Are you running a B2B technology company in the Nordic region or in Germany and looking for Seed or Series A funding? Get in touch with one of our Analysts and send us your pitch deck.
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We understand the entrepreneurs’ journey, as we’ve been down that road ourselves. We know how to listen and when to step in. We have been working with technology companies for over a decade and developed and tested approaches for acceleration and scaling in the US market.
This involves setting up operations, finding product/market fit and scaling teams, and together with our US partners, provide the required growth capital for the journey. We are company builders focused on scaling businesses and empowering change. We are an active partner for the duration of your company’s growth journey.
We like to get to know the founder teams and understand their ambition, dreams and aspirations.
The process can take many forms, but usually looks like this:
The process takes 8-12 weeks.
Scale Capital is raising its 3rd technology fund and is inviting new investors to join.
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Schleppegrellsgade 8, kl.
2200 Copenhagen N
Denmark
Vasagatan 28,
111 20 Stockholm,
Sverige
470 Ramona St,
94301, Palo Alto
United States
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Locations · Copenhagen · Stockholm · silicon valley
© 2023 Scale capital
Copenhagen · Stockholm · silicon valley
Joachim Schelde
Senior Investment Associate
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Joachim is a Senior Investment Associate at Scale Capital, where he is responsible for the origination and execution of investment opportunities and for building partnerships between Scale Capital and relevant investors, advisors, and industry experts.
Prior to joining Scale Capital in September 2020, Joachim worked in management consulting on digitization and transformation projects for two years. Later, he spent time in growth equity investing working on unicorn deals before transitioning to the early-stage game.
Joachim founded his first business at age 17 and has been passionate about entrepreneurship ever since. He is excited about backing bold entrepreneurs who create a positive impact through technology.
Joachim holds a MSc. in Finance and Strategic Management from Copenhagen Business School (CBS) and is a Visiting Student at Harvard University and Singapore Management University.
Terkel Douglas
Investment Associate
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Terkel is an Investment Associate at Scale Capital and is an integral part of the fund’s deal-sourcing activities and execution of investments. Terkel is also responsbile for the funds ESG-framework.
Prior to joining Scale Capital, Terkel worked at Danish mutual fund BankInvest. As part of the business development team, he has been involved in the transformation of BankInvests widely recognized sustainable investment efforts, as well as handling their Robo-Investment product, DarwinApp. Before BankInvest, Terkel interned at UK based Private Equity firm Bregal Milestone where he was a part of the deal-sourcing team for Scandinavian mid-cap companies.
Terkel is a strong believer in start-ups ability and potential to make a positive impact on the world. He is a co-founder of The Weavers Nest, an NGO specializing in sustainable tourism and rescuing wild animals near Kaziranga National Park, India.
Terkel is currently pursuing a dual degree Master in Social Science and Economics at the University of Copenhagen (KU), focusing on Private Capital, Sustainable Investment and the role of politics in global finance.
Judith Schrader
Investment Analyst
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Judith is an Investment Analyst at Scale Capital and is part of the deal-sourcing team. Judith is also responsible for performing industry research on the funds’ investment verticals.
Prior to joining Scale Capital, Judith interned at KPMG, helping with the audit of multi-national corporations. She also worked at a Danish e-commerce startup, assisting with their seed fundraising round. During her studies, Judith worked at Humboldt University of Berlin, performing research for a government-funded research project to examine how regulation and transparency impact our economy and society.
Judith likes to deep dive into new technologies and ideas that change the way companies and the whole ecosystem work and make people rethink.
Judith holds a BSc. In Business Administration from Humboldt University of Berlin and is a visiting student at the University of Copenhagen. Currently she also pursues her Master’s degree in Finance and Investments at Copenhagen Business School next year.
Sofia Svanqvist
Junior Investment Analyst
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Sofia is a Junior Investment Analyst at Scale Capital and is a part of the deal-sourcing team. As a Swedish native, Sofia is also responsible for fostering the growth of the fund’s presence in Sweden’s ecosystem.
Prior to joining Scale Capital, Sofia spent three years supporting executive leadership at the largest retail bank in the Nordics with digital transformation, sourcing and strategy. Before this, she interned at one of the leading SaaS Prop-Tech start-ups in the Nordics with a focus on elevating customer experiences and enhancing value creation for different stakeholders.
Sofia is an explorer at heart and initiated her venture at 15, selling strawberries to fund her travels. With a flair for Data & Analytics, Automation and AI, she is a firm believer that entrepreneurship in combination with technical innovations, is the path to bringing a positive and sustainable change to the world.
Sofia holds a bachelor’s degree in International Business and an MSc. in Business Administration and Digital Businesses from Copenhagen Business School (CBS).
Lars Jensen
Managing Partner
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Since Co-founding Scale Capital in 2012, Lars has been managing the investment activities and worked in/with portfolio companies to accelerate growth; leveraging his experience and network in the United States.
Prior to becoming an investor, Lars had a corporate career in Telecoms and Management Consulting, before becoming an entrepreneur in 2008, where he founded, grew and sold two companies. In 2012, Lars co-founded Scale Capital with the idea to support Nordic based founders in their efforts to establish and grow ventures in the US market. Lars lived in Silicon Valley from 2013-2017, where he help establish Scale Capital’s US operation and worked to help accelerate portfolio companies.
Lars is an entrepreneur at heart, who loves to innovate and see companies and people develop and grow. He invests in and advise technology startups on how to build globally scalable companies.
Kenneth Grunow
General Partner
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Since Co-founding Scale Capital in 2012, Kenneth has been working on investment activities next to assisting portfolio companies and administrating fund operations.
Prior to Scale Capital, Kenneth worked in commercial real-estate development for 25 years. He has also been running his own M&A broker business where he made more than 80 transactions.
Kenneth has founded four companies in total and made four exits. He is a passionate businessman with a great experience in directing business operations and helping companies internationalize.
Kenneth holds two educations in Board Governance from Strategic Boardroom and Chair Person and has completed a leadership course at FranklinCovey. In addition, Kenneth is a certified M&A adviser at Business House Sealand.
Vika Marszalek
Communication & Design
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Vika joined Scale Capital in order to help find Scale’s unique and authentic voice and expand its communication to unfold Scale’s story and vision.
Prior to joining Scale Capital, Vika pursued a degree in Communication Design & Media at KEA, and worked on various projects with different companies to gather experience in solving design & communication challenges. She got a taste of entrepreneurship herself when she joined her friend on a journey of building a company back in 2020.
Vika is a designer at heart, who loves storytelling, communicating authentically, and facilitating a connection between companies and the audience.