# Michael van Swaaij

> Michael van Swaaij is a seed investor backing SaaS, Travel and FinTech. See 12 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Total investments: 12
- Last investment: Mar 2024
- Lead investor: 17%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-van-swaaij

Michael van Swaaij is an Advisor, and ex-Chairman Skype and attributed with the launch of eBay & AOL in Europe

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $545k–$3.5M |
| Angel | $1M–$2.8M |
| Series A | $159k–$6M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SaaS | 3 | 25% |
| Travel | 2 | 17% |
| FinTech | 2 | 17% |
| Finance | 2 | 17% |
| Software | 2 | 17% |

29 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 33% |
| Angel | 3 | 25% |
| Series A | 2 | 17% |
| Series B | 2 | 17% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 3 | 25% |
| Russian Federation | 2 | 17% |
| Israel | 1 | 8% |
| Estonia | 1 | 8% |
| Indonesia | 1 | 8% |

6 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Scramble | Lending marketplace enabling startups to raise debt | $544.5K | Seed | Mar 16, 2024 |  |
| Ovo Automotive | OVO Automotive is providing Cloud based App Delivery Platform for Connected Cars, driving open innovation for in-vehicle interactions, experiences and services.Auto makers, Google and Apple are locked in a battle to control the last unconquered screen - the in-vehicle dashboard - for direct interaction with captive audience and monetizing newconnected vehicle services. OVO Automotive provides a novel platform for delivery of apps to the in-vehicle screen, which enables customer interaction independent of automakers, Apple and Google. Our platform enables fleet owners, car dealers, smart mobility service players and connected car service providers to interact with their customers directly on the go, thus improving customer experience and creating new revenue streams. Our automotive grade cloud platform enables the delivery of any connected car app directly to any in-vehicle interactive touchscreen dashboard in a secure and transparent way, providing drivers and passengers a rich connected vehicle experience. | $3.5M | Seed | Sep 01, 2022 |  |
| HipClub | Our first project was conceived HipWay.ru in April 2009, when we, its creators, not for the first time confronted with the problem of organizing your own holiday, we decided to create a project that will be useful for those looking for a fun and unconventional holiday. And thus, in contrast to the large number of already existing at the time oftravel social networks, forums and so on, we will set a goal that will be exactly hipway.ru shop travel, with the possibility of booking and payment online. A year later, in April 2010, appeared hipway.ru - the first project that brings together all the most interesting and unusual travel in one convenient directory, with the possibility of booking and payment online.Immediately after starting hipway.ru ranked sites day rambler.ru, it is absolutely without our knowledge - the unprecedented influx of visitors we have learned from that page hipway.ru opened a few seconds and broke off from the phone calls. Project immediately had to switch to a new server and organizers inspire and start looking for investors. Up to this point the project was funded entirely by private funds.In parallel with the search for an investor we planned to start a second project - hipclub - private club offers a great vacation c exclusive discounts. We gave the project to the development of our IT-team and continued to search for funding.In mid-2010 we were lucky - we got a great project investors - Javier Pérez-Tenessa, founder of eDreams, Michael van Swaaij, former CEO Skype and eBay top manager and several other equally wonderful "business angels". These people are now helping us not only financially, but also valuable advice.In October 2010, we launched hipclub, who became the first Internet cafe, specializing in tourism and leisure. In a short time hipclub not only got wide coverage on the Internet , but also got great reviews from its customers that we are particularly pleased, as it was initially the main task of both projects is to create a travel company with the best customer service. | $7M | Series B | Jun 04, 2013 |  |
| MerchantAtlas | MerchantAtlas has evolved traditional sales by simulating and automating what good sales reps do all day. The MerchantAtlas platform leverages complex data and machine learning to target the right SMB with the best solution and creates tailor-made proposals that distribute through an intelligent learning engagement workflow. | $1.3M | Angel | Jan 24, 2013 |  |
| MerchantAtlas | MerchantAtlas has evolved traditional sales by simulating and automating what good sales reps do all day. The MerchantAtlas platform leverages complex data and machine learning to target the right SMB with the best solution and creates tailor-made proposals that distribute through an intelligent learning engagement workflow. | $1M | Angel | Nov 29, 2011 |  |
| Dinomarket | Dinomarket is the leading & trusted eCommerce with "Worry Free Online Shopping" motto, positioned as the Biggest and Most Complete eCommerce for Gadget products, with fantastic customers testimonials. | $6M | Series A | Nov 01, 2011 |  |
| HipClub | Our first project was conceived HipWay.ru in April 2009, when we, its creators, not for the first time confronted with the problem of organizing your own holiday, we decided to create a project that will be useful for those looking for a fun and unconventional holiday. And thus, in contrast to the large number of already existing at the time oftravel social networks, forums and so on, we will set a goal that will be exactly hipway.ru shop travel, with the possibility of booking and payment online. A year later, in April 2010, appeared hipway.ru - the first project that brings together all the most interesting and unusual travel in one convenient directory, with the possibility of booking and payment online.Immediately after starting hipway.ru ranked sites day rambler.ru, it is absolutely without our knowledge - the unprecedented influx of visitors we have learned from that page hipway.ru opened a few seconds and broke off from the phone calls. Project immediately had to switch to a new server and organizers inspire and start looking for investors. Up to this point the project was funded entirely by private funds.In parallel with the search for an investor we planned to start a second project - hipclub - private club offers a great vacation c exclusive discounts. We gave the project to the development of our IT-team and continued to search for funding.In mid-2010 we were lucky - we got a great project investors - Javier Pérez-Tenessa, founder of eDreams, Michael van Swaaij, former CEO Skype and eBay top manager and several other equally wonderful "business angels". These people are now helping us not only financially, but also valuable advice.In October 2010, we launched hipclub, who became the first Internet cafe, specializing in tourism and leisure. In a short time hipclub not only got wide coverage on the Internet , but also got great reviews from its customers that we are particularly pleased, as it was initially the main task of both projects is to create a travel company with the best customer service. | $2.8M | Angel | Oct 21, 2011 |  |
| HipWay | Hipway is an online travel company maintaining two websites - hiplcub.ru and hipway.ru. Hipclub.ru - is a private online travel club running 10-15 flash sale deals per week. The deals include hotel stays and hotel+flight packages. Hipway.ru - is a travel package specialist offering wide range of hotel+flight packages of Russian touroperators. Hipway recieved angel funding from superangels such as Michael van Swaaij and Chamath Palihapitya in 2010. | $2.8M | Angel | Oct 19, 2011 |  |
| Crunch (E-Crunch Ltd) | Crunch is an Accounting and Tax platform with an integrated services offering for the self employed, freelancers, contractors, trades people and small businesses. Our lead product is Crunch Free, a market-beating free bookkeeping application with add-ons and upgrades to our full suite of accounting and tax software and services offering. | $637K | Series B | Oct 14, 2010 |  |
| Supersonic Studios | SuperSonic designs a mobile advertising technology platform that grows business by building a platform powered by advanced technology. Its mobile advertising technology platform optimizes user acquisition strategy by combining data from other tracking platforms, enabling developers to increase their revenue and find the users for theirapplications. | $2M | Seed | May 01, 2010 |  |

10 of 12 investments shown.

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- [Tiger Global Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tiger-global) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Michael van Swaaij invest in?

Michael van Swaaij invests primarily in SaaS, Travel and FinTech startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 12 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Michael van Swaaij's check size?

Michael van Swaaij typically joins rounds of $545k–$3.5M at Seed, $1M–$2.8M at Angel and $159k–$6M 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 Michael van Swaaij participates in.

### When did Michael van Swaaij last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Michael van Swaaij closed in Mar 2024. Shizune tracks 12 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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