# Top 50 Machine Learning Angel Investors in Sweden in June 2026

## Hjalmar Winbladh
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: FinTech, Machine Learning, Apps

Board Member at MAJORITY.

## Hans-Olov Blom
- Type: Angel
- Location: Gävle, Gavleborgs Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: B2B, Apps, SaaS

Hans-Olov Blom

## Bo Mattsson
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Internet, Software, Information Technology

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: FinTech, Internet, Financial Services

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.

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

Fredrik Mansson - Investor @ Propel Capital

## Petter Lindström
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Advertising, Digital Media, Machine Learning

Petter Lindström

## 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

## Vicki Potts
- Type: Angel
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Advertising, Digital Media, Machine Learning

Vicki Potts

## Hans Stråberg
- Type: Angel
- Location: Cologne, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Software, Computer Vision, Machine Learning

Hans Straberg was the President & CEO of Electrolux AB from 2002 to 2010. Straberg is also a Bilderberg participant.
He was one of the youngest CEOs of a Fortune Global 500 companies.
Hans was born in 1957 in Västervik. He studied engineering at Chalmers University in Gothenburg.

## Claes Ekstrom
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Post-IPO Debt, Angel
- Focus: Medical, Health Care, Biotechnology

Ekstrom has over 20 years of experience in asset-backed investing, mergers & acquisitions and corporate finance across healthcare and various other industries. Prior to joining Innovatus Capital Partners, LLC in January of 2016, Mr. Ekstrom was a member of the Perella Weinberg Partners' Asset Based Value Strategy Investment Team, wherehe focused on corporate, healthcare, and consumer opportunities.  From 2011 to 2013, Mr. Ekstrom was a full-time consultant to the Asset Based Value Strategy Investment Team and provided advice on a range of matters.  From 2009 to 2011, Mr. Ekstrom was a Managing Director at Bentley Associates, a boutique investment bank focusing on middle market M&A and private placements.  From 2007 to 2009, he served as a Director in the M&A group at Merrill Lynch & Co.  From 2004 to 2007, he was a senior member of the healthcare investment banking group at Lehman Brothers, where he provided M&A and financing advice to leading healthcare companies and healthcare investors. Mr. Ekstrom started his investment banking career with Merrill Lynch & Co. in 1996 and was a member of the M&A group where he executed M&A transactions across a wide range of industries.Mr. Ekstrom received a M.Sc. in Economics and Business from the Stockholm School of Economics.

## Andrew Konopelski
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: FinTech, Analytics, Funding Platform

Andrew Konopelski joined EQT Partners in 2008 and is Partner and Head of EQT Credit Strategies.Andrew graduated from Duke University with degrees in Chemistry and Art History and received a Masters in Finance degree from London Business School.Prior to joining EQT Partners, Andrew worked for Tisbury Capital, a multi-strategy hedge fundbased in London, where he helped manage the USD 1 billion+ credit portfolio.Prior to Tisbury, Andrew worked in the leveraged finance team of Citigroup, where he was involved in structuring and arranging financings for financial sponsor-led LBOs as well as executing of a number of corporate high yield bond transactions. He also worked within the M&A and corporate finance divisions of Citigroup earlier in his career.Andrew is a member of the EQT Executive Committee as well as a member of the Credit Partners Investment Committee.

## Madelene Larsson
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Fashion

Madelene Larsson

## Ilkka Paananen
- Type: Angel
- Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech

Ilkka Paananen, is the CEO and co-founder of Supercell, the Helsinki-based mobile games developer behind Clash of Clans, Hay Day, Boom Beach, Clash Royale and Brawl Stars. Since its founding in 2010, Supercell's five games have amassed 100m daily players and remain in the global top 10 years after launch. In June 2016, Supercell became thefirst European technology start-up to reach a valuation of $10 billion.In addition to his role at Supercell, Ilkka helps other entrepreneurs as both an investor and as an active member of the Nordic startup community where he mentors and coaches other founders. Alongside his co-founder Mikko Kodisoja, he has established the We Foundation to fight social inequality and help disadvantaged children in Finland.Prior to founding Supercell, he was the CEO & co-founder of Finnish games developer Sumea, which was later acquired by Digital Chocolate, where he worked as President until 2010. Ilkka holds a Master of Science degree from the Helsinki University of Technology.

## 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.

## Timo Soininen
- Type: Angel
- Location: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 1
- 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.

## Karl Prytz
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series B
- Focus: E-Commerce, Retail, Fashion

Karl Prytz

## Oscar Werner
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: FinTech, Analytics, Funding Platform

Oscar Werner currently serves as the CEO of Sinch.

## Omid Ashtari
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Analytics, E-Commerce

Omid Ashtari has held operational roles at Google (business development, strategic partnerships), Foursquare (MD Europe), Citymapper (President), and Streetbees (COO). Currently he is an angel investor and advisor to early stag startups. He serves as the business advisor to the Mayor of London. He blogs on www.startuppragmatism.blog andwww.thefullspectrum.blog

## Lars Thunell
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- 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.

## Des Traynor
- Type: Angel
- Location: Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
- Relevant deals: 1
- 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.

## Kingston Duffie
- Type: Angel
- Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Database, Analytics, Machine Learning

Kingston Duffie is the Founder and CEO of Navu. He attended McGill University.

## Håkan Saltin
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Analytics, Marketing

Håkan Saltin

## Ulrich Boyer
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Advertising, Digital Media, Machine Learning

Ulrich Boyer

## Nicolas Hassbjer
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Sensor, Big Data, Smart Home

Nicolas is founder of HMS Networks AB (publ), one of Sweden´s fastest growing companies for several years and awarded to Sweden´s best export company. He has 21 years experience as CEO and is a non-executive director of several companies. Among those, he is Chairman of the board of the Chamber of Commerce in Southern Sweden and a board member ofSigicom, eGain, Magcomp, University of Halmstad and Almi.

## Ben Holmes
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- 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.

## Staffan Ingeborn
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series E
- Focus: Sensor, Advertising, Digital Media

Managing Investment Director of InnovationsKapital, which he founded in 1994. He pioneered the venture capital industry in the area when the industry was still in its infancy.Staffan has been responsible for InnovationsKapital’s investments in a number of companies, for example; Altitun (acq. by ADC), Formex (acq. by Tyco), Kreatel (acq. byMotorola), and Spotfire (acq. by TIBCO). He currently represents InnKap on the boards of Emric, Hexaformer, Microdata, Oxeon, Paxport, Projectplace and Silecs.Prior to founding InnKap, Staffan was a management consultant and private investor. His early career also includes positions as Managing Director of Frico AB (leading the IPO of the company), and General Manager of the Hygiene Division of LIC. He has an BSc from Göteborg University.

## Per Björklund
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: Digital Marketing, Apps, Music

Per Björklund

## Chris Murphy
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- 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.

## Sebastian Knutsson
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- 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.

## Marcus Boström
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- Focus: Email, Software, Analytics

Marcus Boström

## Eric Quidenus-Wahlforss
- Type: Angel
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Mobile, Internet

Eric Wahlforss is the Co-Founder and CEO of Dance. He co-Founded SoundCloud Limited in 2007 and serves as its Chief Technology Officer. Eric Wahlforss has been working with the web since 1995 and served as the Interaction Designer for Gate5 (acquired by Nokia in 2007). Under the artist name Forss, he has released electronic music on Berlin basedlabel Sonar Kollektiv and toured across the world. He holds an M.Sc. degree in Industrial Economics from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm and has studied three years at the Stockholm School of Economics.

## Annika Falkengren
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: FinTech, Analytics, Funding Platform

Deputy Chairman of the Swedish Bankers' Association. Director of Securitas. Member of Supervisory Board Volkswagen AG and Munich RE.Background:Various positions within Merchant Banking. Global Head of Trading and Head of Merchant Banking. Head of Division Corporate & Institutions and Executive Vice President of SEB. Deputy ChiefExecutive Officer.

## 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

## Göran Garvner
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: FinTech, Analytics, Funding Platform

Göran Garvner is the Founder of Solberget Invest.

## Theoophilus Emmanuel
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Mobile, FinTech, Big Data

Theoophilus Emmanuel

## Sabba Keynejad
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Internet, Software, Photography

Sabba Keynejad is the Co-founder at VEED.IO. He attended University of the Arts London.

## Alfred Ruth
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, Digital Media, Machine Learning

Private investor with background as co-founder/CTO of Videoplaza. Author of speculative fiction thriller trilogy Fermi's Filter.

## Henrik Garvner
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: FinTech, Analytics, Funding Platform

Henrik Garvner

## Filip Lindvall
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Analytics, Marketing, Advertising

Founder of VOI

## Fredrik Posse
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Analytics, Marketing, Advertising

Fredrik Posse

## Patrick Soderlund
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: FinTech, Analytics, Funding Platform

Patrick Soderlund is Founder & CEO at Embark Studios AB.

## Joachim Roos
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Analytics, Marketing, Advertising

Joachim Roos

## Peter Zaitsev
- Type: Angel
- Location: Durham, North Carolina, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Computer, Database, Software

Peter Zaitsev is CEO and co-founder of Percona. A serial entrepreneur, Peter enjoys mixing business leadership with hands-on technical expertise. Previously he was an early employee at MySQL AB, one of the largest open source companies in the world, which was acquired by Sun Microsystems in 2008. Prior to joining MySQL AB, Peter was CTO at SpyLOG,which provided statistical information on website traffic. 
Peter is the co-author of the popular book, High Performance MySQL, and blogs regularly on Percona Performance Blog. He has a Master’s in Computer Science from Lomonosov Moscow State University and is one of the award winning leaders of the world MySQL community. Peter blogs regularly on Percona Performance Blog and speaks frequently at technical and business conferences including the Percona Live series, SouthEast LinuxFest, All Things Open, DataOps LATAM, Silicon Valley Open Doors, HighLoad++ and many more.

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

Anaheta von Berenberg-Consbruch

## Tomas Kaberger
- Type: Angel
- Location: Gothenburg, Vastra Gotaland, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Drones, Power Grid, Machine Learning

Dr. Tomas Kåberger is affiliate professor of Renewable Energy at Chalmers University of Technology in Göteborg and Industrial Growth Executive at InnoEnergy. He is also Executive Board Chairman of Renewable Energy Institute in Tokyo and a senior advisor to GEIDCO in Beijing. He also serves as member of the Swedish Climate Policy Council and as anon-executive director of the energy company Vattenfall.He is a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences and The Swedish Association of Energy Economists.He started his career as energy campaigner for the Swedish Society for the Conservation of Nature, and has since he has servedin different leading position of solar, wind and bioenergy companies and as Director General of the Swedish Energy Agency.

## Stefan Lindeberg
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- 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.

## Gil Dibner
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS

Gil Dibner - Founder & Managing Partner @ Angular Ventures

## Sven Hagströmer
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: EdTech, Internet, Education

Sven Hagstromer is the founder of Creades AB.

## Christer Holloman
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Retail

Founder of Divido, the world’s largest white-label saas platform for Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL). Prior to starting Divido, he launched Glassdoor.com in EMEA which subsequently got acquired for $1.2bn USD. Hold an MBA from the University of Oxford and is an active early-stage advisor, investor and NED.

## Martin Hell
- Type: Angel
- Location: Lund, Skane Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Database, Analytics, Machine Learning

Martin Hell

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