Top 10 Social Startup Investors in Sweden in January 2026
A list of 10 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Social startups based in Sweden. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Social companies from Sweden. We update this investor list every month.Top 10 Social Startup Investors in Sweden in January 2026
| Investor | Social Sweden investments |
|---|---|
| Timo Soininen | 1 |
| Riccardo Zacconi | 1 |
| Mikko Kodisoja | 1 |
| Gustav Söderström | 1 |
| Sophia Bendz | 1 |
| Houman Ashrafzadeh | 1 |
| HOF Capital | 1 |
| Jonas Brogårdh | 1 |
| Stefan Magnusson | 1 |
| Ludvig Linge | 1 |
Timo Soininen is the co-founder at Small Giant Games.
Timo Soininen is the CEO and co-founder of Small Giant Games, maker of the hit game Empires & Puzzles.
Small Giant joined Zynga, Inc (ZNGA) in December 2018, when Zynga acquired 80% of Small Giant at $700M valuation.
Prior to Small Giant he was the longtime CEO of Habbo Hotel and is also anactive angel investor in several technology startups ranging from biomaterials and digital health to games (Spinnova, Aiforia, Critical Force).
Timo holds a M.Sc. degree in Marketing from Helsinki School of Economics/Aalto University and just loves tennis.
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Investment focus
- Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
- Finland, Sweden, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Vuo AI — Building blocks for advanced AI-based applications
- MyGamez — With over 600 million mobile gamers, China is the biggest growth opportunity for global game companies.
- Studio 555 — Studio 555 operates as a tech company, that creates a category where interior design meets gaming and social apps.
Riccardo Zacconi is based out of London, England and is the Board Member of Layer AI. Riccardo previously worked at King.com as Co-Founder and Chairman. Riccardo Zacconi attended Luiss Guido Carli University.
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- Gaming, Apps, Information Technology
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, Estonia, Sweden
Portfolio highlights
- Layer AI — The Collaborative MLOps platform
- Studio 555 — Studio 555 operates as a tech company, that creates a category where interior design meets gaming and social apps.
- Take Take Take — Fantasy Chess is a platform that allows users to pick teams of real-world chess players, track their performance in tournaments, and receive points based on their achievement.
Mikko Kodisoja
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- Gaming, Video Games, Mobile
- Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
- Finland, Sweden, Hong Kong
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- Bob W — Book the smartest alternative to hotels and random rentals. Climate-neutral and locally designed apartments in handpicked districts. Stay days, weeks or months.
- MyGamez — With over 600 million mobile gamers, China is the biggest growth opportunity for global game companies.
- Studio 555 — Studio 555 operates as a tech company, that creates a category where interior design meets gaming and social apps.
Gustav Söderström is an investor and advisor at Before joining Spotify, Söderström was the director of product and business development at the chief executive officer of In 2006, Söderström was named Swedish IT entrepreneur of the year by Internet Magazine. In the following year, he was voted one of Sweden’s 50 most influential people under 40 by Shortcut, a career networking site.Söderström holds a master’s degree in electro engineering from
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Investment focus
- B2B, Internet, DIY
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Sweden, United States
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- Digiexam — Lower cost of examination, fair and unbiased grading, and less administration, all possible with our robust and secure platform. Learn more on our website!
- Left or Right — Left or Right is a social decision app that helps its users make everyday decisions with confidence and ease. Left or Right is a fashionable tool for instant feedback. Users can get advice from friends and the Left or Right community, by publishing images in a poll. Users can also give advice and discover trends.
- Nordic Air Defence — Nordic Air Defence builds cutting-edge solutions for modern aerial security. Made in Sweden.
Sophia Bendz - Partner @ Cherry Ventures
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Investment focus
- Health Care, Software, Apps
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- Sweden, United Kingdom, United States
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- mayk — Mayk sounds. Mayk music. Mayk noise. Mayk it... In an app.
- Medoma — Medoma is a Swedish virtual ward company that offer patients acute hospital care in their home instead of in the hospital.
- Wikifarmer — A free online knowledge library where professional or amateur farmers can find best practices on growing their fields more effectively and an online marketplace where farmers can sell their products to buyers directly. Our vision is to create a fair, transparent and profitable environment for all the farming world. Farmers are dedicating theirlives in cultivating their fields, but get the lowest value of all the sales cycle, so we believe they need to receive a more fair share. Buyers have the right to have more options and buy at better prices, so we want to be the ones to solve this inequality in both sides.
Houman Ashrafzadeh
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Investment focus
- SaaS, Social, Internet
- Seed
- Sweden
Portfolio highlights
- Life Inside — Collect and share videos that engage and convert your website and career site visitors. Try Life Inside for free today!
HOF Capital is a global technology investment firm that leverages its global limited partner network to help founders build massive businesses.
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Investment focus
- Software, FinTech, Financial Services
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United States, Singapore, India
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- Cassidy — Create customized AI-assistants to streamline tasks, enhance productivity, and adopt AI across your entire organization.
- Warp — Warp is a payroll and compliance tool that makes it easy for founders to hire, onboard, and pay their employees.
- Extropic AI — The next era of computing isn't dead. It's alive. More coming soon.
Jonas Brogårdh
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Investment focus
- SaaS, Social, Internet
- Seed
- Sweden
Portfolio highlights
- Life Inside — Collect and share videos that engage and convert your website and career site visitors. Try Life Inside for free today!
Stefan Magnusson is a Co-Founder of Taurus Technologies Electric.
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Investment focus
- SaaS, Social, Internet
- Seed
- Sweden
Portfolio highlights
- Life Inside — Collect and share videos that engage and convert your website and career site visitors. Try Life Inside for free today!
Ludvig has a background as a co-founder of the company The Astonishing Tribe, TAT, and is an active angel investor. He is passionate about helping strong teams that want to combine design and technology to create innovative companies that really make a difference.TAT became during the beginning of the 2000s, the world leader in user interfacesfor mobile phones and delivered design and software for brands like Samsung, Nokia, Sony Ericsson, and Google. In late 2010, TAT was sold to Canadian Research in Motion, RIM, which makes BlackBerry handsets.
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Investment focus
- Software, Apps, Mobile Apps
- Funding Round, Seed, Angel
- Sweden
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- Apprl — Performance-based influencer marketing, made for e-commerce brands, and an invitation-only service for digital content creators.
- Welcome App — Welcome App is a mobile app that connects refugees and locals.
- MIND Music Labs — When it comes to musical instruments, “Smart” experiences are today still very limited. Musicians need truly wireless, portable, upgradable and cloud-based solutions. 250M users (pro and amateurs musicians) spending about $17B a year and their audience are waiting for a revolution. We develop ELK MusicOS (the “Android” of musical instruments)enabling musical instruments vendors to make a new generation of “Smart Instruments” and we build around it an ecosystem of cloud services.
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