EXPERIENCED TEAM
MAGNUS ERIKSSON
General Partner, Advanced Industrial Technology, Chairman of Deal Flow Committee
General Partner, Advanced Industrial Technology, Chairman of Deal Flow Committee
- 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
General Partner, Sustainable Energy Technology, CFO
- 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.
LENNART OHLSSON, Assoc. Prof.
General Partner, Chairman of Investment Committee
General Partner, Chairman of Investment Committee
- Originator of the Stoaf group’s due diligence and investment analysis methodology.
- Chairman of Investment and Deal Flow Committés
- Co-founder of eight business angel companies
- Co-founder of Innovation Market (now NGM) and Chairman of Innovation Managers with 7 listings valued at SEK 13 billions in 2017.
- Author of 20 books, four on VC methods and business angels
- Associate professor in economics from Uppsala University
CLAES POST, Professor.
General Partner, Life Sciences
General Partner, Life Sciences
- 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
FREDRIK RUNNQUIST
General Partner, Advanced ICT
General Partner, Advanced ICT
- GP and Member of Stoaf Start IIs Managing Board.
- 25+ years IT management, Business CIO Ericsson, Head of IT Philips, Sweden Post and Swedbank.
- 30+ board assignments, incl international. Investing since 2001, 20% IRR, one 20x
- Graduated as M.Sc from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, and holds a B.Sc in Economics, Stockholm University.
PER ANDERS WÄRN
General Partner, CEO
General Partner, CEO
- 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