Creandum V Advisor AB

Creandum's investment committee is composed of its general partners: Fredrik Cassel, Johan Brenner, Carl Fritjofsson, Gustaf Söderström, Peter Specht, and Mikael Johnsson. These partners lead individual deals and collectively approve investments across the firm's funds. The partnership operates with a decentralized model where each partner sources and manages their own portfolio companies (per the firm's website).

Creandum relies on its network of founders and operators from previous portfolio companies — many of whom, such as the founders of Spotify and Klarna, act as informal scouts. The firm also leverages its pan-European office footprint to identify local technology hubs early. Creandum publishes a widely-read annual European Tech Report, which helps surface emerging themes and companies (per the firm's website).

Creandum focuses on Series A and B rounds, writing checks between €5M and €20M. The firm occasionally leads seed rounds in its core sectors. Creandum rarely invests in later-stage rounds beyond Series C, preferring to back companies before they scale to that stage (per the firm's strategy page).

Creandum does not list any excluded sectors publicly but its disclosed portfolio shows no exposure to real estate, infrastructure, or physical resources. The firm concentrates on enterprise software, fintech, digital health, and AI/ML. It avoids direct-to-consumer businesses, hardware manufacturing, and deep-tech requiring significant capital expenditure unless a software layer is involved (per portfolio analysis).