CapitalBox

Commercial and Strategic Partnerships

Grandhood

Grandhood is a premium digital pension and insurance provider in the Nordics. Grandhood is giving SME’s and their employees access to life insurances for today, and savings for tomorrow. Served in the digital way they want, and they deserve - making it both affordable and accessible. Distribution with Velliv. Acquired in 2023 by a large Pension/Asset Manager.

My role includes helping the founding team with:
- Commercial Partnerships and Growth
- International Go-to-Market strategy
- White-Label product/commercial strategy for Pension Funds
- Investments/Fundraising and M&A Exit advisory to Founders

The Many

The Many is an award-winning investment platform covering alternative assets by providing long term investment opportunities for retail clients in property and sustainable green energy. The Many A/S was acquired by Selected Alternatives Group (asset manager) at the end of 2021.

My role includes:
- Product strategy, product analysis and roadmaps - both for existing and new business areas of Funds
- Business and tech assessments across Risk, Legal, Compliance, Finance and Investment teams
- Leading product, tech, marketing, data and client success teams for building a marketplace

CPO - creating wealth for retail investors

vattax

VATTAX is an automated EU-VAT reclaim platform for Commercial Issuing Banks and Companies. Fully integrated in Cardlay White-Label commercial platform

Chief Product Officer

Cardlay A/S

Cardlay provides a digital platform for Cards Management and Data Enrichment for Commercial Card Issuers and Issuing Banks, Processors and Enterprises. It is a modern state-of-the-art integrated platform for Issuing Cards, Expense management and reclaim of VAT from cross-border transactions.

I had responsibility to build the company from “0” to “10” (Series B) - by leading commercial and product teams where I initiated, executed and delivered our product and WLB banking strategy into a €multi-mil yearly revenues from commercial contracts with a number of Fortune100 companies:

- SEB Eurocard, largest Commercial Card issuer in the Nordics
- CornerCard and Corner Banca, a market leading commercial issuer in Switzerland
- Citi, leading multinational commercial and transactional bank (third largest in US)
- Banking Circle, the fastest growing correspondent-banking FinTech in EU/UK 
- PWC, the largest accounting and tax advisory company in the world
- SAP Concur,  a number one provider of business applications software for enterprises
- FIS Global, the largest financial and banking software infrastructure provider in the World 
- MasterCard, a premium worldwide provider of commercial cards and payment infrastructure  

Raised €15+mil capital from SEED Capital, SEB Venture Capital and Global PayTech Ventures

My role includes:
- Banking and Technology Partnerships 
- Commercial Agreements with Financial Institutions and Enterprises 
- Product Strategy and Marketing
- Investor Relations, Capital Raising and Communication
- Hiring and Recruiting

Startupbootcamp FinTech

Startupbootcamp FinTech London is the leading accelerator focused on financial innovation, founded and sponsored by leading European banks. My affiliation with partnering banks and startups extends to:

- Team Selection
- Startups Acceleration
- Banking Partnerships
- Industry Networking
- Investor Relations

Advisor & Mentor

Lunar

Lunar is the first digital bank in the Nordics. I helped the founding team with:

- Banking Partnerships
- International Markets and Growth

onlyXO

Venture Partner supporting portfolio founders and Board

- CapitalAid (Factoring)
- FundXO (SME Lending)
- PitchXO (CRM on-boarding)
- PayXO (Cards for SME)
- Tradeshift (Electronic Invoicing)
- Itembase (Transactional data marketplace)
- AirHelp (Flight-delay Insurance)
- Tofte & Co (Capital raise)

Venture Partner FinTech

Nordea Markets - Capital Markets

Managing development of strategic projects in financial reporting and risk management with aim to support Capital Markets business units with financial instruments across all asset classes - equity, FICC, structured products, interest rates and FX

Senior Business Development Manager

Danske Markets - Treasury and Capital Markets

IT Strategy for M&A and development of trading platform and financial reporting for Capital Market products (derivatives) - providing a single platform for trading, risk and operations.

Product Development Manager

FinTech product & commercial professional - Working with CEO’s of Fortune500 Commercial Banks and Asset Managers for creating new revenue streams from digital services

Seasoned FinTech professional working in the Venture Capital and Private Equity industry. Extensive experience in Management, Capital Raise, Product Development and Sales Partnership teams in technology companies and financial services. 

Strong professional skills in both strategic and functional roles in Business Development, Product Management and Commercialization, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Banking, Commercial Payments, Digital Services & Platforms, Enterprise Data, Start-ups and growing organizations, Marketplaces, Alternative Investments and exchange Trading. 

Growth mindset: 25% Entrepreneur - 75% Operator

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