# Joel Larsson

> Joel Larsson is a seed investor at Pale blue dot (Malmö) backing Software and Internet. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Pale blue dot](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pale-blue-dot-3a83)
- Location: Malmö, Sweden
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: Nov 2025
- Lead investor: 71%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joellarsson
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/tilljoel
- Website: http://joellarsson.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tilljoel

Joel Larsson is a seed investor at Pale blue dot in Malmö focused on Software and Internet. Founder at Fast Track Malmo.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 4 | 57% |
| Internet | 2 | 29% |
| Geospatial | 2 | 29% |
| SaaS | 1 | 14% |
| Energy | 1 | 14% |

15 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 57% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 29% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Norway | 2 | 29% |
| Sweden | 1 | 14% |
| Germany | 1 | 14% |
| The Netherlands | 1 | 14% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Pionix | PIONIX develops EVerest, a fully featured commercial open source SW platform for charging stations. With our open platform, we will provide a broad ecosystem for EV charging that can be easily extended by the open-source community and utilized by any commercial party.PIONIX as main developer of the EVerest ecosystem offers integration andsoftware update services, cloud operations and productivity & security enhancements as subscriptions. | $9.3M | Seed | Nov 18, 2025 |  |
| Atlas | Atlas is an all-in-one platform for creating, collaborating on, and sharing custom maps and performing geospatial analysis. | $2M | Pre-Seed | Nov 14, 2024 |  |
| Atlas.co | Your all-in-one map builder | $2M | Pre-Seed | Nov 14, 2024 |  |
| Cosmic Aerospace | Cosmic Aerospace is a pioneering aerospace technology company dedicated to advancing the boundaries of propulsion systems and enabling innovative solutions for space exploration. The company collaborates with leading space agencies, research institutions, and commercial partners to design, test, and implement these groundbreaking technologies. | $4.5M | Seed | Feb 06, 2024 |  |
| Pionix | PIONIX develops EVerest, a fully featured commercial open source SW platform for charging stations. With our open platform, we will provide a broad ecosystem for EV charging that can be easily extended by the open-source community and utilized by any commercial party.PIONIX as main developer of the EVerest ecosystem offers integration andsoftware update services, cloud operations and productivity & security enhancements as subscriptions. | $4.6M | Seed | May 22, 2023 |  |
| Improvin' | Improvin' is a sustainability performance platform helping agri-food companies measure, report and reduce greenhouse gas emissions and enhance biodiversity in their own value chain. At scale."There’s a lot of thinking. A lot of talking, pondering, and considering. In the area of sustainable agriculture, there seems to be a constantpanel discussion of things that might be. Maybe. Maybe in 2030.But we’re not in the business of “what might be”. We’re in the business of finding real solutions for real problems. Actual technology, actual value for actual people that can work for food brands, processors, and growers here and now. We have created a platform that enables all these different actors to clear the fog in what needs to be done: Be both environmentally positive and profitable at the same time. Together, and on their own. A platform simple enough that almost anyone can use it, yet able to accelerate the transition to sustainable agriculture. Making the future of crops, farmlands, and farming not a dimmed-out question-mark, but a clear-cut, measurable, verified, reportable, and incentivized direction – for all to follow.A new wave of agriculture and sustainability. Hand in hand.Sustainable living on earth. Field by field. | $3.8M | Seed | May 09, 2023 |  |
| Overstory | Overstory combines AI and advanced satellite imagery to help electric utilities pinpoint and prioritize vegetation risks before they materialize. With Overstory's vegetation intelligence, transmission and distribution operators can make smarter decisions about the vegetation around their power corridors, optimizing resources and improvingoperational efficiency. This helps prevent outages, reduce wildfire risks, and accelerate the transition to a safer, more resilient grid. | $1.9M | Seed | Aug 13, 2020 |  |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Axeleo Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/axeleo-sas) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Powerhouse Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/powerhouse-ventures-b1e4) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Vireo Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vireo-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Aera VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aera-vc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Ascend Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ascend-capital-partners-6051) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Atomico's Angel Programme](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/atomico-s-angel-program) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Pale blue dot

VC Fund · Malmö, Sweden

Pale Blue Dot is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage startups addressing global challenges with innovative and sustainable solutions. Pale Blue Dot invests in pre-seed, seed, and early-stage companies that are working on innovative solutions to combat climate change. Their investments span various sectors, including energy, food andagriculture, transportation, and materials.

3 contacts available at Pale blue dot.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Hampus Jakobsson | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hampus-jakobsson |
| Heidi Lindvall | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/heidi-lindvall |
| Joel Larsson | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/joel-larsson |

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## FAQ

### What does Joel Larsson invest in?

Joel Larsson invests primarily in Software, Internet and Geospatial startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 7 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Norway. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Joel Larsson last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Joel Larsson closed in Nov 2025. Shizune tracks 7 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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