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Exceptional entrepreneurs come in many shapes and sizes - show us who you are and what you can do! 🛠️💡🚀 Since we at KRING mainly develop our venture concepts in-house, we care less about your idea, and more about YOU as a potential co-founder. Ideas change, people remain. The mindset and values we are looking for in individuals are (among others): 🤘🏼Proactiveness, hands-on, structured thinking, skin in the game, empathy, and kindness. Our experience has taught us that while the mindset and drive is alike, the educational, professional, and personal experiences across the best entrepreneurs differ a whole lot - and thank god for that! We don’t like to put people in a box - but nevertheless we have tried to provide a framework for our typical #cofounder profiles: 💚 Health and Energy industry experts 🦸🏽‍♀️ Second-time entrepreneurs (successful or failed) 📊 Management consultants 🛠️ Operators in high-growth startups / scale-ups 🌈 ...Surprise us and show us what you got! We are constantly looking for great people to join us on our mission to make the world a better place - one #impact venture at a time. Are you curious and what to learn more about building a venture with KRING? 👉Reach out to our Head of Talent & Culture, Agnes Agada. Have we forgotten an ideal co-founder above or do you have any reflections to share! We would love to hear from you! #venturestudio #teamiskey #peoplegame

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We are welcoming a new Venture Partner, Jeppe Schytte-Hansen 🤩 Jeppe brings extensive experience in the B2B SaaS space, having founded and advised several companies. He has a strong track record in the space, which you can read about in the full Venture Partner article, and is co-founder of Templafy, and co-founder and CEO at Omnidocs 🙌 Now, Jeppe is joining the Venture Partner Network to help us take one of our core themes, B2B SaaS, to the next level 🚀 ”I have observed the way Dreamcraft operates and works closely with the portfolio companies. And I like what I see. It’s a bunch of skilled people with interesting growth mindsets and the ability to apply relevant learnings from the companies they interact with. That combined with the profile of the companies that are relevant for me, and the type of business that I might be able to influence a bit, makes it a good match to enter into this Venture Partner role” says Jeppe With this collaboration, we are continuing to create proper value for our stakeholders, together with our stakeholders 🤜🤛 Read more about Jeppe's background and his passion for company building in our latest Meet the Venture Partner article. - find the link in the comments 👇 #venturecapital #B2BSaaS #startups #venturepartner

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- About SolarCamp ApS - SolarCamp ApS is a retail company that developes high quality solar powered household electronics in collaboration with partners in China - Products which are specifically designed for the northern european weather and seasons. We currently sell to Sweden, Denmark and Germany(most recent). More countries opening in 2024 and 2025. Our products are pretty niche, and the company is still relatively small - around 2mio USD turnaround in 2023. But it is already profitable and has great growth potential. We sell mainly to private customers from our webshops, but are also starting to gain interest in our solutions from companies and communes aswell as collaborations with resellers of our brands. I get a lot of messages here on Linked-In, so I thought I would clarify, what is currently interesting for us and what is not. 🙂 Interesting 🙂 Any type of collaboration and networking which helps us to develop the company as a whole, especially looking outwards to the rest of Europe. Specifically speaking of B2B, reseller collaborations, logistics, product developement and partnerships, irregular channels of sales which are off the beaten track (country specific), ideas exchange, under the right circumstances even investment 😑 Not really interesting 😑 Marketing, Addwords, SO-ME, SEO, webshop/magento development, app development, graphic design, customer support AI, integrated sales boosting functions on the webshop, ect. All our marketing and webshop services and in the same competence-center as one unit. We have no interest in breaking this up or giving it to someone else. Have a nice day you all - Jakob

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Today is my two-year anniversary as the CEO of Malk Partners and I wanted to share some thoughts. Malk's mission is to steer capital to more responsible investors and companies, and this driving force has been at the heart of everything do, what motivates us when we wake up in the morning, and how we engage with our clients. This mission guides everything we do. I want to say thank you to our clients. We know we need to earn your trust everyday. Thanks to our loyal, long-term clients as well as our newer clients. Our mission can only be achieved partnering with you and supporting you to embed great ESG practices at your firms. We recognize we serve clients with a wide spectrum on ESG strategies, with some including ESG excellence as a founding principle of their firms and some adopting ESG practices for the first time. Regardless of your current state, we appreciate your trust on your journey. I also want to call out the progress we've made as a firm. We are partnered even more closely with our clients to grow our recurring revenue services, especially in Annual Portfolio Company Monitoring and Fund Advisory (annual reporting, policies, training, fundraising support, AGM meeting preparation, etc.). In the past two years, we have diversified our business with a significant increase in recurring revenue services giving us resilience across the private market investing cycles. We have developed an innovative and client-centric ESG data solutions along with our strategic partner, Integrum ESG. The Malk-Integrum ESG data platform takes the 15-year experience of Malk Partners serving private market investors and their portfolio companies and translates that into an AI-based ESG data solution that automates ESG scoring and benchmarks vs. private and public company industry peers. For our clients who have adopted the Malk-Integrum ESG solution, we thank you and will continue to innovate these distinctive capabilities with you. We have accelerated our pace of innovation across-the-board. We will soon release our DD3.0, our next-generation due diligence service, we are rapidly growing our Fund Advisory bundles to strengthen and simplify the service and budgeting process for our clients, and we are scaling our ESG Value Creation services, where we are innovating on how portfolio companies can turn ideas or gaps into value creation over the hold period (e.g., supply chain transparency to grow revenue in developed markets, building DEI programs to enhance employee value propositions and retention, etc.). The past two years has been a period of massive innovation at Malk. Last, but certainly not least, I want to say thank you to the entire Malk team. The innovations we've delivered would not have been possible with your passion, commitment, energy, and collaboration! I love engaging with you everyday and how we hold each other accountable to achieve our mission. Onwards and upwards!!!! #esg #Malkclients #innovation #Malkstars

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LET’S GO, YOGO!🚀 I’m thrilled to announce Compounding Capital’s (our family office) new investment in YOGO.DK (www.yogobooking.com). Over the last years, the company has built a highly user intuitive software operating system for various niche end markets within the “Studio and Fitness Center” segment, e.g., yoga, pilates and dance studies, fitness centers, karate clubs, and sauna clubs. You name the funky niche market, and YOGO has the answer for a highly specialized and user-friendly operating system. A system making everything from bookings to membership handling, payments, team scheduling, waiting lists and promotions a breeze and joy to handle. Removing boring, manual administrative tasks while increasing the studio capacity utilization significantly and providing the members with a much better experience. What’s not to like🤩 YOGO is a perfect fit for Compounding Capitals investment focus on vertical BtB SaaS companies offering a mission critical product into targeted end markets. Famly, SportMember and Delogue PLM are similar companies in many aspects. Hit me up if you have a similar company that is looking for capital and guidance on its continued journey. The ideal company size is around $0.5-1 million in ARR with >50% YoY growth and low churn. I’m excited to partner with Magnus Hylander Friis, Anders Hjort Straarup, Rune Hven-Jensen, Andreas Green Rasmussen, Ugly Duckling Ventures, Thomas Boel Sigurdsson, Simon L., Julia Gräßer, David Castello, Philippe Lind Rasmussen, Morten Andersen, Jan-Erik Ingvaldsen - Booking made easy - Booking made easy and the rest of the YOGO team to help accelerate the already impressive development. YOGO is always looking to hire strong talent, currently in particular within sales and tech – take a look here www.yogo.dk/karriere, or reach out here talent@yogo.dk, if that could be you. Read the YOGO press release here: https://lnkd.in/dbSZiazZ Welcome to the Compounding Capital investment portfolio, YOGO!😊 Famly www.famly.co (Childcare management software) GoMore www.gomore.com (Peer-to-peer car sharing marketplace) Delogue PLM www.delogue.com (PLM software for the apparel and lifestyle industries) SportMember www.sportmember.com / www.holdsport.dk (Sports club management software) Trendsales www.trendsales.dk (Secondhand fashion marketplace) Plecto www.plecto.com (Performance management software) Fenerum www.fenerum.com (Subscription management software) ownr.dk www.ownr.dk (Comprehensive data insights on companies and persons) YOGO.DK www.yogobooking.com (Studio and fitness center management software)

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"Is this a good time to fundraise?", is a question we get from time to time. This is our thoughts the state of the Nordic seed investing market in Q2 2024. In Q1 and early Q2, we have started to see our expectation for 2024 being a strong year for seed investing becoming reality. However, it is still very much a market of haves and have nots. For the haves (generally a very strong team using AI to build a new generation product for a large market and having initial traction) it is a very good a time to raise seed capital as valuations are strong. Even with the tough market for the have nots, this makes us assess that Nordic seed valuations have increased somewhat in 2024 compared to H2’2023. When we zoom out, the view of the general market becomes a bit murky. As an example, while seed valuations are up, valuations at Series A are generally flat. This indicate that companies raising large seed rounds today, will have to execute very well to raise strong Series A rounds. Data from Carta’s State of Private Markets Q1 2024 report supports this view. It highlights that the time between funding rounds (from seed to Series A, and from Series A to Series B) is getting longer than the typical 18-24 months, that ca 40 % of all financings in Q1’24 were bridge rounds and that shutdowns were up +86 % from Q1’23 to Q1’24 for startups that had raised venture capital. Those are signs of a tough fundraising environment. So, we need to keep two seemingly contradictory ideas about H1’2024 in our minds at the same time. The next big thing can attract funding at good terms and a high number of startups founded in the last few years have a tough time raising capital at all.

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Stockholm-based Norrsken VC has announced the closing of its second fund, Norrsken VC Fund II, at €320 million, surpassing its initial target of €250 million. This makes it the largest early-stage generalist impact fund in Europe. The fund is backed by almost 50 limited partners (LPs) that seek both impact and financial returns. These investors include institutional backers like Första AP-fonden (AP1), Folksam, Saminvest AB, KfW Capital , and the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund (ISIF), as well as major firms like Credit Suisse, Investcorp-Tages, BMW Group, and SEB-Stiftelsen. Notable individual investors like Azeem Azhar also support the fund. 𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗘𝗧𝗔𝗜𝗟𝗦 👉 https://lnkd.in/dPE-aBRZ Astrid Vikingsdotter Johansson Axel Lindner Denice Carbell Agate S. Freimane Cecilia Ma Will Wells Martin Schweitzer Marcus Jacobsson Tove Larsson Beata Enwall Fabian Erici Ben Morgan Friedrich A. Neuman Luke Richardson Lea Strumberger Julia Elf David Frykman Bruno Wisniewski Clara Lindh Susanna Campbell Christian zu Jeddeloh Pierre Ljubic Alexander Danielsson Anna Lundin Agnes Svensson Tyko Carling #startups #investors #venturecapital #privateequity #finance #fundingnews #businessangels #familyoffices #investmentfund

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Let me assure you, as someone who has a behind the curtain view on a ton of the top Swedish and European consumer startups: these are very tough journeys. Over the last five years, I have seen zero exceptions to this. There is so much going on behind the scenes that spectators will never see. There is so much scrappiness, so much sweat, so much fire fighting, so much hustle and creativity. Your yearning for learning, building and impact needs to greatly outweigh your fear of uncertainty, friction and change. Above all, you need to be extremely comfortable with consistent failure. You will fail, over and over and over again, on an individual, team and company level. Hopefully the environment you are in supports or maybe even celebrates this, but still the absolute majority of people won't be comfortable with it. Some of the reward mechanisms in larger corporations will not be present either. If you are a master at stakeholder management or carry great executive presence, chances are these traits will still be valuable (especially at around 50-100 people), but they will carry lower value. There will be a lot more focus on what you can contribute that will excite the customer, and how quickly and efficiently you can get from point A to B. Accountability will be through the roof. So what is your main responsibility within management? To make sure everyone coming in through those doors understands this. Be super transparent with the culture you have, especially if they are coming from a large corporation. Every candidate that joins Estrid has a final interview where I lay out my thinking around our culture, transparently. I will continue to do so until we’re around 200 people. Still, it's not easy and requires a lot more work and repetition. For a select group of people that have a passion for building and a desire to disrupt, a journey like this will accelerate learnings beyond belief. It will be incredibly rewarding, personally and professionally. Anything else will feel slow and bureaucratic. But everyone needs to do their homework before deciding to join or let in.

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Terma, a renowned Danish company, excels in combining Tech and Defense, spearheaded by top-notch professionals for decades. It's been an honor to learn from influential figures like former CEO Jens Måløe, board member Anders Eldrup, and Jørgen Huno Rasmussen. Not to forget, the innovative LinKS alumni Lars Gert Lose, serving on Terma's board. LinKS has had the. Honor of playing a role in educating and in shaping decision-makers in Denmark, from politicians to corporate leaders, with the world's leading business schools. Witnessing Europe unite under a common identity and business platform is truly remarkable, showcasing unprecedented speed and ambition. The recent news of ATP's investment in Terma underscores the significance of supporting Danish core competencies. ATP's bold move sets an example for investing in Europe, fostering global alliances in Defense and Tech. This strategic investment aligns with the vision for a strong and progressive European business landscape. #InvestinEurope #BuildglobalAlliances #DefenseandTech #ATP #Terma

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Social impact financing and the impact ecosystem is growing. Reach out and connect with Anne Smith Petersen and Diana Scalise if you want to learn more about their new impact investment foundation C4IF: "Capital 4 Impact Foundation is a social impact investment foundation, working through the global network of Plan International. We unlock private sector capital by mitigating risks and we leverage our presence and partnerships to bring social impact to scale while creating return on investment. We invite you to be more than an investor; be a changemaker."

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Excited to see the robust IPO market in Sweden gaining attention! As early-stage investors, it's crucial to have avenues for successful IPOs for the companies we support. This not only reflects positively on our investments but also fuels further growth and innovation in the market. A recent FT article shed light on this thriving IPO scene, highlighting insights from industry experts like my friend Tony Elofsson. Link to article in comment below. It's encouraging to witness Sweden's emergence as a hotspot for IPOs, offering promising opportunities for both investors and entrepreneurs alike. #IPO #Investing #StartupEcosystem #SwedenTech #Entrepreneurship Nasdaq Adam Kostyal

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Invitation: Join us for the Danish Impact Meetup on May 30th 16-18:30! Are you curious to learn more about impact? Struggling to meet investors? Then join us on May 30th for drinks and food at Matrikel1, Højbro Plads 10 in Copenhagen as we are gathering the impact investing community 🌍 in Denmark and also celebrating the launch of the Danish Impact Committee! 🎉 The purpose of the event is to gather the ecosystem as the impact scene is still young and developing. This is a chance for asset managers, venture and private equity funds, entrepreneurs, advisors, NGOs and others to get to meet and understand the many approaches to conduct #impactful companies and investments. For entrepreneurs: Although this isn't a match making event, there will be plenty of investment funds and business angels for you to meet, and we will do our best to introduce entrepreneurs to potential investors. Please sign-up for the #DanishImpactMeetup on this form, we look much forward to meetup and welcome you all: bit.ly/3Q5Fqyb And follow-us on our new Linkedin page here 🤗 : https://lnkd.in/dqz4djE7 Sponsored by Mesh Community, Aktive Ejere - Active Owners Denmark & IMPACT Partners #DanishImpactCommittee #impactinvesting #greenimpact #socialimpact

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Important insights. Senarion https://lnkd.in/d3Kh5kgT

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A year ago, Mercurius Credit Fund was launched, and what a fantastic first year it has been! The fund is up 10.73% since inception. The level of return has thus exceeded our goal both in absolute and risk-adjusted terms. Additionally, the return has been positive every month. As the fund has now been active for a year, we would like to take this opportunity to thank all of you whose capital we have been entrusted to manage and for all the rewarding meetings we have had with both current and (what we hope will become) future investors. You are a big part of why this has gone well and why we see such strong interest in the fund from family offices, investment companies, foundations, companies with surplus liquidity, and similar investors. We also want to thank Martin Gren and Emil Hjalmarsson for a very appreciated collaboration. The investment strategy used in the fund was initially developed by Emil and used successfully for many years within Aktiebolag Grenspecialisten . Emil is an advisor to Mercurius Credit Fund, and his experience with this type of investment management was crucial in being able to launch something that both we and they felt was missing in the market. Emil was of course also a key part in OQAM being able to recruit Christian Hjalmarsson as the responsible manager for the fund. Christian is not only an extremely skilled manager and the one who deserves the most credit 😉 for the fine returns, but also an incredibly appreciated colleague in our team. In Mercurius Credit Fund, we try to solve a number of problems that we believe have existed in the range of funds and mandates with similar risk levels that focus on Nordic corporate bonds. For example, the fund has a notice period of 90 days for redemptions and will be closed for subscriptions when we reach SEK 3-4 billion in AuM. We are aware that by doing this we have chosen a somewhat different path and that it certainly is not the easiest one when launching something new and trying to build AuM. The purpose, however, is to be able to fully focus on delivering our target return with as low risk as possible through genuinely active management that takes advantage of the market structure. We are convinced that this will make a big difference for those who invest in the fund over time. Please do not hesitate to contact us for more information! Disclaimer: This text does not constitute investment advice and should not be perceived as an offer or a solicitation to buy or sell fund units. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. An investor considering investing in the fund should carefully read the fund's fact sheet, subscription documentation, information brochure containing the fund rules, and the most recently published annual report and semi-annual report. #corporatebonds #yield #investmentgrade #nordic

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𝗘𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰 𝗗𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝗦𝗲𝗮: 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗖𝗘𝗢 Andreas Tjørnehøj 𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗕𝗼𝗮𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝘀 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗲𝗳 𝗦𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗢𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗲𝗿 Let’s talk big moves and even bigger potentials. Andreas Tjørnehøj, former Tesla Market Lead in #Denmark  has just docked at RAND Boats as their new Chief Sales Officer. That's right, from electric cars to electric boats, Andreas is not just switching lanes; he’s crafting waves in new waters. I love this move. Not just because RAND Boats isn't just making boats. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺’𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘬 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘣𝘰𝘢𝘵𝘴. With Andreas at the helm of sales, this company’s thrilling voyage is 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗯𝗼. His stellar record with Tesla and Apple speaks volumes, but his vision for a greener, more sustainable marine industry is truly exciting. 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗺𝗯𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗳𝘆 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹 𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲, RAND Boats is steering towards a future where electric boats are the norm, not the novelty. IMHO, Andreas’ move could very well make him a future CEO in the making. CEOs out there, watching this kind of leadership unfold is like catching a glimpse of the horizon—vast, promising, and beautifully inevitable.

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It’s official. I’ll return to media! And not just to any media company. I’m coming home to Schibsted Media ✨ As a newly formed independent company, fully owned by Tinius Trust, Schibsted Media has a unique opportunity to shape its own long-term ambition & strategy and to tune its operating model to be an even stronger pure media player. And I get to support exactly that! 🚀 After a long summer break I will start as Senior Advisor to Siv, Schibsted Media’s CEO, and her management team. I was very determined to take a more strategic role after leaving Oda to support while I learn instead of diving straight into another operational leader role, and I was thrilled about getting this opportunity. There are several reasons for why this excites me so much. First of all, I love being in front of major formative shifts where I get to help outline long-term ambitions holistically while securing a fast and effective start towards it. Secondly, getting to work a mission that matters daily for people and colleagues who passionately care is really motivating. Finally, this places me right in the AI frontline, which speaks perfectly to the tech side of me. Alright. More about this later, but first I’ll take a break to save up some energy for what I imagine will be yet another fast paced and fun chapter making independent journalism my business ☀️ https://lnkd.in/d34svn9z

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Q1 2024 was yet another quarter of strong results, as net sales grew by 33.3% to SEK 253.4m and EBITDA by 37.3% to SEK 119.7m compared to last year. The growth is driven by more property sellers choosing to maximise their marketing on Hemnet through investing in Hemnet Premium, as well as 11 % more property listings compared to last year. 2024 has started with a number of welcomed positive signals on the property market with not only more listings on Hemnet, but also more transactions, higher prices as well as increasing price expectations from consumers. We look forward to a spring with hopefully continued, perhaps growing, activity and to continuing helping Swedish property buyers and sellers to increase their chances of a successful home sale https://lnkd.in/dUgkJaCE

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Maria Khorsand turned Careium’s numbers around in just six months   When Maria Khorsand joined Careium as Executive Interim CEO in 2022, her assignment was to lead a turnaround. In just six months, Maria, together with her team, managed to drastically turn the company’s numbers around. Q4 2022 exceeded expectations and the stock raised over 50%.   Turning around a company’s sensitive financial numbers usually involves introducing an rational cost-saving package while simultaneously growing the business in a distressed situation, which requires strong leadership and a solid team.   “It’s important that everyone is on board and understands that together we create change and stability and that all individuals are important. The management team worked out a cost-saving package that we implemented immediately while we grew our business significantly. I had many one-to-one conversations to drive us forward with collective power, where we are headed. It’s impossible to succeed with a major change if you don’t communicate transparently, clearly, and regularly. Since Careium is listed on the stock exchange, I couldn’t tell everything, but it was important that everyone felt safe and proud”, says Maria.   Trivia: At Ericsson, Maria was CEO of their Bluetooth company (Ericsson Technology Licensing), which was the first in the world to develop Bluetooth technology for wirelessly connecting different digital devices. Together with one of their customers, a computer manufacturer, the new technology was to be marketed. Maria had previously given a book to the customer, namely “Röde Orm” by Frans G Bengtsson. In the book, there is a character named Harald Bluetooth – which inspired the technology we now call Bluetooth.   #interimmanagement #turnaround #changeleadership

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From today's article in Berlingske: "If you're a founder or visionary, you must firmly believe in what you're doing. If everyone could see what you see, it wouldn't be so innovative." When we founded Mono Solutions in 2007, the B2B SaaS model faced a lot of skepticism. Back then, software was installed on servers – the cloud was barely a concept. Thanks to the visionary insight of my co-founder David Højelsen, we persevered. This belief is also the inspiration behind "Ugly Duckling Ventures" – supporting those 'ugly ducklings' destined to become beautiful swans. #startups #venture #vc #uglyducklingventures

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