Magnus Nilsson
Co-Founder & Executive Chairman @ iZettle
Stockholm, Sweden
Magnus Nilsson is a seed investor at iZettle in Stockholm focused on Apps and Banking. Magnus Nilsson a Swedish serial entrepreneur and the founding COO of iZettle, the fast-growing payments company whose first service whose first service consists of an app, a chip-card reader and a free business management software tool, the iZettle Portal. iZettle lets anyone take card payments and manage and grow their business. Magnus started hiscareer at the EF Education Group, where he headed up commercial activities in the US. He then became President of EF Europe and subsequently Executive Vice President of the EF Education Group. Magnus was with EF Education for over 13 years. After leaving EF Education in 1996, Magnus was part of the founding team and also worked as an executive director at Novestra AB, a publicly listed investment company, as CEO at Wayfinder Systems, a consumer technology company and as founder and Chief Executive at Nordic Wireless, an investment company focusing on opportunities in the TIME (Telecom, Internet, Media and Entertainment) industries. Under Magnus’s leadership, Wayfinder floated on the Swedish stock exchange and the company was acquired by Vodafone in February 2009.Since January 2010, Magnus is fully focused on his work with iZettle. The mission is to democratise card payments and give individuals and small businesses the possibility to accept card payments in a simple, affordable and secure way.
- Total investments:
- 5
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
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Industries Magnus Nilsson invests in
Stages Magnus Nilsson invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Apps 1 (20%)
- Banking 1 (20%)
- FinTech 1 (20%)
- Delivery 1 (20%)
- Internet 1 (20%)
Stage
- Seed 1 (20%)
- Angel 1 (20%)
- Series A 1 (20%)
- Series B 1 (20%)
- Funding Round 1 (20%)
Country
- Sweden 2 (40%)
- United States 1 (20%)
Investments
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Holyvolt
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Holyvolt is a technology company that offers nano paste screen printing technology for efficient energy extraction and storage. | $9.4M / Series A / Jun 14, 2024 | |
MAJORITY
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MAJORITY is the first digital financial service dedicated to serving migrants worldwide. For $5 a month, MAJORITY members in the U.S. receive an FDIC-secured account, VISA® debit card, use of more than 55,000 ATMs across North America, remittance and international calling, native language advisors, and access to our network of community meet-upspaces, local discounts and events. With MAJORITY, there are never overdraft fees or minimum balance requirements. MAJORITY was started in Sweden by a diverse team of banking, fintech, payments, and telecom executives serving immigrant communities globally for the last 15 years. MAJORITY’s U.S. headquarters are in Houston, Texas. | $29M / Series B / May 22, 2024 | |
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Holyvolt
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Holyvolt is a technology company that offers nano paste screen printing technology for efficient energy extraction and storage. | $9.1M / Seed / Oct 23, 2023 | |
Airmee
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Airmee provides a new last mile delivery solution. Whether you want to integrate Airmee into your webshop or simply book a local delivery today, we’ve got you covered. Airmee gives customers more – a great deal more – choice and convenience. Items when you want them. Where you want them. In as fast as an hour. | $210K / Aug 12, 2019 | |
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Airmee
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Airmee provides a new last mile delivery solution. Whether you want to integrate Airmee into your webshop or simply book a local delivery today, we’ve got you covered. Airmee gives customers more – a great deal more – choice and convenience. Items when you want them. Where you want them. In as fast as an hour. | Angel |
Co-Investors
About iZettle
iZettle is reinventing technologies and banking services that help small-business owners live better, work less and earn more. Based in Stockholm, the financial technology company revolutionized mobile payments in 2010 with the world’s first mini chip card reader and software for mobile devices. Today, small-business owners around the world useiZettle’s powerfully simple services to improve the speed and ease of payments at checkout, business management, sales analytics, customer engagement, and funding
iZettle Contacts
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Jacob De Geer
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer
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Magnus Nilsson
Co-Founder & Executive Chairman
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Adam von Corswant
CTO
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Rosalyn Knapp
Lead Product Manager
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Sara Arildsson
Chief Operating Officer
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What does Magnus Nilsson invest in?
Magnus Nilsson invests primarily in Apps, Banking and FinTech startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Sweden. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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When did Magnus Nilsson last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Magnus Nilsson closed in Jun 2024. Shizune tracks 5 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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