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byFounders

Venture capital

Founded 2017 · Copenhagen, Denmark

#25 Investor Ranking 2026 Top 1% in Nordics

A 'for founders - by founders' early stage venture fund

Website ↗LinkedIn ↗X / Twitter ↗
73 Portfolio companies+116% in 5 years
1 Unicorns
92 Investments
May 2026 Last investment
01 · Knowledge graph
News Verda hits €160M Series B, becomes Finland's newest unicorn Sep 22, 2026 News Fluencify raises $4.3M pre-seed to automate influencer marketing with AI Sep 7, 2026 News Adaptyv raises $40M Series A to automate lab work for AI-designed proteins Aug 26, 2026
02 · Portfolio analysis

Where byFounders’ portfolio is concentrated.

Distribution of portfolio companies by headquarters country, sector, entry stage and current growth stage. Across all 68 portfolio companies. "Stage entered" is the first priced round the investor joined, derived from the investor’s transaction history.

By countryCount
  1. Denmark23
  2. USA15
  3. Finland8
  4. Germany8
  5. Sweden7
  6. Estonia2
  7. Iceland2
  8. Norway2
  9. Switzerland2
  10. Italy1
  11. Lithuania1
  12. Netherlands1
By sectorCount
  1. Enterprise Software16
  2. Health14
  3. Fintech8
  4. Energy7
  5. Gaming6
  6. Education5
  7. Marketing5
  8. Food4
  9. Media4
  10. Transportation3
  11. Engineering and Manufacturing Equipment2
  12. Jobs Recruitment2
By stage enteredCount
  1. Seed50
  2. Series A17
By growth stageCount
  1. Early Growth53
  2. Breakout Stage15
  3. Late Growth5
03 · Portfolio market map

Inside byFounders’ portfolio.

The 60 highest-funded portfolio companies, of 68 tracked.

Lovable
Enterprise Software · Unicorn
$6.6B
Monta
Energy
$352M
Verda
Hosting
$220M
Simple Feast
Food
Corti
Health
$240M
Bob W
Travel
$176M
Normative.io
Energy
$171M
SafetyWing
Health
$140M
Contractbook
Legal
$120M
IXI
Health
$132M
Digitail
Health
$92M
Cobalt Labs
Security
$116M
Lucinity
Fintech
$68M
Greenely
Energy
$45M
Quantica
Engineering and Manufacturing Equipment
$77M
Garden
Enterprise Software
$62M
UIzard
Enterprise Software
$60M
Creative Force
Media
$36M
Smitten
Dating
$40M
Qvin
Health
$500K
Qurasense
Health
$500K
SuperNormal
Media
$40M
Arsenale BioYards
Health
$42M
Rune
Gaming
$32M
Adaptyv Biosystems
Health
$23M
Proper
Real Estate
$22M
Yaak
Education
$32M
Dusk
Gaming
$32M
Januar
Fintech
$33M
Tame
Event Tech
$20M
Dazzle Rocks
Gaming
$27M
Drem
Real Estate
$11M
Cello
Marketing
$14M
Salto X
Fintech
$23M
Jellatech
Health
$14M
Fuzey
Fintech
$18M
Watalook
Wellness Beauty
$13M
tangled
Enterprise Software
$17M
QA Tech
Enterprise Software
$17M
vibrant.io
Fintech
$18M
Sumary
Fintech
$17M
Intric
Enterprise Software
$17M
GamerzClass
Gaming
$10M
Flare
Education
$16M
Flare
Media
$16M
Spiral Hydrogen
Energy
$12M
Ento Labs
Energy
$14M
Aumio
Health
$13M
Willo
Energy
$13M
DrugStars
Health
$11M
Spoke Technologies
Enterprise Software
$8.0M
MEINE ERDE
Health
$11M
BonBot
Food
$9.6M
Rig.dev
Enterprise Software
$8.8M
Peergrade
Education
$6.0M
Livv Health
Health
$7.3M
Starberry Games
Gaming
$4.8M
Loki Robotics
Robotics
$5.9M
Omnio
Enterprise Software
$308K
Zefram
Marketing
$4.8M
04 · Portfolio founders

Where byFounders’ portfolio founders come from.

149 founders across the 73 highest-funded portfolio companies — by current location, university attended, and the companies they worked at before founding. Sourced from the founder records the API links to each portfolio company.

LocationCount
  1. Denmark43
  2. Germany21
  3. Sweden19
  4. Finland16
  5. United States16
  6. Switzerland6
  7. Estonia5
  8. Norway5
  9. Iceland4
  10. United Kingdom4
UniversityCount
  1. Copenhagen Business School14
  2. Technical University of Denmark13
  3. University of Copenhagen12
  4. Aarhus University8
  5. Aalto University7
  6. KTH Royal Institute of Technology6
  7. IT University of Copenhagen5
  8. Aalborg University4
  9. Harvard University4
  10. Copenhagen Business Academy3
Previous companyCount
  1. McKinsey & Company4
  2. University of Copenhagen4
  3. Boston Consulting Group3
  4. CERN3
  5. CERN Pension Fund3
  6. IBM3
  7. iGEM3
  8. Morgan Stanley3
  9. Novo Nordisk3
  10. Pipedrive3
05 · Similar investors

Similar investors.

Peers the API surfaces as most similar by portfolio shape, with Dealroom investor rank and portfolio scale.

Y Combinator
Accelerator · San Francisco
#62 rank 7,127 companies $1.9T portfolio
Plug and Play
Venture Capital · Sunnyvale
#410 rank 1,576 companies $290B portfolio
Eurazeo
Private Equity · Paris
#97 rank 375 companies $159B portfolio
Techstars
Accelerator · New York City
#855 rank 2,278 companies $249B portfolio
Antler
Accelerator · Singapore
#1,199 rank 2,027 companies $22B portfolio
Accel
Venture Capital · Palo Alto
#32 rank 1,156 companies $2.9T portfolio
Bpifrance
Sovereign Wealth Fund · Maisons-Alfort
#94 rank 1,363 companies $165B portfolio
Global Founders Capital
Venture Capital · Berlin
#231 rank 605 companies $1.7T portfolio
06 · Key people

Key people at byFounders.

Eric Lagier
Eric Lagier
Founding Partner
 Tommy Andersen
Tommy Andersen
Founding Partner
 Magnus Hambleton
Magnus Hambleton
Partner
 Martin Krag
Martin Krag
Partner
 Sara Rywe
Sara Rywe
Partner
 Casper Bjarnason
Casper Bjarnason
Investor
 Ugne Musneckyte
Ugne Musneckyte
Investor
 Nathaniel Stumman
Nathaniel Stumman
Investor
Source: Curated from official investor team pages and verified public profiles.