# Espen Malmo

> Espen Malmo is a seed investor at Skyfall Ventures (Oslo) backing Software and Cryptocurrency. See 14 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Skyfall Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/skyfall-ventures)
- Location: Oslo, Norway
- Total investments: 14
- Last investment: Oct 2025
- Lead investor: 57%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/espenmalmo/
- Website: https://www.skyfall.vc/meet-the-team
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/espen.malmo.9

Espen Malmo is a seed investor at Skyfall Ventures in Oslo focused on Software and Cryptocurrency. Espen Malmo is based out of Oslo, Norway and is the Managing Partner and Co-Founder of Skyfall Ventures. Espen previously worked at Nomono as a Board Member. Espen Malmo attended UCLA.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 4 | 29% |
| Cryptocurrency | 3 | 21% |
| FinTech | 2 | 14% |
| Blockchain | 2 | 14% |
| Financial Services | 2 | 14% |

18 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 6 | 43% |
| Pre-Seed | 4 | 29% |
| Series A | 2 | 14% |
| Series B | 1 | 7% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Norway | 5 | 36% |
| Denmark | 2 | 14% |
| Singapore | 1 | 7% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Riff | Databutton is an online app builder that empowers the next generation of entrepreneurs and innovators. It enables anyone to create dynamic online apps in minutes by connecting to a growing array of sources, models, and integrations, or by utilizing their own datasets. 먹튀검증 https://muktts.net/ | $16.3M | Series A | Oct 23, 2025 |  |
| Parahelp | Parahelp is an AI support agent for software companies, handling tickets like a teammate, including refund requests. | $18M | Series A | Sep 11, 2025 |  |
| Starflow | Starflow goal is to create a scalable energy system that helps people achieve energy independence. | $1.8M | Pre-Seed | Oct 23, 2024 |  |
| Januar | Januar is a payment gate for crypto companies. They offer payment account solutions to accept payments and send payouts while maintaining full compliance and stable business operations. | $1.6M | Seed | Feb 22, 2024 |  |
| Riff | Databutton is an online app builder that empowers the next generation of entrepreneurs and innovators. It enables anyone to create dynamic online apps in minutes by connecting to a growing array of sources, models, and integrations, or by utilizing their own datasets. 먹튀검증 https://muktts.net/ | $5.1M | Seed | Sep 14, 2023 |  |
| Parahelp | Parahelp is an AI support agent for software companies, handling tickets like a teammate, including refund requests. | $750K | Pre-Seed | Feb 28, 2023 |  |
| Presail | Presail is a Management platform for community-driven funding. Presail makes it easy for companies and investors to manage investments in web 3.0. Create deals, manage cap-tables & distribute assets - all in one app | $3.8M | Seed | Sep 19, 2022 |  |
| Presail | Presail is a Management platform for community-driven funding. Presail makes it easy for companies and investors to manage investments in web 3.0. Create deals, manage cap-tables & distribute assets - all in one app | $1.6M | Seed | Mar 02, 2022 |  |
| Presail | Presail is a Management platform for community-driven funding. Presail makes it easy for companies and investors to manage investments in web 3.0. Create deals, manage cap-tables & distribute assets - all in one app | $1.6M | Pre-Seed | Mar 02, 2022 |  |
| Nansen | Nansen is a blockchain analytics platform that enriches on-chain data with millions of wallets labels. Crypto investors use Nansen to discover opportunities, perform due diligence and defend their portfolios with its real-time dashboards and alerts. | $75M | Series B | Dec 16, 2021 |  |

10 of 14 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Global Founders Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/global-founders-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Triton Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kraken-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Sondo Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sondo-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Weekend Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/weekend-fund) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Alt Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alt-capital-6a95) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [byFounders](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/byfounders) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Skyfall Ventures

VC Fund · Oslo, Norway

Skyfall Ventures is a seed-stage venture capital firm based in Oslo, Norway. The firm invests in Nordic seed-stage technology companies. Skyfall Ventures was established as a firm in 2016 but has invested under the Skyfall umbrella since 2014. Skyfall's first fund, with NOK 70 million ($7m) in assets under management, was launched inFebruary 2020. Prior to launching their first fund, Skyfall had invested NOK 30 million ($3m) across 16 companies.

2 contacts available at Skyfall Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Espen Malmo | Managing Partner & Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/espen-malmo |
| Preben Møller | Partner & Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/preben-songe-m%C3%B8ller |

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## FAQ

### What does Espen Malmo invest in?

Espen Malmo invests primarily in Software, Cryptocurrency and FinTech startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 14 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Norway. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Espen Malmo last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Espen Malmo closed in Oct 2025. Shizune tracks 14 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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