Douglas Stark
About Douglas Stark
Douglas Stark is a co-founder, board member and COO of Voi Technology, the Stockholm-based micromobility company. His SXSW London speaker bio says Voi scaled past $200M in revenue and reached profitability. Crunchbase lists his Voi role as starting in May 2018.
Before Voi, he was COO and an investor at Budbee from February 2015 to April 2017, according to Crunchbase. His speaker bio describes him as the first non-tech employee there. TheOrg lists earlier roles as CEO of SSE Business Lab and Business Analyst at Arkwright. It also says he holds a Bachelor of Science in Business and Economics from the Stockholm School of Economics.
His SXSW London bio also describes him as an a16z scout and an active angel investor.
Public databases record a small number of disclosed angel investments. PitchBook and NFX Signal both list two: memmo.me (December 2019) and Fika (October 2021). Both are listed as seed rounds. PitchBook classifies both companies as Social/Platform Software. Co-investors on these rounds included Packy McCormick of Not Boring Capital (memmo.me) and Magda Lukaszewicz of Balderton Capital (Fika).
Stark took part in the $5M pre-seed round of Matters, announced in October 2026. Matters is a Stockholm company building an AI-native consumer bank. <cite index="4-1">The round was anchored by Swedish angel investor Jakob Johansson.</cite> Other participants included Knut Frängsmyr, Johan Bladh, Patrik Tran and Per Widerstrom. The funds are for banking licence applications, EU expansion, hiring and a first consumer product. Stark is identified in press coverage as co-founder of Voi. No other AI investments by him were found in public sources.
Disclosed deals are early-stage (seed and pre-seed) and all involve Stockholm or Swedish companies. Sectors so far are consumer software, social platforms and, most recently, AI-enabled fintech. His NFX Signal profile lists an investment range of $5K to $50K with a sweet spot of $25K. It also lists Media/Content (Seed) and Social Networks (Seed) as his ranked areas. This range comes from a third-party profile and was not confirmed in a statement by Stark. No public statement from him about investment criteria was found.
- Matters: Stockholm AI-native consumer banking platform; joined its $5M pre-seed in October 2026.
- Fika: Seed round in October 2021, listed by PitchBook and NFX Signal.
- memmo.me: Seed round in December 2019, listed by PitchBook, NFX Signal and Tracxn.
- eu.vc/p/matters-raises-5m-pre-seed-ai-personal-finance
- thepaypers.com/fintech/news/matters-emerge-from-stealth-with-usd-5-mln
- finsmes.com/2026/10/matters-raises-5m-in-pre-seed-funding.html
- crunchbase.com/person/douglas-stark
- pitchbook.com/profiles/investor/357398-29
- signal.nfx.com/investors/douglas-stark
- sxswlondon.com/speakers/douglas-stark-baf3af2b
- theorg.com/org/voi-technology/org-chart/douglas-stark
Investing activity
Douglas Stark appears in 1 AI deal tracked by the Lounge deals desk. The rounds are mostly Pre-seed, with a median round size of $5M. The most recent is Matters (Pre-seed, $5M, Oct 2026).
Douglas Stark most often invests alongside Knut Frängsmyr, Per Widerström, Johan Bladh and Jakob Johansson, and the companies they back on Lounge are mostly in AI.
Deals
Frequently asked questions about Douglas Stark
Who is Douglas Stark?
Douglas Stark is a co-founder, board member and COO of Voi Technology, based in Stockholm. He is also an angel investor and, per his SXSW London bio, an a16z scout.
Has Douglas Stark invested in AI startups?
Yes. He took part in the $5M pre-seed round of Matters, a Swedish AI-native consumer banking startup, in October 2026. No other AI deals were found in public sources.
What is Douglas Stark's angel check size?
NFX Signal lists a range of $5K to $50K with a sweet spot of $25K. This is a third-party profile and he has not published a statement confirming it.
What stage does Douglas Stark invest in?
His disclosed deals are seed (memmo.me in 2019, Fika in 2021) and pre-seed (Matters in 2026).
Does Douglas Stark invest outside Sweden?
No non-Swedish investments were found in public sources. His disclosed deals are in Stockholm or Swedish companies, though Matters plans to expand across the EU.
How can founders contact Douglas Stark?
PitchBook lists his personal site as douglasstark.com. A LinkedIn profile is linked from Crunchbase. No public X account was found.
Is Douglas Stark an angel investor?
Yes. Douglas Stark invests personally as an angel.
What AI companies has Douglas Stark invested in?
Douglas Stark's AI investments include Matters. The 1 round on Lounge are listed on this page with amounts, dates and co-investors.
What stage does Douglas Stark invest at?
In the rounds tracked on Lounge, Douglas Stark has invested at Pre-seed, with a median round of $5M.
Who does Douglas Stark co-invest with?
Douglas Stark's most frequent co-investors on Lounge are Knut Frängsmyr (1 deal), Per Widerström (1 deal), Johan Bladh (1 deal), Jakob Johansson (1 deal) and Patrik Tran (1 deal).