Jane Walerud

I am a serial tech entrepreneur who enjoys operative roles. Since 1999, I have worked with 15 startups, including the successes Bluetail, Klarna and Lensway, and Tobii (where I was business unit head for assistive technology). Three others went badly. The overall results of our investments have been very good. During 2016, after a successful exit from Teclo Networks, I’m engaged with several new firms (two at a time so we can give them our full attention). I studied Cognitive Psychology and Computer Science at Stanford University.

Positions: Honorary Doctor at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Gold Medal recipient at the Royal Academy of Science (IVA), member of the Swedish Startup Hall of Fame, board member of the investment firm Creades, member of the original Swedish Government Innovation Council 2015-2018, Advisor at Sting Deep Tech, Board member at Racefox and Board chairman at Graphmatech.

Hobbies: Sudoku, long wilderness walks with dogs, economics, neuroscience, painting, cooking.