# Johan Brenner

> Johan Brenner is a Series A investor at Creandum (Stockholm) backing FinTech and Software. See 37 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Creandum](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/creandum)
- Location: Stockholm, Sweden
- Total investments: 37
- Last investment: Apr 2026
- Lead investor: 30%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/johan-brenner/9/350/435
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/johanbrenner
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Johan Brenner is an experienced entrepreneur and investor in technology and growth companies. Johan is a General Partner with Creandum, a leading European early-stage VC firm. His prior experience includes time at Balderton Capital (previously Benchmark Europe) working with investments such as LiveBookings, Habbo Hotel, Rebtel, Zopa and others.Prior to joining Balderton, Johan has been involved in building several successful companies as an entrepreneur, investor and board member, such as Jobline, E*Trade Nordic, DIBS and Tradera. Johan has also held various executive positions with the Kinnevik Group and MTG, and spent 10 years with the ABB Group in various executive positions. Johan holds a M.Sc. in International Business from Stockholm School of Economics, and studied at the Stern School of Business and Stanford Graduate School of Business.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 6 | 16% |
| Software | 6 | 16% |
| Financial Services | 5 | 14% |
| Apps | 3 | 8% |
| Mobile | 3 | 8% |

45 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 12 | 32% |
| Series B | 8 | 22% |
| Series C | 4 | 11% |
| Seed | 2 | 5% |
| Series D | 2 | 5% |

8 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Sweden | 4 | 11% |
| United States | 4 | 11% |
| United Kingdom | 4 | 11% |
| Denmark | 2 | 5% |
| Germany | 2 | 5% |

7 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sereact | Sereact created an adaptable AI in order to commercialise a new era of intelligent robots. They developed adaptable AI to commercialise a new era of intelligent robots. They use artificial intelligence to assist their customers in closing automation gaps and achieving new levels of cost-efficiency. | $110M | Series B | Apr 27, 2026 |  |
| terralayr | Terralayr uses software to collect energy grid-scale storage, which will be required as we strive to make renewable energy more efficient and lucrative. | $130.4M | Series A | Jan 19, 2026 |  |
| Sibill | Sibill is a platform that simplifies financial and administrative management for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), streamlining invoices, payments, and deadlines in a single place. The platform is designed to centralize, analyze, and manage cash flows, collecting data from various banks to keep track of finances effectively. Sibillutilizes AI to automate a majority of manual processes by merging banking cash flows with the Angenzia delle Entrate’s exchange system, offering real-time insights into cash flow. This aids businesses in saving time, maintaining organized accounts, and making swift, precise decisions. | $14M | Series A | Jun 26, 2025 |  |
| Sereact | Sereact created an adaptable AI in order to commercialise a new era of intelligent robots. They developed adaptable AI to commercialise a new era of intelligent robots. They use artificial intelligence to assist their customers in closing automation gaps and achieving new levels of cost-efficiency. | $26.1M | Series A | Jan 20, 2025 |  |
| terralayr | Terralayr uses software to collect energy grid-scale storage, which will be required as we strive to make renewable energy more efficient and lucrative. | $67.1M | Venture - Series Unknown | Oct 17, 2024 |  |
| Pleo | Behind Pleo is the core belief to make everyone feel valued at work, driven by the mission to revolutionise business spending for forward-thinking teams everywhere - so things like a fun-to-use spend management app that automatically tracks work-related spending & generates expense reports, paired with the powerful tools businesses need tocreate full visibility and management of every penny spent.It was founded in 2015 by Jeppe Rindom and Niccolo Perra and is based in Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark. | $200M | Series C | Dec 09, 2021 |  |
| Pleo | Behind Pleo is the core belief to make everyone feel valued at work, driven by the mission to revolutionise business spending for forward-thinking teams everywhere - so things like a fun-to-use spend management app that automatically tracks work-related spending & generates expense reports, paired with the powerful tools businesses need tocreate full visibility and management of every penny spent.It was founded in 2015 by Jeppe Rindom and Niccolo Perra and is based in Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark. | $150M | Series C | Jul 06, 2021 |  |
| Neo4j | Neo4j, the Graph Database & Analytics leader, helps organizations find hidden patterns and relationships across billions of data connections deeply, easily, and quickly. Customers leverage the structure of their connected data to reveal new ways of solving their most pressing business problems, from fraud detection, customer 360, knowledgegraphs, supply chain, personalization, IoT, network management, and more – even as their data grows. Neo4j’s full graph stack delivers powerful native graph storage with native vector search capability, data science, advanced analytics, and visualization, with enterprise-grade security controls, scalable architecture,e and ACID compliance. Neo4j’s dynamic open-source community brings together over 250,000 developers, data scientists, and architects across hundreds of Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, and NGOs. Visit neo4j.com. | $325M | Series F | Jun 17, 2021 |  |
| Trade Republic | Trade Republic is a mobile-only and commission-free broker that brings the opportunity to invest easily. The company works as a broker for a new generation for a more mobile, more intuitive, faster - and permanently free of commission. Trade Republic was founded in 2015 and based in Berlin, Germany. | $900M | Series C | May 20, 2021 |  |
| Payosu | Osu is a next generation gateway providing direct account-to-account payments, with a UX that has speed, comfort, and security as guiding principles. By circumventing the legacy payment rails, and by harnessing the power of Open Banking, Osu is at the forefront of FinTech 2.0 | $3.1M | Seed | Mar 25, 2021 |  |

10 of 37 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Founders](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/founders-2) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Kinnevik](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/investment-ab-kinnevik) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Stripes](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/stripesco) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Thrive Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/thrive-capital) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Bain Capital Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bain-capital-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Wellington Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wellington-partners) — VC Fund, 4 deals together

## About Creandum

VC Fund · Stockholm, Sweden

Creandum is a European early-stage venture capital firm that focuses on investing in innovative technology companies. The firm supports founders by providing not only capital but also operational expertise and a robust network built over years in the industry.

5 contacts available at Creandum.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Maria Frances | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/maria-raga |
| Daniel Blomquist | Operating Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daniel-blomquist |
| Fredrik Cassel | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fredrik-cassel |
| Gemma Bloemen | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gemma-bloemen |
| Johan Brenner | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/johan-brenner |

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## FAQ

### What does Johan Brenner invest in?

Johan Brenner invests primarily in FinTech, Software and Financial Services startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 37 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Sweden. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Johan Brenner last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Johan Brenner closed in Apr 2026. Shizune tracks 37 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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