Published inCreandum·Nov 18, 2019Caroline Ingeborn joins Creandum as Entrepreneur-In-ResidenceAt Creandum we strive at working with the best entrepreneurs in the world. Therefore, we are very excited to welcome a new entrepreneur to our #Creandumfamily — Caroline Ingeborn — who will join our team as an Entrepreneur-In-Residence (EIR). An EIR is a part-time member of the investment advisory team…Startup5 min readStartup5 min read
Published inCreandum·Apr 6, 2018The most important decision you make as an entrepreneur is who you partner withGuest post by Careship Founder Antonia Albert — Creandum note: Today we’re excited to announce that Creandum has invested in Careship, a Berlin-based company which is solving how we care for our elderly so they can age at home, one of societies largest challenges. …Startup4 min readStartup4 min read
Published inCreandum·Jul 13, 2017Automating bookkeeping for small businesses, free of chargeCreandum backs Bokio in €3.1m seed round — “I love doing my bookkeeping” — said no small business owner ever. Anyone that has run a business knows that bookkeeping is a tedious and backward-looking task. It can take hours to go through receipts, verify payroll, and fill in invoicing details. These are incredibly important parts of running a…Small Business3 min readSmall Business3 min read
Jun 28, 2017KRY, the Swedish video-based healthcare provider, announces €20m Series A investment to power European expansionStockholm/London, June 29th, 6am BST — KRY (kry.se), …Startup5 min readStartup5 min read
Published inCreandum·Jun 12, 2017The Tictail StoryWe’re big fans of e-commerce, and clearly nobody does it with more Swedish style than Tictail. We caught up with Carl Waldekranz, CEO of Tictail, to reminisce about how the Tictail family came together, and about how they became part of the greater Creandum Family. …Startup5 min readStartup5 min read
Published inCreandum·May 22, 2017The iZettle story with cofounder Magnus NilssonWe caught up with Magnus Nilsson, COO and cofounder of iZettle, the payments solution that has become the one-stop-shop for small businesses. Between a few good laughs we found the story of how iZettle beat industry experts (and our) expectations. This interview can also be found on our website. Creandum…Startup6 min readStartup6 min read
Published inCreandum·Apr 25, 201710 years later: Getting to know Spotify before Series AWe first met Spotify in spring of 2007, and later Creandum Fund II led the firm’s first venture round of funding. Ten years later we’re hearing Creandum partner Fredrik Cassel brag too much about being user 700-something, so we we decided look at that moment where we first signed up…Startup6 min readStartup6 min read
Published inCreandum·Feb 15, 2017Why we think Pleo is the perfect Fintech company— By Creandum’s Johan Brenner and Bjarke Staun-Olsen The first sign that we knew Pleo was onto something big was a year ago at a Bloomberg startup event in Copenhagen. Jeppe, Pleo’s CEO, did a great pitch on their smart company payment cards. When it was time for questions, Theis…Fintech3 min readFintech3 min read
Published inCreandum·Aug 17, 2016Kry fills all the boxes of our healthcare checklistBy Fredrik Cassel Most consumer service areas have already been transformed by technology, but as a relative latecomer you can easily see health care will undergo massive changes in the coming years. I don’t think any of us can wait — so much time, value and agony is just waiting…Healthcare2 min readHealthcare2 min read
Published inCreandum·Jun 7, 2016The Nordics in context: The Creandum Exits ReportBy Creandum’s Daniel Blomquist A year ago in May of 2015, Creandum published the Nordic Tech Exit Report where it put the region into context: while the Nordics are home to just 3% of Europe’s population, it has created more than 50% of Europe’s Billion Dollar exits since 2005. …Startup4 min readStartup4 min read