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byFounders Activity

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5 investments· MAR 2026 – MAY 2026Show all

Investment

Invested in Fload, the agentic OS for mobile apps. Fload is developing the world's first end-to-end agentic mobile app distribution layer.

Fload

FloadbyFounders

byfounders.vcMAY 19, 2026

MAY 19, 2026

Investment

Invested in Spiral Hydrogen, a hydrogen production company addressing clean energy challenges.

Spiral Hydrogen

Spiral HydrogenbyFounders

byfounders.vcAPR 30, 2026

APR 30, 2026

Investment

Co-invested in Flare's €3.6M pre-seed round for trust infrastructure and knowledge validation platform.

Flare

Flare byFounders

byfounders.vcAPR 2026

APR 2026

Investment

Backed Apylon from day one alongside Calm/Storm and Founders. Apylon is building AI-native financial infrastructure for healthcare claims validation.

Apylon

ApylonbyFounders

byfounders.vcMAR 3, 2026

MAR 3, 2026

Investment

Led Tangled's €3.8M seed round to build next-generation code collaboration platform for human-AI coding.

Tangled

TangledbyFounders

byfounders.vcMAR 2026

MAR 2026

Team Change

Peik joined the Stockholm office as the newest addition to the byFounders investment team, bringing experience from Kvanted Ventures, Slush, and Wolt.

Peik joins byFounders investment team

byfounders.vcFEB 26, 2026

FEB 26, 2026

Investment

Led seed investment in Intric.

Intric

Intric byFounders

byfounders.vcFEB 9, 2026

FEB 9, 2026

3 essays· JAN 2026 – FEB 2026Show all

Essay

Deep dive into New Nordics startup ecosystem funding trends, analyzing pre-seed to Series A progression.

Shape of the New Nordics 2025

byfounders.vcFEB 2026

FEB 2026

Essay

Published investment thesis essay arguing that as AI intelligence commoditizes, value concentrates in constrained compute, proprietary data, and vertically integrated systems.

"The tide is going out in AI" thesis essay

byfounders.vcJAN 30, 2026

JAN 30, 2026

Essay

Analysis of AI landscape reckoning, examining productivity gains and market consolidation in 2026.

The tide is going out in AI

byfounders.vcJAN 2026

JAN 2026

Team Change

Welcomed Nathaniel Stummann to the byFounders Investment Team with background from Firmnav acquisition.

Nathaniel Stummann joined investment team

byfounders.vcDEC 2025

DEC 2025

Essay

Published thesis on AI-native accounting platforms for European SMBs, analyzing regulatory and market shifts.

European Accounting: A House of Cards About to Fall

byfounders.vcOCT 2025

OCT 2025

New Fund

Closed Fund III to continue backing early-stage startups in the New Nordics with enhanced Collective support.

Fund III

siliconcanals.comAUG 2025

AUG 2025

Exit

Portfolio company Contractbook was acquired by Scrive in June 2025.

Contractbook

Contractbook byFounders

contractbook.comJUN 2025

JUN 2025