MANAGEMENT TEAM

MAGNUS ERIKSSON
General Partner, Deep Tech, Chairman of Deal Flow Committee
magnus.eriksson@stoaf.se

  • 2000-2019 Gartner Consulting. Group Vice President. EM, Head of Sweden, Head of Scandinavia, Head of Germany, Head of EMEA.
  • Former chairman of Gartner Denmark AS, Board member of Gartner Sverige AB and Gartner Norway AS.
  • Technical Attaché, San Francisco/Silicon Valley 1996-98.
  • Established operations in Finland, Russia and India. Pioneer in VR and Home automation. Two profitable exits. Head of nuclear reactor physics at Vattenfall AB.
  • B.Sc. Physics, Lund University and University of Sussex. M.Sc. Physics Major Lund University. International Business Development, VMI. Stockholm School of Economics.

KLAUS GOTTWALD
General Partner, Sustainable Energy Technology, CFO
klaus.gottwald@stoaf.se

  • Managing GP of Stoaf Start II. CEO and board member of Stoaf Management, Sustainable Energy Angels, Stoaf Start I and II.
  • Entrepreneur and founder of entrepreneurial ventures, exit of founded ventures.
  • Diploma in Business Administration and IT. Has held senior positions in IT.
  • Chairman, member of board and senior advisor in several entrepreneurial ventures.

CLAES POST
Professor. General Partner, Life Sciences
claes.post@stoaf.se

  • 30+ years from senior positions large and start up pharma
  • Published >140 articles in peer reviewed journals
  • Former Venture Partner, HealthCap. Former Partner Danske Life Science. Former Venture Partner Nordic Biotech. CEO of several startup companies in pharma, Sweden and Denmark. Former CEO of Karolinska Innovation AB.
  • 2010-2017 Investment Manager at Almi Invest

PER ANDERS WÄRN
General Partner, CEO, Chairman of Investment Committee
per.anders.warn@stoaf.se

  • Retired Gartner Inc., Stamford CT, Executive Vice President
  • Investor and adviser in hi-tech ventures
  • 20 years Gartner experience including 10 years as leader of Gartner’s Global Consulting business
  • Overseen 30,000+ client engagements across commercial, public, hi-tech and academy sectors in 20+ regional markets
  • Managing Director Vattenfall Data AB and Senior Director of Vattenfall AB Corporate IT Strategy
  • Executive MBA, Stockholm School of Economics

SENIOR ADVISORS

PONTUS BRAUNERHJELM
Senior Advisor

Professor in Economics, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) and Blekinge Technical University, Research Director at the Swedish Entrepreneurship Forum. Research focus on Innovation, entrepreneurship, Industrial dynamics, and growth

MALIN CARLSTRÖM
Senior Advisor

Senior Vice President Europe, ABB Technology Ventures Smart cities, Smart buildings, E-mobility solutions, Smart Power and Distribution as well as Smart industry. Thirteen years as an investor in the Nordic Venture Capital market

CLIFF HIGGERSON
Senior Advisor

Founder and General Partner, ComVentures, Palo Alto, CA General Partner, Vanguard Ventures, Palo Alto, CA Partner, Hambrecht & Quist, San Francisco, CA Angel investor and Senior Advisor

LENNART OHLSSON
Senior Advisor

Co-founder of eight business angel companies, Innovation Market and Innovation Managers, author of 20 books, four on VC methods and business angels

JONAS PALMQVIST
Senior Advisor

Chief Operating Officer Weber Shandwick EMEA Previously founder of Prime, a leading PR- & Marketing firm with award winning capabilities in market development and growth strategies. Advisor to the former Prime Minister of Sweden, Carl Bildt.

PETER SONDERGAARD
Senior Advisor

Founder and Senior Advisor, The Sondergaard Group, LLC. Previous Executive Vice President and member of Gartner’s operating committee for 15 years and head of Gartner Research. Mr. Sondergaard is a sought-after keynote speaker and industry thought-leader, quoted frequently in the New York Times, Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, Economist and CNBC.

ANNA LJUNGDAHL
Senior Advisor

Head of Sustainable Investments and Senior Investment Director at Industrifonden. Anna’s work experience includes almost 20 years in managerial roles within the banking and retail industries. Previous roles include SEB Ventures as Investment Manager, New Wave Group as Head of Business Development and SEB as COO at SEB Investment Strategy.

LENNART LÜBECK
Chairman

Founder and first CEO, Swedish Government Fund for Industrial Development CEO and Chairman, Swedish Space Corporation Chairman, Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute Chairman, Swedish Automotive Research Programme

THE FUND: STOAF III SCITECH

A ”Catch Early & Ride Longer” Venture Fund Concept. Unique deal flow generation, unique deal selection process for home run accuracy and superior Venture Management.

THE CASE: CASCADE DRIVES

Cascade Drives develops the next generation of electromechanical linear drives for mobile and industrial applications with high load capacity combined with high speed.

THE CASE: EMBEDL

AI & Deep learning company that has developed algorithms to optimize hardware costs, energy consumption and performance.