Meet the team

Endre joined Verdane’s Oslo office in 2022 as a finance associate. He works in the Elevate team where he focuses on financial due diligence processes and supports portfolio companies in order to enable future growth.

Prior to joining Verdane, Endre spent nearly three years as a senior analyst at EY’s Strategy and Transaction department where he supported clients with transaction-related services.

Endre holds a MSc in Business with a major in Finance from BI Norwegian Business School. He further spent a semester at the Paris School of Business as part of his MSc.

Jenny provides administrative and executive support to Verdane’s partner group, investor relations and communications functions. She has 20 years of experience in executive support and joined Verdane in 2018 from the listed investment firm Ratos, where she assisted the board, CEO and investment team with practical and administrative matters. Before Ratos, Jenny worked for 15 years as a media planner and project coordinator at the Stockholm office of the Executive Search company Alumni Global.

As a data engineer on the Verdane Elevate team, Jones enables data-based decision making throughout the Verdane ecosystem by overseeing the data platforms empowering the value chain.

Prior to joining Verdane, Jones worked at DNB as a Data Engineer within the Transaction Services team in the Insight Platform for Analytics. He was responsible for developing and maintaining Personal Finance Management services that were widely used by customers through the mobile bank. Additionally, he served on the Data Centre of Excellence team that established best practices for cloud data processes and tooling as well as arranged knowledge sharing events through workshops and meetups.

Jones holds a BSc in Computer Science from the University of Leeds and a MSc in Advanced Computing from the University of Bristol.

Daniel joined Verdane in 2011 from McKinsey & Company where he focused on operations and M&A cases, primarily working with clients in heavy industry and in private equity. He also has experience from the online social networking industry where he co-founded his own company and from Skype where he worked with sales and marketing.

Daniel focuses primarily on existing holdings and new investments in companies with a digital angle or business model in the e-commerce sector.

Education: Daniel holds an MSc in Business and Economics from Stockholm School of Economics and has also attended the UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School MBA program.

Erling joined Verdane in 2019, having previously worked at Nordic Web Ventures and Notion Capital in London, while studying for his MBA. Previously he was the first employee at the UK peer-to-peer finance provider Growth Street, building and growing the business from 3 to 50 employees with a primary focus on sales, marketing and analytics.

At Verdane, Erling focuses primarily on the software vertical, specifically software companies in the customer engagement, sale and marketing space.

Eirik joined the Oslo office in 2022 as a part of the Finance and Administration team. Prior to working at Verdane, he worked as an accountant at the international shipping company Saga Welco for two years.

Education: Eirik holds a BSc in International Business from Kingston University and a MA in International Political Economy from King’s College London.

Henrik joined Verdane Stockholm office after the 2005 portfolio acquisition from Skandia Liv. Henrik served as an investment manager at Prosper Capital/Skandia Liv and has experience in finance and management consulting. At Verdane Henrik has been active in the acquisition of several new portfolios of direct investments and he works closely with companies primarily active in the software sector and in internet retail. He is also responsible for Verdane’s activities in Finland.

Education: Henrik holds an MSc in Economics from the Stockholm School of Economics (Sweden) and a CEMS Master from the University of St. Gallen (Switzerland). He is a graduate of the Swedish Naval Academy.

Thomas joined Verdane’s Oslo office as a Cyber Security Manager in 2022. As part of the Elevate team, he is responsible for supporting Verdane’s portfolio companies and investment teams on cybersecurity-related topics (e.g., sourcing, DD, advisory and building cybersecurity programs). He will also be responsible for supporting Verdane’s internal cyber security program to ensure it improves and stays effective.

Thomas has worked professionally with cyber security since 2016. He has experience from being CISO, Team Lead, and Cyber Security Advisor mainly within the industries of IT, Finance, and Government. His key expertise is assessing, establishing and managing cyber security programs to enable companies to stay resilient and vigilant against relevant cyber threats.

Thomas holds a MSc in Strategy, Organization and Leadership from Copenhagen Business School (CBS).

Azra joined Verdane’s Stockholm office in 2022. She is a part of the Finance and Administration team and holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration.

Azra spent the past years working as an Accountant at Rizzo Group AB. Prior to that, she worked at Öhrlings PricewaterhouseCoopers AB as a senior Audit Associate where she worked with a broad range of companies and industries.

Björn joined Verdane in 2013. Björn has previous experience from the Swedish Armed Forces, Securities Finance at SEB, Investor AB and family office HMP Family.

Björn focuses primarily on existing holdings and new investments in companies with a digital angle or business model in the software and e-commerce sectors.

Education: Björn graduated from the Stockholm School of Economics with a B.Sc. in Business and Economics, and an M.Sc. in Finance.

Martin joined Verdane as a Talent Director in 2022 as part of our Elevate team, with a focus on Talent across our portfolio companies including Board level and Senior Management hires as well as responsibility for our Advisory network. He’ll be working with our portfolio to build high-performing leadership teams as they scale, and to imbed best practice principles when it comes to recruitment, retention, and compensation.

Prior to Verdane, Martin spent 10+ years as a Partner at a boutique search firm, working closely with private equity and venture capital firms to place hundreds of executives across their talent ecosystems on a global, regional, and local level.

Martin holds a BA in International Relations and Politics from the University of Kent at Canterbury.

Lisa joined Verdane in 2021 as Sustainability Business Developer for Elevate, Verdane’s in-house team of operational experts. Working in collaboration with Verdane’s Sustainability Lead Axel Elmqvist, she is responsible for helping Verdane’s portfolio companies develop their sustainability performance by providing a structured sustainability work process, ESG data collection support and by developing both Verdane’s and the portfolio companies’ strategic sustainability work.

In her previous role at Narva, a leading Nordic communications consultancy firm, Lisa worked with clients in various industries such as the IT, finance, real estate and food industries to help them create value for investors, shareholders and society at large by developing sustainable business opportunities. As part of her work, Lisa developed and implemented strategic sustainability work, data collection, and sustainability reporting. She also has experience from the food and grocery retail industry as a Sustainability Strategist at Coop, a leading Swedish supermarket chain where she oversaw sustainability trends and requirements, managed projects regarding food waste and helped customers to make sustainable choices through strategic communication.

Lisa holds a BSc in Business and Economics from Uppsala University and MSc in Environmental and Natural Resource Economics from the University of Copenhagen.

Simon joined Verdane’s Berlin office in 2019, having previously worked at Deloitte Digital Ventures and founded his own company in Munich and Berlin. At Deloitte he worked as a Consultant, helping clients ideate and build new digital business models mainly within e-commerce and consumer internet. Prior to Deloitte he started his own company, an online shop for various products such as crafting and household supplies.

Simon focuses primarily on existing holdings and new investments in German companies within the e-commerce and software sectors.

Education: Simon holds a BSc in Management and Technology from the Technical University of Munich and an MSc in International Business from the Stockholm School of Economics. He also holds a CEMS Master’s in International Management obtained at Copenhagen Business School and the Stockholm School of Economics.

Ingvild joined the team at Verdane in 2022. At Verdane, Ingvild focuses primarily on investments with a digital angle or business model in the e-commerce sector.

Prior to joining Verdane, Ingvild worked with B2B software investments in Viking Venture. Prior to that, she was an analyst in Swedbank’s Investment Banking Division.

Ingvild holds a Master of Science in Industrial Economics and Technology Management from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Pål is a seasoned growth leader with extensive experience working with private equity-owned companies both on the BoD and as CEO. He has been working with Verdane portfolio companies for more than 10 years. Together with our investment team and our in-house operational expert teams, he is working as a general operation resource advising Verdane companies’ best practice with focus on the e-Commerce industry. He is also currently holding several non-executive board positions in Verdane holdings across the Nordics.

Expertise: Scalable organizations, strategies, methodologies to drive product adoption, customer advocacy and exponential recurring revenue growth

Education: Pål holds a Master in International Management & Marketing from BI Norwegian Business School.

Jonathan joined Verdane’s Stockholm office in 2018 from the award-winning PR agency Prime. At Prime, Jonathan led the agency’s marketing and recruitment functions for two years following which he worked on client assignments as an associate across the real estate, F&B and telecoms sectors for another two years before joining Verdane.

Education: Jonathan holds a BSc in Business and Economics from the Stockholm School of Economics.

Max joined Verdane in 2016, having previously completed an internship at Verdane. He has prior experience from management consulting at A.T. Kearney and investment banking at Citigroup and Handelsbanken Capital Markets.

Max focuses primarily on existing holdings and new investments in companies with a digital angle or business model in the e-commerce sector.

Education: Max holds a BSc in Business and Economics from the Stockholm School of Economics (SSE).

Oscar joined the finance team of Verdane Elevate in January 2023 and is stationed in Helsinki. Oscar is mainly involved in financial due diligence processes and provides strategic and operational financial support to portfolio companies.

Before joining Verdane, Oscar worked roughly three years at KPMG, where he primarily focused on financial due diligence and other transaction and M&A related advisory services.

Education: Oscar holds an MSc in Finance from Hanken School of Economics.

Gabriel joined Verdane’s energy transition investment team in 2022. Prior to Verdane, Gabriel worked in New York City as an Associate at Inclusive Prosperity Capital, a spin-out investment firm of the Connecticut Green Bank. At IPC, Gabriel focused on structured credit and equity investments in renewable energy and energy efficiency projects.

Education: Gabriel holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics and Finance from Northeastern University, USA.

Kristoffer Cedfors joined Verdane’s Elevate team in January 2022 as a commercial excellence expert. Kristoffer supports Verdane’s portfolio companies across a wide spectra of commercial topics, ranging from pricing to distribution strategy, both in the investment phase and during ownership. Kristoffer has been working with pricing since 2009, and worked in the industry on a global, regional, and local level before making the switch to management consulting where he focused on pricing and commercial strategy.

Education: Kristoffer holds an MSc in Finance from the Stockholm School of Economics.

Lovisa joined Verdane’s Stockholm office in 2022. As a Business Intelligence Analyst, Lovisa works with identifying trends and ensuring that data-driven decisions are used and enabled throughout the organization.

Prior to joining Verdane, Lovisa worked as a Business Analyst at Hennes & Mauritz where she focused on driving analytics, insights and way of working in the E-commerce channel.

Education: Lovisa holds a MSc in Engineering, Industrial Engineering and Management from Lund University.

Emilio joined Verdane in 2022, after prior experience from business development and corporate M&A at Ørsted, with a focus on the offshore wind energy business. Prior to that, he worked as an analyst with Allianz in Munich and the wealth management company MFM Investment in Milan.

Emilio focuses primarily on existing holdings and new investments in the Energy- and Resource-Efficiency space.

Education: Emilio holds a BSc in Astronomy and Astrophysics from the University of Padova and a MSc in Economics and Finance from the University of Milan with a semester spent abroad at Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich.

Andreas joined Verdane’s Oslo office in 2018 from Nordea Investment Banking. At Nordea, Andreas was at first part of the Advisory team working on M&As, IPOs and equity capital raisings before joining the Leveraged Finance team focusing on structuring debt packages for sponsor-backed leveraged buyouts.

At Verdane, Andreas is responsible for debt financing and is the key point of contact for any debt related enquiries.

Education: Andreas holds a MSc in Business and Economics from the Norwegian School of Economics.

Victor joined Verdane’s Copenhagen office in 2022, having previously completed an internship at Verdane. Prior to joining Verdane, he held an internship within an M&A advisory focusing on tech companies.

Education: Victor holds a BSc in Economics and Business Administration from the Copenhagen Business School (CBS).

Zeynep joined Verdane’s Berlin office as Front Desk Manager in 2020 from the recruitment firm 4engineers.io. Prior to that, she held a position as a Senior Talent Advocate at 4scotty where she focused on placements within the software sector. Other work experience includes a traineeship in Headhunting and Human Resources at H&P Service Group.

Education: Zeynep holds a Bachelor in HR and Environmental & Sustainability Management from HTW Berlin.

Diana joined Verdane’s Stockholm office in 2022. With a past in Business Intelligence consulting at Millnet BI and Exsitec, she has broad experience helping companies in a variety of industries to effectively use business data to sustain their excellence and growth.

As a Business Intelligence Analyst at Verdane, Diana leverages benchmarking data to enable actionable insights throughout the organisation and Verdane ecosystem of holdings, in addition to promoting best-in-class analytics practices.

Education: Diana holds a MSc in Engineering and a MSc in Education with degrees in Physics and Mathematics from KTH Royal Institute of Technology.

Max Dubois joined Verdane’s Elevate team as a Digital Marketing Expert in February 2021. He supports portfolio companies in perfecting their marketing practices, in addition to which he evaluates marketing improvement potential when looking at new investments. Projects include, but are not limited to, providing input on marketing strategy, assessing and sourcing talent and agency partners, setting business cases and hands-on implementation of growth-critical initiatives on marketing platforms.

Max has a background in go-to-market strategy, performance marketing, and analytics. Before joining Verdane, he worked as a Team Lead at Precis Digital, Digital Analyst at EQT, and Management Consultant at Accenture. He holds an MSc. in Industrial Engineering and Management from Chalmers School of Technology.

Hanna joined Verdane’s Stockholm office in 2020. Hanna previously worked as investment professional at Patricia Industries (part of Investor AB) and Ratos, mainly focusing on consumer-oriented companies but also biotech and industrials. Prior to that she spent six years as a management consultant at A T Kearney, advising companies on strategy and operations primarily within consumer goods and retail.

Hanna focuses primarily on existing holdings and new investments in companies with a digital angle or business model in the e-commerce sector.

Education: Hanna holds an MSc in Industrial Engineering and Management from The Royal Institute of Technology with a focus on software design, and a MSc in Economics and Business Administration from Stockholm University. She also spent a year at Institute National Polytechnique de Grenoble studying computer science and management.

Frida is a Partner at Verdane, where she leads the Funds and Customers team, covering investor relations, fundraising, and co-investments. She joined Verdane in Stockholm in 2010 from Helix Associates, Jefferies’ Private Placement Group, to build its investor relations and capital raising function. Based in London as a Vice President at Helix Associates, she had sales coverage of European investors and lead the project management of several private equity fundraisings. Prior to that, she worked in Investor Relations at FTSE 100 company Reuters Group, where she also held roles in corporate communications and data solutions sales, based in London and Luxembourg.

Frida holds an MSc in Business and Economics from the Stockholm School of Economics (SSE) and a CEMS Master in International Management from HEC Paris (France) and SSE. She is a CFA charter holder.

As Head of Analytics, Peter leads the firm’s data science team, consisting of a data engineer and a data analyst, and oversees data analytics and data warehouse activities with a vision of enabling data-driven decisions at Verdane and through the Verdane ecosystem of holdings.

Data collected by the data science team is used to:

• provide relevant benchmarks for the Verdane ecosystem of holdings
• ensure that actionable insight is displayed and acted on by the appropriate stakeholders
• ensure good data and data quality management
• generate operational efficiencies through automation of old-school data handling

Peter joined Verdane’s Oslo office in 2018 as a financial controller responsible for controlling, budgeting, internal portfolio reporting and financial auditing. He holds a MSc. in Corporate Finance from the University of Reading, where he distinguished himself in multiple business analysis award programmes including the CISI Educational Trust Award and the CFA Research Challenge.

Barrett joined Verdane as an operating advisor in 2021. He has CRO experience from Matillion, Wrike, and BrightEdge and previously worked in investment banking. At Verdane, Barrett focuses on helping SaaS portfolio companies build and implement best practice sales processes and scalable commercial teams that drive sales excellence and revenue growth.

Barrett has extensive experience in coaching commercial executives and teams. His goal is to enable the achievement of top results by attracting top performers and developing great teams.

Education: Barrett graduated from the University of Colorado with a BA in Econometrics and Quantitative Economics and an MBA from Georgetown University and completed a Thesis on Financial Market Deregulation at Oxford University.

As a data architect on the Verdane Elevate team, Fredrik helps Verdane’s portfolio companies with data architecture, data engineering, and data strategy.

Before joining Verdane, Fredrik worked for 6 years at Godtlevert and LMK Group. Here Fredrik had roles that included building and leading the internal analytics team, leading the backend development team, and later being responsible for the LMK Group’s technical platform as a whole.

Education: Fredrik holds a BSc in Information Technology with a focus on E-business from NITH – The Norwegian School of Information Technology.

Julia joined Verdane’s Berlin office in spring 2020. Prior to joining Verdane, she spent four years as a consultant with The Boston Consulting Group in Hamburg, Germany. At BCG, she mainly focused her work on strategy projects in the consumer and retail practice areas. Prior to BCG, Julia worked in the Investment Banking division of Credit Suisse in London and in the Sales and Trading department at Société Générale in Zurich.

Julia focuses primarily on existing holdings and new investments in German companies within the e-commerce and software sectors.

Education: Julia holds a Bachelor in International Business & Management from Rijksuniversiteit Groningen and a Master in Finance and Investment from Rotterdam School of Management. During her studies, Julia spent semesters abroad at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Cristina joined Verdane’s Elevate team as Product Director in January 2022. As such, she helps Verdane portfolio companies to successfully scale their product teams and implement best practices within product and innovation management, enabling them to continue building products that customers love and that drive business growth.

Cristina has a background in product management and digital solutions consultancy, having worked in industries like web hosting, financial services, and e-commerce platforms. Prior to joining Verdane, Cristina worked as a product manager at Gelato, a global print-on-demand platform, leading the scaling of its fulfillment platform.

Cristina holds a MSc in Computer Science from Politehnica University of Bucharest and a Master of Business and Engineering from Steinbeis University Berlin.

Maroje joined Verdane’s Berlin office in 2019. He has previously held several leadership positions in technology companies, including those of CEO of Sourcery Technologies, a SaaS accounting solutions provider, and COO of Fyber, an advertising technology platform. Maroje’s prior experience includes management consulting at Bain & Company, hedge fund management at Credit Suisse Alternative Investments and investment banking at UBS Investment Bank.

Maroje is based in Berlin and is responsible for driving Verdane’s presence and activities in Germany across all investment sectors.

Education: Maroje holds an MBA from INSEAD and a MSc. in Finance and Economics from the University of Berne.

Stella has spent the last four years working as an accountant for BDO in Sweden with extra focus on the accounting system Xledger. Of those four years, she has spent three of them working closely with the finance team in Verdane since the accounting for some of the Swedish companies has been handled by her.

Before she started at BDO she worked as a consultant at YOUnited Professionals. Stella will join the finance team and will be based in Stockholm.

Nicolai joined Verdane’s Oslo office in 2022 as a Human Resources Associate at Elevate, Verdane’s in-house team of operational experts. He partners with investment teams in organizational due diligence processes and supports portfolio companies with executive search, talent management, and strategic HRM.

Before joining Verdane, Nicolai completed his MSc in Human Resources and Organizations (Organizational Behavior) at the London School of Economics, having interned at Orkla Group, Komplett Group, and Jernia during his studies.

Arne joined Verdane’s Oslo office after the 2003 acquisition of SND Invest, where he was an investment manager. Arne has also served as CEO of Biotec Holding AS, and was a vice president at Christiana Bank, where he worked with bad banking and lending facilities for the shipping, offshore and fisheries industries, and was a member of the credit committee.

At Verdane, Arne focuses on energy and resource efficiency investments. He has played an instrumental role in the building of companies like AquaGen and JSB.

Education: Arne holds an MSc in Business and an MBA from BI-Norwegian School of Management.

Daniel joined Elevate, Verdane’s in-house team of operational experts, as Chief Marketing Officer in January 2020. Daniel holds overall responsibility for assessing and elevating frameworks and marketing practices for new and existing holdings, as well as acting as a key enabler of marketing knowledge transfer.

He is an experienced marketing professional with a CMO background from successful Norwegian scale-up companies with a strong international foothold. Daniel has been responsible for crafting marketing strategies, building up high-performance marketing teams and executing marketing tactics in recognised software companies such as QuestBack and Admincontrol.

Education: Daniel holds a MSc. in Strategy and Management from NHH, the Norwegian School of Economics.

Henriette joined Verdane in 2022. At Verdane, Henriette focuses primarily on the Digital Consumer vertical, with a particular emphasis on eCommerce companies.

Henriette started her career in investment banking at William Blair and Citi in London. After that, she worked for an eCommerce start-up as Operations Manager and most recently as an Investment Associate at Nalka.

Education: MSc in Corporate Finance from Bayes Business School.

Ruben joined Verdane’s Oslo office in 2021 as a Finance Manager, following one year at Verdane as a consultant from BDO. At BDO, Ruben worked as a Senior Associate with a specific focus on financial controlling, tax and VAT issues and project accounting. Prior to BDO, Ruben worked as a Project Manager in a real estate company.

Education: Ruben holds a BSc in Business and Economics from BI Norwegian Business School and a MSc in Business from NMBU Business School with a semester spent abroad at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.

Janne joined Verdane in 2008 from Standard & Poor’s, where he worked as an equity analyst covering companies within the consumer and media sectors. Prior to this, Janne has work experience from Synovus Investment Advisors in the USA. Janne was also previously a Finnish tennis champion.

Janne is based in Helsinki and is responsible for driving Verdane’s presence and activities in Finland across all investment sectors.

Education: Janne holds an MSc in Finance and BSc in Business Administration from University of Florida (USA).

Marius joined Verdane in 2020 with previous experience from internships and part-time work in management consulting.

Education: Marius holds an MSc in Industrial Economics and Technology Management from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), specialising in finance and computer science. During his studies, Marius spent a year abroad at the University of California, Santa Barbara in the US and at the University of New South Wales in Australia.

Tron joined Verdane in 2015 from Formuesforvaltning Aktiv Forvaltning AS in Oslo, where he held the position of Financial controller, with a focus on cash management and structuring of private equity and real estate products. Prior to that, Tron worked for 10 years as a controller for two independent investors; Jan Haudemann-Andersen and Tore Aksel Voldberg. In 1998, Tron started his career as an Accountant at Norwegian Cruise Line Ltd, after completing his studies at the Norwegian Business School (BI) where he read  Accounting and Auditing.

Clara joined Verdane’s Stockholm office in 2023 as a Legal Associate. Prior to joining Verdane, Clara worked as an Assistant Manager at EY Law which is affiliated with the Ernst & Young corporation. At EY Law, she worked in the M&A and corporate law department, advising clients in connection with acquisitions and divestments, restructurings, and general corporate law matters.

Education: Clara holds a Master of Law from Lund University.

Joakim joined Verdane’s Stockholm office in 2020, having earned his B.Sc. degree in Business and Economics from the Stockholm School of Economics.

Specialising in finance and management, Joakim spent one semester abroad at ESADE University in Barcelona as part of an exchange program. Previously, Joakim worked with transaction advisory at Ernst & Young and financial accounting at Gothia Revision. Prior to attending the Stockholm School of Economics, he worked as a Sales Representative in the business communications industry.

Christian joined Verdane’s Oslo office as a partner in 2018. He has experience from a number of executive management positions in both listed and unlisted companies that include those as CEO of Kebony AS, CEO of Vmetro ASA, CEO of Stavdal ASA and CFO/COO of Opera Software ASA, a former Verdane portfolio company. Christian’s previous experience further includes investment banking, and he has worked with Verdane in an advisory capacity since 2012.

Education: Christian holds a BSc in Economics and a BA from Copenhagen Business School.

Emanuel is a London-based Partner at Verdane primarily focusing on finding new investments in the UK, Germany and Benelux as well as building existing holdings in the software and e-commerce sectors. Emanuel started his career in the advertising industry before transitioning into finance after graduate school. Prior to joining Verdane in early 2014, he spent five years with Mooreland Partners in London and cross-border mergers and acquisitions within the broader enterprise software industry. Prior to Mooreland, he worked within equity capital markets at The Bank of New York Mellon in London and in New York.

Education: Emanuel holds an MSc in Investment Management from CASS Business School in London.

Christoffer joined Verdane’s Stockholm Office in 2022 as a Financial Controller following one year at Deloitte. At Deloitte, he worked as an audit associate with a broad range of companies and industries.

Education: Christoffer holds a BSc from Luleå University of Technology and an MSc in Business and Economics, specialised in Financial accounting from Uppsala University.

Iben joined Verdane’s Copenhagen office in 2022 as Sustainable Logistics and Sourcing Manager. She works in the Elevate team, Verdane’s in-house team of operational experts.

Before joining Verdane, Iben worked as a consultant within the field of supply chain and operations across various industries. She is experienced working with logistics, sourcing, supply chain strategy and process optimisation.

Iben holds a BSc in Economics and Business Administration from Copenhagen Business School and an MSc in Supply Chain Management from Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University.

Stine joined Verdane’s Elevate team as an Impact Manager in May 2022. She is responsible for assessing the social and environmental impact of potential investments and for continuing to develop Verdane’s overall impact framework. Stine also supports portfolio companies in developing and implementing sustainability strategies.

Prior to joining Verdane, Stine was an Associate with UK-based not-for-profit Social Finance, where she worked with social impact investors to identify investment opportunities and with government departments to leverage social and institutional investment through public-private partnerships. Before that, she was a Manager with Adam Smith International and a Researcher with CIL Management Consultants.

Stine holds an MA in International Relations from the University of Edinburgh and an MSc in Violence, Conflict, and Development from SOAS University of London.

Philipp joined Verdane’s Berlin office in 2020. As a data engineer on the Verdane Elevate team, Philipp enables data-based decision making throughout the organization and throughout the Verdane ecosystem by bringing recommendation engines, predictive engines and quantitative data analysis to Verdane’s holdings.

Before joining Verdane, Philipp worked as data scientist at the IBM iX Studio Berlin – Aperto. At Aperto, Philipp shipped data-driven web applications to customers in the manufacturing, food, entertainment and telecommunications industries supporting sales volume prediction, customer relations and product configuration decisions.

Philipp holds a BSc. in physics from the Technical University of Berlin and a MA. in business administration from the Beuth University of Applied Sciences.

Laura joined Verdane’s Berlin Office in 2019. Her prior working experience includes several years of event planning on a freelance basis in parallell to her studies, as well as translation and copywriting work. Between her two degrees she worked in the marketing department of E.ON Germany in Munich.

Laura holds a Bachelor in Business Administration from University of Duisburg-Essen and a Master in International Marketing from Mälardalen University in Västerås, Sweden. Furthermore, Laura is a registered 200-hour yoga teacher certified by The American Yoga Alliance.

Joakim joined Verdane in June 2017 from Arctic Securities in Oslo where he worked on M&A transactions and capital raisings for Norwegian growth companies. Prior to Arctic, he worked for Rothschild in London, focusing on cross-border M&A advisory, mainly working on structured sales processes of European companies to Asian and US investors. Joakim also has experience from corporate strategy and M&A at Statkraft, and financial due diligence advisory at BDO.

Joakim focuses primarily on existing holdings and new investments in companies with a digital angle or business model in the software sector.

Education: Joakim holds a Masters in Finance from London Business School and a Bachelor of Business Administration from La Salle University in Barcelona, Spain.

Ellen joined Verdane’s Berlin office in 2022. As CFO at Verdane Elevate, Ellen supports our portfolio companies in becoming more data-driven and building best-in-class finance functions to elevate performance and enable growth throughout the organisation. Her mission is to connect finance professionals within Verdane’s ecosystem to leverage knowledge and share best practices.

Ellen’s previous experience includes working as the CFO of a Berlin-based AdTech company, with a background in Governance, Risk and Compliance consultancy as well as in process assurance and auditing.

Judith Kottutz joined Verdane’s Munich office in January 2023 as an Investor Relations Director. She joined Verdane from the investor relations team at Five Arrows Managers (Rothschild & Co), where she spent eight years leading strategy and implementation for fundraising, marketing and ESG across Five Arrows’ multiple fund strategies. Prior to that, she worked in investor relations for the listed re-insurance company SCOR SE and as a consultant for various listed companies in London.

Judith holds a BSc from University Paris Dauphine (France) in Business and Finance. She also holds a M.S. in International Economics and Finance from Brandeis University Business School (USA).

Benedikt joined Verdane in 2022. Prior to joining Verdane, he worked as part of Bridepoint’s and EQT’s credit investment teams, where he was primarily focused on investment opportunities in direct lending and special situations.

At Verdane, Benedikt is responsible for debt financing.

Education: Benedikt holds an MSc from the London School of Economics and a BSc from the London Metropolitan University.

Clara joined Verdane’s London office in 2022, having previously worked as an Investment Banking Associate at Goldman Sachs, where she focused on transactions in the Renewable Energy space. Prior to that, Clara gained experience in private equity at PAI Partners and in management consulting at BCG and Roland Berger.

At Verdane, Clara focuses primarily on existing holdings and new investments in companies in the Energy- and Resource-Efficiency space.

Education: Clara holds a Grande Ecole Master in Management and Finance from HEC Paris and a BSc in Business Administration and Economics from Humboldt-University Berlin.

Bjarne serves as Verdane’s Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer. In 2003, he launched what later became Verdane, by leading a spin-out from Verdane’s predecessor firm Four Seasons Venture.

At Verdane, he has been instrumental in building companies such as Banqsoft, Chipcon, Kappa Bioscience, Resman, and Wireless Maingate. He currently serves on the board of Polytech.

Bjarne had joined Four Seasons Venture’s Oslo office in 2001 from PaperX, a venture-backed B2B marketplace of which he was co-founder and COO. Bjarne also has entrepreneurial experience from the oil & gas sector with Fountain Oil. He was formerly a consultant at McKinsey & Company in London and a research associate at the European University Institute in Florence.

In addition to his role at the helm of Verdane, Bjarne is a Board member of the Norwegian Venture Capital Association.

Education: Bjarne holds an MBA with high distinction as a Baker Scholar from Harvard Business School (USA) and an MA in European Integration from the University of Oslo (Norway)/European University Institute Florence (Italy).

Julia joined Verdane’s Helsinki office in 2022, having previously completed a one-year internship at Verdane whilst finishing her Master’s degree. She has prior experience in private equity from a tech-focused growth fund in the Netherlands as well as DCM at Swedbank in Stockholm. At Verdane, Julia focuses primarily on the software vertical.

Education: Julia holds a BSc in Business & Economics from Stockholm School of Economics (SSE) and a MSc in Finance from Erasmus School of Economics in the Netherlands.

Emilia has been part of Verdane’s Helsinki-based team since May 2021. Prior to joining Verdane she worked at PwC Advisory in the Corporate Finance team focusing on Nordic Mid-Market M&A. She additionally has experience from strategy and due diligence projects.

Emilia focuses primarily on existing holdings and new investments in companies in the Energy- and Resource-Efficiency space.

Education: Emilia graduated from Hanken School of Economics with a M.Sc. in Economics.

Eeva-Riitta joined Verdane’s Helsinki office in April 2022. Previously she worked as Office Manager / EQT Network Senior Specialist at EQT (Helsinki) for 15 years. In her role as Head of Offices and Admin, Eeva-Riitta leads the admin team and focuses on office management.

Education: Eeva-Riitta holds a BBA (Tradenomi, HSO) from Helia University of Business and Applied Sciences.

Gregor joined the team in 2022. At Verdane, Gregor focuses primarily on investments in operations & industrial software as well as sustainable topics.

Prior to Verdane, Gregor worked at Waterland Private Equity, focusing on pan-European buyouts in the technology and business services segments. Prior to that, he supported the supply chain optimization of private equity portfolio companies at efficio, across Europe and the Middle East.

Gregor holds a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering from Technische Universität München and a Master of Science in Management from WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management. During his studies, Gregor spent a semester abroad at UNSW in Sydney, Australia.

Håkon joined Verdane’s Oslo office in 2022 as Group Accountant, after working for two years as a Tax Analyst at Statkraft Energi AS. Prior to Statkraft, Håkon worked as an auditor at Ernst & Young.

Håkon holds a MSc in Business Law, Tax & Accounting from BI Norwegian Business School and a Master’s in Accounting and Auditing.

A B2B software and SaaS specialist, Pål Malmros works as a Partner and as Head of Software Investments at Verdane. He brings close to 15 years of software company-building experience to Verdane’s company portfolio. At Verdane, Pål has served on the boards of over 10 software companies, including inRiver, C3 Technologies, Forsta, Freespee, and Voyado. He specialises in helping fast-growing software companies scale globally, and has extensive experience coaching management teams in strategy including M&A and internationalisation.

He joined Verdane’s Stockholm office in 2007 from the Swedish online directory company hitta.se, where he headed marketing and business development from hitta.se’s early start-up phase and helped it become Sweden’s most widely used online directory. Prior to hitta.se, Pål worked at a number of media, online marketplaces, and technology ventures at leading Scandinavian media group Schibstedt, and as a consultant at McKinsey & Company.

Pål holds an MSc from the Stockholm School of Economics and participated in ITESM’s (Mexico) MBA program.

Christian joined Verdane’s Oslo office in 2018 as Internal Control & Project Manager from BDO, where he was a manager in risk advisory with specific focus on internal control, internal audit, IT risk advisory and governance, risk and compliance. Prior to BDO, Christian worked as a consultant at Ernst & Young.

Education: Christian holds a BSc in Business and Economics and a MSc in Business from BI Norwegian Business.

Wilhelm joined Verdane’s team in Stockholm in 2021, having previously worked in investment banking at Goldman Sachs in London and at Morgan Stanley in Stockholm. At Goldman Sachs, he worked as an analyst in the Leveraged Finance Capital Markets team, and at Morgan Stanley he worked as an associate covering the Nordic region.

Wilhelm focuses primarily on existing holdings and new investments in companies with a digital angle or business model in the software sector.

Education: Wilhelm holds a BSc in Business and Economics from the Stockholm School of Economics (SSE).

Iikka joined Verdane’s Helsinki office in 2014 from Intera Partners, where he worked as part of the investment team in Helsinki for three years focusing on sourcing, execution and management of investments in Finnish and Scandinavian industrial and service companies. Iikka has prior experience from management consulting at Bain & Company’s Helsinki and Stockholm offices.

Iikka focuses primarily on existing holdings and new investments in companies with a digital angle or business model in the advanced industrial, energy technology and software sectors.

Education: Iikka holds an MSc in Finance from Aalto University School of Business (formerly Helsinki School of Economics).

Staffan joined Verdane’s Stockholm office in 2006, after leaving Enkatsu Solutions, of which he was co-founder and CEO. At Enkatsu Solutions, he acquired venture capital in three rounds and set up a sales organisation with exports to 15 countries.

At Verdane, Staffan focuses on the software and e-commerce sectors. He has been active in the acquisition of a number of portfolios and currently holds positions on the boards of serveral e-commerce holdings.

Education: Staffan holds an MBA from the University of Linköping (Sweden). He has studied computer programming at the Linköping Institute of Technology, business at the University PMF (France) and has completed the Program for Leadership Development at Harvard Business School.

Viveka joined Verdane’s Berlin office in 2022. Prior to joining Verdane, she worked as a Strategy & Investment Analyst in Berlin, focusing on fundraising, and corporate development, and launched the sustainability transition of ELEMENT Insurance.

She also has experience in corporate strategy at AXA’s headquarters in Paris, and consulting for Bpifrance (French Public Bank of Investment) across 6 countries. She has a particular interest in sustainability and is enthusiastic about business models working towards a future respectful of people and the planet.

Education: Viveka holds a double master’s degree (MSc in Management/MSc in International Business) from Grenoble Ecole de Management pursued across France and Singapore.

David joined Verdane’s Oslo office in 2019, having previously completed a fulltime internship at Verdane, while finishing his Master’s degree. He has previous experience from Jyske Markets, where he focused on equity research for institutional investment clients.

David focuses primarily on existing holdings and new investments in companies with a digital angle or business model in the Advanced Industrials and Software sectors.

Education: David holds an MSc in Finance and International Business from Aarhus University and a BSc in Economics and Business Administration from Aarhus University.

Per joined Verdane’s Stockholm office in 2007. He has extensive experience as an entrepreneur and as a manager in the financial services and technology sectors. Per was the founder and CEO of the two leading online brokerage houses in Scandinavia, Avanza and Nordnet, both listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange. He also serves as a board member of Swedish insurance company Skandia since June 2014.

Per combines his entrepreneurial background with professional experience in corporate restructuring, management, and consulting from OMX, Accenture, and the investment bank Öhman Securities, where he was an analyst. Additionally, he has been active in building companies such as JHC Securities (U.K.), United Brokers and Fortissimo.

Education: Per holds an MSc in Engineering Physics and Computer Science from Uppsala University (Sweden) and University of Berlin (Germany), and was an attendee at the Stockholm School of Economics Advanced Management Program.

Ask joined Verdane in 2022, having previously worked in investment banking at Carnegie Investment Bank in Copenhagen.

At Verdane, Ask focuses primarily on existing holdings and new investments in companies within the digital consumer space.

Education: Ask holds a BSc and an MSc in Economics from the University of Copenhagen and an MSc in Financial Analysis from London Business School. During his studies, Ask spent a semester at the University of Hong Kong.

Ellen joined Verdane as the CEO of Elevate in 2022. Previously to joining Verdane, Ellen has had multiple roles as CEO and Human Resources Executive in the technology, software, and professional services industry.

Ellen is a commercial HR professional and trainer, skilled in Organizational Strategy and Development, Mergers, Acquisitions and Integrations, Leadership and Team development, HR transformation, and Leadership Consulting. She also has extensive experience from boards in a diverse group of companies across Europe, with current external board assignments in UNICEF Norway and Oslo Business Forum.

Education: Ellen holds a Master’s in Business and Economics from NTNU Business School and BI Norwegian School of Management.

Cecilia joined Verdane’s Stockholm office in 2017 from Uber Technologies, where she was responsible for leading the Swedish operations team with a focus on growth and establishing key business processes. Prior to that, she spent six years at the Boston Consulting Group where she advised companies on strategy, operations and commercial development, primarily within the Industrial Goods and Technology space.

Cecilia focuses primarily on existing holdings and new investments in companies with a digital angle or business model in the e-commerce sector.

Education: Cecilia holds an MSc in Industrial Engineering and Management from Linköping University, and she also spent a year at ETH in Zurich, studying Mechanical Engineering and Finance.

Victoria joined Verdane’s Oslo office in August 2022. In her role as Receptionist and Office support, she takes care of the Oslo office’s day-to-day administrative tasks and duties. Previously she worked as an Apprentice in the Office and Administration of the Norwegian parliament, where her duties covered service, customer care, and general administrative tasks.

Sasha joined Verdane as Director of Marketing and Communications in 2022. At Verdane, Sasha is responsible for leading marketing and communications for the firm, and leading the community platform.

Prior to Verdane, Sasha spent 5+ years leading brand, marketing and communications at European B2B SaaS venture capital fund Oxx. Sasha worked closely with the GPs to scale the firm’s operations since its launch. She also supported fund IR and supported portfolio company CXOs on their own marketing efforts, including award-winning SaaS companies Peak, Codility, Goodlord, Gravitee.io and Funnel. Prior to Oxx, Sasha spent 6 years working with SMEs and startups building and executing marketing strategy. Sasha started her career running an events business with clients including Vogue, the Barbican and the V&A.

Sasha holds a BA in English Language and Literature from King’s College London.

Erik joined Verdane’s Oslo office as a partner in 2021. He has more than two decades of experience as a chief executive, investment professional, board member, and sustainability expert with a proven ability to turn sustainability into competitive advantage and financial results.

Erik joined Verdane following nine years as Group Chief Executive Officer at Norsk Gjenvinning, a leading Scandinavian supplier of waste management and recycling services. During his time at Norsk Gjenvinning, Erik oversaw the Nordic expansion of the company’s sustainable recycling and waste treatment solutions, transforming it into Norway’s eleventh most reputable company based on a number one position on environment, according to the market research company Ipsos. Erik is also a member of the Norwegian Ministry of Climate and Environment’s Climate Council.

Driven by the firm belief that sustainable business practices can create competitive advantage for companies, Erik is widely acknowledged for his strong execution ability based on aligning interest in operations with solid overall strategic direction setting, both through line management and team work, and his solid track record in building company reputation and corporate culture. He is a Harvard Business School MBA and BI Norwegian Business School graduate.

Hanne joined Verdane’s Oslo office in 2014 after 7 years with BDT Viken Revisjon AS, where she was a registered public accountant. Hanne’s main working areas at BDT were financial audit and consulting in a broad range of companies and industries.

Education: Hanne is a registered public accountant and holds a BA from the Telemark University College.

Jutta joined Verdane’s Elevate team as Director, Finance in late 2022. Jutta supports Verdane’s portfolio companies to successfully build and scale their finance functions and enable them to become best-in-class and more data-driven organizations.

Jutta has a background in different in-house finance roles, as well as consultancy. She has worked with companies from diverse industries. Prior to joining Verdane, Jutta worked as Senior Manager at KPMG supporting clients in their finance-related matters such as acting as interim CFO and supporting finance functions development plans.

Education: Jutta holds M.Sc. in Economics from the University of Tampere.

Christopher joined Verdane as Chief Operating Officer in 2018. He has experience from a number of executive management positions, such as SVP at Linas Matkasse, Deputy CEO at Godtlevert as well as Finance Director at Software Innovation and Visma. Christopher’s previous experience further includes management consulting at Deloitte.

Education: Christopher holds a MSc of Civil Engineering in Computer Science from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology and an MBA in Finance from NHH Norwegian School of Economics.

Miikka has been part of Verdane’s Helsinki-based team since September 2019. Before joining Verdane, he worked at Bain & Company with a focus on Private Equity transactions and portfolio company development, along with operational and commercial excellence projects with Bain’s corporate clients both in the Nordics and Australia. Miikka also has prior experience from Investment Banking both in London and Helsinki. Miikka holds a Master of Science in Finance from Aalto University and attended University of St. Gallen as part of his bachelor studies.

Ville joined Verdane’s Elevate as e-Commerce Manager in January 2022. With a commercial point of view, Ville combines e-commerce, digital marketing and customer experience expertise to drive both top and bottom-line growth for Verdane’s portfolio companies.

Ville combines operational and consulting experience, having launched and eventually managed the Finnish operations of the Nordic e-commerce group Komplett. Prior to joining Verdane he was on the Finnish management team of the digital agency Knowit Experience.

Ville holds a M.Sc. in Economics and Business Administration from Aalto University School of Business, and a CEMS Master’s in International Management from Aalto University & Stockholm School of Economics.

Merle joined Verdane’s Copenhagen team in 2022 as an investment director, with six years prior experience from private equity and M&A across the Nordics and UK. She previously worked as an investor at Axcel, focusing on technology and e-commerce companies. Prior to this, Merle worked as an associate in London at Goldman Sachs, in the TMT investment banking team with a focus on technology businesses. She is the founder and chairperson of the Danish not-for-profit organisation Women in Finance (‘Kvinder i Finans’).

At Verdane, Merle focuses primarily on existing holdings and new investments across Europe in companies and portfolio acquisitions that present a strategic opportunity, whilst having a digital angle or business model in the software sector.

Merle holds a BSc in International Business from Copenhagen Business School.

Morten joined Verdane’s Oslo office as an IT & Infrastructure Director in 2023.

As part of the Elevate team, he is responsible for supporting portfolio companies and internally on IT & infrastructure-related topics.  He provides guidance on the latest technologies and recommends solutions that align with their business objectives. He also helps companies with their IT operations and management, ensuring that their systems are secure, reliable, and efficient. Morten also assists with streamlining processes and automating manual tasks, which helps to increase productivity and reduce costs.

He has experience as COO, head of operations, solution architect, and systems consultant.

Johnny joined Verdane’s Oslo office as Partner in 2018. Johnny has over 30 years of entrepreneurial and operational experience from the software sector. Over the past 20 years, he has held senior management positions in the Nordic IT industry in companies such as EDB Business Partners, Banqsoft AS and Spring Consulting AS. Johnny has also been a board member and chairman of the board of a number of fast growing software companies including Banqsoft, eAccount, Exie AS, EDB Companies, Lingit, Mantacore and SPN.

Johnny has been working with Verdane since 2003, when Verdane Capital IV invested in Spring Consulting, of which he was founder and CEO, and he is a repeat Verdane CEO through his role at the helm of Verdane Capital IV portfolio company Banqsoft.

Education: Johnny holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from the Oslo Business School in Norway.

Paula joined Verdane’s team in Stockholm in 2021, having previously spent three years at Morgan Stanley’s Media and Telecoms Investment Banking team in London.

At Verdane, Paula focuses primarily on existing holdings and new investments in companies with a digital angle or business model in the software sector.

Education: Paula holds a Bachelor in Business Administration from ESADE University in Barcelona.

Oscar oversees the legal aspects of Verdane’s business and investments. He joined Verdane in 2019 from a senior manager position at the Swedish business law firm Vinge. At Vinge, he worked in the firm’s M&A department, advising primarily private equity and venture capital funds in connection with acquisitions and divestments, restructurings and general corporate law matters.

Education: Oscar holds a Master of Laws from Lund University.

Johanna joined Verdane in 2021, having previously worked at Towerbrook Capital Partners in London. Prior to that, she was in the investment banking team at J.P. Morgan covering the Nordic region.

Johanna focuses primarily on existing holdings and new investments in companies with a digital angle or business model in the software sector.

Education: Johanna holds a BSc in Business and Economics from the Stockholm School of Economics.

Henrik joined Verdane’s Oslo office in 2021, having previously completed a full-time internship at Verdane alongside his Master’s degree. Prior to joining Verdane, he held an internship in Otovo, focusing on business development in residential solar.

Education: Henrik holds an MSc in Industrial Economics and Technology Management from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology.

Lea joined Verdane in April 2021 as a Marketing Generalist for the Elevate team. Before joining Verdane, Lea worked in the Fintech industry, with a focus on performance marketing, website ownership, and project management.

Lea holds an MSc in Strategic Entrepreneurship from Rotterdam School of Management and a Bachelor in International Marketing.

Christina joined Verdane in 2022. Prior to joining Verdane, she spent two years as an investment professional with Oakley Capital in Munich and London. At Oakley, she mainly focused her work on investments and portfolio company development in the consumer space. Prior to that, Christina worked in the Investment Banking division at Deutsche Bank in London and Frankfurt.

Christina focuses primarily on existing holdings and new investments in companies within the digital consumer space.

Education: Christina holds a Master in International Management from ESADE business school and a Bachelor in Finance & International Management from University of Applied Science in Augsburg.

As Investor Relations Director, Ellinor works with a number of the world’s most respected institutional investors on behalf of Verdane, covering investor relations, ESG reporting, fundraising, co-investments, and business development.

She joined Verdane in Stockholm in 2021 from the Sixth Swedish National Pension Fund (AP6). At AP6, she held a position as Investment Director of Fund Investments as well as a permanent position on the Fund’s dedicated sustainability and ESG team. During her time at AP6, she expanded the Fund’s activities to invest in US growth and buyout funds, holding a number of advisory committee seats for top-quartile GPs based out of Europe and the US. Prior to that, Ellinor held a position as Investment Director at the Swedish Ministry of Enterprise, where she was responsible for managing a number of state-owned companies on behalf of the Swedish government, delivering on a longstanding combination of sustainability and financial targets pioneered by the Swedish government. Ellinor also holds venture capital experience from working at HealthCap as an Investment Associate focusing on investments in life sciences, with previous experience from management consulting and investment banking in Stockholm, London, and New York.

She holds an MSc in Business and Economics as well as a BSc in Informatics from Lund University with studies at Haas School of Business, University of California Berkeley. An avid tennis player, Ellinor enjoys challenging professional and private acquaintances alike to chess games.

Juliana joined Verdane in 2020 as Growth Marketing Manager for Elevate, Verdane’s team of in-house operational experts that partner with its holdings to tackle their most important challenges and capture their greatest opportunities. At Elevate, Juliana is responsible for identifying growth potential and highlighting digital marketing opportunities for the German market.

Prior to joining Verdane, Juliana worked as a consultant in the field of digital marketing at the award-winning global media agency OMD. At OMD, Juliana advised various international B2C clients with a particular focus on helping organizations create and implement digital media strategies. She has a strong track record in developing integrated social media and influencer marketing campaigns.

Juliana holds a Master in International Marketing from EADA Business School, Barcelona. She has an international background, having lived in the UK, Argentina and the Netherlands.

Hanna Skärblom joined Verdane’s Stockholm office in 2021 as an Investor Relations Associate, having previously worked at Ernst & Young as a Senior Audit Associate with a focus on growth companies. Prior to that, she was part of the Active Trading team at SEB.

Education: Hanna graduated from Lund University with a B.Sc. in Business and Economics, and an M.Sc in Accounting and Finance with partial studies at Universitá Bocconi.

Camilla is based at Verdane’s Copenhagen office. She joined Verdane in May 2021 with prior experience from investment banking at Handelsbanken and from private equity at the Danish fund BWB Partners.

Camilla focuses primarily on existing holdings and new investments in companies with a digital angle or business model in the e-commerce sector.

Education: Camilla holds a MSc in Finance and Accounting from Copenhagen Business School and a BSc in Business Administration from Copenhagen Business School.

Reed joined Verdane’s team in Oslo in August 2019 with previous experience in private equity and growth equity in New York City. He focuses primarily on investments in the Energy- and Resource-Efficiency space. Immediately prior to joining Verdane, Reed was a growth equity investor with Activant Capital, focusing on technology companies digitalizing legacy industries such as logistics, manufacturing, agriculture, and construction. Prior to that, he worked as a private equity investment analyst with Goldman Sachs, gaining experience across a range of sectors, geographies, and growth cycle stages. Prior to joining Goldman Sachs full-time, he held two full-time internship positions with the company in private equity and investment management. Reed earned his Bachelor in Neuroscience from Harvard University.

Nadia joined Verdane’s Helsinki team in 2022. She previously worked as an investment professional at CapMan and prior to that spent three and a half years as a strategy consultant at KPMG’s Global Strategy Group in Helsinki and London.

At Verdane, Nadia focuses primarily on existing holdings and new investments in companies within the sustainable consumption space.

Nadia holds a MSc in Management and Organisation from Hanken School of Economics, with a semester spent abroad at Vienna University of Economics and Business.

Niclas is the Chief Customer Success Officer at Hive Streaming, a Verdane portfolio company. In addition to his responsibilities at Hive Streaming, Niclas works as Verdane’s in-house Customer Success Expert through Elevate, Verdane’s in-house operational expert team dedicated to supporting Verdane’s portfolio companies on strategic growth initiatives. Niclas is an experienced Customer Success & CX leader, strategist and advisor, with an extensive background in Cloud Communications and Marcomms. His main passion lies in building customer-centric, empowered and vision-oriented organizations and company cultures where global and distributed teams can thrive together whilst collaboratively delivering on customer’s desired outcomes.

Tym joined Verdane’s Berlin office in 2021, following the completion of a 1.5-year internship at Verdane in the Investor Relations and Business Development team in Oslo. In addition to earning his BSc in Business Administration from BI Norwegian Business School, Tym has previous experience from Deutsche Bank, DNB, and BI where he was a learning assistant in Mathematics and Statistics.

Tym is originally from Poland, and enjoys playing chess, running long-distances and meditating.

Eline has been part of Verdane‘s Oslo office since September 2019. Before, she worked at DNB Markets as an analyst and associate in Norway and Singapore. Also at DNB, she was a part of the team in San Francisco establishing DNB’s office in Silicon Valley, focusing on FinTech and Strategic Partnerships. Other work experience includes an associate position at TOTAL E&P Norge AS as well as internships at SKAGEN funds and Gjensidigestiftelsen. Eline is a board member at ROBOXI, specializing in landing strip technology for the aviation industry. Eline attended Norges Handelshoyskole for both her Bachelor‘s and Master’s degree and spent a year studying at SDA Bocconi in Milan specializing in Corporate Finance.

Lukas Strömberg joined Verdane’s Elevate team in January 2022 as Market Research Manager. At Elevate, Lukas is responsible for building best-in-class market research capabilities and fostering a consumer/customer-centric culture both in portfolio companies and for future investment processes.

Prior to joining Verdane, Lukas worked as an insight consultant at Ipsos and most recently as Head of Global Marketing Strategy at the Swedish watch and accessory company Daniel Wellington.

Education: Lukas holds an MSc. in Industrial Economics and Management from the Royal Institute of Technology.

Sara joined Verdane in 2021, having previously completed a one-year internship at Verdane while finishing her Master’s degree. She has previous experience from Danfoss Group Strategy and M&A.

Education: Sara graduated from Copenhagen Business School with a B.Sc. in Business Administration and Service Management and an M.Sc. in Accounting, Strategy and Control, with a minor in Sustainable Business.

An M&A and communications technology specialist, Helena joined Verdane in September 2022 as a Partner in the investment team. Prior to Verdane, Helena was the Head of M&A at Ericsson, the Swedish telecommunications technology company, for almost five years. She has two decades of experience in investment banking and spent the last ten years at Deutsche Bank, where she was Managing Director and Head of Corporate Finance Nordics. She also serves on the boards of publicly listed companies including Truecaller, the leading Caller ID and spam-blocking app.

At Verdane, Helena focuses on finding and building software businesses with a particular focus on communications technology.

Helena holds a CEMS Msc. in Finance and International Management from the Stockholm School of Economics and the University of St. Gallen.

Fredrika joined Verdane’s team in Stockholm in 2021, having previously worked in investment banking at Morgan Stanley in London and Stockholm. At Morgan Stanley, she covered companies within the Nordic region. Moreover, Fredrika has prior internship experience from private equity at Triton Partners.

Education: Fredrika holds a BSc in Business and Economics, graduating top of the class, and an MSc in Finance from the Stockholm School of Economics.

Jakob joined Verdane’s Stockholm office as a partner in 2017. He has deep experience as a tech entrepreneur, having founded and built companies such as Domain Network, Carambole and Klikki as well as Compricer and Easyart. Jakob started his entrepreneurial career in 1996, and brings a strong entrepreneurial background and experience from building fast-growing and profitable businesses to Verdane. Jakob has also been an active tech investor for closer to a decade, and has been engaged as an advisor to both Schibsted Growth and Bonnier Growth Media.

Jakob and Verdane have a long-standing and successful history of building fast-growing companies together. In 2005, Jakob founded consumer finance comparison company, Compricer, which became part of Verdane Capital VII K/S’s (Verdane) portfolio in 2011, and was sold to Schibsted Media Group in 2013. The list of companies where Verdane and Jakob have joined forces also include companies such as MatHem, EasyArt and Desenio.

Jakob is the author of Corporate Valuation: An Easy Guide to Measuring Value (2003) and The Financial Times Guide to Corporate Valuation (2009), both published by Financial Times Prentice hall.

Jakob holds an MSc in Finance from the Stockhom School of Economics.

Anni joined Verdane’s Helsinki office in 2021 from the Boston Consulting Group, where she spent six years advising companies with a focus on the consumer sector. Prior to that, she spent six years at Fiskars in Helsinki and Copenhagen, working with development projects and the post-M&A integration of Royal Copenhagen.

At Verdane, Anni focuses primarily on existing holdings and new investments in companies within the digital consumer space.

Education: Anni holds an MSc in Industrial Engineering and Management from Helsinki University of Technology, including a year at EPFL in Lausanne studying Mathemathics and Finance, and a BSc in Finance from Hanken School of Economics.

Chiara joined Verdane’s London office in 2022, having previously worked as a growth investor at PSG (Providence Strategic Growth) where she focused on B2B SaaS investments for three years. Prior to that, Chiara was in J.P. Morgan’s Technology, Media, and Telecom Investment Banking team in London.

At Verdane, Chiara focuses primarily on existing holdings and new investments in companies with a digital consumer angle or business model in the e-commerce sector.

Education: Chiara holds a BSc in Business Administration from Mannheim University.

Anders joined Verdane’s London office in 2021. Prior to Verdane, Anders was a technology investor at Silver Lake Partners, focused on investments across tech and tech-enabled businesses as well as media and sports. Prior to that, he worked in Morgan Stanley’s Investment Banking Division in the Media and Comms team advising clients across core telecoms, classifieds, education, media, and sports.

At Verdane, Anders focuses on investments within B2B software.

Anders holds a BSc in Economics and Business Administration and an MSc in Finance and Accounting from the Copenhagen Business School.

Nils joined Verdane’s Partner team in 2020, bringing 19 years of operational and board-level experience from the international software industry. At Verdane, Nils focuses on new investments and supporting the growth of the firm’s holdings in the software sector by leveraging his M&A, operational and strategic expertise.

Nils previously co-founded and ran Deriga, a communications solutions provider creating breakthrough efficiency gains for the healthcare sector. Deriga was acquired by Visma, a leading European supplier of business-critical software to companies of all sizes, in 2006. Nils led Visma’s Enterprise Division to turnover in excess of €500m, with 3 600 employees across 18 countries, prior to joining Verdane. During his tenure, he held 25 chairman and board member engagements and was involved in more than 35 M&A transactions.

Nils holds a Master of Computer Science from Norwegian University of Science and Technology and a Master of Management from the BI Norwegian Business School.

Miriam joined Verdane’s Stockholm office in 2023. At Verdane, Miriam focuses primarily on new investments and existing holdings in the software space.

Prior to Verdane, Miriam worked as an Investment Banking Analyst in the M&A Industrials team at Goldman Sachs in London. Furthermore, she has prior experience in management consulting and corporate finance. Aside from her Master’s studies, she also completed an internship at Verdane in Helsinki, where she is originally from.

Education: MSc in Finance from Hanken School of Economics. During her studies, Miriam spent a semester abroad at City University of Hong Kong.

Anette joined Verdane in Oslo in 2010. In addition to her role as Finance Associate, she is also responsible for a number of administrative functions, including mid-office and IR support. Anette has previously held positions in customer service and with a real estate agent.

Education: Anette holds a BA in real estate management from Handelshøyskolen BI Oslo.

Giles joined Elevate, Verdane’s in-house operational expert team, as part-time U.S. Operating Advisor in September 2020. Giles’s role runs in parallel to his full-time position as COO at Confirmit, a Verdane-owned customer experience platform. At Verdane, Giles assists and advises portfolio companies on U.S. market entry, recruitment, and market-specific business development efforts. In addition, he assists Verdane in conjunction with M&A and other investment-related activities in the U.S., and engages strategically in the development of a number of Verdane portfolio companies through their boards.

Giles’s merits include heading Softbank Group’s Operating Team, where he focused on investing in and growing a USD 64bn global portfolio of 30+ companies with a pronounced weighting toward technology and SaaS. Prior to Softbank, he spent many years working with various technology companies, most notably the customer experience platform Medallia, as the General Manager of their U.S. operations and later the EMEA region. Under his leadership the region became the highest performing part of the business where he oversaw program implementation, managed services, technical support, partner success, as well as strategy and business operations.

A Harvard and U.S. Air Force Academy graduate, Whiting spent seven years in the U.S. Air Force as a physicist leading USD1bn+ scientific projects. Following his service, Whiting kick-started his professional career as a consultant with McKinsey & Company.

Hendrik joined Verdane’s Berlin office in 2019. Before joining, Hendrik spent more than five years with GCA Altium in Frankfurt and Tokyo focusing on M&A and fundraising transactions within the technology space. Prior to GCA, he has worked at the Investment Banking division of NIBC, as well as the Business Development team of Henkel.

At Verdane, Hendrik primarily focuses on identifying new investments opportunities in DACH, as well as building existing portfolio companies in the software and consumer internet sectors.

Education: Hendrik holds a Master’s degree in Finance and Accounting from the University of Mannheim and a Bachelor in International Business from the Munich Business School with semesters spent abroad at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and Instituto Universitario ESEADE in Argentina.

Filippa Wingårdh joined Verdane`s Stockholm office in 2021 as a Financial Controller. Prior to joining Verdane, she worked at Deloitte in its Business Process Solution service line as a Senior Consultant. At Deloitte, Filippa worked on different projects including controlling, financial analysis and system implementation across a broad range of companies and industries.

Education: Filippa holds a BSc degree in Strategic Management and Financial Management from Lund University.

Sebastian joined Verdane in 2023. Sebastian focuses primarily on new growth and buyout investments in companies within B2B software and has a particular interest in GRC, Supply Chain and HR.

Prior to Verdane, Sebastian was a Managing Director within Raymond James’ European Tech & Services practice focusing on B2B software before he joined Equistone.

Education: Sebastian holds a Master’s in International Business from the University of Maastricht.

Jacob joined Verdane as a Portfolio Director in 2022. Prior to joining Verdane he spent eight years at Stockholm-based Fidelio Capital working within investments and portfolio development, in addition to gaining operational experience as CFO of padel center operator PDL Group.

Prior to Fidelio Capital Jacob worked in investment banking at Handelsbanken Capital Markets, in parallel with his university studies. Jacob is a previous board member of the health food group Greenfood, and the veterinary diagnostics group Indical Bioscience (currently part of the Vimian Group).

In his role at Verdane, Jacob primarily focuses on building, unlocking, and realising value within the Verdane portfolio.

Education: Jacob holds a BSc in Business and Economics from the Stockholm School of Economics.

Maria joined Verdane’s Oslo office in 2020, after earning her MSc degree in Business Analytics from BI Norwegian Business School.

As a data analyst, Maria enables data-driven decisions throughout the organisation and the Verdane ecosystem by bridging data management and business intelligence to create competitive advantage for Verdane’s holdings.