# David Helgason: angel investments and portfolio

> David Helgason is an angel based in Iceland. 4 investments on record, latest Apr 2019. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/david-helgason (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# David Helgason

Last cheque observed Apr 2019. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

Quiet Angel

Debt Seed Series A

Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 4 on record

Since the last cheque **2741** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$10M** Rounds led **0 of 4**

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## David Helgason highlights

- 01 4 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Seed and Series A: 67% of its rounds

## What they do

- **Type:** Angel (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Stages:** Debt Seed Series A Series B
- **Based in:** Iceland
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **4 appearances**

- **2019** 1 round
- **Apr** **[Labster](https://millionrounds.com/company/labster)** Series B · DK · TechCrunch **$21M** With 7 others
- **2018** 1 round
- **Dec** **[NextMind](https://millionrounds.com/company/nextmind)** FR · FinSMEs **$4.6M** With 2 others
- **2017** 1 round
- **Sept** **[Labster](https://millionrounds.com/company/labster)** Series A · DK · TechCrunch **$10M** With 1 other
- **2012** 1 round
- **Jul** **[Plain Vanilla](https://millionrounds.com/company/plain-vanilla)** Seed · US **$1.2M** With 11 others

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

## The cheque

Debt Seed Series A

Median round joined **$10M** the round, not its cheque

Led 0 of 4 rounds **0%**

- **Sole investor:** Never alone
- **Last cheque:** Apr 2019

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Seed said *1*
- Series A said *1*
- Series B said *1*
- Debt said *-*

Cheques by year Led Joined

2012 2019

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## Recently backed

The latest companies David Helgason put money into.

[**Labster** $21M · Apr 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/labster)

## On podcasts

5 episodes naming David Helgason in the title.

- [Scaling Europe](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/scaling-europe) 27 May 2026 · 21 min David Helgason, Co-founder at Transition Ventures: Raising $150m Fund II Mentions [David Helgason](https://millionrounds.com/fund/david-helgason) Apple PodcastsShow page
- [Inevitable](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/inevitable) 11 Oct 2023 · 36 min Capital Series: David Helgason, Transition Mentions [David Helgason](https://millionrounds.com/fund/david-helgason) Apple PodcastsShow page
- [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) 29 Oct 2020 · 29 min 20VC: Unity Founder David Helgason on The Hypergrowth Early Days of Unity, Why Running A Company Is Like A Liberal Art, The Secret To A Successful CEO Transition and What Makes Roelof Botha Such A Special Board Member With [Roelof Botha](https://millionrounds.com/person/roelof-botha) Mentions [David Helgason](https://millionrounds.com/fund/david-helgason)[Diane Greene](https://millionrounds.com/fund/diane-greene)[John Riccitiello](https://millionrounds.com/fund/john-riccitiello) *+2* Apple PodcastsShow page
- [This Much I Know](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/this-much-i-know) 8 Jul 2020 · 46 min Unity Founder, David Helgason, on the journey from young developer to democratising game development Mentions [David Helgason](https://millionrounds.com/fund/david-helgason)[Nicholas Francis](https://millionrounds.com/person/nicholas-francis) Apple PodcastsShow page
- [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) 22 Jul 2016 · 25 min 20VC: Unity 3D's David Helgason on Building a $bn Business, Getting Funded By Sequoia and Powering The Pokemon Revolution Mentions [David Helgason](https://millionrounds.com/fund/david-helgason)[Revolution](https://millionrounds.com/fund/revolution)[Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital) Apple PodcastsShow page

## Quick answers about David Helgason

### What does David Helgason invest in?

David Helgason invests most often at Seed and Series A (67% of the rounds on record).

### How active is David Helgason?

4 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Apr 2019.

### What has David Helgason invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Labster (Series B, Apr 2019) and NextMind (Undisclosed round, Dec 2018).

### How big are David Helgason's cheques?

The median round it joins is $10M.

### Is David Helgason investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Apr 2019.

### What kind of investor is David Helgason?

David Helgason is an angel based in Iceland.

### Where does this information on David Helgason come from?

From 3 articles and filings naming it in a round, public registers and its own website, checked and rebuilt every night.

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