Investments
I've worked with several venture funds and accelerator programs over the years managing 100+ investments. Through that work, I have personally deployed over $15,000,000+ USD in funding to early-stage startups.
These days I'm not active day-to-day in any venture funds or accelerator programs. So please don't email me your bad startup pitch. 😅
Here are a few funds I've previously worked on:
PREVIOUS FUNDS
PREVIOUS FUNDS
Spring Capital (Estonia)
Fund I ($6.5M)
Spring Capital is an Estonian-based seed-stage venture fund investing in both the Baltics and Scandinavia. I was a Partner in this fund and remain an advisor to the portfolio.
Notable Fund Investments:Bolt, Monese, Wolf3D, Turing College, Outfunnel
Katapult Accelerator
Multiple Funds ($25M+)
Katapult is a leading impact-tech accelerator located in Oslo, Norway. I helped to establish the program and have served as a program teacher and mentor.
Notable Fund Investments:Chooose, Diwala, Walkolution,FlowVR
500 Startups
FUND III ($85M)
500 Startups is the largest early-stage venture fund based in Silicon Valley. Through this fund, I ran the Silicon Valley-based accelerator program.
Notable Fund Investments: FilmGrail, Ad Espresso, Shippo, Pop Up Archive, App Zen, Chain.com, Gitlab, FabFitFun, Eaze, MeUndies, Growbots, Stripe
500 Startups
FUND IV ($100M)
500 Startups is the largest early-stage venture fund based in Silicon Valley. Through this fund, I invested primarily in Nordic-based startups.
Notable Fund Investments: Grove Collective, The Pill Club, Many Chat, IRIS AI, Imerso
Science
Fund I ($10M)
One of the original startup studios based in Los Angeles. I was an early employee and founded a company here (Wittlebee).
Notable Fund Investments: Dollar Shave Club, Bird, Medium, Urban Remedy, Wealthfront, MeUndies
PERSONAL INVESTMENTS
PERSONAL INVESTMENTS
I sometimes make small personal investments. Here are a few of them:
Atelie
Marketplace to buy great art directly from artists.
Stacks by Me
Investment app that feels more like social media than your traditional investment platform.
AWAN (As We Are Now)
24/7 wardrobe concept made from nano fabrics with a direct-to-consumer business model.
Bold Books
Publishing platform for independent book authors.
LendWill (Formerly Lendonomy)
Lend or borrow small amounts of money from friends.
Mussila
Award-winning app to teach kids to play thepiano.
Firi / (Formerly MiraiEx)
Firi is the leading crypto exchange in Norway. It's the easiest and best way to buy Bitcoin in Norway.
Iterate
Iterate is a venture builder based in Oslo, Norway.
Sharebox
Sharebox simplifies your handover by offering a service completely managed by your phone.
EXITS
EXITS
Occasionally I do in fact pick a winner! While the funds I've worked with have had many exits, these are the companies I was directly involved with and/or responsible for their investment.
Pop Up Archive
Vessel
Lumific
Chain.com
PITCH SEAN
PITCH SEAN
I get a lot of startup pitches, mostly bad ones. I currently only do personal investments with companies I know, wait for it... personally. So please save us both the time and don't pitch me :) If you are one of my current investments please continue sending me your investor updates.