CEO and co-founder of Zaplar, Axel Andersson Lingbert previously worked in the hotel and restaurant industry and co-led an anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing team at a major Swedish bank. He studied engineering mathematics at Lund Faculty of Engineering (LTH) but did not complete the MSc.
Intro paths
YC
Axel went through Y Combinator (Summer 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Jared Friedman, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Zaplar's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Axel can intro founders to Zaplar's investors below.
Zaplar's investors · 1
Co-founders
Oscar Karlstromer· FounderJon Milles· FounderDouglas Solberg· Founder