Jacob Arup Bratting Pedersen

Have to share some excitement on what is going on right now. 🔥 The startup landscape is transforming, and we’re seeing this shift clearly in the Nordics, driven by a new wave of technically strong founders and the AI-platform shift. These founders are capitalizing on lower costs, rapid product development, and faster iteration cycles — fundamentally reshaping how startups are built. Here’s what I’m observing: 🔸 Getting off the ground has never been cheaper. What once required millions of $’s and a large team now takes a small group of brilliant founders and some token cost (which is plummeting). The barriers to entry have fallen dramatically, empowering ambitious founders to bring their ideas to life with unprecedented efficiency. 🔸 Faster than ever. Gone are the days of lengthy development. Today’s founders are embracing “build-test-iterate-repeat” cycles at breathtaking speeds. New versions are being shipped several times per day (!), not per quarter. Micro-pivoting has become the norm, enabling startups to adapt quickly and refine their products in real time. 🔸 Next level teams. We are seeing a wave of technically strong founders, many of them at young age, who have grown up in the AI-era. More PhD's in the pitch decks on my desk than ever before. Many founders who have experience from earlier journeys with Nordics start- & scale-ups making them know what good looks like and where the bar is. What this leads to? 🔹 Great and truly disruptive solutions 🔹 Increased competition 🔹 Higher failure rates as a lower barrier to entry and the opportunity in the platform shift makes more take a shot (which I welcome!) 🔹 A big threat to incumbents (My tip to incumbents: Don't build. Buy or collaborate with the new-comers. You won't be able to keep up.) 🔹 Fundraising is becoming very polarised. Either you are in the bucket I'm describing above or you are not. And if you are not, it's not a fun time right now. But if you are, it's a very fun time. 🔹 Unprecedented return potential The startups that do succeed are achieving spectacular results in record time. These outliers that used to yield 100x returns is now potentially delivering 1,000x — and in half the time. The game is faster, the stakes are higher, and the opportunities — particularly in the Nordics — have never been more exciting.

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From today's article in Berlingske: "If you're a founder or visionary, you must firmly believe in what you're doing. If everyone could see what you see, it wouldn't be so innovative." When we founded Mono Solutions in 2007, the B2B SaaS model faced a lot of skepticism. Back then, software was installed on servers – the cloud was barely a concept. Thanks to the visionary insight of my co-founder David Højelsen, we persevered. This belief is also the inspiration behind "Ugly Duckling Ventures" – supporting those 'ugly ducklings' destined to become beautiful swans. #startups #venture #vc #uglyducklingventures

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🌟 Antler Nordics portfolio company Arkion (formerly Skyqraft) announces a $4 million funding round 🌟 Antler has supported Arkion (formerly Skyqraft) from Day 0, from the time they joined our Nordic Founder Residency program. We are really excited about the great company. Awesome work so far from Louise Gauffin, David Wickström and team. Arkion recently achieved some truly impressive milestones, including closing several key client accounts in the US and Europe, tripling revenue, and achieving over 80% AI coverage of faults in distribution grids. Arkion delivers energy asset analytics through scalable, AI-powered asset intelligence, for a power grid that’s ready for an electrified future. With energy consumption poised to double by 2045, the resilience and modernization of grid infrastructure are necessary in shaping a net-zero future. Swift, precise, and sustainable inspections of energy infrastructure are imperative for getting the grid ready for this global transition. Round was led by Subvenio Invest with Neptunia Invest and Antler participating 🚀 Let’s go 🌶️🌶️ #Antler #AI #PowerGrids #Sustainability #Arkion

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"A good COO runs just behind a CEO with urgency and picks up all the pieces that fall behind on the journey." This is Kjartan Slette's (COO & Co-Founder Unacast) description of why he and Thomas Walle (CEO & Co-Founder Unacast) have such a well-functioning partnership after over 10 years. Thanks for a great summary of the COO Summit Autumn 2024 (link to article in the comments), Joakim Birkeli Jacobsen & Shifter.no. Agnes Dyvik Clark shares some great takeaways from her fireside chat with Jon Kåre Stene and other relevant insights into the COO's role in a venture-backed scaleup. Curious to hear how Jon Kåre and Karl would agree with the Batman & Robin comparison! 😅 Great to witness another "Tandberg Mafia" story with Michel Sagen and his learnings from building Videxio and Pexip. Spoiler alert -> One common thread all the speakers come back to is the importance of culture. Something that is hard to copy or replicate but authentically crafted by the founders from early on. "Progress over perfection" - was Videxio's cultural mantra in the early days and I believe a lot of companies, both big and small could learn a lot by following that mindset. 💪🏻🔥🚀

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🎊 Great news for early-stage businesses in Denmark! The new government reform introduces significant funding opportunities, tax relief, and legal changes aimed at boosting startup growth. This is a perfect time for innovative ideas in health, wellbeing, and energy sectors to thrive. If you have a startup or an idea, we want to hear from you! Learn more about the reforms and send your pitch to us for a chance to collaborate. At KRING we not only invest in impact ideas and business concepts, we co-create! https://lnkd.in/dSBnmuDS #Startups #Innovation #Health #Energy #Entrepreneurship #DenmarkReform #EarlyStageBusiness #impactinvesting #Venturebuilding #kring

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Thank you to DiTV ( Dagens Industri) for the opportunity to discuss B&B's latest quarterly report this morning. It was great to share our strategies and efforts driving increased profit, profitability, and cash flow. #BergmanBeving #QuarterlyReport

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🌟 Antler Nordics portfolio company Arkion announces a $4 million funding round 🌟 Antler has supported Arkion (formerly Skyqraft) from Day 0, from the time they joined our Nordic Founder Residency program. We are really excited about the great company. Awesome work so far from Louise Gauffin, David Wickström and team. Arkion recently achieved some truly impressive milestones, including closing several key client accounts in the US and Europe, tripling revenue, and achieving over 80% AI coverage of faults in distribution grids. Arkion delivers energy asset analytics through scalable, AI-powered asset intelligence, for a power grid that’s ready for an electrified future. With energy consumption poised to double by 2045, the resilience and modernization of grid infrastructure are necessary in shaping a net-zero future. Swift, precise, and sustainable inspections of energy infrastructure are imperative for getting the grid ready for this global transition. Round was led by Subvenio Invest with Neptunia Invest and Antler participating. 🚀 #Antler #AI #PowerGrids #Sustainability #Arkion

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🚀 Exciting News! 🚀 Today, Algorithma is thrilled to announce the launch of our new AI services in partnership with Elastx, aimed at empowering companies to seamlessly integrate artificial intelligence into their operations while also ensuring data privacy and compliance. Our structured and business-focused approach ensures that AI implementation is both flexible and scalable, tailored to meet each company's unique needs. From workshops and roadmap planning to developing specific applications and testing use cases with a private language model, we're here to help you navigate the AI landscape and maximize your business potential. 🌟 "We are proud to offer such a comprehensive and proven method for AI implementation," says Jens Ekberg, MBA, CEO of Algorithma. "Together with Elastx, we look forward to helping companies navigate the complex AI landscape and maximize their opportunities." For more information, read the full article here -> https://lnkd.in/d3q6iWzf #AI #Cloud #TechInnovation

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Deeptech can’t achieve its FULL impact if it’s not paired with solutions for all the inevitable speed bumps as it rolls out. 🤖 A great example is Ubiquity Ventures-backed Olis Robotics: when robots fail and production lines halt, it's incredibly painful for these robotics/industrial automation customers. Olis enables them to understand the what/why of robot failures in the field and trigger a fix. Olis Robotics founder Fredrik Rydén has spent over a decade working with robots and realized that a major bottleneck is understanding robot failure in the field. His product allows customers to see the root cause of robot failure instantly (using logs and video recordings) and then activating remote control to remedy the issue and get the robot back to work. The founding of the company goes back to remote control of robots deep underwater and in other remote environments. Now the company is working with many customers in manufacturing plants and warehouses to bring more automation, reliability and recovery to their industrial automation. I'm very happy to have Ubiquity Ventures invest in the Olis Robotics pre-seed round last year alongside T. A. McCann (Pioneer Square Labs) and Matt Rhodes-Kropf (Tectonic Ventures). Learn more about Olis Robotics CEO Fredrik in this morning's just-released blog post: https://lnkd.in/gjAkg7mP #automation #robotics #robots #industrial #video #seattle #seattletech

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At Antler, we're proud members of the Diversity Commitment by INTENTIONAL. That means that we release numbers on our diversity efforts. Today the results from third year of reporting are released. A couple of stats from Antler in the Nordics; 💪 more women applied to get funding from Antler - 24% women in 2022 - 26% women in 2023 💰 we invested in more diverse teams - 72% of new investments in 2022 were men-only teams - 67% of new investments in 2023 were men-only teams Link to full report in the comments 👇 Still a ways to go, but if we're INTENTIONAL about it, sure we'll get there! So let's go 🌶🌶 Instead of talking about what is missing, let's however also take a minute to celebrate what we already have. For that please help me celebrate our portcos w. women co-founders 👏 🇩🇰 🇩🇰 🇩🇰 - The 0-Mission - BetterChoice - Insutex - Jurnie - Klimate.co - Niimblr - Partnerful - Puzzle 🇳🇴 🇳🇴 🇳🇴 - Aiba - safe digital lives - Annuum - AWAN (As We Are Now) - Ekvi - NEVEMIND (Techstars '23) - Nexro - Ocean Oasis - Receipts - Repairable Community - Shapemaker - Simli - Sorenhydrogen - Spoor - sustie - Syrenna 🇸🇪 🇸🇪 🇸🇪 - Allihoop - Astrid Wild - Circulate - Coachendo - Done. - Equality Check - FigureFlow - GroGro - Gyodi - Hypertype - KoalaClick - Leyr - Lokaalt - PeakPath - Pinatubo Interactive - Pocketpet - Precode - pryvX - Respaces - Revive - Skyqraft - Soul Made - Tilly - TravelTail - Yahloh

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We are welcoming a new Venture Partner, Jeppe Schytte-Hansen 🤩 Jeppe brings extensive experience in the B2B SaaS space, having founded and advised several companies. He has a strong track record in the space, which you can read about in the full Venture Partner article, and is co-founder of Templafy, and co-founder and CEO at Omnidocs 🙌 Now, Jeppe is joining the Venture Partner Network to help us take one of our core themes, B2B SaaS, to the next level 🚀 ”I have observed the way Dreamcraft operates and works closely with the portfolio companies. And I like what I see. It’s a bunch of skilled people with interesting growth mindsets and the ability to apply relevant learnings from the companies they interact with. That combined with the profile of the companies that are relevant for me, and the type of business that I might be able to influence a bit, makes it a good match to enter into this Venture Partner role” says Jeppe With this collaboration, we are continuing to create proper value for our stakeholders, together with our stakeholders 🤜🤛 Read more about Jeppe's background and his passion for company building in our latest Meet the Venture Partner article. - find the link in the comments 👇 #venturecapital #B2BSaaS #startups #venturepartner

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Bluesky is a Twitter-alternative. It launched two years ago, and has already grown to an impressive 5.5 million registered users: with only ~10 developers building it. But how was it built? With Elin Nilsson we spent the last couple of weeks talking with Paul Frazee and Daniel Holmgren (two founding engineers at the startup) to get a sense of how this platform went from zero to where it is today. A few interesting notes: - The core of the protocol and app were built by 2-3 engineers over 9 months - Bluesky moved from AWS to on-prem for cost-saving and performance reasons - The team migrated from PostgreSQL to... SQLLite! For maintainability and performance reasons. And they are very happy with this move. Read the details in today's free deepdive: https://lnkd.in/ezqHQvND

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🔍 STORYTELLING, The Curious Case of the Convertible Loan for Nova Innovations. Pitch for BRIDGETEMPO case https://lnkd.in/dQ4vUDDZ 🚀 Nova Innovations, a dynamic Copenhagen-based tech startup, sought additional capital to accelerate growth. Investor A, a seasoned investor, came forward with an intriguing proposal: A convertible loan. 💼 The Deal 💸 Investment: 500,000 DKK (62,500 EUR) 📈 Interest Rate: 10% per annum 📅 Term: 3-4 years 🔑 Minimum Ownership (if converted): 15% 💰 Total Repayment (if not converted): 650,000 DKK (81,250 EUR) 📊 Exit Value upon Conversion: Up to 15% ownership share at a higher valuation 🏷️ Discount Rate for Participation: To be determined during a future capital round 🔀 The Options 1️⃣ Non-Conversion: Enjoy a fixed return of 10% per annum. 2️⃣ Conversion: Potential for significant upside, depending on Nova's future valuation. For instance, if acquired for 20 million DKK, the investor could see a return of 3 million DKK. 🤔 Investor's Choice Investor A decided on the convertible loan, strategically balancing risk with potential reward. This choice not only secured a steady return but also set the stage for a possibly substantial payoff. The convertible loan exemplifies a flexible financing solution, balancing the characteristics of both debt and equity, and offering benefits for both startups and investors alike. #StartupFinancing #ConvertibleLoan #VentureCapital #InvestorStrategy #GrowthCapital #TechStartups #InvestmentOptions #innovation #tech

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We are thrilled to have Data Masters as a partner for the Premier Data Management Event in the Nordics - Data 2030 Summit. Data Masters is a consultancy company, specializing in the field of Data Science and Business Intelligence, ready to address the challenges of companies in any domain to become Masters of their Data. With their portfolios and experience, every consultant within their company is focused on either Self-Service Analytics or the business applicability of Machine Learning. One of the key traits of their approach is that they combine consulting, tailor-made implementation, and education in every one of their projects To learn more about the 2024 partner’s lineup or sponsor the 9th edition visit https://hubs.li/Q02NmW7T0 #Data2030Summit #Data2030 #DataManagement #MasterDataManagement #DataMesh #EnterpriseData #EnterpriseArchitecture #DataGovernance #DataArchitecture #DataQuality #DataCatalog #DataLineage #GDPR #DataSecurity #DataProtection #InformationManagement #DataOps #MetadataManagement

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It’s time to turn the spotlight now to the dream team at AI Bob. With Elin Mårtensson, Petter Wallberg, Rickard Svedenmark and Olle Eriksson I can’t think of a better team for tackling this mega opportunity. They cover all bases and with their domain expertise and backgrounds this is exactly the type of founders we love to back at Norrsken Accelerate.🤩 The problem they address is construction errors when making new buildings. And it’s a huge one! Some data points: In the UK 21% of the value in contruction projects is lost due to building errors. And I don’t think UK property developers are worse than other developers in other markets. And in Sweden, 111bn SEK is lost every year due to construction errors. So globally this it is a trillion dollar problem AI Bob is adressing!💵 Using AI - who could have guessed from their name - AI Bob implements automation in the review process of construction drawings. This can free up to 40% of the architect's working time in projects where the review is otherwise performed manually. But this saving is almost a rounding error compared to the saving from avoiding construction errors and having to tear down stuff to rebuild it again. By detecting construction errors or deviations at an early stage, real estate developers can avoid costs for construction errors that can otherwise constitute up to 20% of the total project budget which is massive!🏘️ And the market seems to love what they are doing with the big architect firm and property developers already lining up to implement their breakthrough solution. If you want get in touch with you can do this here:https://lnkd.in/dggEeFjW

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The 10th Anniversary Edition of the Data Innovation Summit brings together the world’s leading technology and service providers in data, analytics, and AI – all in one place. 🌍 🔹Explore cutting-edge solutions that are transforming industries. 🔹Discover top-tier providers showcasing their expertise and products – including companies presenting in the Nordics for the very first time. 🔹Connect with innovators, partners, and thought leaders who are pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in the data and AI space. Whether you’re looking for the latest tools, innovative platforms, or strategic partnerships, Data Innovation Summit 2025 is the ultimate opportunity to: ✅ Find the solutions you need to accelerate your data and AI journey. ✅ Build valuable connections with industry leaders and innovators. ✅ Gain insights into the most advanced technologies on the market. 🎟 Don’t miss your chance to connect with the best in the business! Secure your spot at the 10th edition of the Nordics' biggest data and AI event today! Explore the 2025 partners at https://hubs.li/Q0308XK30 #DISummit2030 #GenerativeAI #LLM #AppliedAI #DataAnalytics #Analytics #DataManagement #DataGovernance #DataScience #DataEngineering #DataVisualization #DataMesh #DataQuality #DataSecurity #BigData #IoT #MachineLearning #ML #MLOps #DeepLearning #ArtificialIntelligence #AI #AIEthics #DBMS #DevOps #AppliedInnovation #ResponsibleAI #AIforSustainability

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The 10th Anniversary Edition of the Data Innovation Summit brings together the world’s leading technology and service providers in data, analytics, and AI – all in one place. 🌍 🔹Explore cutting-edge solutions that are transforming industries. 🔹Discover top-tier providers showcasing their expertise and products – including companies presenting in the Nordics for the very first time. 🔹Connect with innovators, partners, and thought leaders who are pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in the data and AI space. Whether you’re looking for the latest tools, innovative platforms, or strategic partnerships, Data Innovation Summit 2025 is the ultimate opportunity to: ✅ Find the solutions you need to accelerate your data and AI journey. ✅ Build valuable connections with industry leaders and innovators. ✅ Gain insights into the most advanced technologies on the market. 🎟 Don’t miss your chance to connect with the best in the business! Secure your spot at the 10th edition of the Nordics' biggest data and AI event today! Explore the 2025 partners at https://hubs.li/Q0308XK30 #DISummit2030

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7/10 🥁 As we approach the deadline for applications, we are also coming close to featuring our last batch members. Next up is Wilma Emanuelsson. With a dream of becoming a hacker already at age 7 and many projects since then, Wilma joined the Velocity batch building synchronized audio for reading through eye tracking. What was your favorite moment of the trip? "The highlights were getting to know the other participants and experiencing unique aspects of startup culture together. Visiting the hacker house hf0 and meeting Cory Levy on the rooftop were particularly memorable and inspiring moments." What was the biggest surprise? "Honestly, a lot. In many ways, it felt like stepping onto a new planet with APIs being advertised on billboards along the highway. Furthermore, the emphasis on future potential over past achievements was refreshing. Above all, the most surprising aspect was how deeply ingrained tech culture is, creating the perfect ecosystem for startups to thrive. It's truly a world designed for innovation." How did Velocity Fellows impact your startup journey? "It opened my eyes to vast opportunities, with everything moving faster and on a larger scale. The experience challenged my entrepreneurial mindset, leading to important realizations and changes in my approach." We know Wilma is already making big waves and attracting a lot of interest. We are super excited to keep following you and all the amazing things you will build. Are you interested in a similar experience? Remember that applications for this year's batch are open until the 23rd of September. Link in the comments ⬇️ ⬇️

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Sharing Our Insights: Upcoming Changes to Shareholder Register Rules We at Equro are pleased to have contributed our perspective in Økonomi24.com’s article: “Two Months Until New Rules for Transparency in the Shareholder Register”. The upcoming regulatory changes will have a significant impact on how companies manage their shareholder registers. In the article, we share our insights on what these changes mean for companies, shareholders, and advisors, as well as how digital solutions can facilitate a smooth and efficient transition to compliance with the new requirements. Read the full article in the link below (in Norwegian). If your company has questions about how these changes might affect you or how Equro can assist, feel free to reach out to us. #shareholderregister #regulatorychanges #digitalization #transparency #Equro

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