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    Friends

    Stockholm, SwedenFounded 2019

    Friends Capital is a Stockholm-based venture capital firm founded by Benify co-founders Markus Kullendorff and Åke Lundén. The firm invests in fast-growing Nordic tech companies, applying the founders' own entrepreneurial experience to help portfolio teams achieve growth and success.

    Average disclosed round size is $11.0M (across 15 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    18

    Fund Size

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    Top Stage

    Seed

    Last 12 Mo

    0

    Team

    ÅL

    Åke Lundén

    Ex Sales Director and head of business development at Benify. Background in sales.

    MK

    Markus Kullendorff

    Ex CEO and CFO at Benify. Background in finance and management consulting.

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    20 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Plum logoPlumSeries B—Jul 2024
    Harbor Lab logoHarbor LabSeries A—May 2024
    Carmoola logoCarmoolaSeries A$10.3MJan 2024
    Louisa AI logoLouisa AISeed$5MJan 2024
    Orchata logoOrchataSeed$4MAug 2021
    KeyOps logoKeyOpsPre-Seed$650KJan 2021
    Stellar Health logoStellar HealthSeries B$70MJan 2021
    Harbor logoHarborSeries B$28MApr 2018
    Givecampus logoGivecampusUnknown$1MJan 2015
    CCarvelUnknown$100KJan 1946
    WWeengsSeries A——
    Lemonada logoLemonadaSeed$1.5M—
    Harbor logoHarborSeries A$16M—
    CCaireUnknown$600K—
    MMatch2OneUnknown$3M—
    PPayfullySeed$300K—
    EEradivirSeries A$10.3M—
    Embat logoEmbatSeries B——
    Embat logoEmbatSeed——
    Cherish logoCherishSeed$14M—

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    Last updated: 20 October 2026