Inception Fund I

Sweden
Pre Seed
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About Inception Fund I

Stockholm-based micro fund backing day-zero startups led by technical founders across New Nordics. Backed by AI entrepreneurs from Silo AI, OpenAI, DeepMind.

Investment Focus

Location / RegionSweden
Funding StagePre Seed
Industry Focus
Ai Ml
Enterprise Software

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

European technical AI founder building global B2B software

inception-stage AI
European deeptech
B2B software
technical founders
super angel

Bullish Signals

Portfolio co-investors: a16z, Sequoia, YCexternal
Angel hits: Lovable, Legora, PhysicsXexternal
Co-founded €1B+ AI companiesexternal
25+ portfolio cos incl. 5 YCexternal
Accel, Sequoia, a16z scout networkexternal
Opportunity fund for seed follow-onswebsite
Co-investors: DST, GV, Conviction, Creandumwebsite
Founder network: ElevenLabs, OpenAI, Deepmindwebsite
Exclusive AI lab credits for portfoliowebsite
9 stealth bets signal active deploymentwebsite
20+ named portfolio cos now confirmedwebsite
YC W26/S25/F25 portfolio representationwebsite
Backed IQM, ICEYE — hardware/deeptech rangewebsite
Hugging Face, Anthropic in founder networkwebsite
20yrs AI + 20yrs VC combined experiencewebsite

Contrarian Signals

GPs still unnamed publiclyexternal
Small tickets €100k–€500k onlyexternal
Network-gated, top 0.1% selectivityexternal
No board seats — limited governance rolewebsite
Network still described as 'pre-training'website

Founder Do's

Be a technical outlier
Build global, business-facing AI/deeptech
Based in Europe or New Nordic
Show zero-to-one ambition
Welcome fast, no-board-seat checks

Founder Don'ts

Don't expect board involvement
Avoid consumer-facing or non-technical plays
Don't pitch without strong technical depth

Key GPs & Partners

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Unknown (Silo AI co-founder)
General Partner
AI builderserial founderangel investor
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Unknown (Validio co-founder)
General Partner
AI builderdata infrastructureoperator-investor

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Fund Overview

Fund Size€21M
Saves0

Key People

Oliver Molander, Caroline Cronstedt, Erik Lindblad

Unknown (Silo AI co-founder)General Partner
Unknown (Validio co-founder)General Partner

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