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 co heads the Software investment team, focuses on new investments and supports the growth of the firm’s holdings.
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.
