David Helgason
Partner @ Transition
Copenhagen, Denmark
David Helgason is a seed investor at Transition in Copenhagen focused on Software and Gaming. David is a technologist, the founder of Unity Technologies, non-exec director to others, and a restless entrepreneur with a passion for creating feedback loops between innovation and teams and products, applying new and old business models to changing industries, and pushing people to do the very best they can do.David's background is inprogramming, an assortment of university dabbling, creating companies, and helping entrepreneurs. He served as CEO of Unity Technologies since co-founding it in 2003 and until October 2014, with an unflinching vision to democratize game development, and to develop technology and business models for the next phase of the games industry. David Helgason attended the University of Copenhagen.
- Total investments:
- 79
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 3%
Last updated:
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Industries David Helgason invests in
Stages David Helgason invests in
Countries David Helgason invests in
Round sizes
Round size
- Seed
- $1.1M–$8M
- Pre-Seed
- $242k–$2.4M
- Series A
- $4.3M–$30M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 18 (23%)
- Gaming 13 (16%)
- Artificial Intelligence 12 (15%)
- Information Technology 9 (11%)
- Internet 6 (8%)
Stage
- Seed 37 (47%)
- Series A 11 (14%)
- Pre-Seed 8 (10%)
- Series B 8 (10%)
- Funding Round 8 (10%)
Country
- United States 16 (20%)
- Denmark 14 (18%)
- Finland 10 (13%)
- United Kingdom 10 (13%)
- Iceland 4 (5%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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OLIX
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OLIX designs and manufactures optical processors that use light-based circuits to accelerate artificial intelligence workloads. The company develops Optical Tensor Processing Units that execute matrix and tensor operations for training and running inference on large-scale machine learning models. Its hardware aims to increase performance and reducepower consumption relative to conventional electronic accelerators by processing data in the optical domain. Flux Computing focuses on infrastructure for generative AI and advanced neural networks, targeting data centers and organizations that require intensive model computation. The product stack centers on custom optical chips integrated with supporting electronics, control software, and tools that link into existing AI frameworks. Sales and partnerships primarily address customers building large AI clusters, research environments, and emerging applications that benefit from high-throughput, low-energy computation. | $312M / Series B / Aug 03, 2026 | |
Reel Energy
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Reel empowers all companies to procure renewable electricity that makes a real difference for the climate. | $17.6M / Series A / May 05, 2026 | |
ScyAI
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ScyAI is the developer of an autonomous risk intelligence tool designed to integrate multiple specialized agents. | $2.4M / Pre-Seed / Feb 13, 2026 | |
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OLIX
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OLIX designs and manufactures optical processors that use light-based circuits to accelerate artificial intelligence workloads. The company develops Optical Tensor Processing Units that execute matrix and tensor operations for training and running inference on large-scale machine learning models. Its hardware aims to increase performance and reducepower consumption relative to conventional electronic accelerators by processing data in the optical domain. Flux Computing focuses on infrastructure for generative AI and advanced neural networks, targeting data centers and organizations that require intensive model computation. The product stack centers on custom optical chips integrated with supporting electronics, control software, and tools that link into existing AI frameworks. Sales and partnerships primarily address customers building large AI clusters, research environments, and emerging applications that benefit from high-throughput, low-energy computation. | $220M / Series A / Feb 11, 2026 | |
Flow Engineering
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Flow is the first engineering data platform built for agile engineering teams. Flow helps teams stay integrated with the correct data, regardless of which tool they are working in. | $23M / Series A / Oct 14, 2025 | |
Noah
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NOAH is a financial service company providing application solutions for trading in Bitcoin. | $22M / Seed / Jun 10, 2025 | |
IXI
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Pixieray modernizes traditional eyeglass optics by introducing a pioneering adaptive solution giving anyone perfect vision. | Series A / Apr 28, 2025 | |
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Reel Energy
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Reel empowers all companies to procure renewable electricity that makes a real difference for the climate. | $5.4M / Seed / Jan 22, 2024 | |
Slope
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Slope is a financial platform developer which offers a variety of payment alternatives while being paid promptly. The platform of the company provides clients with options and manages loans, underwriting, debt collection, and payout once the goods or service have been shipped, allowing businesses to pay in installments at checkout. | $30M / Sep 27, 2023 | |
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Slope
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Slope is a financial platform developer which offers a variety of payment alternatives while being paid promptly. The platform of the company provides clients with options and manages loans, underwriting, debt collection, and payout once the goods or service have been shipped, allowing businesses to pay in installments at checkout. | $30M / Series A / Sep 27, 2023 | |
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Co-Investors
About Transition
Transition, a new climate tech venture capital firm that focuses on Seed and Series A startups recently launched.
Transition Contacts
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Ari Helgason
co-founder
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David Helgason
Partner
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Mona Alsubaei
Partner
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FAQ
What does David Helgason invest in?
David Helgason invests primarily in Software, Gaming and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 79 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is David Helgason's check size?
David Helgason typically joins rounds of $1.1M–$8M at Seed, $242k–$2.4M at Pre-Seed and $4.3M–$30M 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 David Helgason participates in.
When did David Helgason last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for David Helgason closed in Aug 2026. Shizune tracks 79 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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