# Jacob De Geer

> Jacob De Geer is a seed investor at iZettle (Stockholm) backing FinTech and Internet. See 13 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [iZettle](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/izettle)
- Location: Stockholm, Sweden
- Total investments: 13
- Last investment: Jan 2026
- Lead investor: 8%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacobdegeer
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/jacobdegeer
- Website: https://x.com/jacobdegeer
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jacobdegeer

Jacob de Geer is a Swedish serial entrepreneur and co-founder and CEO of iZettle, the fast-growing mobile payments company that lets anyone take card payments and manage and grow their business. Before starting iZettle, Jacob was the first employee at performance marketing firm TradeDoubler. Here he helped to build one of the largest advertisingnetworks in Europe before leaving to co-found movie sharing firm, Ameibo, and Tre Kronor Media, an award-winning communications agency. Both companies were acquired in 2010. Now, Jacob is fully focused on democratising payments around the world through his latest venture, iZettle.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $549k–$17M |
| Series A | $9.4M–$15M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 3 | 23% |
| Internet | 2 | 15% |
| Financial Services | 2 | 15% |
| Apps | 1 | 8% |
| IaaS | 1 | 8% |

31 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 5 | 38% |
| Series A | 2 | 15% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 15% |
| Series B | 1 | 8% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Sweden | 6 | 46% |
| United States | 1 | 8% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 8% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Holyvolt | Holyvolt is a technology company that offers nano paste screen printing technology for efficient energy extraction and storage. | $15M |  | Jan 04, 2026 |  |
| Holyvolt | Holyvolt is a technology company that offers nano paste screen printing technology for efficient energy extraction and storage. | $9.4M | Series A | Jun 14, 2024 |  |
| MAJORITY | MAJORITY is the first digital financial service dedicated to serving migrants worldwide. For $5 a month, MAJORITY members in the U.S. receive an FDIC-secured account, VISA® debit card, use of more than 55,000 ATMs across North America, remittance and international calling, native language advisors, and access to our network of community meet-upspaces, local discounts and events. With MAJORITY, there are never overdraft fees or minimum balance requirements. MAJORITY was started in Sweden by a diverse team of banking, fintech, payments, and telecom executives serving immigrant communities globally for the last 15 years. MAJORITY’s U.S. headquarters are in Houston, Texas. | $29M | Series B | May 22, 2024 |  |
| Holyvolt | Holyvolt is a technology company that offers nano paste screen printing technology for efficient energy extraction and storage. | $9.1M | Seed | Oct 23, 2023 |  |
| 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 |  |
| Gilion (Formerly Ark Kapital) | Ark Kapital is a precision financing company that empowers technology businesses to grow faster, enables owners to maintain control, and reduces risk for investors. ArK is founded by a world-class AI technology developer, a six-time-founder, and the veteran banker you always wanted. | $16.5M | Seed | Mar 29, 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. | $16.6M | Seed | Mar 29, 2022 |  |
| Meitner | Meitner develops software for school administration and education management. The company provides a digital platform used by schools to handle daily operations and support student information management. It allows schools to record attendance and grades. The platform includes tools for communication between teachers, students, and parents. | $1.1M | Seed | Dec 22, 2021 |  |
| Lace Laboratory | Lace Laboratory AB is a Swedish women's underwear brand founded in 2018 by the duo Faye Flensburg and Felicia Lönnqvist. | $2.1M | Seed | Oct 19, 2021 |  |
| Gilion (Formerly Ark Kapital) | Ark Kapital is a precision financing company that empowers technology businesses to grow faster, enables owners to maintain control, and reduces risk for investors. ArK is founded by a world-class AI technology developer, a six-time-founder, and the veteran banker you always wanted. | $549K | Seed | Sep 01, 2021 |  |

10 of 13 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Creandum](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/creandum) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [LocalGlobe](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/localglobe) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Volvo Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ab-volvo) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Course Corrected](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/course-corrected) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [FAM AB](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fam-ab) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Alliance VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alliance-venture) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About iZettle

VC Fund · Stockholm, Sweden

iZettle is reinventing technologies and banking services that help small-business owners live better, work less and earn more. Based in Stockholm, the financial technology company revolutionized mobile payments in 2010 with the world’s first mini chip card reader and software for mobile devices. Today, small-business owners around the world useiZettle’s powerfully simple services to improve the speed and ease of payments at checkout, business management, sales analytics, customer engagement, and funding

5 contacts available at iZettle.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Jacob De Geer | Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jacob-de-geer |
| Magnus Nilsson | Co-Founder & Executive Chairman | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/magnus-nilsson |
| Adam von Corswant | CTO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adam-von-corswant |
| Rosalyn Knapp | Lead Product Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rosalyn-knapp |
| Sara Arildsson | Chief Operating Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sara-arildsson |

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## FAQ

### What does Jacob De Geer invest in?

Jacob De Geer invests primarily in FinTech, Internet and Financial Services startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 13 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Sweden. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Jacob De Geer's check size?

Jacob De Geer typically joins rounds of $549k–$17M at Seed and $9.4M–$15M 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 Jacob De Geer participates in.

### When did Jacob De Geer last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Jacob De Geer closed in Jan 2026. Shizune tracks 13 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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