An investment syndicate of angels who are building some of the fastest-growing tech startups in the world
We have worked at or started companies like Uber, Revolut, Synthesia, Public, Google Brain, Dropbox, Lenus, Encord, Linkedin, DeepMind and Calm.
What we do
We invest mostly at F&F, pre-seed and seed. We don't mind pivots, we often encourage them, and we like to be very early.
We want to be invited to invest because you believe we can add value not because we will lead the round
We invest individually and our initial ticket size range is from $10K - $100K per investor
We’re geo-agnostic.
We are very founder focused so we invest in most areas as long as we like the founder. We tend to like things that are hard to build.
A sample of our track record
AI and ML
Occasionally, a technology comes along that changes everything. AI is that kind of foundational technology. We particularly love very technical plays and strong, durable vertical use-cases which improve end-user productivity.
Deeptech
Good things take time. We love to invest in novel technology which is hard to build and have long timelines.
B2B SaaS
We still believe B2B SaaS companies have the potential to be some of the most disruptive and value-adding companies in the world.
Fintech
We still believe there is a huge market opportunity for disruptive fintech companies to take over incumbents. Particularly within: B2B payments, Wealth and Capital Markets, Embedded infrastructure, Financial Management Software, Insuretech, Risk and Fraud.
Health-tech
We are happy to see an increased focus on solving some of the large societal and healthcare related challenges we are facing as a society.
Our team
The best thing to come out of Denmark since Noma, C++ and Lego. A group of builders who continue to build and want to help exceptional entrepreneurs bring innovation to the world
Palle Broe heads up Pricing at Templafy in Copenhagen. He spent the past 6 years aboard in London and San Francisco with Uber in various roles across Operations, Launch ,and Strategy. He created Graduteships.com as a side hustle in 2016 to create more transparency for students and graduates and has been advising a few Danish-based startups as well.
Hans Waagø is the CBP at Voi Technology based in Stockholm. Prior to Voi he spent 5 years at Uber, first building ridesharing in Denmark and later as part of the leadership team for Uber Eats in the US, based out of NYC.
Philip currently works as Chief of Staff at Nova Credit in New York City, acting as the CEO's right hand. Prior to joining Nova Credit, Philip was part of the team that launched Revolut in the US where he led critical cross-functional projects involving legal, product, BD/sales, partnerships, and operations. Philip was trained as a Mgmt consultant at McKinsey and holds an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Co-founder/co-CEO at the social trading app Public.com based out of New York City. He has raised more than $200M from European and US investors. Previous co-founded Tradable (CFH Group) and worked at Saxo Bank. Design & product geek
Steffen Tjerrild is the COO, CFO & Co-founder of Synthesia. Previously worked at Kukula Capital in Zambia, Founders and Saxo Bank. Steffen has been recognised as a 30 under 30 in Technology Europe.
Morten is leading global operations at Worksome and has lead Worksome's expansion into North America. Prior to Worksome, he worked at McKinsey & Company as well as Google. As a co-founder and investor at Matter, Morten was named as one of the most influential entrepreneurs under 30 by Forbes in Forbes 30 under 30.
Synthesia
Victor Riparbelli is the Co-Founder & CEO at Synthesia. The #1 AI video creation platform with more than $150M raised to date. Victor has been recognised as a 30 under 30 in Europe.
Lasse is a Staff Research Engineer at DeepMind. He was responsible for opening up the Google Brain office in Amsterdam. Prior to Brain, he worked 3.5 years at DeepMind in London on "Al" in products and reinforcement learning (Al for games).
Emil Dyrvig is the CRO at Templafy based out of NYC. Prior to this he led the companies expansion into North America. Previously he worked at Dropbox in the UK and the US. Emil was recognised as one of 100 most talented business persons under the age of 35 in 2018.
Ulrik Stig Hansen is the Co-Founder & President at Cord. He previously worked at J.P. Morgan in London within Emerging Market Rates & FX and holds a MS in Computer Science from Imperial College London. Accepted into YC this year and currently working on fundraising for Cord.
Bertram is the Founder and CEO of Lenus eHealth, a global healthtech company which has scaled from 1 to +500 FTEs in 6 years with boots on the ground in +10 markets. Bertram was recognised as Entrepreneur of the Year by EY in 2021.
Mads Johnsen is the CPO at the meditation app Calm where he leads the product organization. Previously a product leader at Uber in San Francisco where he led B2B products & rides growth at Uber. Previously at LinkedIn, McKinsey & Nokia.
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Operating Investors
We are proud to be hands-on investors. We invest because we want to help. Below is a subset of the areas we normally help founders with.
Technical Development
We have deep technical expertise within leading technologies such as AI and ML. We can prevent you from making the same development mistakes we made.
Sales & Account Management
We have experience running sales in B2C companies with hundreds of transactions per day and B2B enterprises with multi year sales cycles. We will help you win your first deal and scale your sales organization.
Scaling & Hiring
We have scaled multiple business and know what it takes to take a business from 0-1 and 1-100. We have hired 1000's of employees and can help you source, hire as well as create a well running HR machine.
Fundraising
We have raised more than $400M from some of the worlds most renowned investors such as Index, Google Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Accel, Lakestar, CRV, EQT and many more
GTM, Pricing & Packaging
Most companies get this wrong from the start. So did we. We will help you truly understand who your ideal customers are and how you best monetize your customer over time.
Product Strategy
We have built products at some of the most innovative companies in the world including: Uber, Public, Synthesia, Revolut, Linkedin, Calm,
What is your investment processs?
We move fast. Normally we make a decision after a few calls with the founder.
What do we invest in?
We invest in early-stage companies whit software-driven business models. We invest in globally funding teams who want to make a dent in the world.
At what stage do you invest?
Our sweet spot is the pre-seed or seed stage.
Do you lead rounds? What is your ticket size?
No. Our ticket size depends on whether we lead or follow or syndicate. On average, our ticket size ranges between USD 25K to 250K.
What don't you invest in?
VICE's
Do you syndicate whit other investors?
Occasionally, when it make sense. For example, if we see that our competencies and network are complemented by those of another investor or VC fund, we love to bring them along.
