# byFounders

> byFounders is a VC fund backing Software and Artificial Intelligence. See 126 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
- Total investments: 126
- Last investment: Aug 2026
- Lead investor: 51%
- Fund size: $117M
- Last fund: Jul 2021
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/byfounders/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/ByFounders
- Website: https://byfounders.vc/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/byfounders/

byFounders is an early stage venture fund actively investing in tech startups across the Nordics and Baltics. Made up of some of the region's most accomplished entrepreneurs, the byFounders Collective invests and supports the next generation of globally ambitious founders - it's "for founders, byFounders"

## Contacts

5 contacts available for byFounders. Shizune tracks 14 team members at byFounders. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/byfounders?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.5M–$9.4M |
| Pre-Seed | $800k–$4.2M |
| Series A | $6.1M–$65M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 18 | 14% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 8 | 6% |
| Health Care | 6 | 5% |
| SaaS | 5 | 4% |
| Mobile Apps | 5 | 4% |

103 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 40 | 32% |
| Pre-Seed | 16 | 13% |
| Series A | 15 | 12% |
| Series B | 7 | 6% |
| Funding Round | 5 | 4% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Denmark | 19 | 15% |
| United States | 11 | 9% |
| Sweden | 8 | 6% |
| Germany | 6 | 5% |
| Finland | 4 | 3% |

12 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Louise Lachmann | Founder | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/louise-lachmann |
| Camille Zivre | Investor | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/camille-zivre |
| Caroline Frantl Larsson | Digital Storyteller | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/caroline-frantl-larsson |
| Casper Nicolai Bjarnason | Investor | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/casper-nicolai-bjarnason |
| Christine Spiten | Founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/christine-spiten |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Visoid | Visoid develops an AI-powered visualization software platform designed for architects and other industry professionals. The platform integrates into existing architectural workflows, allowing users to transform 3D models into photorealistic renderings within minutes. Rather than relying on generative AI image models, Visoid works directly with 3Dmodels to produce visualizations while maintaining control over the underlying design and geometry. | $2.5M | Seed | Aug 10, 2026 |  |
| Spiral Hydrogen | Spiral Hydrogen's mission is to lower the price of green hydrogen below that of fossil hydrogen, so opening up an industry for decarbonization and making hydrogen transportation and heating commercially viable. | $3.1M | Pre-Seed | Apr 30, 2026 |  |
| Verda (formerly DataCrunch) | DataCrunch is a cloud service provider which facilitates utilization and integration of state of the art AI/ML models | $116.9M | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 24, 2026 |  |
| Verda (formerly DataCrunch) | DataCrunch is a cloud service provider which facilitates utilization and integration of state of the art AI/ML models | $116.9M | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 24, 2026 |  |
| Verda (formerly DataCrunch) | DataCrunch is a cloud service provider which facilitates utilization and integration of state of the art AI/ML models | $116.9M | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 24, 2026 |  |
| Flare | Flare builds infrastructure for a more internet by connecting real-world data with machine learning in a verifiable way.This combines human intelligence with advanced AI to improve the clarity and reliability of information.Its goal is to create a shared, high-quality knowledge foundation that helps people navigate information with confidence. | $4.2M | Pre-Seed | Apr 16, 2026 |  |
| Apylon | Intelligent Revenue Management™ for European Healthcare. | $2.3M | Pre-Seed | Mar 03, 2026 |  |
| Tangled | Tangled is a software platform that provides a decentralized Git collaboration environment built on the AT Protocol to support code hosting and team workflows. It enables developers and contributors to manage code repositories with tools for version control, pull requests, and issue tracking that integrate social collaboration features across afederated network. The platform uses lightweight servers, called knots, to host repositories that users can self-host or access through broader network views while maintaining ownership of code and associated metadata. Tangled supports seamless submission of contributions, review workflows, and interoperability across repositories without relying on centralized authorities, and it continues to evolve with tooling for continuous integration and community-driven development. | $4.5M | Seed | Mar 02, 2026 |  |
| Intric | The secure and sovereign AI platform for building agents, automating workflows, and governing AI adoption. | $4.5M | Seed | Feb 06, 2026 |  |
| Soolv | AI that turns messy application documents into structured data to instantly score candidates and reveal early patterns of success | $1M | Pre-Seed | Dec 12, 2025 |  |

10 of 126 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Acequia Capital (AceCap)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/acequia-capital) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
- [Tesi](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tesi) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
- [Gradient](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gradient-ventures) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [Creandum](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/creandum) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Crowberry Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/crowberry-capital) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [J12](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/j12-ventures) — VC Fund, 6 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does byFounders invest in?

byFounders invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and Health Care startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 126 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Denmark. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is byFounders's check size?

byFounders typically joins rounds of $1.5M–$9.4M at Seed, $800k–$4.2M at Pre-Seed and $6.1M–$65M 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 byFounders participates in.

### How do I contact byFounders?

Public channels for byFounders 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 byFounders?

The team at byFounders includes Louise Lachmann (Founder), Camille Zivre (Investor) and Caroline Frantl Larsson (Digital Storyteller), among 14 team members tracked by Shizune. 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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