Julia Akerstrom

Julia Åkerström is listed by Dalecarlia Growth as one of the firm’s co-owners/partners. Dalecarlia Growth describes her background as sales work across many industries, in both small and large companies, with a broad geographic and skills-based network. The firm highlights her goal orientation and customer focus as having contributed to significant growth in companies she has been involved with.

Dalecarlia Growth AB was started in 2016 by a group of entrepreneurs from Dalarna to provide private, competent investment capital to regional companies. The group later formed Dalecarlia Growth Investerarnätverk to bring more investors into the regional ecosystem, give companies access to capital-pitch “auditions,” and support growth and ownership transitions.

Julia’s LinkedIn profile lists CGI in Borlänge as her current employer and shows education at Soltorgsgymnasiet in Borlänge, Natur-Teknisk gren med miljöinriktning, 1994–1997. It also lists additional professional training in advertising sales, travel sales, hazardous waste, conflict management, women’s leadership, English, and SSAB Basic School.

• Dalecarlia Growth says it invests primarily in regional companies, either in connection with growth capital or generational change.
• The firm’s stated focus is not brand-new companies, but companies with an existing business that want to take the next step.
• Fundamental investment criteria listed by the firm are: “En skalbar och unik affärsidé,” “En redan fungerande verksamhet,” and “Ett fokus och viljan att expandera.”
• The investor group emphasizes active ownership: Dalecarlia Growth says its offer includes not only capital but also knowledge from owners with long entrepreneurial backgrounds.
• Dalecarlia Growth uses “auditions” where companies seeking capital can present their business and financing needs.
• Publicly disclosed deals show a willingness to co-invest with Almi Invest in early-stage regional companies, including software and digital-service businesses.