London based, half Norwegian, VC investor at Idekapital (Idea Capital). Prior digital entrepreneur with a track record of scaling businesses and delivering shareholder value. Specialties: SaaS, Scaling, Advising the Board, Entrepreneurship, Internationalisation, Governance, Digital Advertising, Growth Companies, Mergers and Acquisition, Private Equity, FinanceKey highlights include:- Leading investments at Idekapital, with €200m AUM including Simplifai, Marketer, Cavai- Former Chair rapid growth martech platform Adimo , including first VC round Jan 2021- SaaS transition as CEO of venture backed Estonian creative ad builder, Nexd- Founded, moved to NYC and grew StrikeAd as the first SaaS programmatic digital ad platform for mobile advertising and as CEO sold May 2015 to Sizmek Inc (now Amazon), a global open ad management company - As operations/finance Director led the sale process of UK premium Ad Network, Unanimis, culminating in sale to France Telecom (Orange) in Aug 2009. Developed business plan and led spin out of leading Ad Exchange, OpenX, to Index Ventures in 2007 (later to Accel $16m)- Founding team of Touch Clarity, SaaS web optimisation solution (sold to Omniture 2006 for $60m)- Qualified Chartered Accountant, trained at PricewaterhouseCoopers
Listed skills include Mobile Advertising, Mobile Devices, Entrepreneurship, Digital Strategy, and 18 others.