We Are
Optimizer Invest
FOUNDER FUNDED EARLY STAGE VC
We Make Good
Business Great
Supporting entrepreneurs with capital and operational expertise
to help build the next online winners
We Are
Optimizer Invest
Optimizer Invest was founded in Malta late 2012 by the Swedes Henrik Persson Ekdahl and Mikael Riese Harstad, and Norwegian André Lavold. Since then, the company and its team, all with extensive experience in entrepreneurship and building business online, has been widely recognised as a leading investment company specialising in helping entrepreneurs and early stage companies to reach their full potential
We have representation in Malta, Stockholm, London and Marbella
Location
2012 founded
3 ipos
25 investments
€1 billion+ mergers
1000+ employees
4 divestments
30+ M&A transactions
€150m+ raised
Portfolio
Companies
The Optimizer family is represented by a wide variety of companies leveraging tech to build great companies
Latest News
& Press Releases
As communicated on the 21st of December 2018, Optimizer Invest is currently restructuring its assets and holding companies, and in connection with this, all listed and regulated holdings are distributed to its shareholders. Optimizer Invest has previously distributed its holdings in Catena Media and Gaming Innovation Group (“GiG”) to its shareholders and will now also distribute […]
Playtomic is Spain’s biggest sports ecosystem with more than 50,000 active users, including clubs and players. The app is available in Google Play and Apple Store, and currently allows for reservations on 2,500 tennis and paddle tennis courts at 600 clubs. The goal of Playtomic is to socialize sports practice: through the app, players can […]
The new Forex and CFD platform is Optimizer Invest’s largest startup venture ever. Skilling is a completely new type of software and service that will make it easier for anyone who wants to trade in forex, crypto currency, indexes, stocks and commodities. The CEO of the company is Anders Berglund, former CEO of Google Sweden. […]
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