Investor · Board Director · Advisor

Where Capital Meets Conviction.

I'm Marika Svardstrom, founder of Active Capital.

Twenty years turning institutional and family office capital into direct investments, board seats, and exits — working across syndicate investing, fractional advisory mandates, and board representation, building on roles at Khazanah Nasional, L&G Capital, and Scandinavian single-family offices.

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London Ambassador, Investors for Climate

Two chapters, one line — up.

TRACK RECORD

Institutional-era results, then the independent-era portfolio and exits since founding Active Capital. Same ridge, same trajectory — read it as mountains, or read it as a chart.

INSTITUTIONAL ERA · 2010–2020

3 Unicorns backed · 2 IPOs / 1 trade sale · 43%+ Portfolio IRR (Khazanah)

Auto1 and Farfetch (IPO), Skyscanner (trade sale to Ctrip) — led at Khazanah Europe Investment.

INDEPENDENT ERA · 2021–present

40+ Principal investments · $200M+ Capital deployed 3 Exits: Vortex IoT, Eligible.ai, Veremark – partial exit

Three ways I work with capital and companies.

WHAT I DO

ADVISORY — Fractional and mandate-based capital strategy

I step into defined advisory mandates — fractional executive roles and investment-leadership seats — for founders, single-family offices, and institutional platforms that need capital strategy, investor engagement, and fundraising execution without a permanent hire.

Novai — Fractional CIGO, 2025–26 · L&G Capital — Interim Head of VC Investing · Sabaro Investments — Investment Director · Julnie Sarl — Investment Director

BOARD REPRESENTATION — Governance, strategy, and NED work

I sit on boards as an investor-director and chair nomination committees — CEO and NED recruitment, board composition, and board assessment — across listed companies and early-stage syndicates alike.

MeVitae — Alternate Director · Lunio.ai — Board Observer · Formpipe Software AB — Nomination Chair · Björn Borg AB — Nomination Chair

INVESTING — Syndicate lead, direct and fund investments

I source proprietary deal flow, raise from family offices and private investors, run onboarding through close, and represent the syndicate on the board — alongside direct and fund investments spanning venture, growth, and private equity.

Syndicate Lead — AI-native & fintech · Co-founder, GP — Breakout Partners Fund I · Co-invested alongside Balderton, Lightspeed, and Valar

LP commitments include EQT European Mid-Market Fund, Atomico, Seedcamp, Dawn Capital, and Norrsken22.

"Marika immediately understood the growth potential of our company. She proved a tough and successful negotiator when it came to structuring the terms. Definitely an investment professional to have on your side."

— Håkan Koç, Co-Founder, Auto1 Group

18 companies — direct and fund exposure to 100+.