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    byFounders

    Copenhagen, DenmarkFounded 2017

    byFounders is a community-powered early-stage venture capital fund investing in globally ambitious teams connected to the Nordic and Baltic countries. Based in Copenhagen, the firm backs pre-seed and seed startups across the New Nordics with support from a collective of successful Nordic founders and operators.

    Average disclosed round size is $20.1M (across 39 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    59

    Fund Size

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    Top Stage

    Seed

    Last 12 Mo

    8

    Team

    Eric Lagier

    Eric Lagier

    Founding Partner

    Tommy Andersen

    Tommy Andersen

    Founding Partner

    Magnus Hambleton

    Magnus Hambleton

    Partner

    Martin Krag

    Martin Krag

    Partner

    Sara Rywe

    Sara Rywe

    Partner

    Frans Nilsson

    Frans Nilsson

    Finance & Fund Ops Associate

    Casper Bjarnason

    Casper Bjarnason

    Investor

    Deina Kellezi

    Deina Kellezi

    Investor

    Johan Jessen

    Johan Jessen

    Investor

    Nathaniel Stumman

    Nathaniel Stumman

    Investor

    Peik Berg

    Peik Berg

    Investor

    Ugne Musneckyte

    Ugne Musneckyte

    Investor

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    74 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    AAdaptyv BiosystemsSeries A$40MAug 2026
    Verda logoVerdaUnknown$117MApr 2026
    Tangled logoTangledSeed—Mar 2026
    IIntricPre-Seed—Feb 2026
    WWillo TechnologiesPre-Seed—Feb 2026
    Digitail logoDigitailSeries B$23MNov 2025
    DataCrunch logoDataCrunchSeries C—Sep 2025
    DataCrunch logoDataCrunchSeries A—Sep 2025
    Lovable logoLovableSeries A$200MJul 2025
    Monta logoMontaSeries B—May 2025
    IIXISeries A$32.2MApr 2025
    PPixieraySeries A$36.5MApr 2025
    Arsenale logoArsenaleSeed$10MMar 2025
    AArsenale BioyardsSeed—Feb 2025
    IXI Eyewear Oy logoIXI Eyewear OySeries A$36.5MJan 2025
    Flare logoFlareSeries B$15MJan 2025
    Focalx logoFocalxUnknown—Jan 2025
    DataCrunch logoDataCrunchSeed$13MOct 2024
    Lovable logoLovablePre-Seed—Oct 2024
    Normative logoNormativeSeries A$10MJan 2024
    OOWNDPre-Seed$750KFeb 2023
    Spoke logoSpokePre-Seed—Feb 2023
    Digitail logoDigitailSeries A—Jan 2023
    Corti logoCortiSeries A$60MJan 2023
    Supernormal logoSupernormalSeed$10MJan 2023
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    Last updated: 7 October 2026