Niklas Eklund
Investment Manager @ D-Ax Corporate Venture Capital
Stockholm, Sweden
Niklas Eklund is a seed investor at D-Ax Corporate Venture Capital in Stockholm focused on Software and Apps. Over the past 25 years, Niklas has an entrepreneur built and internationalized a range of companies in the area of reservation systems, revenue management, online marketing, and web publishing; amongst others he was the CEO and co-founder Bookatable, Livebookings, Infogate, and Epani. Over the past 8 years, Niklas has a direct investor and advisor to investment companies and venture capital companies; amongst others he was a co-founder and general partner at D-Ax (Axel Johnson Group CVC), a venture partner for Wellington Partners Venture Capital. Niklas is currently a general partner for PES Holdings. Investment focus is the Digital Media Sector and Digital Growth Companies, primarily in the Nordic countries and across Europe. Niklas describes himself as a ‘computer software geek and wizard turned businessman’ as he started his career at the age of 15. His achievements in building internationally successful companies have been recognized by various industry awards.
- Total investments:
- 20
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 10%
Last updated:
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Industries Niklas Eklund invests in
Stages Niklas Eklund invests in
Countries Niklas Eklund invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $367k–$3.3M
- Series A
- $759k–$7.4M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 6 (30%)
- Apps 3 (15%)
- Internet 3 (15%)
- E-Commerce 3 (15%)
- Enterprise Software 2 (10%)
Stage
- Seed 9 (45%)
- Series A 6 (30%)
- Angel 1 (5%)
- Pre-Seed 1 (5%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 1 (5%)
Country
- Sweden 9 (45%)
- Japan 1 (5%)
- Denmark 1 (5%)
- United Kingdom 1 (5%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| PinMeTo’s online service makes sure chains and franchises businesses can be found on multiple search- maps- and social media platforms including Apple, Facebook, Google, Instagram, Twitter, Foursquare and thousands of other apps and services.Manually keeping business information updated on multiple platforms is expensive and very complex -PinMeTo makes it simpleOnce the correct business information is imported into PinMeTo’s software it will automatically be published to all supported platforms. Excel sheets and other out-dated methods will never be used to handle business information online ever again | $2.2M / Series A / Nov 23, 2018 | ||
| Savr is an Investment platform disrupting the Swedish fund industry with a lower fee structure and a new business model. | $790.8K / Angel / Jul 20, 2018 | ||
| Winnow builds artificial intelligence tools to help chefs run more profitable and sustainable kitchens by cutting food waste in half. They develop technology to cut food waste in their operations. Their digital tools provide data to drive improvements in kitchen production processes and reduce environmental footprint.Winnow's mission is toconnect commercial kitchen, create a movement of chefs, and inspire others. The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in London, England, United Kingdom. | $7.4M / Series A / Oct 23, 2017 | ||
| Savr is an Investment platform disrupting the Swedish fund industry with a lower fee structure and a new business model. | $265.5K / Pre-Seed / Nov 28, 2016 | ||
| Auctionet is a marketplace where auction houses from all over Europe sells furniture, art, design items, collectibles and more.The items are sold at online auction, much like eBay, but with a significant difference: all items are carefully inspected, described and photographed by experts, so you can bid with confidence.Auctionet.com was foundedin 2011 by Niklas Söderholm, formerly CEO and founder of Bukowskis Market, and Tom Österman, senior expert formerly of Bukowskis and Åmells. | $759.3K / Series A / Nov 22, 2016 | ||
| Attach is a sales enablement platform that helps sales and marketing team manage, track, and control documents across the whole buyer journey. | $586.5K / Venture - Series Unknown / Nov 10, 2016 | ||
| Competencer is an online marketplace allowing its users to search for advisors based on topic or type of the advisor. Its philosophy is to work in close consultation with professional advisors in various fields, thus producing a product that is important to both clients and advisors. It connects clients and advisors meet through simple face-to-facevideo conference.Competencer was launched in 2014 by Tove Toll, Janna Jarlman, and Sun Oliviero-Naturel. It is based in Nynäshamn. | $367.3K / Seed / Jun 09, 2016 | ||
| Attach is a sales enablement platform that helps sales and marketing team manage, track, and control documents across the whole buyer journey. | Seed / Apr 25, 2016 | ||
| Winnow builds artificial intelligence tools to help chefs run more profitable and sustainable kitchens by cutting food waste in half. They develop technology to cut food waste in their operations. Their digital tools provide data to drive improvements in kitchen production processes and reduce environmental footprint.Winnow's mission is toconnect commercial kitchen, create a movement of chefs, and inspire others. The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in London, England, United Kingdom. | $3.3M / Seed / Jan 20, 2016 | ||
| Loop54 offers businesses and brands with search engine optimization solutions and services to promote their products and services. It offers its services for ecommerce sites.Loop54 offers a software solution that enables its users to access their services. It also enables them to obtain insights and reports about its productiveness.Loop54 wasfounded in July 2010 and is based in Stockholm, Sweden. | $600K / Seed / Jun 02, 2015 | ||
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Co-Investors
D-Ax is a partnership between Axel Johnson, a Swedish retail conglomerate and RECAPEX, a Nordic Investment company. Axel Johnson’s aim with D-ax is to invest in digital entrepreneurial companies. The ambition is to increase the trading group’s digital resources. As one of the Nordic region’s leading trading groups, Axel Johnson aims to meet with customers across all contact channels and develop new digital offers. The ambition is to is to increase the trading group’s digital resources. The firm looking for entrepreneurial digital companies that do business in trading and services. The companies should have achieved a certain level of sales and have a proven business model. While they may be e-commerce companies, this is not a must; they might also be companies that work with other digital business ideas within the spectrum covering online marketing, data transparency and data analysis.
D-Ax Corporate Venture Capital Contacts
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Johan Siwers
Investment Manager
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Christopher Persson
Investment Manager
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FAQ
What does Niklas Eklund invest in?
Niklas Eklund invests primarily in Software, Apps and Internet startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 20 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Sweden. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Niklas Eklund invest in?
Niklas Eklund typically joins rounds of $367k–$3.3M at Seed and $759k–$7.4M at Series A. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Niklas Eklund's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Niklas Eklund took part in.
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When did Niklas Eklund last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Niklas Eklund closed in Nov 2018. Shizune tracks 20 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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