J12 Ventures
Venture capitalPre-Seed–Seed · 8 people tracked
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Investment thesis
J12 Ventures is a Stockholm-based venture capital firm that invests at the earliest stages in AI-focused startups. It targets two segments: infrastructure and tooling that helps enterprises and developers adopt AI (such as data infrastructure, developer tools, MLOps, and compute), and AI-powered applications transforming B2B workflows.
Team · 8 people
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What they invest in
from 29 of 35 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×20SaaS ×18Enterprise Software ×9Data & Infrastructure ×5Advanced Manufacturing ×4Fintech ×4B2B Marketplaces ×3Deep Tech ×3
HQs:Sweden×8Germany×3Finland×2United Kingdom×2United States×2France×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 18 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×72 founders×73 founders×4
Where their founders studiedfrom 28 founders with education data
KTH Royal Institute of Technology ×4Stockholm School of Economics ×3Teknillinen korkeakoulu-Tekniska högskolan ×3Linköping University ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 29 founders with career history
McKinsey & Company ×4Collibra ×3Helsinki University of Technology ×3Klarna ×3Babyshop Group ×2BigHand ×2KTH Royal Institute of Technology ×2QuantumBlack, AI by McKinsey ×2
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
6 founders hold a PhD · 1 hold an MBA (of 29 with degree data)
Investments · 35 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathValidio provides an agentic data management platform that automates data observability, quality, lineage, and cataloging for enterprises.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareStockholm, SE
Patrik Liu Tran(CEO & Founder)inAdrian Strömberg(Head of Finance)inSophia Granfors(Head of Marketing)inChristopher Alfred Brown(Head of Product & Engineering)
Co-investorsLakestarInception Fund
Co-investorsBonnier Capital
Ayora is a platform for law firms that uses AI to automate matter pricing, budget management, and financial reporting by enriching legal practice data.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareLegalTechSaaS
Stefan Ciesla(Founder)inGordon McKenzie(Founder, PhD)in
Co-investorsTwin Path Ventures
Camphouse is a software platform that simplifies media planning and campaign management for advertisers and agencies through an intuitive interface with collaboration, media buying, budgeting, and reporting capabilities.
AdTechMarketing TechSaaS
Alexander Högman(Co-founder / CEO)Magnus Ohlin(Co-founder / CPO)Ludwig Magnusson(Co-founder / CTO)Joakim Landberg(Co-founder / CSO)
Co-investorsFairpoint CapitalNewion
Platform powering global music rights transactions.
Co-investorsInventure
Circulate is a European platform that connects businesses with verified sustainable packaging suppliers, reducing sourcing time from months to weeks while ensuring transparency and eliminating greenwashing.
Advanced ManufacturingB2B MarketplacesCircular EconomyClimate TechE-commerceNew Materials
Counsel is an AI platform for law firms that ingests data across a firm's tools — including Outlook, Teams, Word, Gmail, NetDocuments, and meetings — and runs background agents that build context on every email, matter, and commitment.
AI & Machine LearningLegalTechSaaS
Co-investorsDiaspora Ventures
CURE operates a booking platform that connects pharmacies with delivery service partners to generate online orders.
B2B MarketplacesHealthtechSaaSBerlin, DE
Manuel Aberle(Founder)in
Co-investorsAbstract VenturesArtis VenturesAccompliceCatalyst Health VenturesCosmic Venture PartnersFELIX CAPITAL+15 more
Deasy Labs automates the transformation of unstructured data into AI-ready structured data through a context engine that handles discovery, tagging, filtering, and enrichment.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareNew York City, US
Reece Griffiths(Founder)inMikko Peiponen(Founder)inLeonard Platzer(Founder)in
Co-investorsY CombinatorGeneral CatalystRebel FundRTP Global
DropCode uses proprietary droplet microfluidics with a dual barcode technology to run millions of protein-screening experiments per hour, combined with AI analysis to discover novel, optimized proteins for customers.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep Tech
Andrew ClarkLaila FadelMax Barysevich(CEO)in
Lovable is an AI-powered platform that enables users to build web applications and websites through conversational chat interactions with artificial intelligence.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsSaaSDover, US
Fabian Hedin(Executive Officer, Director)inAnton Osika(Executive Officer, Director)inAndy Toung(Executive Officer)
BoardBenjamin Fletcher(Director)Matt Murphy(Director)
Co-investors83NorthAccelAIX VenturesAnthropy PartnersBalderton CapitalbyFounders+28 more
Personalized hair, scalp, and skin care designed and refined over time by your own chemist.
Co-investorsAcorn Pacific VenturesAllied Venture PartnersJapan AngelsIndustrifonden
Galdera builds an AI-driven financial planning and analysis platform that connects to a company's existing data, maps its business model, and generates continuously updated forecasts and scenario analyses.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaSStockholm, SE
Evan Rumpza(Founder)inGiovanni Casula(Founder)inMattia Scolari(Founder)in
Kiril Videlov(Founder)in
Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzFly VenturesPreston-Werner Ventures
Health Integrator operates a digital health platform combining health coaching with a marketplace of wellness services.
Digital HealthHealthtechMarketplacesWellness & FitnessStockholm, SE
Fredrik Söder(CEO & Founder)in
Co-investorsLeksell Social VenturesLuminar Ventures
Inex One is a marketplace platform that connects organizations with survey research firms, allowing users to compare quotes, request surveys, and manage projects in a single interface.
AI & Machine LearningB2B MarketplacesData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechMarketplacesSaaSStockholm, SE
Mehdi Rejraji(CTO, Co-founder)inFilip Gruvstad(Board Member, Co-founder)in
Co-investorsCuritas Ventures
IPercept provides condition monitoring and predictive maintenance for CNC machines, collecting motion and vibration data via a smart device on the machine's kinematic chain to detect developing faults in components like axes, spindles, and joints.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningDeep TechIoT
Karoly SzipkainAndreas Archenti(Professor)in
Co-investorsBackstage ABLuminar VenturesRunwayFBUAI Fund
Jeff is a financial super app that uses alternative data to measure creditworthiness for underbanked, mobile-first consumers in emerging markets, connecting them with lending and other financial service providers.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureFintech
Co-investorsPresto VenturesiSeedTrind Ventures
Jimini is an AI platform for legal professionals in France, using agentic systems to draft, analyze, and research legal documents across civil law tasks.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareLegalTechSaaSParis, FR
Raphael Arroche(CEO)inStéphane Béreux(CTO)in
Co-investorsEntrepreneur FirstPolytechnique Ventures
Kovant builds an enterprise AI platform that models entire job roles as autonomous "foundation agents" — digital employees that run end-to-end business operations such as procurement, supply chain, compliance, and customer operations under human oversight and defined governance.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareLogistics & Supply ChainSaaSStockholm, SE
Co-investorsAmpli Ventures
Social performance tracker for gamers
Co-investorsInventureAlpine VCFuturistic.VC
MVision AI develops medical imaging software used in radiotherapy, distributed to healthcare providers through a global network of regional distributors.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechMedical Devices
Mahmudul Hasan(Founder)in
Co-investorsVoima Ventures
Ostrom provides a multilingual energy management platform that enables consumers to switch, monitor, and reduce their electricity consumption.
CleantechEnergyIoTSaaSBerlin, DE
Matthias(CEO)Karl(CMO/CPO)
Co-investorsSE VenturesUnion Square Ventures (USV)468 Capital
Pistachio provides automated cybersecurity products for organizations, integrating with Microsoft SSO so tools can be set up quickly and run in the background without ongoing maintenance.
CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaSOslo, NO
Co-investorsIdékapital
RELEX provides an AI-native supply chain and retail planning platform offering out-of-the-box forecasting, inventory, and demand-planning capabilities that customers can deploy, connect to existing AI ecosystems via open protocols, or extend with custom logic.
AI & Machine LearningLogistics & Supply ChainRetail TechSaaS
Mikko Kärkkäinen(Co-founder & Group Chief Executive Officer)inJohanna Småros(Co-founder)inMichael Falck(Co-founder)in
Co-investorsTCV
Sundæ is a meal planning and grocery shopping app that imports recipes from TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube, uses AI to extract ingredients and provide USDA-based nutrition breakdowns, and builds pre-filled Instacart carts.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerFoodTech
Unify provides AI agents that handle routine business tasks across communications, sales, operations, and engineering by executing pre-built workflows or custom automation.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaSLondon, GB
Daniel Lenton(Founder)in
Co-investorsA.Capital VenturesAbstraction CapitalBattery VenturesLeonis CapitalLunar VenturesSamsung Next+9 more
Verda provides AI cloud compute infrastructure, including GPU hardware and foundational AI training services for large-scale inference workloads.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeep TechRoboticsHelsinki, FI
Co-investorsNVIDIAbyFounders
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesPistachio · eu-startups.com · Sep 2, 2026
Cure · beautyindependent.com · Aug 20, 2026
Jeff · x.com · Aug 17, 2026
Edit with · eu-startups.com · Aug 12, 2026
Unify · m.economictimes.com · Jul 15, 2026
IPercept · arcticstartup.com · Feb 11, 2026
Ostrom · iotm2mcouncil.org · Jul 14, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has J12 Ventures made?
- J12 Ventures has 34 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited via acquisition or IPO.
- What stage does J12 Ventures invest at?
- J12 Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages.
- What sectors does J12 Ventures focus on?
- J12 Ventures focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Data & Infrastructure, Developer Tools, Enterprise Software, SaaS.
- Who does J12 Ventures co-invest with?
- J12 Ventures most often shares deals with byFounders, Daphni, Inventure, among 59 tracked co-investors.
From the blog
visit blog ↗J12 Ventures has published guidance on foundational GTM and commercial operations for early-stage companies, covering sales qualification methodologies, talent recruitment and development, and customer profiling strategies to build repeatable revenue and execution discipline. AI summary
Media · Podcasts & interviews
featuring the teamBuilding AI Startups in Europe – Emmet King (J12 Ventures) on Talent, Energy & Regulation | E147
EU-Startups · Emmet King
Swedish VC Landscape & How to Raise Money w/ Emmet King, Founding Partner J12 Ventures
Startup Grind Local · Emmet King
Meet Epicenter member Luca Banderet at J12 Ventures on Vimeo
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Meet Epicenter member Luca Banderet at J12 Ventures
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Co-investors · 12
Union Square Ventures is a venture capital firm based in New York City that invests at the edge of large markets undergoing transformation from technological and societal pressures.
Creandum is a venture capital firm that invests in technology companies, backing them at early stages before their potential becomes widely obvious.
468 Capital is a technology investment firm with offices in Berlin and San Francisco that invests across multiple stages in software, AI, and internet companies. The firm focuses on thesis-driven investments in businesses with experienced founding teams.
Atomico is an international venture capital firm that invests in growth-stage technology companies across multiple geographies. The firm focuses on scaling disruptive technology businesses globally.
Not Boring Capital operates as a "solo GP + media flywheel" fund where Packy McCormick runs a one-person VC fund tightly coupled to his Not Boring newsletter, using writing to source deals, win allocation, and amplify portfolio companies through content creation rather than traditional multi-partner firm structures. The fund's strategy combines extreme breadth with minimal ownership—deploying across 79 companies in 19 verticals without board seats or lead positions—while offering founders a unique value proposition through Sponsored Deep Dives that serve as both revenue generation and in-depth company analysis that helps founders tell their stories to customers, hires, and future investors.
75 & Sunny operates as both a venture fund and startup studio where Zillow co-founder Spencer Rascoff directly incubates companies like Queue while leveraging his media presence as a CNBC contributor and podcast host to give portfolio companies exposure that few small funds can match. The LA-based fund concentrates heavily on proptech and "future of living" investments while co-creating companies with unconventional capital structures like SPACs and fractional home-ownership models, drawing on Rascoff's experience navigating public markets.
Northzone is a technology-focused venture capital firm investing across AI and deep tech on both sides of the Atlantic, backing companies from early stage through growth.
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Left Lane Capital is an investment firm focused on hyper-growth consumer and technology businesses that have enduring customer relationships, applying a data-driven, specialized approach to help companies scale.
Giant Ventures is a venture capital firm investing in technology that transforms civilization's foundational systems across sectors including AI, energy, materials, industry, work, finance, biology and healthcare.
Possible Ventures is an early-stage technology investor backing founders working on major global challenges, with a focus on using technology as a force for good.
Invests in defining mobile-first companies.
TeamGlobal is an investment firm founded by Lukasz Gadowski focused on air mobility, climate technology, and education. The organization aims to invest in technologies addressing climate change, peace, and global collaboration with a vision toward 2080.
Firms observed investing alongside J12 Ventures, from public investor directories. Shared companies are the overlap with J12 Ventures's recorded portfolio.
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