Founder & CEO at Hype Ventures

ABOUT ME

I am a Swedish-Finnish serial entrepreneur and economist turned investor. Founder of Hype Ventures, a Swedish investment company with a portfolio of Ukrainian, European, and US early-stage startups.

I believe I can help startup founders in various ways, not least in terms of strategy and fundraising.

EXPERTISE

• Early-stage startups investing
• Fundraising
• Strategy
• Marketing

Main domains: AI, SaaS, DeepTech

PUBLICATIONS

Video: Invest in Ukrainian Startups In 2022
UVCA - Invest in Ukraine Channel

Video: Startup investing during COVID and other disruptions
Imaguru Startup HUB

Video: Talk about startups, investments, motivation, and advice for business owners
FACE2FACE

Podcast: Investing in Ukraine despite the war, how startups are adjusting to new reality and predictions on war outcomes w/ Mathias Eklöf (Hype Ventures) Ep.70
Apple Podcasts

EXPERIENCE

Hype Ventures
Founder & CEO
Aug 2019 - Present (3 years 3 months)

YouScan
Investor
May 2015 - Present (7 years 6 months)

Allset
Investor
June 2020 - Present (2 years 5 months)

Awesomic, Inc
Investor
July 2020 - Present (2 years 4 months)

Let's Enhance
Investor
November 2019 - Present (3 years)

Legal Nodes
Investor
February 2020 - Present (2 years 9 months)

datrics.ai
Investor
August 2020 - Present (2 years 3 months)

SPOKK Insurance
Investor
January 2020 - Present (2 years 10 months)

Cargofy
Investor
February 2021 - Present (1 year 9 months)

Cotano - CRM for Direct Selling with 24x ROI
Investor
October 2020 - Present (2 years 1 month)

Bibito
Founder
May 2012 - January 2013 (9 months)

Betsson
Global Poker Sales Manager
May 2010 - June 2011 (1 year 2 months)

Betfriends
CEO
January 2009 - April 2010 (1 year 4 months)

Abbantina Gaming Group
CEO
2007 - 2008 (1 year)

Rakeback.se
Founder
2005 - 2006 (1 year)

INTRAC Group AB
Export Assistant
June 2004 - August 2004 (3 months)

Embassy of Sweden in Helsinki
Assistant to the Defence Attaché
August 2000 - August 2002 (2 years 1 month)

Swedish Radio Corporation
News presenter
January 2002 - May 2002 (5 months)

EDUCATION

Stockholm School of Economics
MSc, International Business, Economics, Entrepreneurship
(2002 - 2008)

Warwick Business School (UK)
Exchange student, Strategy, Operations, Corporate Finance, Management of Change, Modelling, and analysis for Management
(2007 - 2007)

Swedish Armed Forces Language School (Tolkskolan)
Military training, Russian language studies, strategy, leadership
(1999 - 2000)

Ebersteinska Gymnasium, Norrköping, Sweden
Gymnasium (Secondary education), Sciences Programme in English
(1996 - 1999)