DIGITALWELL VENTURES Mentor network

Tone Ringstad

Founder and CEO of Culture Intelligence

Company: Culture Intelligence
Location: Oslo, Norway
Main focus area: TMRL - Team
Expertise: Team Culture
Bio: Tone helps our start-ups identify cultural codes and strategies that engage their team to drive the company forward. She is a strong voice in the startup community in Oslo, and an acknowledged speaker within innovation, culture transformation and leadership.

Livia Holm

Market Access Director in KRY

Company: KRY
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Main focus area: CRL - Customer
Expertise: B2G Business development
Bio: Being part of KRY's journey since the summer of 2015, she was hired as one of the company's first employees. Since then, she has gone through various roles which contributed to the company's establishment and expansion both in Sweden and in Europe, from start-up to unicorn.

Chelsea Ranger

Health Tech & Life Science Strategist

Company: Ranger Consulting
Location: Oslo, Norway
Main focus area: BRL - Business
Expertise: Clinical HealthTech 
Bio: Chelsea works as a consultant across the Nordic life science ecosystem with research groups, start-ups, scale-ups, and cluster organizations. While her activities are tailored to the needs of each client, her core services include strategy & business development, KOL or stakeholder identification & engagement, investor relations, and storytelling. Regardless of which hat she is wearing, her goal is to support convergence across sectors of the HealthTech industry, within the Nordic region, and between the Nordics & the United States.

Pelin Hizal Smines

CEO

Company: SAMMEVEI
Location: Oslo, Norway
Main focus area: CRL - Customer
Expertise: Marketing, Business Plan, Investor Pitching, Business Development
Bio: Holding and Executive MBA and international affairs masters degree, Pelin has more than 25 years of experience in marketing, sales and product management, where 8 years of her carrier was in mobility startups.

Cecilia Fenelius

Tf bitr Verksamhetschef HS Ledningsstöd

Company: Region Värmland
Location: Karlstad, Sweden
Main focus area: CRL - Customer
Expertise: Public Healthcare
Bio:

Kari Syrja

Vice President of Sales in Comintelli

Company: Oracle Silicon Valley Incubator
Location: Uppsala, Sweden
Main focus area: CRL - Customer
Expertise: Go-To-Market & Scaling
Bio:

Robert Rhönnstad

Senior consultant in SCAALER

Company: SCAALER IoT Labs
Location: Arvika, Sweden
Main focus area: TRL - Technology
Expertise: Systems Architecture
Bio: An IoT/IoT/IT Solution Consultant, Robert has broad experience within system, solution and cloud design and architecture with a particular enthusiasm for smart building and smart cities. He helps our start-ups with R&D in many different tech projects.

Humberto Olivo

Company: Volpi Health, Valyfund Venture Capital
Location: Austin, USA
Main focus area: FRL - Funding
Expertise: Funding and Sustainability
Bio:

Tale Skjølsvik

Professor/Vice-Dean R&D, Faculty of Technology, Art & Design, OsloMet

Company: Oslo Metropolitan University
Location: Oslo, Norway
Main focus area: BRL - Business
Expertise: Digital Transformation
Bio:

Auke Hunneman

Associate Professor of Marketing

Company: BI Norwegian Business School
Location: Oslo, Norway
Main focus area: CRL - Customer
Expertise: Marketing; Retail Marketing; Marketing (Mix) Models and Marketing Analytics.
Bio: Associate Professor at the Marketing Department of BI Norwegian Business School and one of the developers and Associate Dean for BI's Master of Science in Business Analytics. He does research and teaching in the area of marketing analytics, retailing, and marketing's effectiveness.

Jens Bryntesson

Sales Manager Nemko Sweden AB

Company: NEMKO
Location: Oslo, Norway
Main focus area: BRL - Business
Expertise: CE Accreditation
Bio: Jens helps our start-ups launch their electrical product on the national and international market. With degrees and experience from both engineering and marketing, he combines his technical know-how with inside knowledge of market wants and needs.

Camilla Andersson

Chairman, Advisor and Investor

Company: Andersson Invest
Location: Bergen, Norway
Main focus area: FRL - Funding
Expertise: Crowdfunding
Bio: Camilla has been building and investing in companies for the past 20 years. She has broad experience as a mentor, advisor and board member and shares her expertise within crowdfunding and investor networking.

Santosh Kotnis

CEO & Managing Partner

Company: SpringUp Capital, Geneva Business School, BIRD Incubator, Aggrator Incubator
Location: Pune, India
Main focus area: TRL - Technology
Expertise: Emerging Tech
Bio: Santosh is all about growth. As a seasoned entrepreneur and start-up mentor with experience from across the globe he can advise our start-ups on how to streamline their processes to maximize profitability as well as prepare for investment opportunities

Stefan Engeseth

Author, speaker, CEO and business consultant

Company: Detective Marketing
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Main focus area: CRL - Customer
Expertise: Sales Strategy
Bio: Stefan is renowned author of Sharkonomics, a business book that draws parallells between the shark’s instincts and strategies and how companies can attack and defend their business in today's market. Over the years, Stefan Engeseth has worked as a consultant with internationally companies and Fortune 500 corporations. He is often described as on of the world’s leading experts and speakers in his field.

Uwe Scheele

Office Manager and Authorized Tax Advisor

Company: Grant Thornton
Location: Karlstad, Sweden
Main focus area: BRL - Business
Expertise: Audits & Tax
Bio:

Mari Banck

Public Sector Innovation, eHealth & Test Expert

Company: Region Värmland
Location: Karlstad, Sweden
Main focus area: BRL - Business 
Expertise: Public Sector Innovation, eHealth, Product and Service Testing & Development for the public sector
Bio: Mari Banck has over 30 years of experience working in the public sector in Sweden as development manager and innovation leader. 

Volker Seyffert

Founder and CEO at Nordic Analysis AS

Company: Nordic Analysis, Kjeller Innovation, StartupLab, Sopra Steria Scaleup
Location: Oslo, Norway
Main focus area: BRL - Business
Expertise: Entrepreneurship
Bio:

Don Brancato

Chief Strategy Architect at Boeing

Company: Boeing
Location: Seattle, USA
Main focus area: TRL - Techn ology
Expertise: IoT Systems Architecture
Bio:

Mei Wen

Venture Catalyst, Tech Entrepreneur, Board Professional

Company: YInvest, Startup Sweden
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Main focus area: TRL - Technology
Expertise: Robotics, Emerging Tech & Funding
Bio: Mei is an active venture catalyst in several markets, including the Nordics. A robotics engineer turned serial entrepreneur and investor, she is founder of several companies and knows first-hand what makes or breaks a tech start-up.

Simon Olson

Venture advisor

Company: XY Ventures
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Main focus area: FRL - Funding
Expertise: Funding
Bio:

Antonio Grasso

Author, mentor, researcher, speaker

Company: Digital Business Innovation
Location: Naples, Italy
Main focus area: TRL - Techn ology
Expertise: Digital Transformation
Bio:

Thanh Nguyen Nygaard

Senior Consultant at Sopra Steria

Company: Propl
Location: Oslo, Norway
Main focus area: CRL - Customer
Expertise: Digital Transformation
Bio:

Jeremy McCrohan

Chief Financial Officer in PubGene AS

Company: Norway Health Tech
Location: Bergen, Norway
Main focus area: FRL - Funding
Expertise: Funding
Bio:

Toni Nijm

Founder of Yobi Partners

Company: Yobi Partners
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Main focus area: IPRL - IPR
Expertise: IPR & Funding
Bio: Toni has over 20 years’ experience working with start-ups; as founder, advisor, investor, and board member. His specialty is tech-enabled service businesses and deep-tech companies. Toni shares his broad expertise with our start-ups, ranging from IP, computer vision, AI and machine learning to blockchain.

Danielle Guzman

Global Head of Social Media at Mercer

Company: Mercer
Location: New York, USA
Main focus area: BRL - Business
Expertise: Social Media
Bio:

Nicolas Babin

President at Babin Business Consulting

Company: World Business Angels Investment Forum (WBAF)
Location: Bordeaux, France
Main focus area: FRL - Funding
Expertise: Investments
Bio:

Gerson Rolim

CEO at Intellimetri & Observatore

Company: Intellimetri
Location: Sao Paolo, Brazil
Main focus area: TRL - Technology
Expertise: Artificial Intelligence
Bio:

Kathra Saba

Strategy and Business Developer

Company: Oslo Municipality
Location: Oslo, Norway
Main focus area: BRL - Business
Expertise: Social Innovation
Bio:

Stella Sederlin

Regional Sales Manager

Company: Capsule Tech
Location: Malmö, Sweden
Main focus area: CRL - Customer
Expertise: Sales & Marketing in Public Healthcare
Bio:

Robert Erik Schultz

Managing Director

Company: Massnex
Location: Boston, USA
Main focus area: BRL - Business
Expertise: Healthcare Innovation
Bio:

Steinar Svalesen

Partner

Company: Cyrus Capital, Ridgehaven Ventures
Location: Oslo, Norway
Main focus area: FRL - Funding
Expertise: Funding
Bio: Steinar Svalesen has more than 25 years’ experience in the IT/media/telecom industries with special focus on venture transactions in the technology space. He currently serves on executive boards of Scandinavian early-stage and growth technology companies in addition to serving as a mentor for young tech entrepreneurs.

Jürgen Jürgenson

CEO at TenantPass

Company: 372 Ventures
Location: Tallin, Estonia
Main focus area: CRL - Customer
Expertise: Inbound Marketing
Bio:

Pia Virmalainen Jøsendal

Strategic digital change agent

Company: Asker Municipality
Location: Asker, Norway
Main focus area: TRL - Technology
Expertise: Digital Transformation in Government
Bio:

Nils Jakob Berland

CEO Bergen Robotics AS

Company: Bergen Robotics
Location: Bergen, Norway
Main focus area: TRL - Technology
Expertise: AI
Bio:

Daniel Malmqvist

CEO & Co-Founder @ Stepler

Company: Storytel, Stepler
Location: Karlstad, Sweden
Main focus area: CRL - Customer
Expertise: Client Acquisition
Bio:

Jennifer Wessels

Chief Consultant, Business Developer and CEO

Company: Next Step
Location: Silicon Valley, USA
Main focus area: BRL - Business
Expertise: 
Bio:

James Gingerich

Director of Sales and Business Development at EXPEFLOW Inc.

Company: Expeflow Inc.
Location: Ontario, Canada
Main focus area: CRL - Customer
Expertise: Customer CX
Bio:

Maria Santacaterina

Digital Business Transformation

Company: Santacaterina Consulting
Location: London, UK
Main focus area: BRL - Business
Expertise: Digital Transformation
Bio:

Ágústa Ýr Thorbergsdóttir

Managing Director at NAVIGO slf

Company: Navigo
Location: Reykjavik, Iceland
Main focus area: FRL - Funding
Expertise: EU Funding
Bio:

Neville Gaunt

CEO Mind Fit Ltd

Company: YP2G
Location: London, UK
Main focus area: TMRL - Team
Expertise: Personal Development
Bio: Neville is advisor to international management teams and can share practical advice with our start-ups concerning mergers and acquisitions, JV negotiations and business restructuring.

Anders Lundkvist

Economist, Sustainable Innovation & Growth, Ph.D

Company: Allies
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Main focus area: BRL - Business
Expertise: Company Builder
Bio:

Sagar Barvaliya

Head of Venture Development

Company: Blockrocket
Location: Munich, Germany
Main focus area: TRL - Technology
Expertise: Blockchain
Bio:

Klaes Igelström

Partner

Company: Novateur
Location: Lillestrøm, Norway
Main focus area: BRL - Business
Expertise: Media, Branding
Bio:

Ilona Gulchak

Chairperson of the board

Company: Commercialization Reactor
Location: Riga, Latvia
Main focus area: BRL - Business
Expertise: Management, investments, investor relations, market application, business and commercialization strategy.
Bio: Finance professional with international business experience in finance and banking industry. Actively engaged in deep-tech, supporting science commercialization and helping new enterprises to bring value to the economy.

Maria Marenco

Founder/ CEO

Company: Mentfort Ltd.
Location: UK / Sweden
Main focus area: TRL - Technology
Expertise: Digital Health & Wellness Expert, Mental Health, Blockchain Strategist
Bio: Digital Health and Wellness Expert | Mental Health | Blockchain Strategist and Advisor | International Keynote Speaker | Serial Entrepreneur | Angel Investments
Markets: Nordics, LATAM, EMEA.

Anders Liling

CEO

Company: ALH AB 
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Main focus area: BRL - Business
Expertise: GTM, Business models, financing
Bio:  

Yolanda Ramiro

Senior Project Manager Consultant / Co-Founder

Company: Merkle Inc. / Massnex LLC
Location: Switzerland, Zug
Main focus area: BRL - Business
Expertise: Strategic marketing, digital transformation, global campaign management, corporate and business development, venture capital
Bio: Strategic marketing and project manager with 15+ years of experience delivering results for companies in multiple industries and geographies in healthcare, digital, consumer, advisory, and industrial.

Sofia Nordgren

CEO

Company: Kickfile
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Main focus area: IPRL - IPR
Expertise: MDR, Compliance, Regulatory
Bio: 

Jan Sollid Storehaug

CEO

Company: Tenk Digitalt AS
Location: Oslo, Norway
Main focus area: BRL - Business
Expertise: Digital Marketing, Public Speaking, Business development, New Technology
Bio: Jan Sollid Storehaug is a serial entrepreneur, a professional public speaker and loves helping promising startups, advising more than 50 leaders of startups the last 3 years.

Enrico Molinari

Project Evaluator, Horizon 2020

Company: European Commission
Location: Milan, Italy
Main focus area: BRL-Business
Expertise: Economics
Bio: 

Dimitris Polychronopoulos

Lead Director Norway

Company: Founder Insitute
Location: Oslo, Norway
Main focus area: BRL - Business
Expertise: Innovation
Bio: 

Rima Harb

VP Commercial and Partnerships

Company: Teralight Group
Location: Beirut, Lebanon
Main focus area: CRL - Customer
Expertise: Technology Sales
Bio: 

Elisabeth Liljensten

CEO

Company: Devicia
Location: Kungsbacka, Sweden
Main focus area: IPRL - IPR
Expertise: MDR, Compliance, Regulatory
Bio: 

Vijay Pravin Maharajan

Founder & CEO

Company: bitsCrunch GmbH
Location: Munich, Germany
Main focus area: TRL - Technology
Expertise: Blockchain, NFT, Data Analytics, Artificial Intelligence.
Bio: Founder & CEO : bitsCrunch, a Blockchain Analytics company which is focusing on NFTs. TEDx Speaker, also the first Indian to be invited for a TEDx talk in Germany below 30. Awarded as ‘Top 40 Data Scientists under 40’ in India

Jin Han

Managing Partner

Company: Globus
Location: Amsterdam
Main focus area: CRL - Customer
Expertise: AI, Sales, Product Market Fit, Fund Raising, Strategy, Scaling, Operational Efficiency
Bio:

Background in Management consulting with Accenture and Ernst & Young. Clients include Samsung, American Express, NASA JPL.

Also worked closely with over 100 startups and founders, serving as a board member in 10+ startups / scaleups.

Joni Lehto

Entrepreneur

Company: Entrepreneur
Location: Helsinki, Finland
Main focus area: KTH / CBH / MTH
Expertise: BFundraising, sales, business development, strategy, operations, business model development
Bio:Built e.g. https://ecosystem.fi/, the investor database. Day job with City of Helsinki on investor relations, corporate, networking etc.

Kenneth Valbøll

Chief Commercial Officer

Company: Avonova Helse AS
Location: Oslo, Norway
Main focus area: CRL - Customer
Expertise: Sales, Customer success, Marketing, Business development, IT, Finance, Coporate healthcare
Bio: Holding an Executive MBA in innovation management, Kenneth is an international experienced commercial leader with 25 years of proficiency within IT, Finance and healtcare.

Mikael Hyensjö

Systems Architect

Company: Qbim
Location: Karlstad, Sweden
Main focus area: TRL - Technology
Expertise: Analytics
Bio: Serial Entrepreneur, Angel Investor and Business Intelligence Consultant, Mikael combines his business knowledge with technological insight to advise our start-ups on how to organize their data. His specialty is creating easy to understand visualizations of health data.

Björn-Erik Erlandsson

Professor, Senior Advisor

Company: KTH / Royal Institute of Technology
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Main focus area: KTH / CBH / MTH
Expertise: Biomedical engineering, medical informatics, standardisation
Bio: Senior Advisor KTH/STH since August 2016 and Director of Jonasson Center for Medical Imaging since October 2021. Member of the Board of Directors in companies and Regional development foundation, Umeå.

Johan Henricson

CEO

Company: StudyBee
Location: Malmö, Sweden
Main focus area:  
Expertise: Business Development.
Cinema: 

Johanna Palmér

Consultant

Company: Palmer Insights
Location: Linköping, Sweden
Main focus area: TMRL - Team
Expertise: Leadership, growth, corporate governance, sustainability, communication, personal growth.
Bio: Former CEO of the Swedish Chamber of Commerce of East Sweden, now board professional, business advisor and coach, investor, speaker and mentor.

Lars G Fröjd

CEO and Founder

Company: Virtual Management AB
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Main focus area: 
Expertise: Business catalyst, strategy execution, smart culture.
Bio: Experienced leader, entrepreneur, mentor and speaker with deep experience from several sectors including IT, telecom, travel, security, government and health. During his career he has worked with public and private corporations and organizations in the Americas, Europe and Asia. 

Dr.Ingrid Vasiliu Feltes

CEO / President / Chief Innovation Offc.

Company: Softhread / Detect Genomix / GBA / WBAF
Location: USA
Main focus area: 
Expertise: Emerging Tech (blockchain, AI, quantum, nanotech, genomics, metaverse)
Bio: Top 25 Quantum Leaders · Top 25 Digital Twins Leader · Top 50 Ecosystems Leader WBAF World Excellence Award-Social Entrepreneurship 2021 · Top 50 Global Leaders in Health Tech · Top 100 Global Women in Leadership Award 2021 · Top 100 World Women Vision Award 2021-Innovation & Tech · Top 100 Healthcare Leader 2020 Award · Top 100 Finance Leader 2020 Award.

Siddharth Khullar

Senior Director, Machine Learning R&D

Company: Northvolt
Location: San Jose, California, United States
Main focus area: TRL - Technology
Expertise: AI, Machine Learning, HealthTech
Bio: 

Fredrik Östlin

Innovation Advisor & Entrepreneur

Company: Karlstad University Grant and Innovation Office & Off2Off
Location: Karlstad, Sweden
Main focus area: BRL - Business
Expertise: Innovation & Sustainability, Business Development, Public Sector Sales & Relations, Circular Economy.
Bio: Innovation Advisor, Sustainability Expert & B2G Entrepreneur. Fredrik is the founder of the social innovation Off2Off, a B2G company providing a digital solution for circular reuse of furniture and inventory for the public sector. He also works as innovation advisor at GIO, Grants & Innovation Office, at Karlstad University in Sweden and is well connected in both the research and innovation ecosystems in Sweden. 

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