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About
Founder of Creandum in 2003 and a Partner based in Stockholm. He focuses on SaaS companies and leads the firm's climate practice with an emphasis on electrification. Before Creandum he worked at ABB, IKEA, Procter & Gamble, and McKinsey, and started an earlier mobile-internet-focused VC in 1999.
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Invests in
AI & Machine LearningClimate TechConsumerEnergyFintechHealthtechSaaS
Beyond investing
- Founded
- Helgesson founded Creandum in 2003 as a generalist tech VC. He started his first venture firm in 1999, which he describes as the first VC globally to focus on mobile internet.
- Education
- Studied at Lund (business administration)
- Communities
- He served as President of the Swedish Field Hockey Association. He served as an adviser to the 2004 Stockholm Summer Olympic bid.
- Hobbies
- Growing up he pursued many sports and coached various sports teams. As a teenager he held a job as a sanitizer at a nearby nuclear power plant.
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Founder at Creandum
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Creandum's investors · 15
Experience
- CreandumPartnercurrent2003 — present
- EquiLibre TechnologiesBoard Membercurrent2026 — presentPrague, Czechia
- VesenceInvestorcurrent2025 — presentStockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden
- plancraftBoard Membercurrent2024 — presentHamburg, Germany
- UnitaryBoard Membercurrent2024 — presentLondon Area, United Kingdom
- MontaBoard Membercurrent2021 — presentCopenhagen Metropolitan Area
- MavenoidBoard Membercurrent2018 — presentStockholm County, Sweden
- Distribusion TechnologiesBoard Membercurrent2016 — presentBerlin Metropolitan Area
- AbacumBoard Observercurrent2021 — presentBarcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- CarOnSaleBoard Observercurrent2019 — present
- FirstvetBoard Member2018 — 2025
- KlausBoard Member2019 — 2024
- CAKE – ridecake.comBoard Member2019 — 2024Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden
- MasonInvestor2022 — 2023Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden
- Epidemic SoundBoard Member2014 — 2022Greater Stockholm Metropolitan Area
- 8fitBoard Member2016 — 2022
- KNL NetworksBoard Member2017 — 2021oulo
- Digitala FotbollsakademinBoard Member2015 — 2020Greater Stockholm Metropolitan Area
- IF BrommapojkarnaBoard Member2015 — 2020Greater Stockholm Metropolitan Area
- itslearning ASBoard Member2014 — 2019Norway
Skills & more
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Corporate DevelopmentPrivate EquityAngel InvestingMarketingFinanceConsultingProduct DevelopmentE-commerceLanguages English
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Investments
Investor
BriskCake BikesDistribusionEdgewareJustBookKlausMasonMavenoidMontaNorstelPlancraftVivino
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Colleagues at Creandum
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Staffan Helgesson?
- Founder of Creandum in 2003 and a Partner based in Stockholm. He focuses on SaaS companies and leads the firm's climate practice with an emphasis on electrification. Before Creandum he worked at ABB, IKEA, Procter & Gamble, and McKinsey, and started an earlier mobile-internet-focused VC in 1999.
- Where does Staffan Helgesson work?
- Staffan Helgesson is Founder of Creandum and General Partner at Creandum.
- What does Staffan Helgesson invest in?
- Staffan Helgesson invests in AI & Machine Learning, Climate Tech, Consumer, Energy, Fintech, Healthtech, SaaS.
- What check size does Staffan Helgesson write?
- Staffan Helgesson typically writes checks of $200K – $10M.
- What companies did Staffan Helgesson found?
- Staffan Helgesson founded Creandum.
- What companies has Staffan Helgesson invested in?
- Investments tracked here include Brisk, Cake Bikes, Distribusion, Edgeware, JustBook, Klaus, Mason, Mavenoid, Monta, Norstel, Plancraft, Vivino.
- Where did Staffan Helgesson go to school?
- Staffan Helgesson studied at Lund University (Bachelor, Managerial Economics); Center for Venture Education - CVE (Kauffman Fellow, Venture Capital).
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