Tech
for good

Mehkar Sheikh is the Director at Founder Institute Stockholm –  the world’s largest pre-seed startup accelerator. Based in Silicon Valley and with chapters across 200 cities and 90 countries, the Founder Institute’s mission is to Globalize Silicon Valley and empower talented and motivated entrepreneurs. A storyteller and communicator at heart, Mehkar is also a chapter director at Startup Grind and the Founder & CEO of Nutty Ventures AB.  

Valery Krasovsky is CEO and Co-Founder at the Sigma Software Group, co-founder at Inspirium Laboratories Fund and board member at Sigma Software Incubator. Valery has headed Sigma Software company since its inception in 2002. Under his leadership, the company has grown from a small business to a global provider of premium IT services for companies like Volvo, AT&T, SAS, Fortum and Scania.

Emelie Meurk Demerud is a Serial entrepreneur and investor within impact tech with a passion for changing status quo. She has extensive experience from leader roles globally, turnaround projects and scaling companies. Her core competences lies in profitable growth, strategic tech, sustainability and organizational management. During 2019, Emelie launched deb. – a program aiming at increasing diversity in boardrooms. With a new approach they decrease the threshold for women entering the boards and creating a solid foundation for a successful board career. 

Patricia Bonaert is Director at MixR, the software platform that has an innovative approach to prepare the future of work. Fostering Trust and Belonging in the workplace by activating the power of communities allows companies to address and solve issues such as employee disengagement, talent retention and mental health.  Patricia has spearheaded the successful London Business School program ‘Leaders as Entrepreneurs’ which she has tirelessly championed for 5 years. This unique program has a very innovative and powerful approach which provides all participants with the tools to thrive across numerous diverse disciplines such as business, social or political.  

Sara joined Admentum in 2019 as the COO. Prior to Admentum, she was the Developing Manager at a charter school in Sweden named Raoul Wallenbergskolorna. During her tenure at Raoul Wallenbergskolorna, she implemented a new LMS: Instructure Canvas and new SaS: Admentum. Sara is a graduate from Lärande högskolan in Stockholm.  Sara is a strong believer of digitalization of the school to make the administrative tasks for teachers more efficient so they can spend more time with the students in the classrooms, physical as digital. She lives in Stockholm and when she is not working you can find her at the yoga studio.

Since October 2008 Anna Gissler has been the CEO at Invest Stockholm.  Invest Stockholm is the official Investment Promotion Agency in Stockholm. The company is responsible for attracting establishments, investors and talents to Stockholm.  Our service includes matching investors with opportunities, and providing advice and practical assistance, free of charge, in setting up and expanding a business in Stockholm.

Moa Persdotter is working with gender mainstreaming and diversity within R&I at Sweden’s innovation agency Vinnova. She has a Master Degree in Political Science from Lund University and was the former Director of VentureLab  – Lund University’s’ incubator. Her main expert areas are around cross sector collaborative management and policy processes for making support organizations and startups more gender equal and inclusive. She is part of a core team focusing on how AI can be used to promote gender equality and is one of two who represents Vinnova and Sweden in the Nordic Innovation Task Force For Diversity.

Niclas is responsible for listings in Sweden on the Main List and First North. He is a board member of the Swedish-American Chamber of Commerce, part of the EIT Health Advisory Board and an ambassador for the European Women Association. In 2021 he won the Wintrade Global Award for supporting female entrepreneurs. He served as Vice President and held several senior positions in Capital Markets, Asset Management and International within the banking sector. Niclas has studied economics at Stockholm University, University of the West Indies and Wharton University of Pennsylvania. During his time in the West Indies he served as national team coach in table tennis for Trinidad and Tobago.    

Karin Ebbinghaus is the CEO of the innovative company Elonroad, which contributes to the system shift into a more climate-friendly society. Karin has a background as a lawyer and investor but fell for Elonroad and their inspiring approach to tackling the climate challenge with new thinking and belief in technology.

Erik Lindeberg has been working with digitalization since 1997. For the last decade, he has been with Formpipe Software as head of business development. Formpipe platforms are the heart of the public administration in Sweden and Denmark and they support over 300 clients in providing excellent service to internal customers and citizens. Erik is a passionate freeskier with a wife and three daughters.

Claudia Wagner is a former model and the co-founder of the talent booking platform, Ubooker. After a very successful modeling career (with clients including Armani, Chanel, Fendi, Guerlain, Saks Fifth Avenue, and Marie Claire), she co-founded the digital talent booking platform Ubooker which boasts over 1500 models and influencers worldwide and is used by clients like Maison Margiela, Yoox Net-A-Porter, Theory, The Kooples, and more. 

Per is Chief Technology Officer at the mobile operator Tre, in Scandinavia. He is also a part of the Swedish and Danish management teams.  Per has more than 20 years of experience from the Telecom and IT sector and has a Degree of Master of Science in Engineering Physics from Uppsala University. 

Ex-investment banker, International TEDx speaker, author and a passionate serial entrepreneur. Founder of FAB academy, business academy for women, President European Women’s Association, Senator for Belgium at World Business Angel Investment Forum WBAF, Executive Board Member Wintrade Global, connecting global leaders to create a positive impact. She is passionate about neuroscience, mindfulness, travel and the startup ecosystem.

With over twenty years’ experience in communications, public affairs and lobbying, Glen is the founder of Free Trade Europa, focusing on the promotion of free trade, openness and the rule of law within the European Union and internationally. Glen is a respected commentator and frequent speaker at European policy events. He is also a coach on technology, migration, labour force, transport, sustainability, and communications for the public and private sectors.

Elsa is the Co-Founder and COO at Karma , a Swedish food rescuing app which enables restaurants and grocery stores to sell surplus food to consumers at a lower price. She is passionate about creating a motivated high-growth organisation to galvanise the first zero food waste generation. Elsa was featured in many prestigious publications and top lists, including Forbes, Focus, Business Weekly, Ledarna, and Dagens Industri.