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J12 Ventures

Venture capital

Pre-Seed–Seed · 7 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.

Stage
Pre-Seed–Seed
Instruments
Equity
Tracked investments
35

Team · 7 people

from the firm's website & public directories
Sofie Batalov· Investor

What they invest in

from 29 of 35 portfolio companies

AI & Machine Learning ×20SaaS ×16Enterprise Software ×7Fintech ×4Data & Infrastructure ×3Deep Tech ×3Healthtech ×3LegalTech ×3

HQs:Sweden×3Germany×2United Kingdom×2United States×2Finland×1France×1

Who they back

founder profiles across 9 portfolio companies
33%
solo founders
3 of 9 mapped founding teams

Founding team size:solo founder×32 founders×33 founders×3

Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program

Y Combinator ×2

Investments · 35 tracked

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Airmeeairmee.com

Co-investorsBonnier Capital

Ayoraayora.aiin

Ayora builds a structured intelligence layer from law firms' existing matter, time and financial data, then delivers agentic applications for matter pricing, matter management, and revenue growth.

AI & Machine LearningLegalTechSaaS

Co-investorsTwin Path Ventures

Buddywisebuddywise.co

Buddywise builds computer vision AI that analyzes camera feeds in real time to detect workplace safety risks, helping companies proactively prevent injuries.

Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningSaaS

Camphousecamphouse.ioin𝕏

Camphouse is a media operations platform for advertisers and agencies to allocate, plan, activate, and report paid media campaigns collaboratively.

AdTechMarketing TechSaaS

Co-investorsFairpoint CapitalNewion

Chapter Twochaptertwomusic.comin

Platform powering global music rights transactions.

Co-investorsInventure

Circulatepackcirculatepack.comin

Circulate is a B2B platform that matches brands with 127+ verified European packaging suppliers, letting them compare sustainability data, pricing, and lead times and manage orders in one place.

B2B MarketplacesCircular EconomyClimate Tech

Counselgetcounsel.co

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

Curegetcure.appin

CURE operates a booking platform that connects pharmacies with delivery service partners to generate online orders.

B2B MarketplacesHealthtechSaaSBerlin, DE

Manuel Aberle(Founder)

Co-investorsAbstract VenturesArtis VenturesAccompliceCatalyst Health VenturesCosmic Venture PartnersFELIX CAPITAL+11 more

Deasy Labsdeasylabs.cominAcquired

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 Combinator

Demadema.ai

Dema is an AI-agent platform that unifies commerce data—orders, ads, returns, costs, inventory, and store sales—into one model so teams can diagnose profit drivers, run unified measurement (marketing mix modeling, incrementality, attribution), and get recommendations on budget and spend decisions.

AI & Machine LearningE-commerceRetail Tech

Co-investorsDaphni

Dropcodedropcode.bioin𝕏

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)

Edit withlovable.devin𝕏

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)inBenjamin Fletcher(Director)Andy Toung(Executive Officer)Matt Murphy(Director)

Co-investors83NorthAccelAIX VenturesAnthropy PartnersBalderton CapitalbyFounders+28 more

Formulateformulate.co

Personalized hair, scalp, and skin care designed and refined over time by your own chemist.

Co-investorsAcorn Pacific VenturesAllied Venture PartnersJapan AngelsIndustrifonden

Galderalabsgalderalabs.comin

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)Giovanni Casula(Founder)Mattia Scolari(Founder)

Health Integratorhealthintegrator.sein

Health Integrator operates a digital health platform combining health coaching with a marketplace of wellness services.

Digital HealthHealthtechMarketplacesWellness & FitnessStockholm, SE

Fredrik Söder(CEO & Founder)

Co-investorsLeksell Social VenturesLuminar Ventures

Inexinex.onein𝕏

Inex One is a research platform that aggregates 30+ expert networks and B2B survey firms into a single system, letting users book expert calls, run surveys, and manage transcripts with AI tools.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

Co-investorsCuritas Ventures

IPerceptipercept.ioin

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 SzipkaAndreas Archenti(Professor)

Co-investorsBackstage ABLuminar VenturesRunwayFBUAI Fund

Jeffjeff-app.comin

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 AIjimini.aiin

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

Kovantkovant.comin𝕏

Kovant is an AI workforce platform for enterprise supply-chain operations, letting companies define roles, policies, and escalation rules to deploy teams of AI agents as digital employees.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareLogistics & Supply Chain

Co-investorsAmpli Ventures

Leetifyleetify.com

Social performance tracker for gamers

Co-investorsInventure

Mvisionmvision.aiin

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

Co-investorsVoima Ventures

Newshadesnewshades.xyz
Northforknorthfork.aiin𝕏

Northfork operates a recipe-commerce platform that makes recipes, content, and media shoppable via widgets and API integrations, using an AI matching engine to link ingredients to in-stock retailer products and provide full-funnel data insights.

E-commerceFoodTechRetail Tech

Sara Larsson(CEO)Johannes Fridd(CPTO)Filip Björkman(CRO)

Ostromostrom.dein𝕏

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

Pistachiopistachioapp.comin𝕏

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 Solutionsrelexsolutions.comin

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)Michael Falck(Co-founder)

Co-investorsTCV

Spaakspaak.aiin

Spaak is an AI-powered platform for public affairs and government relations teams that monitors policy sources, analyses regulatory impact, maps stakeholders, and drafts briefings and reports.

AI & Machine LearningGovTechSaaS

Co-investorsnode.vc

Sundaefoodssundaefoods.com

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

Treydtreyd.ioin

Treyd provides a revolving credit line for product businesses, paying suppliers upfront and advancing funds against supplier or customer invoices to bridge the cash flow gap between buying inventory and getting paid.

FintechSaaS

Unifyunify.aiin𝕏

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

Validiovalidio.ioin

Validio is a data quality platform that uses LLMs and AI-powered anomaly detection to profile, classify, monitor, and resolve issues in enterprise data, with agentic root-cause analysis and data lineage.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise Software

Co-investorsInception Fund

Verdaverda.comin𝕏

Verda works on multi-GPU inference for generative video/world models, collaborating with robotics company 1X on its 1X World Model.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechRobotics

Zealidzealid.comin

ZealiD is an EU Qualified Trust Service Provider offering remote identity verification, qualified electronic signatures (QES), and a subscriber identity wallet based on eIDAS and ETSI standards.

CybersecurityFintechSaaS

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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 Daphni, Inventure, Luminar Ventures, among 59 tracked co-investors.

From the blog

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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 team

Building 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

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Co-investors · 12

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Atomico

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Not Boring Capital

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$100K – $2M
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Northzone

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Team Global

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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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