Creandum

aid: creandum
name: Creandum
description: >-
  Creandum is a leading European early-stage venture capital firm founded in
  2003 by Staffan Helgesson and headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, with
  additional offices in Berlin, London, and San Francisco. The firm backs
  founders building global, category-defining technology companies from seed to
  IPO and beyond, with its tagline "we back the companies of tomorrow before
  it's obvious." Creandum invests across software and SaaS, artificial
  intelligence, fintech, consumer, marketplaces, developer tools, and
  infrastructure, primarily across Europe with a growing US presence. Typical
  investment checks range from roughly $200K to $10M, and the firm manages
  around $2B in assets, having closed a €500M fund to back European early-stage
  startups. Its portfolio of 150+ companies includes some of Europe's most
  successful tech businesses such as Spotify, Klarna, Depop, Trade Republic,
  Pleo, Neo4j, iZettle, Bolt, Kry/Livi, Lovable, and Navan. This profile tracks
  Creandum's identity and its portfolio graph across the API Evangelist network.
x-type: venture-capital
x-category: Venture Capital
deliveryModel:
  model: unknown
  open_source: false
  commercial: false
  callable_host: false
  label: Delivery model not determined — needs a product licence on record
  confidence: low
  source:
  - none
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/creandum.png
tags:
  - Venture Capital
  - Seed
  - Early Stage
  - Artificial Intelligence
  - Fintech
  - Developer Tools
  - Enterprise
  - Europe
  - Sweden
  - Global
url: >-
  https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/creandum/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-17'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis: []
common:
  - type: Website
    url: https://creandum.com/
  - type: Portfolio
    url: https://creandum.com/commitments/
  - type: Portfolio
    url: portfolio/creandum-portfolio.yml
  - type: Team
    url: https://creandum.com/team/
  - type: Team
    url: team/creandum-team.yml
  - type: Blog
    url: https://creandum.com/stories/
  - type: News
    url: https://creandum.com/stories/
  - type: Jobs
    url: https://careers.creandum.com/jobs
  - type: Contact
    url: https://creandum.com/contact/
  - type: LinkedIn
    url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/creandum/
  - type: Twitter
    url: https://twitter.com/creandum
  - type: Crunchbase
    url: https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/creandum
  - type: Features
    data:
      - "Stage: Seed to IPO (early-stage focus)"
      - "Typical check: ~$200K-$10M"
      - "Sectors: software & SaaS, AI, fintech, consumer, marketplaces, developer tools, infrastructure"
      - "Geography: Europe (primary) and United States"
      - "AUM: ~$2B (as of Dec 2023, third-party reported)"
      - "Recent fund: EUR 500M for European early-stage startups"
      - "Founded: 2003"
      - "Founder: Staffan Helgesson"
      - "HQ: Stockholm, Sweden"
      - "Offices: Stockholm, Berlin, London, San Francisco"
      - "Portfolio: 150+ companies (Spotify, Klarna, Depop, Trade Republic, Pleo, Neo4j, iZettle)"
    sources:
      - https://creandum.com/
      - https://creandum.com/commitments/
      - https://www.vestbee.com/insights/articles/creandum-closes-a-500-m-fund
    updated: '2026-07-17'
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com
  - FN: APIs.json
    url: http://apisjson.org
  - FN: Creandum
    url: https://creandum.com/