Janus Friis
Angel Investor
London, United Kingdom
Janus Friis is a Series A investor in London focused on Apps and Mobile Apps. Janus Friis is the Chief Consultant at Copenhagen University College and UCC University College. He previously worked as an Examiner - The Diploma in Management at the Censorship Presidency, a Board member at the Kesera think tank, and Co-Founder of Joost. Janus attended CBS Executive Fonden.
- Total investments:
- 5
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
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Industries Janus Friis invests in
Stages Janus Friis invests in
Countries Janus Friis invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
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Round size
- Series A
- $5.3M–$10M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Apps 2 (40%)
- Mobile Apps 2 (40%)
- Music 1 (20%)
- Video 1 (20%)
- DevOps 1 (20%)
Stage
- Series A 3 (60%)
- Seed 1 (20%)
- Series C 1 (20%)
Country
- United States 2 (40%)
- Belgium 1 (20%)
- Switzerland 1 (20%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Wire is the most secure collaboration platform, transforming the way businesses communicate at the same speed and with the same impact that our founders disrupted telephony with Skype. Headquartered in Berlin with offices in Switzerland and San Francisco, Wire’s award-winning collaboration and communications platform counts over 1,800 governmentand enterprise customers worldwide, including EY, Fortum, the German government and four other G7 governments. Recognized for its secure collaboration platform as a leader and high performer by G2 Crowd, IDC, Forrester and Gartner, Wire offers messaging, audio/video conferencing, file-sharing, and external collaboration - all protected by the most advanced end-to-end encryption. | $24.8M / Series C / Aug 11, 2022 | ||
| Vivino empowers people everywhere to enjoy wine to the fullest. Vivino is the world's largest online wine marketplace and most downloaded wine app, powered by a community of millions. Vivino’s unique wine shopping experience uses community data to suggest personalized wine recommendations, make wine discovery, and purchase fun, accessible, andeffortless for wine drinkers of every level of expertise. The Vivino app is available for download on Android and Apple devices. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | $10.3M / Series A / Jul 17, 2013 | ||
| Netlog is an online platform where users keep in touch with and extend their social network. It is an online social portal, specifically targeted at the European youth. It is developed by Massive Media NV, based in Ghent, Belgium. In January 2011, Netlog announced that the site would become part of mainly on social media, and allowing product portfolio to expand into new markets. Netlog is currently available in 34 languages and has more than 80 million members throughout Europe. | $5.3M / Series A / Apr 25, 2007 | ||
| Rdio is the groundbreaking digital music service that has reinvented the way people discover, play, and share music. With on-demand access to over 12 million songs, Rdio connects people with music and makes it easy to search for and instantly play any song, album, artist or playlist without ever hearing a single ad. Discover what friends, peoplewith similar tastes, recording artists and more are listening to in real-time and share across Twitter and Facebook. Build a digital music collection that's available everywhere - on the web, in-home or in-car, on an iPad or smartphone, and even offline.Rdio's library includes content from major record labels, as well as Merlin, INgrooves, The Orchard, CD Baby, TuneCore, and Believe, in addition to independent labels and distributors across the world.Launched in August 2010, Rdio is headquartered in San Francisco and was founded by Janus Friis, one of the creators of Skype. Currently available in 51 countries, Rdio is funded by Atomico, Janus Friis through his investment entities, Skype and Mangrove Capital Partners. | Series A | ||
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FAQ
What does Janus Friis invest in?
Janus Friis invests primarily in Apps, Mobile Apps and Music startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Janus Friis invest in?
Janus Friis typically joins rounds of $5.3M–$10M at Series A. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Janus Friis's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Janus Friis took part in.
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When did Janus Friis last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Janus Friis closed in Aug 2022. Shizune tracks 5 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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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 Nov 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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