# Sophie Stenbeck

> Sophie Stenbeck is a Series A investor at Max Ventures (New York) backing Apps and Sports. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Max Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/basset-investment-group)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Sep 2021
- Lead investor: 25%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sstenbeck

Sophie Stenbeck is a Series A investor at Max Ventures in New York focused on Apps and Sports. Sophie Stenbeck is the Co-Founder and General Partner at Max Ventures. She attended New York University.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $12M–$15M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Apps | 2 | 50% |
| Sports | 2 | 50% |
| Social | 1 | 25% |
| Fitness | 1 | 25% |
| Big Data | 1 | 25% |

15 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 2 | 50% |
| Seed | 1 | 25% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 25% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Sweden | 3 | 75% |
| United States | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ClimateView | Developer of a leading transition management platform for governments and public sector organizations to plan, finance, and execute large-scale decarbonization and resilience strategies. Trusted by 300+ cities and regions, the platform integrates emissions data, financial planning, policy design, and performance tracking into a unified operatinglayer. Built on IPCC-aligned methodologies and structured data architecture, it enables decision-makers to model transition pathways, stress-test investments, and connect political ambition with economic and energy system realities. By linking targets to budgets, capital flows, and measurable outcomes, the platform turns complex transition plans into finance-ready programs with comparable metrics across jurisdictions. | $11.6M | Series A | Sep 29, 2021 |  |
| Ridely | Ridely helps riders to develop their riding and share their passion. Ridely is free on AppStore and Google Play and includes training calendar, social networking and an inspirational part of filmed rides, where several famous riders and coaches participate. Ridely was founded in 2016 by Ingrid Sundqvist, Totta Ogander and Erika Hjertén. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 29, 2021 |  |
| Fernish | Fernish is a furniture rental startup company that offers provides furniture as a subscription model to consumers living a mobile lifestyle.The company seeks to redefine the way the market sees furniture rental by positioning itself as a lifestyle brand. It offers a rent to own program that allows subscribers to apply their previous paymentstowards the cost of the piece or pieces they want to buy at the end of their subscription. Users are allowed to subscribe to an entire room or specific pieces and can even swap out things they don’t like or simply want to change up at any point.Founders Michael Barlow and Lucas Dickey launched the company in Los Angeles, California in 2017. | $15M | Series A | May 27, 2020 |  |
| Heja | Heja is only app you need to easily handle communication between coaches, managers, parents and players. At Heja, we're on a mission to champion the positive impact sport plays in the lives of children and youths: encouraging healthy lifestyles, growing children into leaders and acting as a bridge between cultures. Heja - our free-for-allteam app - is just our first contribution to that cause. | $2.3M | Seed | Jun 28, 2018 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [2050](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/2050) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Almi Invest](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/almi-invest) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Bonnier Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bonnier-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [CommerzVentures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/commerzventures-gmbh) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [NewBound Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/excelsior-financial-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Max Ventures

VC Fund · New York, United States

Max Ventures is a seed-stage venture capital firm that invests in consumer tech and health-tech companies. Max Ventures primarily invests in digital commerce, digital media, fintech, and digital Health. It was founded in 2013 and headquartered in New York, United States.

3 contacts available at Max Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Sophie Stenbeck | Co-Founder and General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sophie-stenbeck-de4c |
| Ryan Darnell | Founding Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ryan-darnell |
| Sophie Stenbeck | Co-Founder and General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sophie-stenbeck |

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## FAQ

### What does Sophie Stenbeck invest in?

Sophie Stenbeck invests primarily in Apps, Sports and Social startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Sweden. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Sophie Stenbeck's check size?

Sophie Stenbeck typically joins rounds of $12M–$15M 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 Sophie Stenbeck participates in.

### When did Sophie Stenbeck last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Sophie Stenbeck closed in Sep 2021. Shizune tracks 4 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?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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