meet our awesome mentors
Tommy Ahlers
Entrepreneur
Founded ZYB and worked for Vodafone for 2 years, after ZYB was sold to them in 2008. Currently considering his next move. Expertise in executing (with some level of thinking behind).
Richard Anson
Web Entrepreneur
Founder of Reevoo.com, which uses the power of trusted customer opinion to help consumers buy. Expertise in e-commerce (brands and retailers) and publishing.
Jacob Fonnesbech Aqraou
Entrepreneur/corporate strategy
General Manager at eBay Classifieds Group. Has experience within M&A, strategy, entrepreneurship, future trends, seeding & starting new ventures.
Michael Backes
Entrepreneur/investor
Former entrepreneur and now investment management for eVenture and BV Capital, helping build companies in the digital world across the EU and USA.
Jodok Batlogg
Entrepreneur & Agile Leader
10 years of running own companies, now CTO of Germany's largest website VZnet. Determined, straight and cheerful technologist & futurologist.
Martin Bjergegaard
Serial entrepreneur
Partner and co-founder of Rainmaking. Extremely visionary entrepreneur. Working on a book about entrepreneurship.
Rasmus Bjerngaard
Entrepreneur/investor
Venture capitalist and Techie. Early stage venture capital investor. Comprehensive tech background. Open Source enthusiast.
David Blomquist
Internet business development guru
Entrepreneurial business director with deep experience in the online gaming and entertainment industries.
Kresten Buch
Serial Entrepreneur and market anarchist
Founder of HumanIPO.com and owner of bold.dk. Strong domain knowledge in online sports betting and sports content.
Rasmus Bøegh
Serial Entrepreneur
Founded several companies and former partner in early stage venture funds. Expertise: business models, strategy, sales and monetization.
Chirdeep Singh Chhabra
Serial entrepreneur & VC
Entrepreneur in Residense at Sushi Venture Partners. Entrepreneur and CTO experience with web and mobile application startups.
Rasmus Christensen
Cleantech entrepreneur
Co-founder and CEO of Natur-Energi, a green electricity distributor rocking the conservative incumbents in Denmark.
Jeff Coe
Entrepreneur/investor
Entrepreneur and MD of Linden Ventures a Berlin based early stage Incubator/Seed Fund, Jeff has founded/co-founded 4 startups across 3 continents.
John F. Dascher
Professional investor
Career venture capital investor in the US and DK for 14 years, with a special focus on seed-stage companies. Loves coaching entrepreneurs and financing their visions.
Mark Dorff
International legal guru
Partner at law firm Brown Rudnick LLP. Expert on working with blue chip emerging European tech companies, tech investors and advising on expansion in the USA and internationally.
Jonas Eliasson
Innovator, inspirator & entrepreneur
Making bits for a better tomorrow, founding startups ranging from design, to high-tech and consumer goods. In it for the love of ideas, creativity and great people.
Peter Engelbrecht
Tech entrepreneur
Global startup experience (Netop, WireCache, Soonr, NeuString). Executive with Intel. Global network and expertise in products, sales, business development and marketing.
Mike Grandinetti
Serial software entrepreneur
MD Southboro Capital, ex McKinsey. CXO 5 VC-backed start-ups, 2 NASDAQ IPOs, 5 trade sales. Global strategy & Go-to-Market expert, Mentor TechStars, IBM SmartCamp, Founders Institute, SEED Camp
Luke Groesbeck
YCombinator-backed entrepreneur
Cofounder of JobAlchemist, product lead at Eventbrite, and happily headquartered in San Francisco.
Martin Von Haller Grønbæk
Legal expert & über geek
Internet and open source legal expert, chairman or board member of, among others, Office123, Lila, EasyFlow, Arkena.
Tony Hanna
Interaction guru, concept madman and entrepreneur
Founder of Teedot, an agency specialising in emotional interaction design. Co-founder of Mental Workout Inc. & Yond Inc., a mobile app design studio.
Henrik Westergaard Hansen
Unsuccessful entrepreneur
Navigating the bubble. Microsoft evangelist working with startups putting creative ideas into innovative solutions. Holds several advisory board positions.
Nick Hawtin
Risk manager
Former Special Forces officer. Likes asking the uncomfortable questions and helping people seize the opportunities risks present.
Jesper Hvirring Henriksen
Passionate software developer
Tech lead on numerous software projects in Denmark and the US. Has seen enough projects succeed and fail to have an opinion of what works and not in modern software development.
Linda Hickman
Entrepreneur and educator
Entrepreneur in high technology, mentor/educator of entrepreneurs at London School of Economics with a special focus on strategy and business models.
Michael Jackson
Partner, Mangrove Capital Partners
Formerly VP at Skype, hands-on investor and advisor, expert in monetisation, pricing and every aspect of taking and making money from customers.
Kamran Jamshidi
Online marketing guru
Programmer, SEO expert and member of the Internet Advisory Board at Nykredit.
Michael Bodekær Jensen
Serial tech entrepreneur
Has launched start-ups in as diverse industries as online services, media & entertainment, anti-piracy, retail and sports.
Søren H. Justesen
Serial entrepreneur and business angel
Founder of Epinion, chairman of Natur Energi.
David Karlton
Software Entrepreneur and Tech Nerd
Partner and CTO at PlayOn. Formerly worked at Netscape in collaboration with Javasoft to design and implement the original Java Swing Toolkit.
Eric Lagier
Web entrepreneur
Founder of TigerTag, a recently launched web-based lost & found service. Formerly responsible for Mobile Business Development at Skype.
Carsten Kølbek
Serial entrepreneur
Partner and co-founder of Rainmaking. Involved in 11 startups since 2006 including two exits and three failures.
Peter Mægbæk Madsen
Internet entrepreneur
Co-founder & CEO of Fullrate, Expertise in developing entrepreneurial telecom operators and implementing telecom/internet solutions.
Thomas Madsen-Mygdal
Entrepreneur, investor & activist
Serial entrepreneur, co-founder of Mondo, Socialsquare, 23 and many other web based businesses. Founder & producer of renowned reboot festival.
Thomas Mathiasen
Innovation guru
Intellectual capital management and technology mapping expert. Founder and Owner at TM-Innovation.
Poul Mogensen
Partner, M&A department, Rønne & Lundgren
Poul is specialised in M&A's and legal issues related to starting up new businesses including intellectual properties.
Hazel Moore
Investment guru
Co-founder of FirstCapital, a London- based boutique investment bank that specialises in fund raising and mergers and acquisitions advice for growth technology companies.
Kelly Moulton
Entrepreneur/investor
Partner at Fabian Invest focusing on early stage investments, supporting commercialisation and oriented towards scalability. Experience within venture capital and online gaming.
Nikolaj Nyholm
Serial entrepreneur
Entrepreneur-cum-investor. Previously Speednames, Ascio, Organic Network, Imity, Polar Rose, now partner at Sunstone Capital, an early-stage technology venture capital firm.
Jacob Bratting Pedersen
Tech entrepreneur and VC
Investment Director at Northcap Partners, focusing on technology investments in the Nordic region. Founder of several tech startups.
Lars Pind
Geek and happiness guru
Lars has the dubious distinction of having failed more startups than most, which is why he's so intent on studying successes. The answer (partly) lies in the psychology of the entrepreneur.
Chris Plantener
Serial entrepreneur and online marketing guru
Co-founder of Comoto and JobsInHubs, web marketing and communication specialist. Currently running Zielgut, a cross border e-marketing agency.
Luis Rivera
Startup advisor and investor
Co-founder and Partner at Okuri Ventures, Spanish Firm focused on helping early stage startups behind the Tetuan Valley Startup School.
Ravi Sawhney
Fin-Tech Entrepreneuer/Investor
Constantly tinkering, prototyping and building tech products. Strong business development background in financial capital markets space.
Tanveer Sharif
Software and telecom entrepreneur
Founder of Vopium, more than 10 years hands-on experience in strategic planning, business unit development and telecom strategies.
Jeffrey Snider
Entrepreneur & our Sillicon Valley dude
Founding member and executive at two Silicon Valley startups - TouchWave acquired by Ericsson and Adomo acquired by Avaya.
Niklas Stephenson
Young serial entrepreneur
Co-founder of Firmafon and StartupLab. Working with online SaaS products with focus on the product and end-users.
Heather Stevenson
Marketing and business development guru
Experienced VP & CEO in media and online entertainment - has held senior positions with companies such as Sony, Fox and MGM.
Martin Thorborg
Serial web and IT entrepreneur
Founder of Jubii, Amino and SpamFighter. Author of best selling book on e-business "E-pusher".
Tine Thygesen
Entrepreneur and branding guru
Founder of globaleventsupplies.com, Nordic Cleantech Open and Managing
Director of Venture Cup. Expertise in networking and brand building.
Tim Vang
Heartcore entrepreneur
Co-founder and Executive in MYC4. MYC4 bridges the gap between people with needs and people with means - to ignite entrepreneurship in Africa.
Kasper Vardrup
Serial tech entrepreneur
Six tech startups and two exits since 2001. Expert in identification of online market opportunities and rapid new business creation and execution.
Anand Vengurlekar
MD of STOIC Copenhagen.
Previously a Director at IDEO & LEGO in branding and innovation. Also spent 9 years at SONY Europe working on product and brand launches across Europe.
Rasmus Visby
Serial entrepreneur
Entrepreneur since '96. RBV Invest ApS. Latest founder Bullguard Nordic A/S. Sales-Business models-Partnerships-Executing.
Arican Wegter
Serial entrepreneur
Co-founder and MD of LOVEFILM.com, GlibHippo and several other startups within online entertainment like movies, music and games.
Michael Wiegert
IT and cleantech entrepreneur
Founder of several startups including Wiegert & Wiegert AB, 247 Interactive AB and HS Kraft AB.
Arne Winther
Serial entrepreneur
Serial entrepreneur, investor and advisor to innovative early stage software companies.
Heine Stenholt Winther
Strategy, finance & payments guru
Former banker now experienced VP in Telco. Expert in E-money, M-payments and cash flow optimization
Morten E. Wulff
Miniature investor & risk taker
Founder of TraceWorks and Wulffmorgenthaler. Co-founder & Investor @ various companies such as Wordy, Get In™, and Hello Fitness.
