Luminar Ventures

Luminar Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Sweden, investing in Software & Developer Tools; Consumer, Lifestyle & Services and Finance & Blockchain, 71 tracked investments.

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About Luminar Ventures

Operating out of Sweden, Luminar Ventures is a venture capital firm. Our dataset covers 71 investments involving Luminar Ventures.

Recorded deals span Software & Developer Tools; Consumer, Lifestyle & Services; Finance & Blockchain and Cybersecurity. Coverage extends to 8 sectors in total. Participation spans Pre-Seed, Seed and Series A rounds.

Luminar Ventures invests in early-stage companies with a focus on the Swedish and US markets. They primarily target B2B software and developer tools companies.

Investment Focus

Stage Focus

pre-seedseedseries-a

Sectors

Software & Developer ToolsConsumer, Lifestyle & ServicesFinance & BlockchainCybersecurityDeveloper ToolsFinancial TechnologySustainabilitymachine learning

Investment Thesis

Luminar Ventures invests in early-stage companies with a focus on the Swedish and US markets. They primarily target B2B software and developer tools companies.

Luminar Ventures Portfolio Companies

24 of 55 tracked holdings.

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Portfolio outcomes

44 active1 acquired3 defunct1.7% exit rate

Team

Jacob KeyCo-Founder and General Partner

Jacob is a serial entrepreneur and made close to 20 early stage investments as an angel investor prior to starting Luminar. This includes companies such as Challengermode, Unacast, Audiodo, Blykalla, and FirstVet - and had three successful…

Magnus BergmanCo-Founder & General Partner

Magnus is a serial entrepreneur and has made over 30 seed investments in the past 10 years making him one of the most experienced tech angel investors in Sweden. Magnus was the first investor in Truecaller and was an early stage investor in…

Louise HagenPartner

Louise joined Luminar in 2021 after 12 years at Axel Johnson where she worked across strategy, business development and M&A, both in the Nordics and the United States.

Reid JacksonPartner

Reid is a serial founder and the former CEO of several startups, in social media and urban mobility. Born in NYC and raised in London, he started building mobile and web apps as a teenager, before attending the University of Pennsylvania, s…

Irene ArdenstedtChief Financial Officer

Irene is responsible for fund financials and reporting as well as compliance and risk. Irene joined Luminar 2020, after several years working at Deloitte as a business management consultant and auditor, working closely with a differentiated…

Eira TobrandAssociate

Eira joined Luminar in 2022 as a part of the investment team but also supporting the CFO practice. She spent the last five years in the U.S. achieving her bachelors in Economics and Business Administration, Finance at California State Unive…