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Top 25 Real Estate Angel Investors in Sweden in December 2024

Last updated: Dec 2024 A list of 25 angel investors that invest in Real estate startups based in Sweden. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Real estate companies from Sweden. We update this investor list every month.

Top 25 Real Estate Angel Investors in Sweden in December 2024

Investor	Real Estate Sweden investments
Hampus Jakobsson	2
Tord Wingren	2
Emil Sjödin	2
Staffan Persson	2
Erik Byrenius	2
Joachim Hedenius	2
Peter Neubauer	2
Simon Josefsson	1
Filip Engelbert	1
Jonas Nordlander	1
Johan Lenander	1
Magnus Agervald	1
Nicolas Hassbjer	1
Gunnar Hagman	1
Ashley Heppenstall	1
Jens Nilsson	1
Martin Wattin	1
Rikard Steiber	1
Christopher Muenchhoff	1
Erik Hellqvist	1
Dan Nilsson	1
Johan Rosendahl	1
Per Brilioth	1
Jim Williams	1
Karl-Johan Persson	1

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Hampus Jakobsson is a General Partner at early stage climate tech venture fund Pale Blue Dot.Prior to co-founding Pale Blue Dot, Hampus was a Venture Partner at science fund Blue Yard and a prolific angel investor with >100 angel investments. He co-founded of The Astonishing Tribe (acquired by Blackberry in 2010 for $150m). He left Blackberry2012 to found Brisk.io a sales productivity tool which folded 2016.

Investment focus

Health Care, Software, Mobile
Seed, Angel, Series A
Sweden, Denmark, United States

Portfolio highlights

ClimateView — ClimateView is a Swedish climate action technology company that helps cities transform climate planning into progress. We combine data, agent-based modelling and interface design to help cities successfully manage the transition to zero carbon economies.
Mojo — Clinical-grade, AI-powered sperm analysis from the comfort of home. Test your sperm count, motility, morphology and much more with the Mojo kit. Check your fertility from home at low cost - without the need for clinic visits and awkward waiting rooms.
Volta Greentech — Battling global warming by reducing methane emissions from cows

Tord brings over 25 years experience in the mobile and wireless industries. He previously lead Ericsson Mobile Platforms, as the company's first CEO, to become the worlds leading mobile phone platform provider. While at Ericsson Tord oversaw the development of the technology that later became Bluetooth, and has since served in executive rolesat Samsung Electronics and Nanoradio.

Investment focus

Internet of Things, Security, Smart Home
Angel
Sweden

Portfolio highlights

Minut — Minut keeps your home safe and your neighbors happy while respecting your guests' privacy. Monitor noise and occupancy, secure your home, and enhance guest experience. Only Minut gives you the full insight you need to protect your homes, all in one single sensor.
DeviceRadio — IoT could allow drones to deliver defibrillators directly to critical heart patients - 15 minutes faster than an ambulance. IoT could increase the crop yield for farmers in developing countries, while reducing water consumption and need for artificial fertilizers. Today there are countless hardware solutions for IoT, almost one thousand commercialIoT platforms and a multitude of connectivity options ranging from cellular to LoRa and Bluetooth. The lack of common infrastructure to bring everything together creates complexity and a huge knowledge gap. DeviceRadio is building this infrastructure. Our mission is to make it possible for millions of existing developers to be part of building a better future powered by IoT.

Emil Sjödin has been serving as Chief Executive Officer at RefinedWiki since December 2013.

Investment focus

B2B, Pet, Software
Pre-Seed, Seed
Sweden, United States

Portfolio highlights

Rekonnect — Rekonnect offers combined product & user success features for MedTech companies to deliver post-market training, customer support & regulatory reporting
Finch — Optimize building design with AI and graph technology. Get immediate feedback on performance, detect errors and find optimal solutions.
Southern Lights — Simplify the workflow of your green hydrogen projects with Southern Lights. Simulate, compare and assess your project viability with one single tool.

Staffan Persson - CEO @ Swedia Capital

Investment focus

Financial Services, Apps, Banking
Funding Round, Seed
Sweden

Portfolio highlights

Dirac — Use Dirac to transform your listening experience. Our patented audio technology makes any sound system sound better.
Opti — Opti is a simple app that helps users see which funds are worth its price. Working as a robotic consultant, the app provides fund comparison service where the users can compare how well your existing funds are compared to others Opti's services are free when it comes to testing and comparing funds. However, the person who wants to help a swapfund may pay 145 kronor per byte. Customers' funds can be found at banks or other savings banks. Opti only handles the investment advice itself.The company is located at Stockholm, Sweden.
24 Storage — We at 24Storage rent stores in many different sizes for both individuals and businesses. Long or short time. But we also tend to say that we are developing the third generation of self-storage properties. By that we mean that we create a new system that makes it possible to build smaller properties, find better positions closer to the customer andcreate a better and more flexible solution for the customer. As a customer, you no longer have to travel far out of town to access their gadgets.24Storage AB was formed in early 2015. The founders and owners have over 20 years experience in the self storage industry as a partner and leader of the company, Shurgard Europe (Europe's leading self storage operator), SelStor AB and Pelican Self Storage. The founders have been involved and responsible for the establishment of over 100 self storage facilities in seven countries in Europe.In September 2015, we purchased Stockholm Storage in Sundbyberg, a smaller plant with development potential, but also a good pilot plant to develop our concept. At the same time, we bought a property in central Tyreso. The facility will be the first full-scale 24Storage plant in operation.From November 2, 2015, we own and operate Humlans mini camp with seven plants in western Sweden. The plant located in Gothenburg was founded in 1988 and was the first self storage facility in Sweden.From February 1, 2016, we own and operate the Mini-Store . A smaller facility centrally located in Boras. Mini-Store, started operations in late 2013 that Boras first self storage facility.As of June 1, 2016 we change the names of all companies and will pursue all activities under the brand 24STORAGE .

Erik Byrenius is a founding partner of Mudcake, a microfund run by ex-founders dedicated to making the world a better place for the next generation. We invest in the strongest founders shaping the way we produce, distribute and consume food. Our typical ticket is $200k-$600k in pre-seed and seed rounds globally.Previously he was the CEO andco-founder of food delivery business OnlinePizza (exit to Delivery Hero), founder of StartupTools and co-founded the angel syndicate Nordic Makers.

Investment focus

Health Care, Security, Information Technology
Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
Sweden, United States, Denmark

Portfolio highlights

Digitail — Grow your practice, offer a modern client experience, and automate routine practice tasks with the proven all-in-one veterinary software.
Mavenoid — Mavenoid is the only product support automation platform built for complex products and devices. Using our unique AI, we solve problems too complex for chatbots
Elsa — Elsa is a platform for patient driven research for better drugs, health and prevention. Elsa lets patients become their own personal researchers by providing them with a better understanding around how lifestyle factors may affect their disease activity measurements for chronic disease. To support them from a scientific perspective, Elsa gives themaccess to data on their specific disease (initially we work with rheumatoid arthritis) through the Riskminder foundation and scientific studies at Karolinska Institutet.

Joachim Hedenius is the VPE and Co-Founder of KRY.

Investment focus

Gaming, Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Sweden, Estonia, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Passionfroot — A workspace where you can manage your creator business and organise your finances so that you can optimise your creator-work-life balance.
Ready Player Me — The Ready Player Me platform leverages AI, ML , and a suite of developer-first tools to empower developers to integrate avatars into their games and apps to launch faster, improve user adoption, and grow revenue through asset monetization.
Ready Player Me — The Ready Player Me platform leverages AI, ML , and a suite of developer-first tools to empower developers to integrate avatars into their games and apps to launch faster, improve user adoption, and grow revenue through asset monetization.

Peter Neubauer is the Software Engineer at Meta.He attended Royal Institute of Technology.

Investment focus

B2B, Architecture, Construction
Seed
Sweden

Portfolio highlights

Finch — Optimize building design with AI and graph technology. Get immediate feedback on performance, detect errors and find optimal solutions.

Simon Josefsson

Investment focus

Health Care, Sports, Consumer Goods
Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
Sweden, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Allihoop — Allihoop offers Scandinavian styled co-living homes for people on the move. Beautiful spaces designed to make you feel at home. Available in Stockholm and soon in Paris.
We Are Voice — We Are Voice is a new digital meeting place for choirs and choir leaders. We Are Voice facilitates everyday life for all of Sweden's choirs by offering a smarter way of communicating with each other, as well as taking part of choir arrangements and high-quality rehearsal files through an app that can be downloaded free of charge forsmartphones and tablets.
Stockrepublic — Community, benchmarking, and insights features for banks - available via white label and API

Filip Engelbert is a Co-Founder at Avito.ru.

Investment focus

Apps, E-Commerce, Lifestyle
Funding Round, Seed, Angel
Sweden, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Werlabs — Werlabs is a Stockholm based medical technology company founded by Will Stoddart and Rickard Lagerqvist, a general practioner. Werlabs provides customers with health analysis via blood testing. The company’s aim is to give users the tools and information to take care of their health.
Glue Home — Imagine coming back from work to a clean home, the parcel from your favourite online store is in the hallway, your groceries have been delivered to the fridge and your dry cleaning is in the closet. All done while you were out. Imagine that at the same time you were helping reduce traffic, pollution and create jobs in your community.Glueenables the secure delivery of products and services into the home while you are away. Glue aims to improve ecommerce, foster trust and collaboration in communities and optimise time and resources.Glue connects consumers homes with businesses. We enable access to the home via a proprietary award-winning digital smart lock and other digital locks using Glue’s API which lets users give out digital keys in the Glue app. We are integrated with leading logistics, retail and services companies to offer delivery into the home. With Glue’s In-Home delivery app couriers can securely unlock a customer’s home to deliver an order while the customer is out.
NA-KD.com — NA-KD.com is the next generation of fashion marketplaces. A predominantly mobile-based online shopping sanctuary for fashion addicts all over the world. Combined with a unique merchant service that unleashes the e-commerce power of digital brands and social influencers. Funded by the original founder and team behind Nelly.com (170 million USDonline fashion store).

Jonas Nordlander is a Co-Founder & CEO at Avito.ru.

Investment focus

Apps, E-Commerce, Lifestyle
Funding Round, Seed, Angel
Sweden, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Werlabs — Werlabs is a Stockholm based medical technology company founded by Will Stoddart and Rickard Lagerqvist, a general practioner. Werlabs provides customers with health analysis via blood testing. The company’s aim is to give users the tools and information to take care of their health.
Glue Home — Imagine coming back from work to a clean home, the parcel from your favourite online store is in the hallway, your groceries have been delivered to the fridge and your dry cleaning is in the closet. All done while you were out. Imagine that at the same time you were helping reduce traffic, pollution and create jobs in your community.Glueenables the secure delivery of products and services into the home while you are away. Glue aims to improve ecommerce, foster trust and collaboration in communities and optimise time and resources.Glue connects consumers homes with businesses. We enable access to the home via a proprietary award-winning digital smart lock and other digital locks using Glue’s API which lets users give out digital keys in the Glue app. We are integrated with leading logistics, retail and services companies to offer delivery into the home. With Glue’s In-Home delivery app couriers can securely unlock a customer’s home to deliver an order while the customer is out.
NA-KD.com — NA-KD.com is the next generation of fashion marketplaces. A predominantly mobile-based online shopping sanctuary for fashion addicts all over the world. Combined with a unique merchant service that unleashes the e-commerce power of digital brands and social influencers. Funded by the original founder and team behind Nelly.com (170 million USDonline fashion store).

Johan Lenander is Owner & Chairman at Martina Children's Hospital. He attended KTH Royal Institute of Technology.

Investment focus

iOS, Apps, Events
Angel, Funding Round
Sweden

Portfolio highlights

Minut — Minut keeps your home safe and your neighbors happy while respecting your guests' privacy. Monitor noise and occupancy, secure your home, and enhance guest experience. Only Minut gives you the full insight you need to protect your homes, all in one single sensor.
Qnekt — Qnekt is a multievent mobile application that is focused on creating great meetings between event attendees before, during and after. In that making, for an example, you 2 day conference much longer.Qnekt has two products, Qnekt - the mulitevent app as well as we build stand alone apps for huge events such as festivals and multieventapps forinternal communication for big corporations and schools. We made a shell that the event organizers fill with information and use as a project management tool. And as a bonus all attendees have the possibility to download the Qnekt event onto their phone. By that the event organizer has a new way of communicating with guests and the guests can message each other in the app. Vote on polls, navigate the program and creating their own and more.
Brainlit — Biocentric lighting by BrainLit brings daylight indoors. Exposure to daylight helps balance our circadian rhythms which can improve our health and well-being.

Magnus Agervald is a Swedish executive known for having been a CEO at Byggmax for 10 years.

Investment focus

Mobile, Marketplace, Mobile Apps
Pre-Seed
Sweden

Portfolio highlights

Done — Done provides a mobile platform where consumers get access to quality, vetted craftsmen for their home projects over video chat and have all communication in one place with the mobile app. Founded in Stockholm, Sweden, Done is transforming the way home services are consumed throughout the Nordics.

Nicolas is founder of HMS Networks AB (publ), one of Sweden´s fastest growing companies for several years and awarded to Sweden´s best export company. He has 21 years experience as CEO and is a non-executive director of several companies. Among those, he is Chairman of the board of the Chamber of Commerce in Southern Sweden and a board member ofSigicom, eGain, Magcomp, University of Halmstad and Almi.

Investment focus

Sensor, Big Data, Smart Home
Series A, Funding Round
Sweden

Portfolio highlights

EasyServ — EasyServ monitors and optimizes all connected heat around the clock without having to visit them. Constant connectivity provides service personnel in the best position to provide the right support at the right time. Then it will be easy to give home owners greater security and opportunity to make environmentally conscious choices. EasyServ is ofcourse also easy to install and use.
Sensative — In the era of digitalization, property owners like cities, utility and real estate companies as well as industries need to reclaim the ownership of data to become datadriven and effectively implement automation and processes to stay competitive and offer value services to customers, tenants and citizens. Yggio is our FIWARE compliant platform thattransforms both business models and the tech architecture in any smart domain from many vertical functions to a horizontal model with a coherent infrastructure managed by Yggio and 1000's of data-driven services connecting to our API. Transforming smart cities and other smart domains just as in a similar way as Android did with smart phones. Yggio acts as a middleware and provide a single API to the city/building connecting all sensors, actuators, control systems and other data sources, acting as an access broker towards users and service providers. Yggio also store and process the data with AI and "IFTT" rules. Our customers include real estate companies, cities, energy providers, city network operators, water operators, shipping companies, farmers and even golf courses. All eager to take ownership of their own digitalization.Sensative has also a portfolio of very discreet wireless sensors for property control with a superior battery life of 10 years or more. The sensors are marketed under the brand name Strips and can monitor doors/windows, temperature, ambient light, humidity, water leakage, occupancy and more, and they support Z-Wave, ZigBee and LoRaWAN protocols.

Gunnar Hagman is an former chief executive officer at Skanska.

Investment focus

Construction, Sustainability, Building Material
Seed
Sweden

Portfolio highlights

RECOMA — RECOMA is a provider of economical and sustainable construction materials. By providing building materials that don't increase greenhouse gas emissions in the construction industry, it promotes sustainable construction.

Born in England in 1962, Ashley Heppenstall is a graduate of Durham University where he obtained a degree in Mathematics.From 1984 until 1990, he worked in the banking sector where he was involved in project financing of oil and mining businesses. In 1990, Mr. Heppenstall was a founding director and shareholder of Sceptre Management Limited.Mr.Heppenstall has worked with public companies associated with the Lundin family since 1993. In 1998 he was appointed Finance Director of Lundin Oil AB. Following the acquisition of Lundin Oil by Talisman Energy in 2001, Lundin Petroleum was formed and he was appointed President & Chief Executive Officer in 2002 until he stood down in 2015.Ashley Heppenstall holds 1,542,618 shares in Lundin Petroleum through investment company Rojafi.Ashley Heppenstall is in the Nomination Committee’s and the Company’s opinion, as the Company’s previous President and CEO until 30 September 2015, not independent of the Company and Group management and further not independent of the Company’s major shareholders as he is a director of companies in which entities associated with the Lundin family hold ten percent or more of the share capital and voting rights.

Investment focus

eSports, Internet, PC Games
Angel, Funding Round
Sweden

Portfolio highlights

Glue Home — Imagine coming back from work to a clean home, the parcel from your favourite online store is in the hallway, your groceries have been delivered to the fridge and your dry cleaning is in the closet. All done while you were out. Imagine that at the same time you were helping reduce traffic, pollution and create jobs in your community.Glueenables the secure delivery of products and services into the home while you are away. Glue aims to improve ecommerce, foster trust and collaboration in communities and optimise time and resources.Glue connects consumers homes with businesses. We enable access to the home via a proprietary award-winning digital smart lock and other digital locks using Glue’s API which lets users give out digital keys in the Glue app. We are integrated with leading logistics, retail and services companies to offer delivery into the home. With Glue’s In-Home delivery app couriers can securely unlock a customer’s home to deliver an order while the customer is out.
Challengermode — Challengermode is the competitive engagement platform that helps game studios, publishers, esports organizers, and brands drive engagement and create competitive experiences for all gamers.

Jens Nilsson - Advisor, Investor @ Tipser

Investment focus

Home Improvement, Property Management
Angel
Sweden

Portfolio highlights

Bovra Technologies — Improved home ownership Consider home ownership in which everything is digitally captured and preserved. Where we may begin the green renovation of our homes while keeping track of the cost. A location that streamlines your role as a homeowner. Bovra is your house ownership in digital form, plus a little extra.

Martin har även sedan 2006 varit en aktiv investerare/styrelsemedlem i ett flertal bolag i Sverige/USA och Indien. Köpte 2006 innehaven av en s.k start-up fond från Carnegie med bla Ahhaa 118100, Itesco och Ikivo. Engagerade sig i dessa bolag och sålde sedan portföljen vidare till Verdane Capital 2008. Arbetar idag med med egnainvesteringar och styrelseuppdrag främst inom IT/Media.

Investment focus

Bitcoin, Database, Hardware
Funding Round, Series B
Sweden

Portfolio highlights

Albert — Albert helps people who needs extra assistance in Math. It is a digital platform that makes it easier for students to achieve their full potential in mathematics. Albert is based on artificial intelligence that makes it understand the student's unique needs. Albert provides tailor-made and flexible help - anywhere and at any time.
KnCMiner — We bring new Bitcoin miners alive! KnCMiner focuses on producing miners for cryptocurrencies. We are a Swedish company with long expertise within the ASIC and FPGA field. Have a look at our website for more information of our company and products.
24 Storage — We at 24Storage rent stores in many different sizes for both individuals and businesses. Long or short time. But we also tend to say that we are developing the third generation of self-storage properties. By that we mean that we create a new system that makes it possible to build smaller properties, find better positions closer to the customer andcreate a better and more flexible solution for the customer. As a customer, you no longer have to travel far out of town to access their gadgets.24Storage AB was formed in early 2015. The founders and owners have over 20 years experience in the self storage industry as a partner and leader of the company, Shurgard Europe (Europe's leading self storage operator), SelStor AB and Pelican Self Storage. The founders have been involved and responsible for the establishment of over 100 self storage facilities in seven countries in Europe.In September 2015, we purchased Stockholm Storage in Sundbyberg, a smaller plant with development potential, but also a good pilot plant to develop our concept. At the same time, we bought a property in central Tyreso. The facility will be the first full-scale 24Storage plant in operation.From November 2, 2015, we own and operate Humlans mini camp with seven plants in western Sweden. The plant located in Gothenburg was founded in 1988 and was the first self storage facility in Sweden.From February 1, 2016, we own and operate the Mini-Store . A smaller facility centrally located in Boras. Mini-Store, started operations in late 2013 that Boras first self storage facility.As of June 1, 2016 we change the names of all companies and will pursue all activities under the brand 24STORAGE .

I am an entrepreneurial and experienced CEO. I have successfully built, launched, and grown multiple new global businesses at companies such as Google (Internet), Modern Times Group (media), and HTC VIVE (VR). Proven ability to successfully create and communicate corporate visions and strategies, hire and motivate top talent, and lead global sales,marketing, and product teams.Board member of companies such as Cision (software), Scandic Hotels (hotels), and Raymond (solar). Trusted advisor to large firms such as Ericsson and EQT, and cutting-edge startups like Einride (electric trucks), Jetson (flying cars), and Elonroad (electric roads).World class keynote speaker at international conferences such as MWC, GDC, IBC, CES, and invited speaker at Harvard, Stanford, and MIT. I am a future astronaut with Virgin Galactic, and the founder of WIT Global Women In Tech network and events.

Investment focus

Virtual Reality, Sports, Electric Vehicle
Seed, Angel, Series A
Sweden, United States, Czech Republic

Portfolio highlights

WEIQ — WEIQ is an application that offers an ordering and payment solutions for restaurants.
Elonroad — Elonroad charging solutions allow for vehicle agnostic conductive charging, providing freedom and flexibility by charging while driving or parked.
Jetson Aero — Your personal aircraft in aluminium and carbon fibre, powered with eight powerful electric motors.

Christopher Muenchhoff is an investor and business angel. He co-founded DealPilot.com, one of the first price search engines, in 1997 and exited the business to Shopping.com in 2001. He has further experience working with many entrepreneurs, investors and young companies over the last fifteen years.

Investment focus

SaaS, Software, B2B
Seed, Series A
United States, Sweden

Portfolio highlights

Fieldly — Manage all your projects easily. Fieldly is used in more than 250 000 construction projects worldwide. Try it out yourself today!
Tallyfy — Tallyfy is workflow software that gives you everything you need to automate processes, documents, approvals and tasks. AI-driven and amazing.
Amper Technologies — Amper's OEE tracking & machine monitoring software helps you track utilization, cycle time, and more. It's quick to install, simple to use, & easy on price.

Erik Hellqvist

Investment focus

Software, Construction, Risk Management
Funding Round
Sweden

Portfolio highlights

BuildSafe — BuildSafe, a Stockholm, Sweden-based company that provides a safety management cloud service for the construction industry. Its product enhances the work of reporting, documenting, and monitoring risks in construction projects. The tools also helps construction companies and builders maintain high levels of security and quality in the projectswhile reducing unnecessary paperwork. BuildSafe was founded in 2015 and led by Viktor Broberg.

Dan Nilsson

Investment focus

SaaS, Mobile, Software
Seed, Funding Round
Sweden

Portfolio highlights

Bintel — Bintel is a manufacturer of a wearable that helps with better garbage collection.
Fieldly — Manage all your projects easily. Fieldly is used in more than 250 000 construction projects worldwide. Try it out yourself today!

Johan Rosendahl - Business Development @ CLX Communications

Investment focus

Mobile, Marketplace, Mobile Apps
Pre-Seed
Sweden

Portfolio highlights

Done — Done provides a mobile platform where consumers get access to quality, vetted craftsmen for their home projects over video chat and have all communication in one place with the mobile app. Founded in Stockholm, Sweden, Done is transforming the way home services are consumed throughout the Nordics.

Per Brilioth - CEO @ VNV Global

Investment focus

Apps, Software, Transportation
Funding Round, Series B, Seed
Sweden, United Kingdom, The Netherlands

Portfolio highlights

memmo.me — memmo.me provides a webpage for offering and distributing personalized video messages from actors, athletes, musicians, and other talent.
Arro — Discover the shared daily operating system that helps you get more from life and work. Get to Day Zero together.
Surfboard — Surfboard WFM features integrated forecasting, capacity planning, automated scheduling and performance analytics for modern support teams.

Jim Williams, CEO at MustHaveMenus.com and is a serial entrepreneur with a passion for design. In addition to founding MustHaveMenus, Jim also co-founded Elli and Sharefaith. In 1997, he founded one of the first cloud-based CRM companies, MarketHome (CLAC, 1999). Jim is also an active angel investor.

Investment focus

Security, Smart Home, Internet of Things
Angel
Sweden

Portfolio highlights

Minut — Minut keeps your home safe and your neighbors happy while respecting your guests' privacy. Monitor noise and occupancy, secure your home, and enhance guest experience. Only Minut gives you the full insight you need to protect your homes, all in one single sensor.

Karl-Johan Persson, born in 1975, has been the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB since 1 July 2009.Before taking over as Managing Director Karl-Johan Persson held an operational role within H&M from 2005, including working as head of expansion, business development, brand and new business.Since 2000 Karl-Johan Persson has been a member of the boards of H&M’s subsidiaries in Denmark, Germany, the US and the UK. Between the years 2006 and 2009 he was also a member of the Board of H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB.Between 2001 and 2004 Karl-Johan Persson was CEO of European Network. Karl-Johan holds a BA in Business Administration from the European Business School in London.His current external board assignments are the Swedish Chamber of Commerce in the UK and the GoodCause foundation. Karl-Johan Persson is since 2013 a member of the Board of H&M Conscious Foundation. Karl-Johan Persson is a shareholder in Ramsbury Invest AB, and also personally holds 12,136,289 class B shares in H&M.The Managing Director is appointed by the Board of Directors and is responsible for the daily management of the company as directed by the Board.This means that the Managing Director must focus in particular on recruitment of senior executives, buying and logistics matters, pricing strategy, sales and profitability, marketing, expansion, development of the store network and of online and catalogue sales, and IT development.The Managing Director reports to the Board on H&M’s development and produces decision bases for investments, expansion, etc. The role of Managing Director includes contact with the financial market, the media and the authorities.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Internet, Software
Funding Round, Seed, Angel
Sweden, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Nordtech Group — Nordtech Group is a technology group consisting of software companies with industry-specific products. Common to its companies is that they deliver high customer values within their respective segments.
Relate — Relate is a startup that develops apps and other services to help both singles and couples to healthy and meaningful romantic relationships.
Joint Academy — Joint Academy connects patients with licensed physical therapists to deliver online treatments for chronic joint and back pain. Our treatments are clinically proven and give patients access to a personal, licensed physical therapist, an individualized exercise plan, interactive education about the condition, and progress tracking — all through auser-friendly app. Peer-reviewed studies show that Joint Academy patients reduce their pain, change their minds about surgery, and quit painkillers. Joint Academy is now available to patients in Sweden, the US, the UK, France, and Germany.

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