# Brightly Ventures

> Brightly Ventures is a VC fund backing Software and Information Technology. See 31 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stockholm, Sweden
- Total investments: 31
- Last investment: Mar 2025
- Lead investor: 35%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/brightly-ventures
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/BrightlyVenture
- Website: https://www.brightlyventures.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brightlyventures

Brightly Ventures is a VC fund in Stockholm focused on Software and Information Technology. 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.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.2M–$4.5M |
| Series A | $3.4M–$16M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 6 | 19% |
| Information Technology | 4 | 13% |
| SaaS | 2 | 6% |
| Payments | 2 | 6% |
| Consulting | 2 | 6% |

48 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 14 | 45% |
| Funding Round | 6 | 19% |
| Series A | 4 | 13% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 6% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 3% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Sweden | 15 | 48% |
| United States | 2 | 6% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Andy Johnston | Partner | 5 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andy-johnston |
| John Elvesjo | Managing Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/john-elvesjo |
| Kerstin Cooley | Managing Partner | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kerstin-cooley |
| Katja Bergman | Co-Founder, General Partner | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/katja-bergman |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Hooked Foods | Hooked Foods is working on a plant-based tuna substitute. By serving delicious plant-based seafood for everyone to enjoy, the company is leading the transition to a healthier seafood ecosystem. The company was established in 2019 and is headquartered in Sweden. | $829.3K |  | Mar 20, 2025 |  |
| Evam | Mission-Critical Mobile Data Solutions: Transforming What First Responders Can DoEvam is a Leading Global Supplier of Mission Critical Mobile Data Solutions Software for Police, Ambulance, Fire & Rescue, and other Public Safety Organizations. Used by 100+ regions and municipalities. Handles hundreds of thousands of life-threatening incidentson a yearly basis.The collection of apps is carefully selected to give blue-light agencies the services that they need including Mobilisation, Mapping, Navigation, Case Management, Situational Awareness and more. | $1.3M | Seed | Jan 01, 2024 |  |
| Fast Travel Games | Fast Travel Games is a new game development studio located in Stockholm, Sweden, building virtual reality games. Founded by game development veterans with years behind us at studios like EA DICE, Rovio and Avalanche, we want to change the way you play. We're gamers by heart, and believe VR is the ultimate platform for deep, engrossing gameuniverses.Our mission is to build games where players are free to explore their surroundings, where they will experience rich narratives and interact with others in new and interesting ways. | $3.9M |  | Oct 10, 2023 |  |
| Collective Minds | Collective Minds® is the new radiology workspace. A cloud-based service for collaboration, consultation and access to new digital tools and expertise. We are building the largest global network of collective and artificial intelligence, with humans and machines. | $7.7M |  | Aug 28, 2023 |  |
| Adway | Adway is a recruitment marketing firm that specializes in employer branding, HR-tech, and candidate journey solutions. Its fully automated platform generates on-brand paid job- and Employer Brand ads across social media. The company aspires to be the world's leading TA-tech provider for large enterprises. It provides clients with smart,innovative, and cutting-edge solutions to help them attract more and better talent. It enables global talent acquisition teams to spend their time meeting great candidates rather than chasing them down or managing resources and creatives. | $10.4M | Series A | Nov 16, 2022 |  |
| Evam | Mission-Critical Mobile Data Solutions: Transforming What First Responders Can DoEvam is a Leading Global Supplier of Mission Critical Mobile Data Solutions Software for Police, Ambulance, Fire & Rescue, and other Public Safety Organizations. Used by 100+ regions and municipalities. Handles hundreds of thousands of life-threatening incidentson a yearly basis.The collection of apps is carefully selected to give blue-light agencies the services that they need including Mobilisation, Mapping, Navigation, Case Management, Situational Awareness and more. | $1.6M | Pre-Seed | Oct 01, 2022 |  |
| Worldfavor | Worldfavor is the first to bring sustainability and compliance information based on established frameworks to one global platform. We connect businesses around the world to share sustainability information with each other through one platform, where they can also manage and excel their own performance in a secure, collaborative space. We helpbusinesses avoid manual spreadsheets and stiff, expensive software. Simply because we want you to save time and resources for your impact, and because modern technology can enable so much more.The vision is to be global de-facto information platform for sustainable decisions, serving any actor with sustainability/compliance data (business data 2.0) on any organization from one shared platform where they also manage it. The SaaS covers all sustainability/compliance needs under one roof: Manage Sustainability, Visualize Sustainability and data collection and assessment of any type of partners in the Value Chain, such as suppliers or portfolio companies. | $10.1M | Series A | Aug 22, 2022 |  |
| Yabie | Yabie's Payment and POS systems take the effort out of selling. It's the most intuitive, hassle-free and mobile way of interacting with your customers and making a sale. | $16M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jun 01, 2022 |  |
| Zevoy | Expense management solution | $16.2M | Series A | Apr 12, 2022 |  |
| Collective Minds | Collective Minds® is the new radiology workspace. A cloud-based service for collaboration, consultation and access to new digital tools and expertise. We are building the largest global network of collective and artificial intelligence, with humans and machines. | $2.5M | Seed | Dec 21, 2021 |  |

10 of 31 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Brightly Ventures invest in?

Brightly Ventures invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and SaaS startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 31 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Sweden. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Brightly Ventures's check size?

Brightly Ventures typically joins rounds of $1.2M–$4.5M at Seed and $3.4M–$16M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Brightly Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact Brightly Ventures?

Public channels for Brightly Ventures include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Brightly Ventures?

The team at Brightly Ventures includes Andy Johnston (Partner), John Elvesjo (Managing Partner) and Kerstin Cooley (Managing Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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