Top 15 Recruiting Startup Investors in Sweden (June 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Brightly Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | Sweden, United States | Seed, Series A | Software, Information Technology, SaaS | $1.2M–$16M |
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Sprints
VC Fund
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2 | Sweden, United States, United Kingdom | Series C, Series E | Marketplace, E-Commerce, SaaS | $70M–$800M |
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Investment AB Spiltan
VC Fund
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2 | Sweden, United States | Series A, Seed | SaaS, Software, Health Care | $965k–$12M |
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Spintop Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | Sweden, Finland, Norway | Seed, Series A | Software, Information Technology, SaaS | $878k–$12M |
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Fort Knox
VC Fund
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2 | Sweden | Series A, Pre-Seed | Apps, Mobile, Sports | $3.4M–$4.8M |
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Octopus Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | United Kingdom, United States, Germany | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, Health Care, Information Technology | $1.9M–$48M |
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Northzone
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Sweden, United Kingdom | Series A, Series B, Seed | Software, FinTech, Information Technology | $2.4M–$95M |
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Mediahuis
VC Fund
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1 | Germany, The Netherlands, Switzerland | Seed, Series A | Education, Software, E-Learning | $2.2M–$13M |
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Joel Hellermark
Angel
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1 | Sweden, United States, United Kingdom | Pre-Seed, Series A, Seed | Artificial Intelligence, Software, SaaS | $3.7M–$5M |
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EQT Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Sweden, Germany, United States | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $2.5M–$100M |
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Robin Haak
Angel
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1 | Germany, United States, France | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series C | Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence | $1.1M–$165M |
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Robin Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Germany, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS | $1.1M–$6.3M |
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MTIP AG
VC Fund
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1 | United States, United Kingdom, Spain | Series A, Series B, Series C | Health Care, Artificial Intelligence, Medical | |
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Sebastian Siemiatkowski
Angel
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1 | Sweden, United States, Poland | Seed, Series A | Software, E-Commerce, SaaS | $825k–$200M |
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Briban Invest
VC Fund
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1 | Sweden | Series A | Computer, Software, Recruiting | |
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Brightly Ventures backs bold founders on a mission to transform industries and change the world for the better. Brightly is an early-stage investor focused on the Nordics. It has a hands-on approach supporting high-potential ideas and bringing them to market. It makes a deep commitment to each investment we make and draw upon its network andcompany-building experience to help boost the journey.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Sweden, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 29
- Round size: Seed $1.2M–$4.2M; Series A $3.4M–$16M
- Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Hooked Foods — Leading the transition to a harmless seafood system by serving healthy vegan seafood for everybody to truly enjoy.
- Fast Travel Games — Fast Travel Games is a VR exclusive game developer and publisher, founded by industry leading veterans and behind acclaimed titles such as Apex Construct and Wraith: The Oblivion - Afterlife.
- Collective Minds Radiology — Collective Minds develops and delivers a cloud-based collaboration platform for healthcare and research with access to data, human and digital expertise.
Sprints Capital invests in technology-enabled companies with proven business models, strong and durable market positions and excellent teams.
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- Industry: Marketplace, E-Commerce, SaaS
- Stage:Series C, Series E
- Geography: Sweden, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 27
- Round size: Series C $70M–$250M; Series E $140M–$800M
- Lead/follow: 41% lead, 59% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $614M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Booksy — Booksy - book appointments online. Find & book beauty services like hairdressing, manicure, spa or massage. Check prices & reviews!
- PPRO — From PSPs to tech companies, our partners depend on us to build their digital payments offering so they can free up their time and resources.
- Modular Finance — Platforms and tools for IR & Finance professionals - with top-tier data, intuitive user experiences, and all the features you need. Our offering includes IR-CRM, news distribution, insider management, shareholder data and IR websites.
Investment AB Spiltan is a Swedish venture capital and private equity firm. The company, which is based in Stockholm, provides multi stage financing to businesses based within Sweden. The company will invest between SEK1 million ($125,000) and SEK10 million ($1.25 million), with a preferred investment amount of SEK2 million to SEK4 million($240,000 to $490,000). Potential portfolio companies may come from any sector of industry, as it is more important that the business is a viable investment opportunity. Also important is that the management team is committed and has a strong track record. Businesses will be able to leverage the extensive network of angels and other relevant professionals who can contribute expertise for the development of the portfolio company. AB Spiltan will invest roughly 60% of its capital in private companies and the remaining 40% in firms that have already been listed. Private portfolios will need to demonstrate that there will be realistic opportunity for Spiltan to exit within three to five years. Most of the investments in public companies are done through affiliates such as Health Cap and Procuritas.
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- Industry: SaaS, Software, Health Care
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: Sweden, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 13
- Round size: Series A $965k–$12M
- Lead/follow: 62% lead, 38% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Qvalia — Business transaction infrastructure for seamless e-invoicing, order messaging, and more with Peppol access, AP automation & data enrichment.
- United Robots — Automated content for newsrooms generated from data and delivered ready for publication. We develop and support, you publish. Reliability and consistency.
- NuvoAir — Personalized heart and lung care with remote monitoring, tailored plans, and proven outcomes, empowering patients and providers to improve health together.
Founded in 2009, Spintop Ventures is a venture capital firm backed by a network of successful tech entrepreneurs who have invested in Spintop alongside institutional investors, family offices and some of the most experienced private investors in early stage growth companies.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Sweden, Finland, Norway
Investor stats
- Total investments: 71
- Round size: Seed $878k–$5.3M; Series A $1.5M–$12M
- Lead/follow: 58% lead, 42% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- MEGA.AI — MEGA.AI is a SaaS company that is revolutionizing debt collection with AI-powered voice technology, delivering smarter, faster, and more efficient customer interactions. MEGA’s AI Agents provide a precise, compliant, and debtor-friendly solution that manages high call volumes cost-effectively.
- Standab — Standab is helping cities adopt cleaner, more effective urban mobility systems by offering innovative and eco-friendly parking and charging options, thereby influencing the direction of micromobility.
- WeWillWrite —
Fort Knox is a family-owned growth engine that invests in entrepreneurs to grow and develop.
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- Industry: Apps, Mobile, Sports
- Stage:Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Sweden
Investor stats
- Total investments: 10
- Round size: Series A $3.4M–$4.8M
- Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Arevo — Arevo offers liquid and granular amino acid fertilizer technologies for faster and better plant establishment.
- Elastisys — Welkin by Elastisys is the application platform for software critical to society. A secure and compliant Kubernetes platform made in Sweden.
- Impactpool — Job vacancies in the European Union, United Nations and International Organizations.
We provide venture capital investment for the people, ideas and industries that will change the world. Learn about what we do and the kind of founders we back.
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 369
- Round size: Seed $1.9M–$13M; Series A $3M–$21M; Series B $7.5M–$48M
- Lead/follow: 57% lead, 43% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $101M in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- Wazoku — Wazoku - Where Innovation Works Wazoku
- CertiVox — CertiVox solutions deliver simple, powerful information security to all things Internet (mainframes, too!), protecting business and individual privacy through the cloud and at rest. CertiVox was founded in 2009 to provide technology and services based on a simple belief: that everyone deserves the right to secure their information exchangessimply and easily. CertiVox's leading-edge encryption, key management and identity management solutions are currently in use at hundreds of the world’s leading corporations and used by individuals across the globe to protect their privacy.The companies passion is to create and share unique, cutting-edge cryptographic innovations for enterprise cloud computing and all things Internet. CertiVox are the only company in the global market today that has the technology in place to arm businesses and individuals with easy-to-use certificateless security solutions for any device and platform.Whether you are a business that wants to safeguard your company’s intellectual property, an ISV or SaaS provider that needs to embed cryptography and key management into your application, or an individual who wants to preserve the privacy of your personal data, CertiVox gives you the power to secure your information for all things Internet.CertiVox’s leading-edge solutions – including MIRACL (Multiprecision Integer and Rational Arithmetic C/C++ Library) Cryptographic SDK, on-demand encryption Key Management Service (KMS) and Identity Management Service (IDMS) – enable cloud service providers, independent software vendors (ISVs), communication providers, and smart device and semiconductor manufacturers to secure their voice and data communication solutions with ease.The PrivateSky Secure Information Exchange Service (SIX) gives individuals, businesses and their partners and customers easy-to-use tools to quickly encrypt email, files and documents without complex infrastructure or user burden. Compliance with mandatory encryption and privacy statues has never been easier.The bottom line: CertiVox's revolutionary certificateless cryptography, identity and key management solutions have taken the hassle out of Internet security, making it easy to securely exchange your information in any form, any time.
- Mojo — Join 600,000+ men worldwide using AI-powered coaches to build a performance mindset and take back control of their love lives.
Northzone is a multi-stage venture capital firm operating across Europe and the US. Since 1996, it has backed more than 250 companies, including Spotify, Klarna, Spring Health, and Black Forest Labs.
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- Industry: Software, FinTech, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: United States, Sweden, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 321
- Round size: Seed $2.4M–$17M; Series A $4M–$40M; Series B $6.7M–$95M
- Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $1.2B in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Stream — Stream is a financial services firm that allows employees to stream their earned wages into their accounts through an instant app. The app allows them to have complete control over when they get paid. It also effectively ends the need for employee advances, loans, and employee stress suffered from short-term, unplanned financial obligations. Thecompany aims to play a key role in reducing the poverty premium and preventing employees from entering cycles of debt caused by overdraft fees, high-interest credit, or payday loans.
- HappyOrNot — With HappyOrNot you learn when, where and why customers are happy or not. Take action and improve with real-time customer feedback insights.
- GovDash — Realize allows users to link brokerage accounts, view real-time account data, and place trades from any app. We currently support over 90 million accounts at the largest retail brokerages in the US.We're revenue-generating and backed by top investors like Y Combinator, Craft Ventures, Global Founders Capital, Soma Capital, Olive Tree Capitaland more.
Mediahuisis a venture capital arm of the independent publishing and media company is on a mission to support founders who are changing the way we learn and work. As a lead investor, MHV participates in European EdTech & HRTech companies, from Series A and beyond.
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- Industry: Education, Software, E-Learning
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Germany, The Netherlands, Switzerland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 20
- Round size: Seed $2.2M–$6.6M; Series A $3.3M–$13M
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Perlego — Perlego is an online library subscription service for textbooks and non-fiction titles. Having partnered with over 3,000 of the world's best publishers, it gives its users unlimited access to over 650,000 eBooks and publications via an affordable monthly subscription. It aims to make learning accessible to all. It was founded in 2016 and isheadquartered in London, England.
- Alleo — YourCampus is the leading flexible employee benefits engagement platform for fast growing and modern employers.
- Swap Language — Swap Language is a language learning platform that delivers Danish lessons to companies and international employees.
Joel is the Founder and CEO Sana Labs, a leading AI company focused on learning. An enterprising child, Joel taught himself to code in C at age 13 and founded his first company, a video recommendation technology, at 16. Joel is an appointed AI-specialist by the Swedish government and was named Sweden's 'top talent' 2018 by VeckansAffärer, one of the country’s largest business magazines. In 2019, The Guardian named Joel one of ten people under 35 changing the world for the better. Joel's work on the Sana technology has been featured in leading forums including NAACL, SXSW, Fast Company, TED, BBC, Forbes, Business Insider, Yahoo Finance, Cheddar, Slush, Cognition X, Financial Times, The Guardian, and Wired.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, SaaS
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Series A, Seed
- Geography: Sweden, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Round size: Pre-Seed $3.7M–$5M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- CuspAI — CuspAI is a revolutionary AI startup that is developing a platform for next-generation materials to address global sustainability and renewable energy concerns. CuspAI uses cutting-edge generative AI, deep learning, and molecular simulation to accelerate the material design process. Their platform works similarly to a search engine for materials,allowing users to request certain properties for new materials on demand.
- Talentium — Meet your dream hire today.
- Viktor —
EQT Ventures is a European VC fund with just over €2.3 billion in total capital raised. EQT Ventures I launched in May 2016, with commitments totaling €566 million and a simple mission - to be the kind of VC the team would have liked to have had on their own startup journeys. Recognizing that building and growing a company takes more than justcapital, the EQT Ventures team provides founders with support and advice throughout different stages of growth. EQT Ventures doesn't focus on particular markets or industries, but on bold and ambitious founders who have the grit and determination to build global success stories. EQT Ventures II launched in November 2019, with commitments totaling €660 million. EQT Ventures III launched in 2022, with commitments totaling €1.1 billion, making it the biggest European Venture Capital fund committed to early-stage tech startups. The EQT Ventures team is based across six offices in London, Stockholm, Berlin, Paris, Amsterdam, Paris, and San Francisco, taking a locals-with-locals approach and supporting founders on the ground. Motherbrain, EQT Ventures' in-house-developed artificial intelligence (AI) platform, ensures the team has a data-driven approach and has driven more than $100 million in portfolio company investments.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: Sweden, Germany, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 240
- Round size: Seed $2.5M–$14M; Series A $6.4M–$44M; Series B $15M–$100M
- Lead/follow: 57% lead, 43% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $1.1B in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Unmind — Unmind is a workplace mental health platform. We empower employees to measure, understand, and improve their mental wellbeing.
- Handshake — The largest expert network for learning, earning, and growing careers in the AI economy, giving everyone an accessible first step into an AI-powered career.
- Standard Cognition — Standard Cognition is an artificial intelligence platform that allows buyers to grab what they want without having to go to a cashier. It empowers consumers to shop and pay without waiting in line, scanning or stopping to check out. Available to any retailer, the solution helps reduce labor costs, improve the customer experience, and improve profitmargins. It also helps small-size retailers to compete with larger chains and online offerings.Standard Cognition was founded in 2017 and is based in San Francisco, California.
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Browse database — It's Free!Robin E. Haak is a German political scientist, tech entrepreneur, operator, and investor with a track record of founding, scaling, and exiting companies—as well as building and managing high-impact funds.He co-founded the AI/ML job matching platform Jobspotting, which later merged with SmartRecruiters. Through the merger, Haak became ashareholder, as well as Global COO and Managing Director of SmartRecruiters, where he built international go-to-market and fundraising operations. Under his leadership the company scaled strongly, surpassing $100M ARR, achieving unicorn status, and was acquired by SAP; SmartRecruiters is now fully integrated into SAP.Beyond that exit, Haak has invested in nearly 100 companies globally, spanning early-stage angel through growth equity. Notable investments include N26 (as the first check investor), Algolia, Aircall, Frontify, Coralogix, Epsor, Planity, Platform.sh, Wo\men Inc., Arx Robotics, and many others.He co-founded Wo\men Inc., a platform advocating for gender equality and diversity in technology, where he contributed as Founder and Chief Marketing Officer.Haak also co-created Revaia, a Paris–Berlin growth equity fund with an ESG and crossover strategy. He was central to raising its first €250 million fund, which has since grown to approximately €600 million assets under management.Today, Haak leads Robin Capital, a Solo GP venture capital firm that has now entered its second fund generation. Starting with €15 million in committed capital in Fund I, Robin Capital has expanded its focus beyond enterprise and B2B SaaS into deeptech, robotics, AI, and highly defensible products. The firm continues to back exceptional founders across Europe, with particular strength in the DACH region.In addition to founding and investing, Haak serves on several boards and advisory roles — including as Advisory Board Member of Slush and Stepstone — leveraging his experience to support founders, guide strategy, and scale businesses.Haak studied Political Science (with emphasis on History, Law, and Theology) at the University of Salzburg, and holds an MBA in Media Management from the Hamburg Media School / University of Hamburg.Outside his professional work, he has a deep interest in viticulture and spends part of each year harvesting grapes at Domaine de la Romanée-Conti in Burgundy, which he sees as a grounding counterpoint to the fast pace of venture capital. He also used to fight Muay Thai in Thailand, still trains regularly, and enjoys traveling, cooking, and reading.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series C
- Geography: Germany, United States, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 80
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$7.8M; Pre-Seed $1.1M–$5.5M; Series C $30M–$165M
- Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
Portfolio highlights
- GoHenry — GoHenry's debit card and app lets kids ages 6-18 learn practical money management skills that they can go out and apply in the real world.
- Graswald AI — Graswald engages in the creation of natural and digital 3D worlds for the entertainment industry.
- NOVOS — Science-backed longevity supplements and tools, now supported by placebo-controlled human clinical research. Designed to slow biological aging and extend healthspan.
Robin Capital focuses on software and technology solutions that address meaningful problems but am vertical agnostic.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Germany, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 44
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$6.2M; Pre-Seed $1.1M–$6.3M
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- Colare — Colare is an AI-powered hiring platform that uses real engineering simulations to help hardtech companies assess and hire engineers faster and more accurately.
- ARCA — Plataforma digital para planes de pensiones de empleo. Soluciones para gestoras, empresas y partners.
- Bounti — Bounti helps organizations steer, enable, and scale their frontline employees, combining training, quality control, communication, and operations execution into one intuitive app. With Bounti, companies can maintain consistent quality and operations, streamline training and reach their entire workforce in more than 100 languages.
MTIP is a growth capital investor that specializes in scaling up healthtech companies in rapidly expanding global markets. Visit our website!
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- Industry: Health Care, Artificial Intelligence, Medical
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Spain
Investor stats
- Total investments: 20
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Hexarad — Hexarad is a radiologist-led radiology company, which combines powerful tech and expert people to provide quick, accurate diagnoses. We have developed the Hexarad Platform, a unique and all-encompassing radiology solution powered by an intelligent allocative efficiency engine.
- Caresyntax — Caresyntax is the only enterprise-scale surgical data solution you need to make surgery smarter, safer, and more profitable.
- NitiNotes — Nitinotes has developed the EndoZipTM, a fully automated, operator independent gastroscopic suturing system, allowing gastroenterologists as well as surgeons to bring a durable solution to their patients. The procedure creates an effect of stomach volume restriction and motility impair - both are needed to help obese patients reducing weight.
Sebastian Siemiatkowski, based out ofStockholm, Stockholms Lan, is the Co-Founder and CEO of Klarna. Sebastian Siemiatkowski attended the Stockholm School of Economics.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Sweden, United States, Poland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 22
- Round size: Seed $825k–$8M; Series A $10M–$200M
- Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Depop — Designer. Preloved. Vintage. Streetwear. Sneakers. Whatever your style. Find it on Depop.
- Nylas — Nylas provides an API platform that enables developers to quickly and securely access and process user data from any email, calendar, and contacts provider in the world. The solution allows developers to integrate complex, unstructured communications data into their applications in days, providing secure pre-built integrations that are SOC 2certified, GDPR compliant, Privacy Shield certified, and HIPAA and FINRA-ready.
- Prion — Prion makes it quick and easy for the preschool staff to give parents insight into what happens at preschool - together with the children. The app is available free for iPhone, Android and iPad.
Briban Invest
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- Industry: Computer, Software, Recruiting
- Stage:Series A
- Geography: Sweden
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
Portfolio highlights
- TrialBee — Trialbee is revolutionizing clinical trials with innovative global patient recruitment solutions. Streamline your recruitment process today.
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