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Staffan Helgesson

Creandum
Venture Capital LinkedIn
#115
LinkedIn Rank
1,950
Benchmarker Score
26
Posts
1,743
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69
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67
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3
Avg Comments
1,812
Total Engagement
70
Engagement Rate
1.4
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Recent Posts

20 posts

Creandum opened its first office in San Francisco already 2012 when our partner Johan Brenner moved over. Since then we have used this hub for many things; investing in the US, supporting our Europ...

Fund News & Milestones Image International Expansion Portfolio Management Dec 21, 2025 View on LinkedIn
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What a week. 3 of Creandum's portfolio companies raising new funds at more than 5 BUSD valuations. What a privilege to partner with these amazing companies and entrepreneurs and follow them on thei...

Portfolio Company Wins Video (LinkedIn Source) Fundraising Valuations Late Stage Portfolio Management Dec 18, 2025 View on LinkedIn
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So proud to see my friend and Creandum partner since 15 years back, Johan Brenner, to be on this years Midas List.

Team & Firm Culture Video (LinkedIn Source) Company Culture Team Building Leadership Dec 11, 2025 View on LinkedIn
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Black Forest Labs - another BIG European AI-winner proving great global winners these days can be built from anywhere, this time from Freiburg! Thanks for having Creandum join the A-round πŸ™ Andre...

Investment Announcements Image Artificial Intelligence Generative AI Foundation Models Series A Fundraising Dec 01, 2025 View on LinkedIn
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What an anniversary party!!! Congratulations Lovable - this is only the beginning πŸ™ŒπŸ’•πŸ€—πŸ’ͺ🏻!!! Anton Osika Fabian Hedin Fredrik Cassel

Portfolio Company Wins Image Portfolio Management Nov 18, 2025 View on LinkedIn
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Slush - My favorite week of the year πŸ€—πŸš€πŸ‘Š! Come and see us! Aino Bergius Nicole BostrΓΆm Markus Villig Julius Thimm Camilla Komulainen

Events & Speaking Engagements Image N/A Nov 14, 2025 View on LinkedIn
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Its nothing short of incredible how a company and a brand no one had heard of only a year ago can come so far in such a short time. At Creandum we call it #aispeed. Its definitely worth a party πŸŽ‰πŸ₯³πŸŽ...

Portfolio Company Wins Video (LinkedIn Source) Artificial Intelligence Nov 07, 2025 View on LinkedIn
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I'll be back at Slush in two weeks in #helsinki and looking forward to being on the Founder Stage talking with my friend and Bolt founder and CEO Markus Villig. Building something interesting? Dro...

Events & Speaking Engagements Video (LinkedIn Source) N/A Nov 04, 2025 View on LinkedIn
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Taking a company from startup to IPO on Nasdaq is not an easy feat so hats off for Creandum portfolio company Navan who rang the bell just days ago. And massive kudos to Michael Riegel and Jannik W...

Exits & Liquidity Events Image IPO Public Markets Portfolio Management Nov 02, 2025 View on LinkedIn
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When myself and my Creandum colleague Filip Mark met Henrik Hansson and Ludvig Swanstrom at Vesence we knew they were onto something in legal ai. By addressing lawyers problems in their existing wo...

Investment Announcements Video (LinkedIn Source) Artificial Intelligence LegalTech B2B Oct 28, 2025 View on LinkedIn
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There are very few entrepreneurs in europe with this track record. Proud to be backing our Lithuanian friends Tomas Okmanas and Eimantas S. when swinging big again with nexos.ai πŸ’ͺ🏻.

Investment Announcements Text Artificial Intelligence Fundraising Oct 21, 2025 View on LinkedIn
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Calling all founders - It's that time of year! Founder compensation study. Your help us much appreciated πŸ™ ! Michelle Coventry Daniel Ovenden

Ecosystem & Community Building Article Founder Compensation Oct 16, 2025 View on LinkedIn
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Great data on where US unicorn founders actually come from.

Market Analysis & Trends Document Industry Trends Oct 02, 2025 View on LinkedIn
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AI companies need AI infrastructure. Congratulations Erik Bernhardsson and Akshat Bubna + team for another milestone and a quickly growing number of commercial deployments including Lovable, Substa...

Portfolio Company Wins Article AI Infrastructure Artificial Intelligence Cloud Computing B2B Sep 30, 2025 View on LinkedIn
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Want to see the world of startups and venture capital from the inside? Come join us here at Creandum! Currently these three superstars are our visiting analysts. Sisi Liu Prakriti R. Moritz Erfert

Team & Firm Culture Document Hiring & Talent Company Culture Sep 30, 2025 View on LinkedIn
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Today I want to highlight my friend Matt Miller, previously a partner at storied VC firm Sequoia Capital, who today announced his new VC firm Evantic Capital to support Europe's best founders at gr...

Fund News & Milestones Article Growth Stage Fund Management Sep 29, 2025 View on LinkedIn
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Creandum started our first office outside the Nordics in San Francisco almost 15 years ago. As the US - Europe bridge has become more important than ever feel free to hit up anyone of us if you're ...

Ecosystem & Community Building Document International Expansion Sep 24, 2025 View on LinkedIn
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With the sme bank Tide’s recent funding round there’s another πŸ¦„ in the Creandum portfolio. More importantly the work George Bevis started and Dr. Oliver Prill now is leading gives Europe’s sme’s a...

Investment Announcements Image Fintech Fundraising B2B International Expansion Sep 23, 2025 View on LinkedIn
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Want to enter the world of Venture Capital? Come join us here at Creandum as one of our visiting analysts spring of 2026! Jakob Stein Sisi Liu Prakriti R. Moritz Erfert Hanel Baveja Iris Hendriks ...

Team & Firm Culture Article Hiring & Talent Sep 15, 2025 View on LinkedIn
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Today Klarna IPO's on NYSE and massive congratulations to Sebastian Siemiatkowski and team. This is obviously great news for Europe but also a wake-up call that we need change, and we need that cha...

Exits & Liquidity Events Image Fintech IPO Public Markets Sep 10, 2025 View on LinkedIn
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Rank History

16 Feb 2026
#168
24 Jan 2026
#148
24 Jan 2026
#148

Content Categories

Investment Announcements 6
Portfolio Company Wins 5
Events & Speaking Engagements 3
Ecosystem & Community Building 3
Team & Firm Culture 3

Topics & Themes

Artificial Intelligence Fundraising Portfolio Management B2B International Expansion Company Culture IPO Public Markets Industry Trends Hiring & Talent Growth Stage Fintech Series A Team Building Leadership LegalTech Founder Compensation AI Infrastructure Cloud Computing Fund Management

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Comments
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Avg Likes
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Benchmarker Score
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Posts/Week
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Avg Post Length
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