsson
- Type: Angel
- Location: Malmö, Skane Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 3
- 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.

## Sebastian Siemiatkowski
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, SaaS

Sebastian Siemiatkowski, based out ofStockholm, Stockholms Lan, is the Co-Founder and CEO of Klarna. Sebastian Siemiatkowski attended the Stockholm School of Economics.

## Christian Edler
- Type: Angel
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Financial Services, Information Technology, FinTech

Christian O. Edler is an investor and entrepreneur with a proven track record in sectors ahead of mainstream adoption. He invests opportunity-driven, sector- and business-model agnostic. Christian built a 10-year track record investing in early-stage ventures and securing exclusive deal flow in primary and secondary growth opportunites. He isco-investing with the best investors and VCs in the world – like Andreessen Horowitz, Peter Thiel, Christian Angermayer, Gsquared, Bitkraft, Bessemer Ventures, Coatue, Sony, FirstMark Capital, DN Capital, FJ Labs, Moore Capital, Alexis Ohanian (Seven Seven Six), Left Lane, Insight, Tencent, Hive and many others. Due to his track record, he has access to exclusive opportunities in the EU/US. Christian’s >75 angel startup investments returned over 20x including several unicorns. As an entrepreneur, Christian recruited, educated and led over 1,500 sales people with $500M in annual sales. His primary focus is on world-class entrepreneurs with new categories of ideas and a potential for massive scale.  If you like to co-invest with him, follow his syndicate on AngelList: https://angel.co/s/edleredler/fCORTChristian is a Scout Partner of Sequoia Capital, Venture Partner of BITKRAFT VC, an alumnus of Harvard Business School, a former semi-pro alpine skier, and based in Berlin & Los Angeles.

## Gunnar Hagman
- Type: Angel
- Location: Malmö, Skane Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Sustainability, Cycling, Construction

Gunnar Hagman is an former chief executive officer at Skanska.

## Lars Thunell
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: Solar, FinTech, Robotics

Lars H. Thunell, a Swedish national, is Executive Vice President and CEO of IFC (International Finance Corporation), a member of the World Bank Group.Lars Thunell is leading IFC in its mission to promote sustainable private sector development. Since joining the Corporation in January 2006, Lars Thunell has advanced growth of IFC's businessand its mission to create opportunities in emerging markets and improve people's lives. He has visited 60 developing countries to see firsthand how IFC can best help its clients with financing and advisory services, and endorsed further decentralization of IFC.Lars Thunell joined IFC after a successful career in the financial services industry. Most recently, he was the Chief Executive Officer of SEB, a North European commercial and investment bank. In the 1990s, Lars Thunell served as the Chief Executive Officer of Trygg-Hansa, a Swedish insurance company, and as Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Nordbanken.As President and Chief Executive Officer of Securum, an asset management company established by the Swedish government, he played a key role in the government's strategy for resolving the country's banking crisis of the 1990s. Under Lars Thunell's leadership, Securum was able to restructure and sell off distressed assets held by the government more quickly than originally expected, recovering value for the Swedish taxpayer.Previously, he worked at ABB Zurich and at American Express in New York. He has also held numerous board positions with international companies and nongovernmental organizations.Lars Thunell graduated with a doctorate from the University of Stockholm and was a research fellow at the Harvard University Center for International Affairs.

## Sophia Bendz
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Health Care, Software, Artificial Intelligence

Sophia Bendz - Partner @ Cherry Ventures

## Karl-Johan Persson
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 2
- 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.

## Jonas Nordlander
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Apps, E-Commerce, Fashion

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

## 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.

## Filip Engelbert
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Apps, E-Commerce, Fashion

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

## Filip Larsson
- Type: Angel
- Location: Malmö, Skane Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: Mobile Apps, Software, Health Care

Founder DLL-files.com - the worlds most popular website for downloading dll files
Angel investor since 2008

## Rikard Steiber
- Type: Angel
- Location: Atherton, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: Virtual Reality, Sports, Electric Vehicle

I am an entrepreneurial and experienced CEO. I have successfully built, launched, and grown multiple new global businesses at companies such as Google (Internet), Modern Times Group (media), and HTC VIVE (VR). Proven ability to successfully create and communicate corporate visions and strategies, hire and motivate top talent, and lead global sales,marketing, and product teams.Board member of companies such as Cision (software), Scandic Hotels (hotels), and Raymond (solar). Trusted advisor to large firms such as Ericsson and EQT, and cutting-edge startups like Einride (electric trucks), Jetson (flying cars), and Elonroad (electric roads).World class keynote speaker at international conferences such as MWC, GDC, IBC, CES, and invited speaker at Harvard, Stanford, and MIT. I am a future astronaut with Virgin Galactic, and the founder of WIT Global Women In Tech network and events.

## Daniel Ek
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Angel
- Focus: Manufacturing, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence

Daniel Ek is based out of Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, and is the Founder and Executive Chairman of Spotify. Daniel previously worked at Stardoll as Chief Technology Officer.

## Philippe Teixeira da Mota
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Software

Co-founder of Shapers. Previously Partner at Hedosophia.

## Victor Jacobsson
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: FinTech, Payments, Financial Services

Victor Jacobsson is an Independent Advisor to startups and Investors.As an entrepreneur victor co-founded Victor has a masters degree from the

## Jeremy Yap
- Type: Angel
- Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning

Jeremy is a full time angel from Singapore who invests across North America and Europe.

## Daniel Johnsson
- Type: Angel
- Location: Gothenburg, Vastra Gotaland, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: SaaS, Energy, E-Commerce

Daniel Johnsson

## John Diklev
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Energy, Power Grid, Energy Efficiency

John Diklev

## Madeleine Magnerius
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: B2B, Dating, Recycling

Madeleine Magnerius is a Vice President at EQT Partners.

## Marten Vading
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: B2B, Recycling, E-Commerce

Mårten Vading is the General Partner at KREOS CAPITAL. Mårten has 20 years of financial industry experience ranging from direct equity and debt investment to risk and investment management. Mårten has experience working in very large financial institutions and consulting businesses as well as entrepreneurial environments. Mårten joined Kreos in2000 and has built a strong presence for Kreos as the market-leader in the Nordic region. Mårten has also executed a number of transactions in the UK, Ireland and Germany and supports the portfolio throughout Europe as well as plays a key role in the management and execution of Kreos's overall strategy. Mårten previously worked for a number of years as a Director at UBS Warburg's investment banking arm, where he was responsible for equity research in the Nordic region. Mårten's coverage ranged from large companies, like Ericsson and Nokia, to smaller high growth companies - in total representing about one third of the listed Nordic market cap during this period. Mårten was ranked first in Reuters 1999 European SmallCap survey and the UBS Warburg's global sector teams in his industry sectors were continuously top ranked. Prior to UBS, Mårten was a Management Consultant at Ernst & Young International in the Nordic region, where he worked with large multi-national corporate clients, advising on interest and currency risk management, asset and liability management, fund management and cash management as well as investor relations. Mårten had also previously started up an investment company and worked on the Board level of several Swedish companies. During his business school studies, Mårten also worked at Cologne Re (General Re), where he was responsible for accounting of the Nordic re-insurance sales company. Mårten holds an M.Sc. from the Stockholm School of Economics and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania with a dual major in (i) Finance and (ii) Financial Control & Planning.

## Paul Schwarzenholz
- Type: Angel
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Internet, Software, E-Commerce

Paul Schwarzenholz - Co-Founder and Managing Director @ zenloop

## Tomas Rudenstam
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Drones, Forestry, GreenTech

Tomas Rudenstam is the Partner and advokat of Foyen Advokatfirma.

## Lars Lindgren
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, Apps, SaaS

Lars Lidgren is the Founder at Bonesupport.

## Patrik Hedelin
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series B
- Focus: B2B, Apps, Video

Patrik Hedelin is the Co-Founder & Managing Partner of eEquity & he attended Stockholm School of Economics in 1990.

## Johan Attby
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Apps, SaaS, Mobile

Founder and CEO of the world’s fastest growing mobile app & social network for the world’s biggest hobby - sport fishing.

## Ane Mærsk Mc-Kinney Uggla
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Mining, Manufacturing, Precious Metals

Ane Maersk Mc-Kinney is the Board of AP Møller.

## Magnus Bergman
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Apps

Magnus Bergman is co- founder and general partner of Luminar Ventures. Magnus has made over 30 seed investments in the past 10 years making him one of the most experienced tech angel investors in Sweden. Magnus was the first investor in Truecaller and was an early stage investor in Prezi, Soundtrap, Karma, and others. He also founded ParallelConsulting Group, which he later sold to Icon Medialab. Magnus Bergman has a Ph.D. in Physics at INPT, Toulouse, and a post-doctoral research position at NADA, KTH, Stockholm.

## Ramzi Rizk
- Type: Angel
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Mobile Apps, Graphic Design

Ramzi Rizk

## Per Brilioth
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series B, Seed
- Focus: Apps, Software, Transportation

Per Brilioth - CEO @ VNV Global

## Thomas von Koch
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Energy, Manufacturing, CleanTech

Thomas von Koch was part of the team that founded EQT Partners in 1994 and as from March 1, 2014, Thomas is Managing Partner.Thomas graduated from the Stockholm School of Economics in 1992 with two majors (Financial Economics and Accounting & Finance).Prior to joining EQT, Thomas worked at Investor AB which he joined in 1992 to work inequity research, corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions.Thomas is a member of the Partner Investment Committees within EQT - Equity, Infrastructure, Mid Market and Credit.

## Lars Björk
- Type: Angel
- Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Apps, Android, Security

Lars Björk leads Qlik as CEO and is a member of the company’s board of directors. He oversaw the company’s initial public offering (IPO) in 2010 on the NASDAQ, which was recognized as one of the year’s top tech IPOs.Lars is recognized as an authority on driving company culture through an accessible management style, with articles appearing inthe New York Times, Forbes and Harvard Business Review, as well as speaking engagements at conferences including the CEO2CEO Leadership Summit. He was named the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year in the technology category and was named Technology CEO of the Year at the 2015 PACT Annual Enterprise Awards. More recently, he was nominated to participate in Startup America, a White House initiative to accelerate high-growth entrepreneurship, and the Clinton Global Initiative, an organization that brings together leaders to drive action on global challenges.Before Qlik, Lars held several positions as CFO at companies such as ScandStick and Resurs Finance. He has an MBA from the University of Lund, Sweden and a Degree in Engineering from the Technical College in Helsingborg.

## Borja Moreno de Los Rios
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: B2B, Recycling, E-Commerce

Borja is Co-CEO of Merlin, the fastest growing hourly talent marketplace in the US. Before becoming an internet entrepreneur, he worked in early stage VC focused on consumer technology and marketplaces. Prior to that, Borja built a social enterprise in Uganda providing bicycle microleasing services in rural areas.
Borja is a financier by trainingand started his work career as an interest rates trader at Goldman Sachs. He holds an MBA from MIT Sloan.

## Stefan Backlund
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: FinTech, Recycling, Financial Services

Ex. marketing executive at Philips, Klarna and Trustly. Now founder at adventurecapital.se which is a hybrid company doing investments and supporting startups in marketing and communication related topics. Generally pre-seed and seed investments and generally only in share issues.

## Sophie Stenbeck
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Apps, Social, Sports

Sophie Stenbeck is the Co-Founder and General Partner at Max Ventures. She attended New York University.

## Susanna Campbell
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Fashion, E-Commerce, B2B

Susanna Campbell

## Hugo Ljungberg
- Type: Angel
- Location: Malmö, Skane Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: SaaS, FinTech, Software

Hugo Ljungberg CEO at PRNT Printing Solutions AB

## Sebastian Knutsson
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Apps, Music, Financial Services

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.

## David Frykman
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel, Series A
- Focus: Sustainability, Retail, GreenTech

David frykman is the General partner at Norrsken VC. Attended Stockholm School of Economics.

## Anaheta von Berenberg-Consbruch
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Fashion, Software, E-Commerce

Anaheta von Berenberg-Consbruch

## Johannes Eriksson
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: B2B, Apps, Recycling

Johannes Eriksson

## Niklas Adalberth
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Apps

Niklas Adalberth is co-founder, Deputy CEO and board member of Klarna, the leading European payments company with investors such as Sequoia, Atomico, and General Atlantic. Niklas has a master’s degree in international business from the Stockholm School of Economics, where he founded Klarna together with his two co-founders, Sebastian Siemiatkowski,CEO, and Victor Jacobsson. Klarna is used by 50,000 retailers and 35 million people across Europe and launched in the UK in July 2014. During 2015, consumers in the US will also start buying with Klarna.

## Fredrik Österberg
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: FinTech, Software, Financial Services

Fredrik Österberg

## Jacob De Geer
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- 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.

## Robert Mærsk Uggla
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Mining, Manufacturing, Precious Metals

Robert Mærsk Uggla is the CEO of A.P. Møller Holding A/S.

## Pia Engholm
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: B2B, Recycling, E-Commerce

Pia Engholm

## Per Hallius
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: B2B, Recycling, E-Commerce

Per Hallius

## Johanna Svanström Jonung
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: B2B, Recycling, E-Commerce

Johanna Svanström Jonung

## Magnus Nilsson
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: Delivery, Internet, Logistics

Magnus Nilsson a Swedish serial entrepreneur and the founding COO of iZettle, the fast-growing payments company whose first service whose first service consists of an app, a chip-card reader and a free business management software tool, the iZettle Portal. iZettle lets anyone take card payments and manage and grow their business. Magnus started hiscareer at the EF Education Group, where he headed up commercial activities in the US. He then became President of EF Europe and subsequently Executive Vice President of the EF Education Group. Magnus was with EF Education for over 13 years. After leaving EF Education in 1996, Magnus was part of the founding team and also worked as an executive director at Novestra AB, a publicly listed investment company, as CEO at Wayfinder Systems, a consumer technology company and as founder and Chief Executive at Nordic Wireless, an investment company focusing on opportunities in the TIME (Telecom, Internet, Media and Entertainment) industries. Under Magnus’s leadership, Wayfinder floated on the Swedish stock exchange and the company was acquired by Vodafone in February 2009.Since January 2010, Magnus is fully focused on his work with iZettle. The mission is to democratise card payments and give individuals and small businesses the possibility to accept card payments in a simple, affordable and secure way.

## Daniel Pilotti
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Apps, Retail, Payments

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

## Ludvig Friberger
- Type: Angel
- Location: Malmö, Skane Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Cycling, Sustainability

Ludvig Friberger is the Co-Founder and Board Member at CarpetVista. He previously worked as the Web Developer and Strategist at Ahlqvist & Co.
