Top 15 Recruiting Startup Investors in Sweden (July 2026)

Sprints Capital invests in technology-enabled companies with proven business models, strong and durable market positions and excellent teams.

Investment focus

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.

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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.

Investment focus

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.

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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.

Investment focus

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 —

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Fort Knox is a family-owned growth engine that invests in entrepreneurs to grow and develop.

Investment focus

Industry: Apps, Mobile, Sports
Stage:Series A, Venture - Series Unknown, Pre-Seed
Geography: Sweden

Investor stats

Total investments: 10
Round size: Series A $3.4M–$4.8M; Venture - Series Unknown $1M–$8.5M
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.

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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.

Investment focus

Industry: Software, Information Technology, SaaS
Stage:Seed, Series A
Geography: Sweden, United States

Investor stats

Total investments: 30
Round size: Seed $1.2M–$4.2M; Series A $3.4M–$16M
Lead/follow: 37% lead, 63% follow

Portfolio highlights

Evam — Mission-Critical Mobile Data Solutions: Transforming What First Responders Can DoEvam is a Leading Global Supplier of Mission Critical Mobile Data Solutions Software for Police, Ambulance, Fire & Rescue, and other Public Safety Organizations. Used by 100+ regions and municipalities. Handles hundreds of thousands of life-threatening incidentson a yearly basis.The collection of apps is carefully selected to give blue-light agencies the services that they need including Mobilisation, Mapping, Navigation, Case Management, Situational Awareness and more.
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.

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Fredrik Hjelm co-founded Voi Technology in 2018 with a vision of improving the way people move around congested urban centres by offering fleets of electric scooters as a cleaner, affordable and exhilarating alternative to cars. Prior to Voi, Fredrik founded Guestit, the Nordics’ most successful Airbnb management company, and worked in businessdevelopment for Avito.ru, Russia’s leading - and the world’s third largest – classified advertising site. Fredrik’s entrepreneurial career began at 12 years of age when he ran a number of commercial projects including forestry work (he grew up in rural Sweden), events and website sales.After graduating from high school, he attended the Armed Forces Interpreter Academy, within the intelligence branch of Sweden’s special forces, where he studied Russian and linguistics. He served a total of four years in Moscow in the Defence Attache Office, where he worked as an interpreter and analyst, covering Russia as well as Kazakhstan and Belarus. He went on to study business and economics at the Stockholm School of Economics.

Investment focus

Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Geography: Sweden, United States, Denmark

Investor stats

Total investments: 23
Round size: Seed $1.6M–$10M; Pre-Seed $55k–$7.5M; Series A $11M–$23M
Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

Zellify — Zellify is a constructing Web2App infrastructure.
Ascentra Labs — Ascentra Labs is using AI to automate high-repeatability tasks in private equity consulting,
Belong Entertainment — Belong Entertainment Inc. is a FanTech company creating the financial layer of fandom. Belong empowers artists and brands to connect directly with truly verified fans through proprietary features like FanScore™, KYF™ (Know Your Fan), and Dropblock™. Fans earn rewards, exclusive access, and unique experiences by engaging, spending, and proving theirfandom.The team consists of experienced entrepreneurs who have held senior leadership positions in global entertainment and fintech companies such as Spotify., Belong is launching first in the U.S. with a college and influencer-focused rollout. Its flagship product, the Belong Card, gives fans access to rewards, exclusive drops, and artist-branded experiences while providing artists and brands with verified engagement and transaction insights.Belong’s mission is to transform how culture is monetized by shifting from customers to fans—unlocking the next generation of loyalty, payments, and pop culture engagement.

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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.

Investment focus

Industry: Software, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence
Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Germany

Investor stats

Total investments: 387
Round size: Seed $2.1M–$13M; Series A $3.2M–$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

Turtl — Create personalized interactive content experiences that excite, engage and convert your audience with Turtl's intuitive content software.
Sprout.ai —
Minimum — Take control of your organization's carbon accounting and management with granular, robust and auditable emissions data.

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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.

Investment focus

Industry: Education, Software, E-Learning
Stage:Series A, Seed
Geography: Germany, The Netherlands, Switzerland

Investor stats

Total investments: 23
Round size: Seed $2.1M–$6.5M; Series A $3.3M–$13M
Lead/follow: 57% lead, 43% 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.
WorkerHero — Bei DriverHero findest du Fahrerjobs in Vollzeit, Teilzeit oder Minijob. Jetzt anmelden und Jobangebote von Unternehmen erhalten!
Impactpool — Job vacancies in the European Union, United Nations and International Organizations.

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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.

Investment focus

Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
Geography: Sweden, Germany, United States

Investor stats

Total investments: 255
Round size: Seed $3.3M–$14M; Series A $6.4M–$44M; Series B $15M–$100M
Lead/follow: 56% lead, 44% follow
Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $1.1B in 2022

Portfolio highlights

Wolt — Wolt delivers from the best restaurants and stores around you.
Siilo — Doctolib Connect is a secure medical messenger platform designed for healthcare professionals. Communicate patient data with teams and colleagues.
Holidu — Holidu is one of the fastest-growing travel tech companies worldwide that aims to finally make the search and booking of vacation rentals easy. Its search engine uses proprietary image recognition technology to compare the prices of millions of rental properties across hundred of websites including Airbnb, Booking.com, and Homeaway. This enablesusers to quickly find the ideal accommodation and to save up to 55% on their bookings. It was founded in 2014 by brothers Johannes and Michael Siebers and is headquartered in Munich, Bayern, Germany.

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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.

Investment focus

Industry: Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence
Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Geography: Germany, United States, France

Investor stats

Total investments: 82
Round size: Seed $1.5M–$7.8M; Pre-Seed $1.1M–$5.5M; Series A $13M–$35M
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.
NOVOS — Science-backed longevity supplements and tools, now supported by placebo-controlled human clinical research. Designed to slow biological aging and extend healthspan.
Jobspotting — Jobspotting is a recommendations engine that suggests relevant jobs to users based on their skills and experience. The engine is powered by Skills Graph and Semantic Analysis technology. The company was founded in 2013 in Berlin, Germany by ex-Googlers Hessam Lavi, Jan Backes and Manuel Holtz. Robin Haak joined the founding team in 2014 aftermeeting them through the Axel Springer Plug and Play Accelerator Programme, of which he was a co-founder. Jobspotting successfully acquired seed funding.

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Robin Capital focuses on software and technology solutions that address meaningful problems but am vertical agnostic.

Investment focus

Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Geography: Germany, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

Total investments: 47
Round size: Seed $1.5M–$6.2M; Pre-Seed $1.1M–$6.2M; Series A $13M–$19M
Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow
Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2024

Portfolio highlights

Almetra — We use computer vision and AI analytics to provide insights into manual assembly processes - our platform supports process engineers in driving productivity and quality of assembly processes
Rotomate — Turn machine data into clear maintenance decisions, at scale. Rotomate's AI Engineer monitors every asset so your team knows what to act on.
ARCA — Plataforma digital para planes de pensiones de empleo. Soluciones para gestoras, empresas y partners.

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MTIP is a growth capital investor that specializes in scaling up healthtech companies in rapidly expanding global markets. Visit our website!

Investment focus

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.

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Industrifonden is a Nordic evergreen venture capital firm with a fund size of $600m, that focuses on early-stage technology and life science companies with international potential. The company works long term with the entrepreneurs we invest in, and have a strong track record of building game changing companies. Industrifonden-backed companiesinclude tech companies Qlik, Arcam, Soundtrack Your Brand, Fishbrain, and life science companies CellaVision, Oncopeptides and AMRA.

Investment focus

Industry: Biotechnology, Software, Information Technology
Stage:Series A, Seed
Geography: Sweden, United States, Denmark

Investor stats

Total investments: 194
Round size: Seed $1.3M–$6.2M; Series A $3.3M–$21M
Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow

Portfolio highlights

Gesynta Pharma — Founded in 2017, Gesynta Pharma bases its R&D on research from the Karolinska Institutet. The most advanced drug candidate, GS-248, reduces inflammation and increases blood flow in the microvasculature, thereby having the potential to provide improved treatments for several serious diseases. In an ongoing clinical proof-of-concept study,GS-248 is being evaluated for its capacity to normalize vascular blood flow and reduce pain in patients with the autoimmune disease systemic sclerosis. Positive results from this study may lead to a rapid broadening of the development program towards additional indications, for example cardiovascular diseases and rheumatic diseases other than systemic sclerosis. Major shareholders include Industrifonden, Linc, Hadean Ventures, and a number of successful life science entrepreneurs. For more information, please visit www.gesynta.se
Peafowl Plasmonics — IOSBET menyediakan akses slot demo Pragmatic resmi dengan pilihan game terbanyak, pendaftaran mudah, sistem aman, serta pengalaman bermain nyaman tanpa risiko.
Trackpaw Scientific — Contributing to the development of safe and effective pharmaceuticals at increased speed and quality by digitalising the preclinical study landscape.

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Sebastian Siemiatkowski, based out ofStockholm, Stockholms Lan, is the Co-Founder and CEO of Klarna. Sebastian Siemiatkowski attended the Stockholm School of Economics.

Investment focus

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

nexos.ai — Introducing nexos.ai — a powerful model gateway that delivers game-changing AI solutions. With advanced automation and intelligent decision making, nexos.ai helps simplify operations, boost productivity, and accelerate business growth.
Talentium — Meet your dream hire today.
Lovable — Lovable builds software that builds software. Lovable vision is to unlock human creativity by enabling anyone to create software.

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