# Henrik Torstensson

> Henrik Torstensson is a seed investor at Lifesum (Stockholm) backing FinTech and SaaS. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Lifesum](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lifesum)
- Location: Stockholm, Sweden
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Apr 2023
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/torstensson
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/henrikt

Henrik Torstensson is a Partner at Alliance Venture and a Board Member & Co-founder of Lifesum.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $110k–$15M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 3 | 50% |
| SaaS | 1 | 17% |
| Leisure | 1 | 17% |
| Big Data | 1 | 17% |
| Internet | 1 | 17% |

19 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 5 | 83% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 17% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Sweden | 4 | 67% |
| United States | 1 | 17% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Bits Technology | Bits Technology connects data sources & orchestrates workflows for financial tech services. | $4.4M | Seed | Apr 27, 2023 |  |
| Bits Technology | Bits Technology connects data sources & orchestrates workflows for financial tech services. | $1M | Pre-Seed | Sep 08, 2022 |  |
| Gilion | Gilion is a precision financing company that provides founders with a growth and funding platform to access growth loans. It utilizes artificial intelligence and machine learning to help enterprises grow smart through long-term loans - maintaining control for founders and reducing risk for investors. It helps businesses analyze the company'sbusiness health and design custom, dynamic loans with fair terms. | $15.3M | Seed | Aug 05, 2022 |  |
| Sparta | Sparta is a web-based application and software that enables sales directors to run effective sales competitions. It enables its users to builds sales competitions, invite their team, manage them with rankings, statistics, and reports. It also enables its users to control the metrics and behaviors that they desire to control in a sales environment.Sales directors can run multiple competitions, team-based competitions, send and receive email notifications, receive daily update emails, access a chat feed with @mentions, access reports and insights, and perform many more tasks through the app and software.Sparta was founded by Niklas de Besche, Aref Abedi, Aref Abedi, and James Pember. It is based in Stockholm, Sweden. | $110K | Seed | Feb 23, 2015 |  |
| Castle | Castle enables online businesses of all sizes to detect and prevent user account fraud, a technology previously only available to banks and large financial institutions. Whether you’re building a bitcoin service, e-commerce store, mobile app, or any other customer-facing application, Castle's API's lets you add account hijack protection.Castle tracks fraudsters based on device fingerprint, keystrokes, site browsing history, and hundreds of other signals. Whenever something suspicious occurs, both the administrator and account owner are alerted and can immediately take appropriate action. | $360K | Seed | Feb 12, 2015 |  |
| Fishbrain | Fishbrain is a mobile app, commerce platform, and social network for people who love fishing. This free-to-use app provides tools, insights, support, and fishing gear to fully enjoy fishing. It also has an interactive map that helps anglers find new fishing spots and see what other people are catching, with what bait, and specifically where. | $150K | Seed | Sep 05, 2013 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Cherry Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cherry-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Foreword Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/foreword-vc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Alliance Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alliance-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Creandum](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/creandum) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Fin Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fin-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Greens Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/greens-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Lifesum

VC Fund · Stockholm, Sweden

Lifesum is a Swedish digital health startup with the vision to make people healthier and happier by using applied psychology and technology. Founded in 2013 with headquarters in central Stockholm, the company is growing fast and was selected by Wired UK as one of Stockholm's 10 hottest startups.

3 contacts available at Lifesum.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Andrew Crookston | Engineering Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andrew-crookston-0ab9 |
| Henrik Torstensson | Board Member & Co-founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/henrik-torstensson |
| Marcus Gners | Chief Strategy Officer, Co-Founder, and Board Member | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/marcus-gners |

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## FAQ

### What does Henrik Torstensson invest in?

Henrik Torstensson invests primarily in FinTech, SaaS and Leisure startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Sweden. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Henrik Torstensson's check size?

Henrik Torstensson typically joins rounds of $110k–$15M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Henrik Torstensson participates in.

### When did Henrik Torstensson last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Henrik Torstensson closed in Apr 2023. Shizune tracks 6 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?

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