# Bust

> Bust is a VC fund in Stockholm backing Email, Software and Health Care. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stockholm, Sweden
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Jun 2025
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bustventures/
- Website: http://www.bust.vc

Bust is an early-stage Venture Capital. Bust supports visionary company builders into brand builders on their journey to market leadership. With a track record of building successful brands, and by leveraging the capital and network from a family office (Harmar AB), Bust brings a unique added active partnership element to early-stage investing.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Bust. Shizune tracks 2 team members at Bust. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/bust-a7ae?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $666k–$2.5M |
| Pre-Seed | $1.3M–$2.1M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Email | 1 | 20% |
| Software | 1 | 20% |
| Health Care | 1 | 20% |
| Sales Automation | 1 | 20% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 1 | 20% |

6 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 40% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 40% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 20% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Sweden | 2 | 40% |
| The Netherlands | 1 | 20% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| David Klagsbrun | Founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-klagsbrun-fd3e |
| Madeleine Johansson Palmberg | Managing Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/madeleine-johansson-palmberg |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ankor | Ankor is a platform of actionable data for business owners. Quit straying. Begin construction. | $1.3M | Pre-Seed | Jun 24, 2025 |  |
| Alba Health | Alba Health is a wellness product. It is not intended to diagnose or treat disease, and it is not a substitute for medical advice. | $2.5M | Seed | May 27, 2025 |  |
| Hypertype | Hypertype is a full-stack automation platform built for industrial aftersales. It combines three connected modules — Data Governance, AI Agents, and a Co-pilot + Management Layer — all powered by HyperBrain, a self-learning intelligence layer that continuously adapts to each customer’s data, feedback loops, and workflows to deliver end-to-endautomation and real-time operational insights. | $666.2K | Seed | Jul 04, 2024 |  |
| Mantle | They are on a mission to provide simple but powerful self-care solutions, with the combination of Swedish values and Swiss science. Founded by female professionals in Stockholm, Sweden, they felt like there was something missing in their lives to cope with the everyday high demands on their time and energy. CEO Josefin Landgård is a serialentrepreneur who founded successful healthcare app Kry. On a trip to the US she tried CBD (short for cannabidiol, read more here) and was immediately hooked. She teamed up with brand strategist and yoga teacher Stina Lönnkvist to create the best and highest-quality CBD products on the market. If they were to guess, they would say that you are definitely keeping yourself busy too. You are balancing a career. A social life. Perhaps a family. Definitely digital and distractions. And if that wasn't enough: the sky-high demands they tend to put on theirselves. So let us ask: Where do you find time for yourself? Where do you find time for the little health hacks that helps you disconnect with stress and reconnect with yourself?They don’t believe in time consuming 12-step beauty routines or artificial quick fixes. They believe in simple and natural health hacks that actually makes a difference in your daily life. Welcome to their world, they look forward to getting to know you. | $3M | Venture - Series Unknown | Feb 08, 2024 |  |
| Alba Health | Alba Health is a wellness product. It is not intended to diagnose or treat disease, and it is not a substitute for medical advice. | $2.1M | Pre-Seed | Jun 21, 2023 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Noaber](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/noaber) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
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## FAQ

### What does Bust invest in?

Bust invests primarily in Email, Software and Health Care startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Sweden. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Bust's check size?

Bust typically joins rounds of $666k–$2.5M at Seed and $1.3M–$2.1M at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Bust participates in.

### How do I contact Bust?

Public channels for Bust include LinkedIn 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 Bust?

The team at Bust includes David Klagsbrun (Founder) and Madeleine Johansson Palmberg (Managing Director). 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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