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Staffan Helgesson

Investor

General Partner at Creandum

Stockholm, Sweden

Writes $200K – $10M checks · typically $200K

About

Staffan Helgesson built a flat, partner-run firm modeled on Benchmark, expanded to Silicon Valley to pincer Europe's VC hub, and backs 3–5/year targeting 50–200x using forced rankings with minimal involvement.

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Invests in

AI & Machine LearningClimate TechConsumerEnergyFintechHealthtechSaaS

Experience

  1. CreandumPartnercurrent2003 — present
  2. EquiLibre TechnologiesBoard Membercurrent2026 — presentPrague, Czechia
  3. VesenceInvestorcurrent2025 — presentStockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden
  4. plancraftBoard Membercurrent2024 — presentHamburg, Germany
  5. UnitaryBoard Membercurrent2024 — presentLondon Area, United Kingdom
  6. MontaBoard Membercurrent2021 — presentCopenhagen Metropolitan Area
  7. MavenoidBoard Membercurrent2018 — presentStockholm County, Sweden
  8. Distribusion TechnologiesBoard Membercurrent2016 — presentBerlin Area, Germany
  9. AbacumBoard Observercurrent2021 — presentBarcelona, Catalonia, Spain
  10. CarOnSaleBoard Observercurrent2019 — present
  11. FirstvetBoard Member2018 — 2025
  12. KlausBoard Member2019 — 2024
  13. CAKE – ridecake.comBoard Member2019 — 2024Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden
  14. MasonInvestor2022 — 2023Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden
  15. Epidemic SoundBoard Member2014 — 2022Stockholm, Sweden
  16. 8fitBoard Member2016 — 2022
  17. KNL NetworksBoard Member2017 — 2021oulo
  18. Digitala FotbollsakademinBoard Member2015 — 2020Stockholm, Sweden
  19. IF BrommapojkarnaBoard Member2015 — 2020Stockholm, Sweden
  20. itslearning ASBoard Member2014 — 2019Bergen Area, Norway

Education

  1. Lund UniversityBachelor, Managerial Economics1989 — 1993
  2. Center for Venture Education - CVEKauffman Fellow, Venture Capital2005 — 2007

Skills & more

Start-ups76Entrepreneurship46Venture Capital99Business Strategy43Mergers & Acquisitions12Business PlanningMarketing StrategyNew Business Development1Business Development7Change Management7Corporate Development33Private Equity24
+12 moreAngel InvestingMarketingFinanceConsultingProduct DevelopmentE-commerceDue DiligenceInvestmentsManagementStrategyLeadershipStrategic Planning

Languages English

From Staffan's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Lund University61

Rony Patishi-ChillimInvestor at Israel Cleantech VenturesJakob PalmstiernaPresident at GSRAnna HauptInvestor at IndustrifondenReece ChowdhryGeneral Partner at Concept VenturesAnna GisselssonInvestor at Almi InvestChristian BjörkmanInvestor at Almi Invest

+ 55 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Unitary1

Francois RuetherManaging Partner at Global Founders Capital

Also worked at Mavenoid3

Simon LeveneCo-founder and Partner at Mosaic VenturesLauri LehtmaaInvestor at CreandumLeo GiertzGeneral Partner at Icebreaker

Also worked at Firstvet3

Sabina WizanderPartner at CreandumSanna WestmanInvestor at CreandumMats JohanssonVenture Partner at Mubadala Capital

Also worked at Procter&Gamble195

Kenneth ChenaultInvestment Team at General CatalystDavid JohnsonManaging Director at Intel Capital, North AmericaKenneth Morand, Ph.D.Life Sciences Partner at CincyTechChad L. SummeBoard Member at CincyTechAlex TosoliniAdvisor at CincyTechJoanna Skoler GilmanChief Marketing and Communications Officer at .406 Ventures

+ 189 more

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.