# Joel Hellermark

> Joel Hellermark is a pre-seed investor backing Artificial Intelligence. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: Stockholm, Sweden
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: May 2026
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joel-hellermark-37867983/

Joel Hellermark is a pre-seed investor in Stockholm focused on Artificial Intelligence and Software. Joel is the Founder and CEO Sana Labs, a leading AI company focused on learning. An enterprising child, Joel taught himself to code in C at age 13 and founded his first company, a video recommendation technology, at 16. Joel is an appointed AI-specialist by the Swedish government and was named Sweden's 'top talent' 2018 by VeckansAffärer, one of the country’s largest business magazines. In 2019, The Guardian named Joel one of ten people under 35 changing the world for the better. Joel's work on the Sana technology has been featured in leading forums including NAACL, SXSW, Fast Company, TED, BBC, Forbes, Business Insider, Yahoo Finance, Cheddar, Slush, Cognition X, Financial Times, The Guardian, and Wired.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | $3.7M–$5M |
| Series A | $75M–$100M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Artificial Intelligence | 3 | 50% |
| Software | 2 | 33% |
| SaaS | 1 | 17% |
| Recruiting | 1 | 17% |
| Product Design | 1 | 17% |

9 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 33% |
| Series A | 2 | 33% |
| Seed | 1 | 17% |
| Angel | 1 | 17% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Sweden | 3 | 50% |
| United States | 1 | 17% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 17% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Viktor | Viktor is an AI‑driven platform that acts as a virtual coworker inside messaging and collaboration tools, connecting to a broad set of business‑software systems to automate workflows, run tasks, and support knowledge‑work operations across marketing, operations, and engineering functions. | $75M | Series A | May 19, 2026 | https://viktor.com |
| Stilla AI | Stilla is an AI-powered productivity platform that transforms how product development teams coordinate work by automating organizational alignment through workflow and AI agent orchestration. | $5M | Pre-Seed | Jan 20, 2026 | https://x.com/stillaai |
| CuspAI | CuspAI is a revolutionary AI startup that is developing a platform for next-generation materials to address global sustainability and renewable energy concerns. CuspAI uses cutting-edge generative AI, deep learning, and molecular simulation to accelerate the material design process. Their platform works similarly to a search engine for materials,allowing users to request certain properties for new materials on demand. | $100M | Series A | Sep 10, 2025 | https://www.cusp.ai |
| Talentium | Talentium is an AI-powered platform revolutionizing the way you discover and connect with top talent. Engineered specifically for recruitment, Talentium is your go-to platform for finding top talent in seconds globally.Talentium has an AI Search that can find the exact persons companies are looking for in seconds, an automated communication andoutreach system connected with your mail & calendar. A jobs dashboard to manage all your candidates, and to finalize it, complete statistics on performance where you can see your actual results. | $3.7M | Pre-Seed | Dec 04, 2024 | https://talentium.io |
| Normain | Normain is the AI platform for deep knowledge work. Automate your complex analyses and reports directly on Sharepoint or Google Drive. Access your own data and public sources in one single platform. | $720K | Angel | Sep 18, 2024 | https://x.com/normainofficial |
| Galileo AI | Galileo AI creates delightful, editable UI designs from a simple text description. It empowers you to design faster than ever. | $4.4M | Seed | Feb 06, 2024 | https://www.usegalileo.ai/ |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [General Catalyst](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/general-catalyst-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Accel](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/accel) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Aligned Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aligned-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Aventure Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aventure-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Basis Set Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/basis-set-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [DHS Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dhs-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Joel Hellermark invest in?

Joel Hellermark invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, Software and SaaS startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Series A 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 Joel Hellermark's check size?

Joel Hellermark typically joins rounds of $3.7M–$5M at Pre-Seed and $75M–$100M 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 Joel Hellermark participates in.

### How do I contact Joel Hellermark?

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### When did Joel Hellermark last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Joel Hellermark closed in May 2026. 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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