About Softhouse
Softhouse is a venture capital firm founded in 1996. It is primarily based out of Malmo, Sweden. As of Feb 2018, Softhouse has invested in 12 companies. It primarily invests in Seed round in Sweden based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications to High Tech and Real Estate and Construction Tech. Most recently it participated in the $***** PE round of Compare-IT Overall, Softhouse portfolio has seen 1 IPO and 2 acquisitions, namely NODA, Shopit and Tolve. anders Göransson co-invest with Softhouse, sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Softhouse has team of 16 people including 12 partners.Key Metrics
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Portfolio Sectors
Rounds of Entry
Seed & PE
Portfolio IPOs
Softhouse's List of Top Investments
Softhouse has a portfolio of 12 companies. Their most notable investments are in Compare-IT and Pitchler.Their portfolio spans across Sweden and Finland. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, High Tech, Real Estate and Construction Tech and 6 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, PE stages. Here is the list of top investments by Softhouse:1. Qvantel
Qvantel provides BSS solutions to communication service providers. Its BSS suite helps in managing customer experience, managing and analyzing product portfolios,s and managing revenue streams. Its suite can be divided into the following parts - Channels such as telesales, customer care, B2B sales tool, IVR, Data Integration Layer BSS API, credit decision tool, predictive customer service, and Back-end Systems Product Management, revenue management, service catalog.
Key facts about Qvantel
2. NODA
SaaS-driven energy management solution for commercial spaces. Their intelligent energy systems can handle big data from a range of customers to optimize the peak load for district heating. For buildings, using real-time data from different building sources, such as indoor temperature and current energy usage.
Key facts about NODA
- Founded Year: 2005
- Location: Karlshamn (Sweden)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $247K
- Employee Count: 8 as on Jul 01, 2024
- Investors: AP6, Almi Invest and 4 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
3. dLaboratory
Provider of power grid monitoring and analysis solutions using AI. The company offers tools for preventing outages and improving grid planning. Incident reports are automatically generated to minimize recurring issues and enhance resilience. Investment needs can be identified and prioritized based on critical issues.
Key facts about dLaboratory
- Founded Year: 2011
- Location: Lund (Sweden)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $1.64M
- Employee Count: 21 as on Jul 08, 2025
- Investors: Modelio Equity, Almi Invest and 5 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Nov 10, 2022, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
4. Shopit
Provider of product search software solutions for e-commerce businesses. It provides a shopping search engine that gathers products, retailers, and brands available online in one shopping start page. It claims to use AI and machine learning technologies and categorizes products into product taxonomy, forms detailed datasheets for different types of products, and provides automated product feeds. It allows users to save products they like and own, invite friends, share, get advice, and use other social shopping functionality.
Key facts about Shopit
- Founded Year: 2006
- Location: Vaxjo (Sweden)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $364K
- Employee Count: 7 as on Dec 31, 2024
- Investors: Almi Invest, Softhouse and 1 Other
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Jan 30, 2019, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
5. Pitchler
Key facts about Pitchler
- Founded Year: 2016
- Location: Vaxjo (Sweden)
- Stage: Seed
- Employee Count: 8 as on Jul 01, 2024
- Investors: Softhouse and Digital Venture
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Feb 23, 2017, $*****
Softhouse's Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Its most recent first time investment was in Compare-IT.Softhouse's Investments by Stage
Softhouse has made 2 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $327K and 1 investment in PE stage.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 2 |
PE | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Softhouse's Investments by Sector
Softhouse has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Business Services, Enterprise Applications, High Tech and Internet of Things - Industry Applications. Notably, it has invested in 9 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 9 Tech companies, 8 Software companies and at least 3 companies focusing on Saas.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Business Services | 1 |
Enterprise Applications | 1 |
High Tech | 1 |
Internet of Things - Industry Applications | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Softhouse's Investments by Geography
Softhouse has made most investments in Sweden (3).Softhouse's recent investments
Softhouse has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by Softhouse:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Feb 28, 2018 | Sweden | PE | 3843 | - | |
Sep 20, 2017 | Sweden | Seed | 9164 | ||
Feb 23, 2017 | Sweden | Seed | 9720 | - |
IPOs and Publicly Listed companies in Softhouse's Portfolio
1 of Softhouse's portfolio company became public - Tolve.Here are Softhouse's portfolio companies that went public:
Company | IPO Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
- | Sep 20, 2017 | Seed | 4136 |
Acquired companies in Softhouse's Portfolio
2 companies from Softhouse's portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was NODA in Oct 2017 by Bemsiq for $*****.Here are Softhouse's portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Oct 11, 2017 | - | - | 1198 | |
Aug 05, 2009 | - | - | 2921 |
Team profile of Softhouse
Softhouse has a team of 16 members including 12 Partners located in Sweden, Thailand and 3 more locations. Softhouse's team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Here is a list of top team members in Softhouse:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact Details |
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Partner | Stockholm | - | ||
Partner | Malmo | - | ||
Partner | Romania | - | - | |
Partner | Stockholm | - | ||
Partner | Chonburi | - | - | |
Partner | Malmo | - | ||
Partner | Lund | - | ||
Partner | London | - | - | |
Partner | Chile | - | - | |
Partner | - | - | - | |
Partner | Sweden | - |
Co-investors of Softhouse
Over the past 9 years, 2 investors have co-invested in Softhouse's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Softhouse: Sting has invested before Softhouse.
- Top Co-investors of Softhouse: anders Göransson entered a company along with Softhouse.
Recent News related to Softhouse
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Softhouse is expanding in Uppsala - new premises to accommodate the growing teamSofthouse•Jun 28, 2023•Softhouse
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Softhouse is recruiting one of the year's young female leaders in JönköpingSofthouse•Mar 06, 2023•Softhouse
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