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Spoti angels

Angel investing trio of former Spotify staff backing early-stage start-ups in Europe and the United States

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TrustList summary

Spoti angels is an early-stage investing group formed by three people who met in the early years at Spotify: Katia Yakovleva, John Bonten and Axel Bard. They invest in start-ups at their first stages.

What Spoti angels offers

Early-stage investment: funding for new companies.
Advice on growth: the partners draw on ten years helping Spotify expand quickly.
Sales and advertising knowledge: Katia built advertising sales in Spain and Germany.
Market launch experience: John and Axel ran the team that opened new markets for Spotify.

Who it works with

Fast-growing start-ups in Europe and the United States. The group says it has supported more than 20 companies. Individual partners have advised businesses such as Calm and Renoon, and Axel went on to set up EQT Ventures in Germany.

Key facts

Team: three partners
Regions: Europe and the United States

Summary written by TrustList from the business's own published information, Oct 2026.

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Advertising
Spain
Sales
Us,
Berlin,
Europe

Rankings

Spoti angels is ranked on 2 TrustList rankings: #5 on 1 and #31 on 1.

Every ranking orders its listings by their reviews, how complete the profile is and the Trust Score. Spoti angels has no reviews yet and 3 of the 10 profile details we look for. Where no listing on a page has been reviewed, the order follows the profiles alone.

Venture capital firm · 2 rankings

#5of 5
Spain
It is the only one of the 5 here listing advertising.
Its profile: “- Sales and advertising knowledge: Katia built advertising sales in Spain and Germany.”
Of the 5 here, 2 also cover science and 2 also cover video; 3 also work in Madrid.
Behind Extension Fund.
#31of 37
Berlin
It is the only one of the 37 here listing advertising.
Of the 37 here, 6 also cover early stage and 6 also cover partners; 11 also work in London and 7 also work in Munich.
Behind seed + speed Ventures, ahead of STS Ventures.