JB

Jens Bäckbom

Founder of Pareto Business School | Ex VC fund manager | I write about entrepreneurship, growth and investing | Investor & Startup Advisor

Greater Stockholm Metropolitan Area

Invests in

Stages:

  • Min Investment:

    $120,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $150,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $135,000.00

Work Experience

  • Founder

    2023

    The Pareto MBA is an 8 week mini-MBA cohort program designed to teach you practical business tools, frameworks and skills.

  • Board Member

    2024

    North House is a digital solution for governing documents.

2023

  • Advisor

    2023

    PinnOne helps you optimize your SaaS spend.

2023

  • Angel Investor

    2023

    Retrospectives for professional services firms!

  • Angel Investor

    2023

2017 - 2023

  • Fund Manager / CEO / Advisor

    2022 - 2023

    Fund Manager and CEO of Almi Invest Stockholm AB, with AUM of 350 MSEK.

  • Investment Manager

    2017 - 2022

    Worked with ~15 portfolio companies, focusing on software and B2B SaaS. Led/co-led Almi Invest's investments in Learnster, Alva Labs, Roaring.io, Lingio, Mediatool, Madden Analytics, Gigital and Strivr.

  • Founder

    2010 - 2023

    * Sold to Nordtech Group - deal closed 2022 Provider of daily KPI data for the Nordic hospitality industry, serving more than 1500 hotels in eight countries. I co-founded the company, secured the initial core customers and gradually transitioned into a CPO / developer role. Left daily operations in 2017 and served on the board until the company was acquired by Nordtech Group in 2022.

2010 - 2023

  • Founder / Owner

    2010 - 2023

    Investment vehicle mainly focused on SaaS, EdTech and early-stage startups. Investments include: - Nordtech Group (LP) - Propel Capital VI (LP) - Hype Ventures (LP) - Being and Investment (LP) - Loop (Angel round) - Lexplore (Seed round) - Done Services (Pre-seed round) - Strive School (Angel round) - North House (Pre-seed round) - Goodfeed (Pre-seed round) - Binary Brains (Bridge round)

2022 - 2022

  • Investor (LP) / Advisor

    2022 - 2022

    Investor in Propel Capital VI.

2022 - 2022

  • Mentor

    2022 - 2022