David Helgason
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Icelandic entrepreneur and climate investor. Behind Transition, Unity, CleanPlay, others (don’t see LinkedIn messages) at Transition
Location: Reykjavík, Capital Region, Iceland 15 work roles 1 school
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Icelandic entrepreneur and climate investor. Behind Transition, Unity, CleanPlay, others (don’t see LinkedIn messages)
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Reykjavík, Capital Region, Iceland

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David Helgason is listed as Icelandic entrepreneur and climate investor. Behind Transition, Unity, CleanPlay, others (don’t see LinkedIn messages) at Transition, based in Reykjavík, Capital Region, Iceland. AeroLeads shows a matched LinkedIn profile for David Helgason.

David Helgason previously worked as Partner at Transition and Founder & Board Member at Unity Technologies. David Helgason holds Physics, Arabic, Psychology from Københavns Universitet - University Of Copenhagen.

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About David Helgason

I love technology and entrepreneurs. I founded Unity many years ago. Now I spend my time worrying about global warming.My background is in programming, university dabbling, creating companies, and helping entrepreneurs. I served as CEO of Unity Technologies since co-founding it in 2003 until October 2014.

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Transition
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Icelandic entrepreneur and climate investor. Behind Transition, Unity, CleanPlay, others (don’t see LinkedIn messages)
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15 roles · 30 years

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Partner

Current

London, GB

Building an abundant and resilient society that can thrive within our finite planet.Transition is a cross-Atlantic early stage venture fund, bringing leading entrepreneurs and climate operators together to partner with the best founders who develop the best products focused on climate and sustainability. Transition invest in hard tech, software and.

Mar 2021 - Present

Founder & Board Member

Current

San Francisco, US

Since 2003 and until further notice I try to help making Unity the best it can be – first as CEO for nearly 12 years, and now on the board of directors and supporting the leadership.

Jan 2003 - Present

Founder

Current

Selling clean power to games, directly through app markets.

Mar 2024 - Present

Principal

Current

Reykjavik, IS

Personal platform focused on fighting climate change and related sustainability crises. Also act as an angel investor and board member.

2012 - Present ~14 yrs 5 mos

Partner

Copenhagen, DK

A group of ten top Nordic angels working closely together to be the best angel investors in the Nordics. We did some good investments and improved the local ecosystem in the process.

Jul 2016 - Mar 2021

Board Member & Investor

Copenhagen, DK

Labster is a fast moving, award-winning company that focuses on revolutionizing the way science is taught to students all over the world. Our platform offers a Virtual Laboratory provided as a supportive curriculum based e-tool where students can work with real-life challenges in an online environment that simulates reality.

Jun 2015 - Mar 2021

Board Member

New York, NY, US

Realm is a YCombinator company building a mobile database, which rapidly became the second most deployed database in the world. Realm lets you build apps faster, build apps that are faster, and craft amazing user experiences. Acquired by MongoDB.

Jun 2014 - Mar 2019

Investor & Board Member

Monte Carlo, Monaco, MC

Founded in 2015, Spiri was a visionary on-demand carpooling service for urban transport. Spiri developed its own vehicle connectivity and operating system, as well as an ultra-light electric vehicle, bespoke for on-demand carpooling.

May 2016 - Apr 2017

Investor & Board Member

San Francisco, CA, US

First angel investor and subsequently a board member at a game company which hit 1M users in just a week, and then went on to entertain over 100M people before being acquired by Glu Mobile.

Jun 2012 - Nov 2016

Co-Founder

Houston, Texas, US

World on a Hanger was a web based services to the apparel industry.

Apr 2008 - Dec 2009

Co-Founder & Cto

Icover

Took at stab at something similar to iTunes LP. Since even Apple couldn't make it succesful, I guess I don't need to feel bad that we didn't pull it off either.

Jan 2002 - Feb 2004

Co-Founder

Panmedia

Co-founded a tech shop. Set up business processes, and worked as consultant for Nokia most of the period. Learned a fair bit, but in the end I couldn't become passionate about doing work for hire.

Jul 2001 - Dec 2002

Backend Programmer

Netropolis
1998 - 1999 ~1 yr

Web Programmer

Egeberg Interactive Communication
1996 - 1998 ~2 yrs
1 education record

David Helgason education

  • Københavns Universitet - University Of Copenhagen
    Københavns Universitet - University Of Copenhagen
    Psychology
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David Helgason works for Transition.

What is David Helgason's role at Transition?

David Helgason is listed as Icelandic entrepreneur and climate investor. Behind Transition, Unity, CleanPlay, others (don’t see LinkedIn messages) at Transition.

Where is David Helgason based?

David Helgason is based in Reykjavík, Capital Region, Iceland while working with Transition.

What companies has David Helgason worked for?

David Helgason has worked for Transition, Unity Technologies, Cleanplay, Foobar.Vc, and Nordic Makers – Backing Ambitious Entrepreneurs.

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David Helgason holds Physics, Arabic, Psychology from Københavns Universitet - University Of Copenhagen.

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