# Jesper Søgaard > Jesper Søgaard is a seed investor at Better Collective (Copenhagen) backing Casino and Gaming. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026. - Type: Angel Investor - Fund: [Better Collective](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/better-collective) - Location: Copenhagen, Denmark - Total investments: 3 - Last investment: May 2021 - Lead investor: 0% - Last updated: Aug 2026 - LinkedIn: https://dk.linkedin.com/in/jesper-søgaard-88a4071 - X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/jespersoegaard Jesper Søgaard is a seed investor at Better Collective in Copenhagen focused on Casino and Gaming. Jesper Søgaard - CEO @ Better Collective ## Investment focus ### Industry | Industry | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Casino | 1 | 33% | | Gaming | 1 | 33% | | Content | 1 | 33% | | eSports | 1 | 33% | | Shipping | 1 | 33% | 15 industries tracked in total. ### Stage | Stage | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Seed | 1 | 33% | | Angel | 1 | 33% | | Series A | 1 | 33% | ### Country | Country | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Germany | 1 | 33% | | United States | 1 | 33% | | United Kingdom | 1 | 33% | ## Investments | Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Boom Entertainment | Boom Entertainment is a technology company developing a sports gaming application focusing on casual games for the sports betting industry. The company works with professional sports leagues, media companies, and casino operators. | $15.3M | Series A | May 13, 2021 | | | Soply | Soply is disrupting the traditional workplace.By 2020 50% of a company's workforce will be outsourced to freelancers. There are currently 53 million freelancers in the US alone. The creative industry is one of the most outsourced industries and as the need for high quality content like videos, animations and other visuals is growingrapidly new platforms are required to facilitate the process of producing high-performing visual content.Generic freelance platforms are simply not built to accommodate the creative/visual transaction. It's a growing market with no market leader yet.To accommodate this growing demand we’ve built Soply; an advanced platform empowering companies to more efficiently outsource projects to creative freelancers and receive visual content at scale. But we’re not just a marketplace. Through the combination of human and artificial intelligence we will be able to provide companies and agencies with intelligent visual content at highly efficient workflows. | $350K | Seed | Dec 01, 2015 | | | TrunkBird | TrunkBird is a web and mobile application that enables users to ship products to any place they prefer. Travelers and commuters in trains, buses, and planes are paid their travel charges in return for dropping goods at their destinations.TrunkBird was founded by Rune Hugo N. Pedersen, Daniel Nyvang Mariussen, and Nikita Kudinov in 2014 and isbased in Berlin, Germany. | $130K | Angel | Mar 14, 2014 | | 3 of 3 investments shown. ## Co-investors - [Alpha Bridge Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alpha-bridge-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [Ascension](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ascension-ventures-limited) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [Bettor Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bettor-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [Defy.vc](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/defy-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [Golden Nugget Online Gaming](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/golden-nugget) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [Rush Street Interactive](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rush-street-interactive) — VC Fund, 1 deal together ## About Better Collective VC Fund 4 contacts available at Better Collective. | Name | Title | Profile | | --- | --- | --- | | Christian Dam Rasmussen | COO & Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/christian-dam-rasmussen | | Jesper Søgaard | CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jesper-sgaard | | Tue Lumbye | Head of Danish Market | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tue-lumbye | | Jens Bager | Chairman | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jens-bager | ## Similar investors ### Similar industry - [1745 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bertelsmann-digital-media-investments) — VC Fund - [Knight Enterprise Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/knight-enterprise-fund) — VC Fund - [Advancit Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/advancit-capital) — VC Fund ### Similar stage - [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund - [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund - [Right Side Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/right-side-capital-management) — VC Fund ### Similar country - [SFC Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/startup-funding-club) — VC Fund - [Fuel Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fuel-ventures-fund) — VC Fund - [Business Growth Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/business-growth-fund) — VC Fund ## Featured in investor lists - [Digital Media Angel Investors in United Kingdom](https://shizune.co/investors/digital-media-angel-investors-united-kingdom) - [Social Media Angel Investors in United Kingdom](https://shizune.co/investors/social-media-angel-investors-united-kingdom) - [Digital Media Angel Investors in Europe](https://shizune.co/investors/digital-media-angel-investors-europe) ## FAQ ### What does Jesper Søgaard invest in? Jesper Søgaard invests primarily in Casino, Gaming and Content startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio. ### When did Jesper Søgaard last invest? The most recent investment recorded for Jesper Søgaard closed in May 2021. Shizune tracks 3 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. # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. 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