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We are a team of industry-leading professionals with 10+ years of hands-on experience with digital assets and blockchain technology.

We have backgrounds from top-tier crypto firms and fintech unicorns as well as extensive experience from venture capital and bringing companies to Nasdaq.

Together we form Svard Capital - bringing corporate finance to crypto and building for the future of finance.

Team

Alex Evander
Managing Partner
MSc in Mechanical Engineering with AI studies in New Zealand and Cape Town. Previously Senior Consultant at publicly traded Danish IT consultancy firm Netcompany. Spearheaded new Swedish office and lead a team building core backend components for society-critical systems. Former CEO and chairman of a university non-profit with ~2500 members. First got in touch with blockchain in 2013 and haven't left since.
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Johan Svärd
Partner
MSc in Industrial Engineering and Management. Board member of G&W Holding for the past 10 years, in that capacity also approved and authorised by the Swedish financial regulator, Finansinspektionen. Brought three companies to the Swedish NASDAQ , either as chairman of the board or as an advisor. Former chairman of the board at Goobit Group AB, one of Europe’s earliest publicly-traded crypto companies. Involved in three high-profile ICOs.
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Antonio Saaranen
Partner
MSc in Computer Science specializing in cryptography and blockchain. Studied finance and economics at the School of Economics and Management at Lund University. Former technology analyst at Consensys Venture Capital. Formerly Chief Strategy Officer for the Qtum Foundation and established its European regional office, as well as launched and lead its VC fund. Currently advising numerous blockchain projects with a specialization in zk-SNARK technology.
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Mattias Borg
Associate
Encountered blockchain in 2015 during his MSc in Industrial Engineering and Management at the Royal Institute of Technology. Has since served as an independent researcher focused on decentralized ecosystems, tokenomic models, and their financial implications. Formerly worked at the Swedish online brokerage firm Avanza and as a business development manager at the Qtum Foundation. Currently advising numerous projects across the blockchain industry.
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Marcus Engvall
Partner
First involved with Bitcoin in 2011, Marcus is now the managing director of Engvall & Company, a boutique full-service crypto firm, advising financial technology startups and institutions on their blockchain strategy, as well as engineering bespoke blockchain solutions for a wide variety of clients. A software engineer with 10 years of experience, he is specialized in financial technology and cryptofinance with experience from fintech unicorns and startups in London and Stockholm.
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Milestones

2022
Svard Capital
2020
DeFi Summer
2014
Ethereum
2009
Bitcoin

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