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.
From published sources — common ground for a warm intro.
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 Area, Germany
- 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 — 2022Stockholm, Sweden
- 8fitBoard Member2016 — 2022
- KNL NetworksBoard Member2017 — 2021oulo
- Digitala FotbollsakademinBoard Member2015 — 2020Stockholm, Sweden
- IF BrommapojkarnaBoard Member2015 — 2020Stockholm, Sweden
- itslearning ASBoard Member2014 — 2019Bergen Area, Norway
- Forza FootballBoard Member2015 — 2018Gothenburg, Sweden
- Edgeware ABBoard Member2009 — 2018Stockholm, Sweden
- KnCMiner ABChairman of the Board2014 — 2016Stockholm, Sweden
- SUP46 (Start-Up People of Sweden)Advisory Board Member2013 — 2016Stockholm, Sweden
- Brisk.ioBoard Member2013 — 2016Malmo, Sweden
- Norstel ABBoard Member2005 — 2014Norrköping
- JBM JustBook Mobile GmbHBoard Member2012 — 2013Berlin
- StartupfactoryManaging Partner1999 — 2003
- McKinsey&CompanyConsultant1998 — 1999
- Procter&GambleBrand Manager Laundry & Cleaning1993 — 1998
Skills & more
Start-ups76Entrepreneurship46Venture Capital99Business Strategy43Mergers & Acquisitions12Business PlanningMarketing StrategyNew Business Development1Business Development7Change Management7Corporate Development33Private Equity24
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Angel InvestingMarketingFinanceConsultingProduct DevelopmentE-commerceDue DiligenceInvestmentsManagementStrategyLeadershipStrategic PlanningLanguages English
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Colleagues at Creandum
Alexandra Österman
Executive Assistant at Creandum
Beata Klein
Associate at Creandum
Beatrice Rellman Skantze
General Counsel at Creandum
Cam Sellers
Investment Team at Creandum
Carl Fritjofsson
General Partner at Creandum
Clara Leise
Investment Team at Creandum
Daniel Blomquist
Fund Partner at Creandum
Daniel Ovenden
Talent Team at Creandum
Network2
Andreas Ehn
Independent IC Member at Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP)
Bo Mattsson
Partner at J12 Ventures
Investors connected to Staffan in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.
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 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.
- 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).
