# David Helgason

> David Helgason is a seed investor at Transition (Copenhagen) backing Software and Gaming. See 79 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Transition](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/transition-c21b)
- Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
- Total investments: 79
- Last investment: Aug 2026
- Lead investor: 3%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/davidhelgason
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/davidhelgason
- Website: http://unity3d.com
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/davidhelgason

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.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.1M–$8M |
| Pre-Seed | $242k–$2.4M |
| Series A | $4.3M–$30M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 18 | 23% |
| Gaming | 13 | 16% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 12 | 15% |
| Information Technology | 9 | 11% |
| Internet | 6 | 8% |

109 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 37 | 47% |
| Series A | 11 | 14% |
| Pre-Seed | 8 | 10% |
| Series B | 8 | 10% |
| Funding Round | 8 | 10% |

8 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 16 | 20% |
| Denmark | 14 | 18% |
| Finland | 10 | 13% |
| United Kingdom | 10 | 13% |
| Iceland | 4 | 5% |

14 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| OLIX | 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 | Reel empowers all companies to procure renewable electricity that makes a real difference for the climate. | $17.6M | Series A | May 05, 2026 |  |
| ScyAI | ScyAI is the developer of an autonomous risk intelligence tool designed to integrate multiple specialized agents. | $2.4M | Pre-Seed | Feb 13, 2026 |  |
| OLIX | 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 | 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 | NOAH is a financial service company providing application solutions for trading in Bitcoin. | $22M | Seed | Jun 10, 2025 |  |
| IXI | Pixieray modernizes traditional eyeglass optics by introducing a pioneering adaptive solution giving anyone perfect vision. |  | Series A | Apr 28, 2025 |  |
| Reel Energy | Reel empowers all companies to procure renewable electricity that makes a real difference for the climate. | $5.4M | Seed | Jan 22, 2024 |  |
| Slope | 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 |  |
| Slope | 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 |  |

10 of 79 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Seedcamp](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/seedcamp) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Amazon Alexa Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amazon-alexa-fund) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Makers Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/makers-fund) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Sisu Game Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sisu-game-ventures) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Bragiel Brothers](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bragiel-bros) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Educapital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/educapital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together

## About Transition

VC Fund · London, United Kingdom

Transition, a new climate tech venture capital firm that focuses on Seed and Series A startups recently launched.

3 contacts available at Transition.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ari Helgason | co-founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ari-helgason |
| David Helgason | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-helgason |
| Mona Alsubaei | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mona-alsubaei |

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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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