We’re excited to welcome Frans to byFounders in Copenhagen, where he joins our operations team with a sharp eye for data and fund mechanics.

We’re thrilled to welcome Cecilie to the byFounders team as she takes on a key role in building and strengthening our community.

We are excited to welcome Daniel Stenson to byFounders. Joining us in the Copenhagen office, Daniel believes that grit and persistence are key indicators of success, leading him to look for technical and determined founders.

Big welcome to Line Ettrich, joining us as the Data & Research Lead! Her unique blend of startup experience and data expertise is a perfect match for driving our fund's intelligence and enhancing our ESG commitments.

byFounders is excited to announce Martin Krag as newest partner! Martin's impact on our portfolio and team has been significant, and we look forward to this new chapter.

We're finishing the year strong by welcoming Magnus Melau to the team as Impact & Finance Manager. In his role, Magnus will support our portfolio companies in building and scaling responsible businesses while ensuring transparency in our operations and financial performance. Read on to find out more about him and our reasoning for introducing such a role.

With a background in operations & product at climate tech giants, Northvolt and Einride, and an engrained go-get-'em attitude brought on by her New Jersey roots, Idil comes with an impact-driven personality and focus to byFounders.

We’re humbled to announce that Magnus Hambleton has joined the byFounders investment team. Currently sitting with us at our headquarters in Copenhagen, Magnus will be one of the first employees to join the Stockholm office, which is due to open its doors in late 2022.

Anonymous VC review site Landscape has published the first list of the top 20 seed investors in Europe, based exclusively on feedback from founders - and byFounders made the list! Thank you to all of you who voted for us!

Do you know how difficult it is to find a needle in a haystack? That's how Tommy and I felt when we started to search for a third partner. Today, we're excited to announced that we actually managed to find the needle in the haystack. Please welcome Sara Rywe as the third partner of byFounders.

We’re so excited to welcome Camille Zivré to the investment team and look forward to seeing in action the passion and dedication she has toward founders.

2020 was a year like no other. But moving behind the screens did not slow us down: we still welcomed seven new startups to our portfolio! From an AML software company working to ‘make money good’, to AI that makes negotiating more honest and responsible, without further ado, let’s meet our newcomers!

This month we didn’t just onboard two new byFounders Collective members from Norway: we also welcomed Kipras to our core team!

“Stories help us connect with people, and build community.”

We are delighted to introduce the latest addition to our team: Sebastian Johansson!

“I’m inspired by the people who set out to solve some of the world’s most pressing challenges — the one of a kind people who dare to be “nerdy.” I feel grateful and privileged to be able to listen to the stories of these founders daily.”

The past year has been fun and intense for the byFounders team. We've made a total of 14 investments, of which 11 are brand new entries to our portfolio. Ranging from AI-trained robots to computer vision prototyping, sustainability-as-a-service, a global social safety net, automated contract handling and more, it’s safe to say that we’re staying true to our agnostic investment focus.

This month we didn't only close our first-time EUR 100 million fund — we're moreover thrilled to welcome Juuso Koskinen to the byFounders team!

How we raised a EUR 100 million first-time fund to support the next generation of Nordic and Baltic founders

byFounders' first launch

byFounders is a “for founders by founders” fund built on the foundation and backing of a strong Collective, comprising some of the most successful Nordic entrepreneurs investing in and supporting a new generation of globally ambitious Nordic and Baltic founders.