# Leo Nilsson

> Leo Nilsson is a Series A investor at Scapin' backing Fraud Detection and Risk Management. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Scapin'](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/scapin)
- Location: Stockholm, Sweden
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Mar 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leo-nilsson-7a59734

Leo Nilsson is a Series A investor at Scapin' in Stockholm focused on Fraud Detection and Risk Management. Leo joined one of Europe’s fastest growing tech companies, iZettle, in 2013. His initial roles focused on launching the company’s flagship products in new markets, including Brazil, Mexico, Netherlands and France. He later transitioned from this commercial role into product management, becoming Chief Product Officer in November, 2016.Prior toworking at iZettle, Leo’s background was in financial services — most recently at Merrill Lynch in the investment banking division. As CPO for iZettle, Leo oversees both product management and product marketing.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Fraud Detection | 1 | 100% |
| Risk Management | 1 | 100% |
| Machine Learning | 1 | 100% |
| Network Security | 1 | 100% |
| Identity Management | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SEON | SEON is the AI command center for fraud prevention and AML compliance. Thousands of companies worldwide trust us to stop fraud without slowing growth.Our platform powers smarter risk decisions by enriching customer profiles, flagging suspicious behavior and managing compliance workflows all in one place. Unlike competitors relying on stale,third-party data, SEON runs on 900+ proprietary, real-time data signals for broader coverage and higher precision.SEON's AI detects hidden fraud networks, builds rules and drafts suspicious activity reports. Teams can also connect their own AI tools, from ChatGPT to Claude to custom agents, directly to SEON's risk data to build their own agentic investigation workflows.We’re trusted by innovators like Revolut, Wise and thousands of others scaling securely into new products and markets. | $12M | Series A | Mar 17, 2021 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Discovery Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/discovery-ventures-7af5) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Creandum](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/creandum) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Portfolion](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/portfolion) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Scapin'

VC Fund · Stockholm, Sweden

Scapin' building the next generations' social communications platform.

2 contacts available at Scapin'.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Joachim Hedenius | Founder & CTO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/joachim-hedenius |
| Leo Nilsson | Founder & CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/leo-nilsson |

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## FAQ

### What does Leo Nilsson invest in?

Leo Nilsson invests primarily in Fraud Detection, Risk Management and Machine Learning startups, most often at Series A stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Hungary. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Leo Nilsson last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Leo Nilsson closed in Mar 2021. Shizune tracks 1 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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