Venture Capital

Creandum

Creandum is a Nordic venture capital firm known for early bets in category-defining European tech companies. It led Better Stack's Series A financing in January 2024 and also has Bolt in its portfolio.

SwedenStockholmSeed to Series ATechnologyGeneralist

Back to directory Visit site

Details

Location

Stockholm, Sweden

Portfolio startups

Startups this investor has backed

Bolt

Tallinn, Estonia · Startup

Bolt is an Estonia-born mobility superapp operating ride-hailing, micromobility (scooters and bikes), food delivery, grocery delivery via Bolt Market, and car sharing through Bolt Drive. The company reported about EUR 2.0b in revenue in 2024 and has said it is preparing for a potential stock market listing when conditions are favorable. Bolt continues to expand across Europe with a multi-vertical platform built around local operations and logistics density.

StartupLate StageMobilityDeliveryLogistics

View profile Visit site

Better Stack

Prague, Czech Republic · Startup

Better Stack is a Prague-founded observability platform built by engineers for engineers, led by Juraj Masar (CEO) and Veronika Kolejak (COO). The company is known for combining speed, lower cost, and strong product design in a unified stack that covers uptime monitoring, log management, incident response, and status pages. Its technical positioning emphasizes standard SQL over proprietary query languages and high-performance analytics on ClickHouse-based infrastructure. Better Stack's January 2024 Series A and extension brought total funding to about $28.6M, with Creandum, KAYA Ventures, and Susa Ventures among key investors plus notable angels from Box, Flexport, Neo4j, Yelp, Codecademy, and UiPath. Publicly shared company metrics reported more than 200,000 developers and 4,000+ customers, and by 2026 Better Stack is widely viewed as one of the strongest Czech global DevTools contenders.

StartupGrowthDevToolsObservabilityInfrastructure

View profile Visit site

Similar entries

Matched by sector and location overlap; not a confirmed investment portfolio

Almi Invest

Stockholm, Sweden · Incubator

Government-backed investor and Sweden's most active seed fund with regional coverage.

IncubatorPre-Seed to Series AGeneralistICTLife Sciences

View profile Visit site

Amber Business Angels Network

Szczecin, Poland · Angel Investor

A network grown by the Polish Entrepreneurship Foundation in Szczecin, uniting ~50 investors from across Poland. Amber invests in projects that at least have a prototype or beta, focusing on those with high potential and market access. Notable focus: early post-prototype startups requiring angel funding to commercialize (diverse sectors, strong emphasis on the West Pomerania region).

Angel InvestorPre-Seed to SeedGeneralistTechnology

View profile Visit site

aws Gruenderfonds

Vienna, Austria · Accelerator

Launched 2013. Federal venture fund co-investing in Austrian high-growth startups with long-term local support.

AcceleratorLate Seed to Series ATechnologyGeneralist

View profile Visit site

BackingMinds

Stockholm, Sweden · Incubator

Founded 2016. Seed fund focused on overlooked founders and underserved markets.

IncubatorSeedGeneralistConsumerEnterprise

View profile Visit site

Nordic Makers

Copenhagen, Denmark · Angel Investor

Collective of Nordic angel investors backing early-stage founders.

Angel InvestorPre-Seed to SeedGeneralistTechnology

View profile Visit site

Sherry Coutu

Cambridge, United Kingdom · Angel Investor

Sherry Coutu CBE is a prominent angel investor and entrepreneur known for championing the UK’s scale-up ecosystem. Originally from Canada, Coutu moved to the UK and in 1994 founded Interactive Investor, an online brokerage, which she led to an IPO in 2000. After exiting that venture, she became a full-time angel in 2000 and has since invested in 50+ tech companies, focusing on consumer internet, education, and fintech startups. Coutu has been an early backer of notable UK startups like Zoopla and LoveFilm, and holds LP stakes in several venture funds. Beyond investing her own capital, Sherry Coutu is famed for her advocacy of “scale-ups” – mid-stage companies poised for high growth. In 2014, she authored the landmark Scale-Up Report for the UK government, highlighting the economic importance of helping startups grow into larger firms. This led her, alongside LinkedIn’s Reid Hoffman, to found the ScaleUp Institute in 2015 – a nonprofit that provides resources, mentorship, and policy advocacy for scaling businesses. Coutu also founded Founders4Schools and Digital Boost, initiatives connecting students and small businesses with experienced entrepreneurs. She remains an active non-executive director on multiple boards – past roles include serving on the boards of the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG), the University of Cambridge Finance Board, and Pearson plc. In the angel community, Sherry Coutu is respected not only for her investments but for her mentorship and network: she often provides board-level guidance and operational mentorship to founders. Appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 2013 for services to entrepreneurship, Sherry Coutu is a pivotal figure helping UK tech startups navigate the jump from startup to scale-up.

Creandum

Details

Portfolio startups

Similar entries

Comments