Luminar Ventures
Stockholm · Pre-Seed–Seed · 6 people tracked
Investment thesis
Luminar Ventures invests in founders across the Nordic region and globally who demonstrate obsessive problem-solving, resourcefulness, transparency, and strong team collaboration. The firm values founders who maintain honesty about challenges, foster inclusive environments, show empathy under pressure, and relentlessly pursue customer-centric solutions. Luminar emphasizes direct feedback, stakeholder communication, and leveraging all available tools and networks to achieve outcomes.
Source: firm website, verified Jul 17, 2026.
Team · 6 people
from the firm's websiteSerial entrepreneur and experienced tech angel investor in Sweden with over 30 seed investments in the past decade, including early investments in Truecaller, Prezi, Soundtrap, and Karma.
Joined Luminar in 2021 with 12 years of experience at Axel Johnson spanning strategy, business development, and M&A activities across the Nordics and United States.
Serial founder and former CEO with background in social media and urban mobility startups, previously worked at Ridge Ventures in San Francisco and OpenOcean Capital in London, studied Political Science and Engineering Entrepreneurship at University of Pennsylvania.
Joined Luminar in 2022 as part of the investment team and supporting CFO practice, earned a bachelors degree in Economics and Business Administration with a focus on Finance from California State University, Fullerton on a Division 1 tennis scholarship.
Manages fund financials, reporting, compliance, and risk; joined Luminar in 2020 from Deloitte where she worked as a business management consultant and auditor specializing in financial strategy and processes, holds a degree in Economics and Business Administration from Stockholm Business School.
Investments · 39 tracked
- Albacross
- Aviant
- Berget AI
- Carla
- CodeScene
- Corsmed
- Deckmatch
- Fika Jobs
- FirstQFM
- Greenely
- Health Integrator
- Heja
- Hypertype
- Insurello
- Insurely
- Intuicell
- IPercept
- Ivy
- Lightbringer
- Mindler
- Motorica
- Muninn
- Mynt
- Normative
- Omocom
- OpenPayments
- Opper
- Pet Buddy Group
- Photoncycle
- Pley
- ReCarber
- RockyRoad
- RUN
- Starmony
- Turbotic
- Vården
- Vibrant
- xNomad
- Yazen
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does Luminar Ventures invest at?
- Luminar Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages.
- What is Luminar Ventures's typical check size?
- Luminar Ventures typically writes checks of $575K – $2.9M.
- What sectors does Luminar Ventures focus on?
- Luminar Ventures focuses on Sector Agnostic.
- Where is Luminar Ventures located?
- Luminar Ventures is headquartered in Stockholm, SE.
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