# Top 50 Sports Angel Investors in Sweden in June 2026

## Mattias Weinhandl
- Type: Angel
- Location: Linköping, Ostergotlands Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Apps, Fitness, Health Care

Mattias Weinhandl

## Zlatan Ibrahimovic
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 3
- Focus: eSports, Internet, PC Games

Zlatan Ibrahimovic

## Jonas Nordlander
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Apps, E-Commerce, Fashion

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

## Simon Josefsson
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Health Care, Sports, Consumer Goods

Simon Josefsson

## Karl Magnus Troedsson
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Gaming, Software, SaaS

Karl Magnus Troedsson - Founder @ Behold Ventures

## Jacob Key
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Insurance

Jacob Key is co-founder and general partner of Luminar Ventures. Jacob has made close to 20 early stage investments in companies such as Challengermode, Gavagai, Unacast and Pacemaker -  and made 3 successful exits to date in Sportamore, Vera&John and Vetzoo.

## Per Brilioth
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series B, Seed
- Focus: Apps, Software, Transportation

Per Brilioth - CEO @ VNV Global

## Filip Engelbert
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Apps, E-Commerce, Fashion

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

## Cristina Stenbeck
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Fashion, E-Commerce, Lifestyle

Cristina Stenbeck has been the lead shareholder of Kinnevik over the last 20 years. Cristina began her career within the Kinnevik group when she joined her first public portfolio company board in 1997. She became Deputy Chairman of Kinnevik in 2003. Served as Chairman and Executive Chairman of the Board between 2007 and 2016 and still serves on theBoard today. Kinnevik is a family-led entrepreneurial group focused on building digital consumer businesses spanning 80 countries around the world. The six investment focus areas are: Communication, e-Commerce & Marketplaces, Entertainment and Financial Services and it recently added health and education to its current consumer focus. Last year, Kinnevik made its first investment into a digital heath platform called babylon which uses advanced AI to diagnose and treat consumers' medical concerns. Kinnevik's largest investment is its 32% ownership in Zalando, Europe's leading fashion and e-commerce company. Cristina graduated with a B.Sc. from Georgetown University in Washington DC, USA and lives in Stockholm, Sweden with her family and four children.

## Henrik Torstensson
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: FinTech, SaaS, Sports

Henrik Torstensson is a Partner at Alliance Venture and a Board Member & Co-founder of Lifesum.

## Mathias Ackermand
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Apps, Audio, Music

Mathias Ackermand is a Private Investor at Privat. Attended Kiel University.

## Caroline Ingeborn
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Apps, Sports, Fitness

Caroline Ingeborn is a Co-founder & CEO of Leap.

## Mikael Backlund
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: Sports, Robotics

Mikael Backlund

## Mats Carlsson
- Type: Angel
- Location: Danderyd, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: eSports, Internet, PC Games

Mats Carlsson is the Chief Executive Officer of Pareto Securities.

## Nicklas Backstrom
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: Sports, Robotics

Nicklas Backstrom

## Robert Swartling
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Racing, Sports, FinTech

Robert Swartling

## Dan Sten Olsson
- Type: Angel
- Location: Gothenburg, Vastra Gotaland, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: Apps, Payments, Insurance

1969, MBA, Gothenburg University. Formerly with Svenska Handelsbanken and Eriksberg Shipyard, Gothenburg. Since 1972, with Stena Group: 1980, Deputy Managing Director; 1983, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer; Director, Stena and affiliates and Stena International and affiliates. Chairman: Stena Line; Stena Metall; Concordia Maritime;Swedish Shipowners' Association. Co-Founder, World Childhood Foundation. Member of the International Advisory Board, Alliance for Global Sustainability. Recipient of awards and honours, including: King's medal for contributions to the development of Swedish society in terms of business, sustainable values and charity (2005); Commander of the British Empire in recognition of Stena's long-standing commitment to investment in the UK; Honorary Doctorate, Chalmers Technical University, Gothenburg.

## Johan Skarborg
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: eSports, Internet, PC Games

Johan Skarborg is the Founder and CEO of Academic Work.

## Niklas Kronwall
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: Sports, Robotics

Niklas Kronwall

## Bengt Maunsbach
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Racing, Sports, Leisure

Bengt Maunsbach

## Auston Matthews
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: Sports, Robotics

Auston Matthews

## Shane Wright
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: Sports, Robotics

Shane Wright

## Rouven Dresselhaus
- Type: Angel
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Internet

Rouven Dresselhaus is Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Cavalry Ventures. His most notable investments at Cavalry include McMakler, Forto and Planetly (acq. by OneTrust). He also serves on numerous boards, e.g. at BRYTER and Sofía.Rouven started his career at Morten Sondergaard and then moved to Capnamic Ventures. In parallel, as a member of theadvisory board, he spearheaded the digitization initiative of his family business Joseph Dresselhaus GmbH & Co. KG (acq. by Nimbus) comprising core processes such as finance, HR, logistics and procurement.Rouven has invested in more than five dozen startups and participated in over two hundred funding rounds. He is a member of YPO, a global community of chief executives, and has been mentoring young entrepreneurs in formats such as Techstars, Techstars SAP.io, next logistics accelerator and the Axel Springer Plug and Play Accelerator. In addition, Rouven is a supporter of the entrepreneurial charity Founders Pledge.

## Graham Weston
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Antonio, Texas, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: Health Care, Information Technology, Legal

Graham Weston is one of the founders of Rackspace and now serves as Chairman of the Board. Graham has been a part of Rackspace from the beginning. Born and raised in the San Antonio area, he saw entrepreneurial opportunities in everything around him. He launched his first business venture as a seventh grader, marketing organic pork in newspaper adsthat read "Go Hog Wild!" In high school, he built another business that took photos at livestock shows and sold them to contestants. He attended Texas A&M, where—you guessed it—he launched another business. This one was inspired by his successful appeal of his father's property tax bills, and led him to help other property owners appeal their bills.Graham went into the real estate business, and led his family to buy and develop the Weston Centre in downtown San Antonio. At the same time, he developed a keen interest in the possibilities of the Internet. In 1998, he and a partner provided the original capital for a business idea pitched by three local Trinity University students. They called it "Rackspace.com." Graham joined the enterprise as CEO and remained in that position until 2006, when he became chairman. In 2005, Graham was honored by the City of San Antonio for converting one of his vacant properties into a temporary shelter for victims of hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Nicknamed the "Hilton of Shelters," by the Denver Post, it housed more than 2,500 refugees. Graham was named a 2006 "Best Boss" by Fortune Small Business magazine and was recognized as regional Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst & Young," from Rackspace.com.

## Erik Byrenius
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: Health Care, Security, Software

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.

## Mark Livings
- Type: Angel
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Education, Communities

Founder of a diverse group of businesses including globally-distributed consumer brands (Lyre's Spirits Co) as well as growth-award winning companies specialising in the supply of marketing services and products to the FMCG\ CPG industry. These businesses include an integrated creative agency, a digital printing and personalisation platform,a branded merchandise and speciality packaging supplier as well as a specialty promotional logistics and fulfilment provider.Mark has worked closely with over 50 major FMCG organisations in the grocery, pharma, liquor and health and beauty space and has grown a portfolio of businesses servicing their go to market requirements over the last seven years.Passionate about technology, Mark has invested across all business units ensuring a competitive edge is maintained with best in class platforms to delivery quality creative, product production and fulfilment services to some of the world's most recognisable businesses and brands.

## Markus Täkte
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Racing, Sports, Leisure

Markus Täkte

## Karl Sandstedt
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: eSports, Internet, PC Games

Karl Sandstedt is the Head of Devices and Services at Google.

## Hampus Jakobsson
- Type: Angel
- Location: Malmö, Skane Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: Health Care, Software, Artificial Intelligence

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.

## Robin Söderling
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: eSports, PC Games, Mobile Apps

Robin Söderling

## Jesper Blomqvist
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: Sales, Sports, Marketing

Jesper Blomqvist

## Martin Dahlin
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: eSports, PC Games, Psychology

Martin Dahlin

## Mattias Miksche
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, Big Data, Artificial Intelligence

Mattias Miksche - Angel Investor & Chairman @ Hem

## Josefin Landgård
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Health Care, Mobile, Medical

Josefin Landgård is the Founder and CEO of Mantle. Previously she served as the Co-Founder and COO at KRY back in March 2014 to September 2018.

## Helene Nathhorst Spångberg
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: Sales, Sports, Marketing

Helene Nathhorst Spångberg

## Michael Hansen
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: B2B, Apps, SaaS

Offers a strong passion for empowering people and ideas to grow beyond expectations.
Bring close to 20 years of experience from roles as Investor, Board Member, CEO/ Managing Director and Business Development. Skills are primarily understanding customer needs, business models, business development, strategy, financing, change management andtaking ideas to the next level.
Experience from a large number of industries but primarily within media, Internet, tech, gaming and entertainment, both Sweden and around the globe.
Direct and indirect investments in some 20 companies with strong growth. Primarily in the digital space, e.g. gaming, eLearning, consulting, application development, Machine to Machine (M2M).
More than 10 years of experience from Seed Investing, Venture Capital, Private Equity and Startups.
An extensive international network of entrepreneurs, investors and skilled specialists.

## Niklas Eklund
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: Software, Apps, Internet

Over the past 25 years, Niklas has an entrepreneur built and internationalized a range of companies in the area of reservation systems, revenue management, online marketing, and web publishing; amongst others he was the CEO and co-founder Bookatable, Livebookings, Infogate, and Epani.Over the past 8 years, Niklas has a direct investor and advisorto investment companies and venture capital companies; amongst others he was a co-founder and general partner at D-Ax (Axel Johnson Group CVC), a venture partner for Wellington Partners Venture Capital. Niklas is currently a general partner for PES Holdings. Investment focus is the Digital Media Sector and Digital Growth Companies, primarily in the Nordic countries and across Europe. Niklas describes himself as a ‘computer software geek and wizard turned businessman’ as he started his career at the age of 15. 
His achievements in building internationally successful companies have been recognized by various industry awards.

## Per Båtelson
- Type: Angel
- Location: Lidingö, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Medical, Health Care, Medical Device

Per Båtelson

## Danny Saucedo
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Music, Sales, Sports

Danny Saucedo

## Joakim Mandorsson
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Racing, Sports, Leisure

Joakim Mandorsson

## Daniel Pilotti
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Apps, Retail, Payments

Daniel Pilotti is the Founder of Your Special Delivery Service and Ryska Posten.

## Stefan Lennhammer
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series B
- Focus: Apps, B2B, Mobile

Stefan Lennhammer - Chairman @ Truecaller

## Ted Nelson
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Apps, Mobile, Sports

Ted Nelson is currently Chief Commercial Officer at Truecaller. Previously he was SVP Sales & GM Stardoll.com at Stardoll.

## Max Sandin
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Gaming, Sports, Ticketing

Max Sandin is a successful entrepreneur.

## Dan Castillio
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Apps, Racing, Sports

Dan Castillio

## Andreas Granqvist
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: eSports, PC Games, Mobile Apps

Andreas Granqvist

## Ludvig Friberger
- Type: Angel
- Location: Malmö, Skane Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Cycling, Sustainability

Ludvig Friberger is the Co-Founder and Board Member at CarpetVista. He previously worked as the Web Developer and Strategist at Ahlqvist & Co.

## Jonas Siljemark
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: eSports, Internet, PC Games

Jonas Siljemark is the CEO of Warner Music Scandinavia.

## Henrik Zetterberg
- Type: Angel
- Location: Östervåla, Vastmanlands Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: Sports, Robotics

Henrik Zetterberg was the Founder Zetterbergs.

## Ashley Heppenstall
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: eSports, Internet, PC Games

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.

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