Simon Schmincke

Today we’re announcing Lovable’s $330m Series B. This is the second upround since Creandum invested less than 12 months ago. That alone is remarkable. But it’s not the point. The point is that th...

Traveling the world as a venture capitalist has been a dream job. After 15 years in the industry, I decided it’s time for something new… Way before I got into VC, I was a professional photographe...

I’m gearing up for the busiest Q4 in Venture Capital I can remember - the quality of founders and companies is crazy right now. And I am loving it! I want to meet you all - particularly if you’re ...

Creandum’s first office outside Sweden was in San Francisco. We’ve been active in the US for 15 years now, ever since Johan first moved over. Since then we’ve backed Neo4j, Cornershop, Pipe, and V...

terralayr announced another $223m (€192m) investment today. One of the largest battery storage financings in Europe in the past years. This isn’t about the size of the round. It’s about the cons...

What a journey this has been. Seeing Navan ring the bell on Nasdaq today at over $6B is nothing short of incredible. Huge congratulations to Michael Riegel, Jannik Wässa, and the entire Navan team...

Grab are investing up to $410M in Vay's driverless rental car technology. Grab - Southeast Asia's leading ride hailing super-app - will make a $410M strategic investment in Vay, bringing together ...

Excited to be nominated for Investor of the Year alongside Andre and Mathias. At Creandum, we’ve always seen venture capital as a team sport rather than an individual discipline. None of our inves...

$80m: Big moment for SEON: they've just raised their Series C, led by Sixth Street with continued support from IVP, us here at Creandum, Firebolt Ventures and new investor Hearst Ventures. Fraud i...

We co-led Midas’ $50m Series A alongside RRE Ventures. The idea is simple: if investing moves onchain, the products need to follow. Midas is building the infrastructure to turn institutional stra...

Traveling the world as a venture capitalist has been a dream job. After 15 years in the industry, I decided it’s time for something new… Way before I got into VC, I was a professional photographe...

I’m gearing up for the busiest Q4 in Venture Capital I can remember - the quality of founders and companies is crazy right now. And I am loving it! I want to meet you all - particularly if you’re ...

Creandum’s first office outside Sweden was in San Francisco. We’ve been active in the US for 15 years now, ever since Johan first moved over. Since then we’ve backed Neo4j, Cornershop, Pipe, and V...

Today we’re announcing Lovable’s $330m Series B. This is the second upround since Creandum invested less than 12 months ago. That alone is remarkable. But it’s not the point. The point is that th...

Excited to be nominated for Investor of the Year alongside Andre and Mathias. At Creandum, we’ve always seen venture capital as a team sport rather than an individual discipline. None of our inves...

Three days in Texas (Austin and Houston) come to an end, and it’s clearer than ever that the bridge between Europe and the U.S. is built on people. On meeting old friends (LPs, founders) and new on...

What a journey this has been. Seeing Navan ring the bell on Nasdaq today at over $6B is nothing short of incredible. Huge congratulations to Michael Riegel, Jannik Wässa, and the entire Navan team...

I first met Katharina about 10 years ago and had the chance to share the board with her at Taxfix. In many ways, that turned out to be the best real-world job interview you could ask for. Over th...

Wrapping up four weeks in the U.S., split between Texas and the West Coast, here’s what stood out this time around: You don’t need to move to the U.S. to build a great company. You don’t need to j...

We’ve been unusually quiet at Creandum over the past few weeks. But tomorrow we’re back. Yesterday we spent the day filming across multiple locations with the brilliant George, who somehow ninja...