# Cristina Stenbeck

> Cristina Stenbeck is a seed investor in Stockholm backing Software and Fashion. See 29 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: Stockholm, Sweden
- Total investments: 29
- Last investment: Sep 2023
- Lead investor: 14%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Cristina Stenbeck is a seed investor in Stockholm focused on Software and Fashion. 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.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $400k–$52M |
| Series A | $1.3M–$105M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 5 | 17% |
| Fashion | 4 | 14% |
| E-Commerce | 4 | 14% |
| Lifestyle | 3 | 10% |
| Health Care | 3 | 10% |

56 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 9 | 31% |
| Series A | 6 | 21% |
| Funding Round | 4 | 14% |
| Series B | 3 | 10% |
| Angel | 1 | 3% |

10 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Sweden | 12 | 41% |
| Germany | 6 | 21% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 3% |
| The Netherlands | 1 | 3% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Stegra | H2 Green Steel helps to build a large-scale steel factory based on a fossil-free manufacturing process targeting large European OEMs.The plant will be built in northern Sweden, in Boden, offering unique conditions for cost-competitive fossil-free steel production. The project includes a giga-scale green hydrogen plant as an integrated part of thesteel production facility. Production will begin in 2024 and by 2030, H2GS will have an annual production capacity of five million tons of high-quality steel. | $1.9B | Private Equity | Sep 07, 2023 |  |
| Opna | Opna is a financing platform for climate projects that remove carbon and protect natural ecosystems. Opna offers data, proprietary risk assessments, and efficient capital structures, helping companies to translate net-zero committed capital from financial institutions, and corporates into direct financing across a project's lifecycle. | $6.5M | Seed | Sep 05, 2023 |  |
| Fides | Fides is your one-stop-shop for corporate governance.We are making it easier for managers to comply with, digitally execute and track their legal obligations across different companies in various jurisdictions. Keep an overview of duties, deadlines and tasks in all entities and committees. Orchestrate, execute and document resolutions,approvals and meetings. Create a revision-proof audit trail of any duty fulfilled and decision made.We know you have good intentions. You just need to be able to prove them. | $3.3M | Seed | Oct 12, 2022 |  |
| Stegra | H2 Green Steel helps to build a large-scale steel factory based on a fossil-free manufacturing process targeting large European OEMs.The plant will be built in northern Sweden, in Boden, offering unique conditions for cost-competitive fossil-free steel production. The project includes a giga-scale green hydrogen plant as an integrated part of thesteel production facility. Production will begin in 2024 and by 2030, H2GS will have an annual production capacity of five million tons of high-quality steel. | $190.2M | Series B | Aug 29, 2022 |  |
| bunch | Bunch is a financial technology company that provides software and operational infrastructure for private market fund management. Its platform supports the full fund lifecycle, including investor onboarding, fund administration, accounting, compliance, reporting, and transaction management for venture capital, private equity, and other alternativeinvestment structures. The company combines proprietary software with integrated operational services to help asset managers and investors manage funds and special purpose vehicles through a centralized system. Bunch also offers tools designed to improve data management and automate workflows across fund operations and regulatory processes. The platform is used by asset managers and investors across multiple European jurisdictions to manage investment structures and administrative activities. | $7.4M | Seed | Jul 26, 2022 |  |
| PocketLaw | Manage your company's legal in one place. PocketLaw paves the way so you can focus on what really matters - driving your business forward. | $11M | Series A | May 09, 2022 |  |
| Miramis | Miramis is an AI-native contract lifecycle management (CLM) platform designed for legal, sales, HR, and procurement teams. It enables businesses to create, negotiate, approve, sign, store, track, and analyze contracts in a single platform. Its built-in AI contract agent, PLAI, automates contract review, risk analysis, and portfolio insights tostreamline legal workflows. | $10.6M | Series A | May 09, 2022 |  |
| Vaayu | Software that helps online retailers track and cut carbon. | $11.5M | Seed | Apr 20, 2022 |  |
| Vay | Vay is a Berlin-based deep technology company that is on track to launch the first driverless, safety-certified, commercial fleet on European public streets. The company aims to revolutionize urban transportation by enabling remote-controlled cars, offering a safer, more efficient solution for ride-hailing and vehicle-sharing services. Vay’s uniqueapproach blends the advantages of self-driving technology with human supervision to ensure safety and adaptability in complex driving environments. Their goal is to reduce urban congestion, cut emissions, and make mobility more sustainable while providing a seamless transportation experience for users. | $95M | Series B | Dec 14, 2021 |  |
| Vay | Vay is a Berlin-based deep technology company that is on track to launch the first driverless, safety-certified, commercial fleet on European public streets. The company aims to revolutionize urban transportation by enabling remote-controlled cars, offering a safer, more efficient solution for ride-hailing and vehicle-sharing services. Vay’s uniqueapproach blends the advantages of self-driving technology with human supervision to ensure safety and adaptability in complex driving environments. Their goal is to reduce urban congestion, cut emissions, and make mobility more sustainable while providing a seamless transportation experience for users. | $95M | Series A | Dec 14, 2021 |  |

10 of 29 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Cristina Stenbeck invest in?

Cristina Stenbeck invests primarily in Software, Fashion and E-Commerce startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 29 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Sweden. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Cristina Stenbeck's check size?

Cristina Stenbeck typically joins rounds of $400k–$52M at Seed and $1.3M–$105M 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 Cristina Stenbeck participates in.

### When did Cristina Stenbeck last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Cristina Stenbeck closed in Sep 2023. Shizune tracks 29 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### 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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