Susanne Najafi
Founding Partner @ BackingMinds
Stockholm, Sweden
Susanne Najafi is a seed investor at BackingMinds in Stockholm focused on CleanTech and Agriculture. Susanne Najafi works as a Founding Partner at BackingMinds.
- Total investments:
- 9
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 78%
Last updated:
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Industries Susanne Najafi invests in
Stages Susanne Najafi invests in
Countries Susanne Najafi invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $2.4M–$11M
- Pre-Seed
- $826k–$988k
- Venture - Series Unknown
- $1.3M–$5.9M
Investment Focus
Industry
- CleanTech 2 (22%)
- Agriculture 2 (22%)
- Health Care 2 (22%)
- Fuel 1 (11%)
- SaaS 1 (11%)
Stage
- Seed 4 (44%)
- Pre-Seed 2 (22%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 2 (22%)
- Angel 1 (11%)
Country
- Sweden 5 (56%)
- Denmark 2 (22%)
- Iceland 1 (11%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Techarena operates as a platform for innovation, entrepreneurship and sustainability that brings together entrepreneurs, business leaders, experts, investors, decision makers and politicians. | $1.3M / Venture - Series Unknown / Jun 23, 2025 | ||
| NitroVolt is decarbonizing nitrogen-based fertilizer production and making the agricultural sector more resilient with a novel production process.Commercial ammonia production supports 40-50% of the agricultural industry as a nitrogen-based fertilizer. But current ammonia production is not sustainable, releasing over 1% of global greenhouse gasemissions during production facilities and further emissions during transportation to the end user, farmers.NitroVolt offers a local ammonia production solution that gives farmers the ability to produce their own nitrogen-based fertilizer. The only inputs required by NitroVolt’s container-sized systems are air, water, and electricity, enabling production of sustainable ammonia directly at farms. NitroVolt’s patented electrochemical Nitrolyzer unit can make ammonia on-demand with intermittent renewable energy sources.With their technology, NitroVolt aims to decarbonize nitrogen-based fertilizer production one farm at a time, cut the logistic costs of distributing fertilizer, and make the agricultural sector more resilient to external factors. | $3.7M / Seed / Nov 13, 2024 | ||
| Uniqkey provides a security management platform that automates employee logins to make businesses secure and productive. It simplifies employee security while empowering companies with enhanced control over their cloud infrastructure, access security, and employee management.Recognized as the easiest tool, Uniqkey removes friction from employees’daily workflows by automating time-consuming authentication and security tasks, thereby increasing productivity. Its intuitive and user-friendly interface makes Uniqkey the perfect choice for employees.Uniqkey combats the most significant threats to company infrastructure by safeguarding critical systems and company credentials with state-of-the-art encryption. It also offers unique insights and a comprehensive view of IT infrastructure, employee access, and security scores, making it a valuable tool for IT teams to monitor security policies and confidently assess the impact of awareness campaigns.With powerful integrations and synergies with existing infrastructure such as Microsoft, IT managers can quickly provision or de-provision users for seamless onboarding and offboarding, all while protecting their entire IT infrastructure with advanced encryption.Trusted by 500+ European businesses and ranked as a Top 50 Global Security Solution by G2, our platform is becoming Europe's preferred business password and access management solution. | $5.9M / Venture - Series Unknown / Aug 29, 2024 | ||
| We are re-inventing cement; Replacing everything that’s bad about it with a product that is economical, environmental friendly and technically superior. | $10.9M / Seed / Mar 21, 2024 | ||
| NitroVolt is decarbonizing nitrogen-based fertilizer production and making the agricultural sector more resilient with a novel production process.Commercial ammonia production supports 40-50% of the agricultural industry as a nitrogen-based fertilizer. But current ammonia production is not sustainable, releasing over 1% of global greenhouse gasemissions during production facilities and further emissions during transportation to the end user, farmers.NitroVolt offers a local ammonia production solution that gives farmers the ability to produce their own nitrogen-based fertilizer. The only inputs required by NitroVolt’s container-sized systems are air, water, and electricity, enabling production of sustainable ammonia directly at farms. NitroVolt’s patented electrochemical Nitrolyzer unit can make ammonia on-demand with intermittent renewable energy sources.With their technology, NitroVolt aims to decarbonize nitrogen-based fertilizer production one farm at a time, cut the logistic costs of distributing fertilizer, and make the agricultural sector more resilient to external factors. | $826.1K / Pre-Seed / Mar 06, 2024 | ||
| Mylla is a digital marketplace for buying and selling food from farm to table. | Seed / Sep 14, 2023 | ||
| SNERPA Power develops intelligent energy services. | $2.4M / Seed / Aug 30, 2023 | ||
| Leveraging advanced dental imaging and digital dentistry, we enable healthcare providers to securely exchange, analyze, and diagnose patient images. We're redefining standards in dental diagnostics and healthcare by developing solutions for communication, diagnostics and Artificial intelligence. | $988.3K / Pre-Seed / Apr 22, 2020 | ||
| Loovi is a health technology firm that provides a doctor-led, data-driven longevity solution. It focuses on preventive health by using biomarker testing and tailored coaching. | $1.2M / Angel |
Co-Investors
About BackingMinds
BackingMinds invests in entrepreneurs outside of homogeneous networks that traditional venture capital is missing and by doing so we believe we can make a great return. BackingMinds was founded in 2016 by Susanne Najafi and Sara Wimmercranz and is a VC firm that believes in the business of doing things differently. We look for entrepreneurs where others' don't. For us backing is more than capital. Backing is a mindset and backing is commitment and teaming up with founders. We invest in scalable, customer centric businesses with a proven revenue model.
BackingMinds Contacts
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Sara Resvik
CEO and Partner
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Elsa Hyland
PA/Associate
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Niklas Thörnestad
Partner / Advisor
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Petter Edfeldt
Venture Partner / Advisor
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Sara Wimmercranz
Founding Partner & CEO
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FAQ
What does Susanne Najafi invest in?
Susanne Najafi invests primarily in CleanTech, Agriculture and Health Care startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 9 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 Susanne Najafi invest in?
Susanne Najafi typically joins rounds of $2.4M–$11M at Seed, $826k–$988k at Pre-Seed and $1.3M–$5.9M at Venture - Series Unknown. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Susanne Najafi's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Susanne Najafi took part in.
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When did Susanne Najafi last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Susanne Najafi closed in Jun 2025. Shizune tracks 9 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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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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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