Aligned VC – Helping unconventional founders bring their ideas to life
We are passionate about making a lasting impact and helping founders realize their vision. We bring meaningful investment experience, a diverse network and a committed partnership to support on the journey.
Early stage
& Growth
Industry
agnostic
Companies
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A2X Real Estate
London based residential investment platform.
- Industry Property development
- Year 2020
- City London
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Aeon Health
Comprehensive MRI-plus-blood platform enabling early detection and preventive care
- Industry Health tech
- Year 2025
- City Zurich
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All Aboard
One booking service and API for every European train ticket.
- Industry Travel Tech
- Year 2020
- City Stockholm
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Agaton
Domain-specific AI agent that empower sale teams with superhuman capabilities.
- Industry B2B SaaS
- Year 2024
- City Stockholm
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Astrid Education
Digital solution for schools and teachers to bring life-changing English speaking skills.
- Industry Ed-tech
- Year 2021
- City Stockholm
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Aywel
Financing the future of zero-emission mobility in a rapidly electrifying world.
- Industry Financial services
- Year 2023
- City Stockholm
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Beckley Psytech
Dedicated to helping patients suffering from neurological and psychiatric disorders by developing a pipeline of psychedelic compounds into licensed pharmaceutical medicines.
- Industry Healthcare
- Year 2020
- City London
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Big Atom
Tyre recycling platform for an end-to-end circular economy.
- Industry Recycling tech
- Year 2019
- City London
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Brineworks
Ultra low-cost Direct Air Capture through breakthrough electrochemistry.
- Industry Climate Tech
- Year 2023
- City Amsterdam
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Buddywise
Preventing injuries and loss of life through real-time risk detection and proactive measures.
- Industry Safety tech
- Year 2020
- City Berlin
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Chess.com
The leading online destination for playing, learning and watching chess.
- Industry Online gaming
- Year 2021
- Country USA
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Dance
Making the subscription e-bike the primary way people move in cities. Promoting health, sustainability and livable cities.
- Industry Mobility
- Year 2022
- City Berlin
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Doktor.Se
One of Europe’s leading providers of Digi-Physical healthcare.
- Industry Healthcare
- Year 2022
- City Stockholm
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Femcare
Female care clinics providing accessible and personalized women's healthcare.
- Industry Healthcare
- Year 2024
- City Stockholm
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Flowery
Bringing cut flowers to your door in a more sustainable way.
- Industry Flower services
- Year 2019
- City Stockholm
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Flowlife
Products designed to support and encourage active living.
- Industry Recovery tech/lifestyle
- Year 2022
- City Stockholm
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Maia Universe
Automating the process of music sync for content creation.
- Industry Music Tech B2B
- Year 2020
- City Stockholm
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Klarna
Provider of financial services and payment solutions.
- Industry Financial services
- Year 2018
- City Stockholm
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Koywe
Fully compliant cross-border payments platform, enabling stablecoin-fueled financial ops and global invoicing.
- Industry Financial services
- Year 2024
- City Miami
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Meadow
A circular packaging solution based on the aluminium can and the deposit return system.
- Industry Packaging
- Year 2020
- City Stockholm
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Namastay
A fast, secure and intuitive digital last mile experience for hotels and guests.
- Industry Booking SaaS
- Year 2023
- City Paris
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Normain
AI tools for companies specialised in structured knowledge work with high requirements.
- Industry B2B SaaS
- Year 2024
- City Stockholm
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Pet Media Group
The leading operator of online marketplaces for pets and horses.
- Industry Marketplace
- Year 2019
- City Stockholm
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Producers Trust
Organising sustainable ecosystem solutions for food & agriculture landscapes and farmers.
- Industry Ag Tech
- Year 2022
- City San Francisco
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SeenThis
Delivering faster, smarter streaming with a smaller footprint.
- Industry Ad Tech
- Year 2018
- City Stockholm
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Talentium
An end-to-end hiring platform; from finding talent to organising the internal workflows.
- Industry HR Tech
- Year 2025
- City Stockholm
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TalentUp Africa
Helping global organizations recruit top african tech talent in a fast and compliant way.
- Industry Recruitment
- Year 2020
- City Lagos
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Three Spirit
A functional and healthier non-alc booze alternative, offering a third way to socialize by bringing plants and pleasure to the people.
- Industry Non-Alc beverages
- Year 2018
- City London
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Timely
The automatic time tracking tool for improving company productivity and profitability as well as helping deep work planning.
- Industry Productivity SaaS
- Year 2021
- City Oslo
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Redpine
Provides AI builders and autonomous agents with access to licensed, high-quality and multimodal data – securely and at scale
- Industry AI infra
- Year 2025
- City Stockholm
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Rex
Germany based veterinary clinics encompassing both products and services.
- Industry Vet services
- Year 2024
- City Berlin
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Unaric
Aggregator of domain-specific salesforce applications within a unified platform
- Industry Productivity SaaS
- Year 2023
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Wild Immersion
Teaching kids to understand and connect emotionally with nature.
- Industry Education
- Year 2020
- City Paris
We build supportive partnerships with founders
Meaningful creation and long term partnerships is what gets us up in the morning.
We work to ensure our partnerships are a true meeting of minds - not just your business plan. We combine an extensive network of entrepreneurs and investors with years of strategic experience to help drive your business forward.
Our office is in Stockholm but we spend our time wherever inspiring people and ideas may be.
Founders that see the world differently
The founders we back want to make a lasting impact, either on a global level or a community level. We seek passionate, thoughtful teams who are finding unconventional solutions to common problems.
We are sector agnostic and invest in businesses in a wide range of industries – from Ad-tech to consumer goods, ecommerce to property development.
Who we are
Aligned is an investment vehicle sprung out of our shared joy for entrepreneurship. We also believe it is possible, as an investor, to promote positive change not only for companies but for communities of all sizes.
Aligned was founded in 2019 by two childhood friends, Eric Carlson Rydman and Christian af Jochnick.
Eric Carlson Rydman
MD and Founding PartnerEric handles the day-to-day operations of aligned, supporting the portfolio and scouting for new investments.
Before Aligned, Eric held senior commercial and strategic positions at Spotify. Prior to that, he was a Corporate Finance Advisor specialising in M&A at Stockholm-based Access Partners.
Christian af Jochnick
Founding PartnerAfter starting his career at Goldman Sachs in London followed by his own stint as a start-up co-founder, Christian entered the venture space and has been supporting entrepreneurs since 2013.
He currently supports a range of social and environmental initiatives as a board member of the Af Jochnick Foundation. His main personal passion is the role plant medicines and regenerative agriculture can play in helping us transform our societies.
Are you an unconventional entrepreneur?
Contact: eric@alignedvc.se