# Susanne Najafi

> Susanne Najafi is a seed investor at BackingMinds backing CleanTech. See 9 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [BackingMinds](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/backingminds)
- Location: Stockholm, Sweden
- Total investments: 9
- Last investment: Jun 2025
- Lead investor: 78%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/susannenajafi
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/susannenajafi

Susanne Najafi is a seed investor at BackingMinds in Stockholm focused on CleanTech and Agriculture. Susanne Najafi works as a Founding Partner at BackingMinds.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2.4M–$11M |
| Pre-Seed | $826k–$965k |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CleanTech | 2 | 22% |
| Agriculture | 2 | 22% |
| Health Care | 2 | 22% |
| Fuel | 1 | 11% |
| SaaS | 1 | 11% |

28 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 44% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 22% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 22% |
| Angel | 1 | 11% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Sweden | 5 | 56% |
| Denmark | 2 | 22% |
| Iceland | 1 | 11% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Techarena | 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 | https://www.techarena.se |
| NitroVolt | 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 | https://www.nitrovolt.com/ |
| Uniqkey | 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 | https://x.com/uniqkeyofficial |
| CemVision | 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 | https://cemvision.tech/ |
| NitroVolt | 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 | https://www.nitrovolt.com/ |
| Mylla | Mylla is a digital marketplace for buying and selling food from farm to table. |  | Seed | Sep 14, 2023 | https://mylla.se/ |
| SNERPA Power | SNERPA Power develops intelligent energy services. | $2.4M | Seed | Aug 30, 2023 | https://www.snerpapower.com/about |
| Boneprox | 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 | https://www.boneprox.com/ |
| Loovi | 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 |  | https://www.loovi.health/ |

9 of 9 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Breakthrough Energy Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/breakthrough-energy-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Crowberry Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/crowberry-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Division Q](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/division-q) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [EQt Foundation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eqt-foundation) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Export and Investment Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/export-and-investment-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Polar Structure](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/polar-structure) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About BackingMinds

VC Fund · Stockholm, Sweden

€50m Nordic pre-seed/seed fund, backing great underinvested entrepreneurs (€500K-€3m tickets)

5 contacts available at BackingMinds.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Sara Resvik | CEO and Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sara-resvik |
| Elsa Hyland | PA/Associate | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/elsa-hyland-631b |
| Niklas Thörnestad | Partner / Advisor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/niklas-th%C3%B6rnestad |
| Petter Edfeldt | Venture Partner / Advisor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/petter-edfeldt |
| Sara Wimmercranz | Founding Partner & CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sara-wimmercranz |

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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 is Susanne Najafi's check size?

Susanne Najafi typically joins rounds of $2.4M–$11M at Seed and $826k–$965k at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Susanne Najafi participates in.

### How do I contact Susanne Najafi?

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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.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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