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Tonje leads investment projects at Oslo Business Region, connecting with local and global investors to attract capital to Oslo and track investment trends, drawing on a background in tech, leadership, and strategic development.

Leading the state-owned fund managing SEK 5 billion to strengthen Sweden’s startup and venture capital ecosystem.

Solo GP and fund-of-funds (FoF) trailblazer from Tokyo, building the world’s only game-focused FoF with a truly global reach.

Veteran investor with 25+ years shaping the Nordic VC ecosystem through M&A, angel deals, and as an LP in global funds.

Equipping ambitious women and VC-backed founders with presence, power and fundraising outcomes. Operator-investor with 17+ years across Europe & Asia, 15+ startup investments, and named EU Top 50 Women in Startups & VC.

Business Angel & Award-Winning Investor – Phaedria is a Business Angel Investor, both privately and with Ada Ventures, she was named one of Denmark’s 10 Most Inspiring Business Angels (2023) and was the recipient of a Cross-Border Angel Award (2024). She mentors start-ups and new angel investors.
Inclusive Leadership & DEIB Advocate – She is a former academic researcher and corporate leader in the biotech and pharmaceutical industries. She co-founded ProWoc in 2019 and continues to drive inclusion equity and inclusion as a Board member and DIB consultant. 
Global Speaker & Executive Coach – She is a Certified Executive Coach and works with professionals globally. She is versed in storytelling on gender equality, empowerment, and personal reinvention, inspiring audiences globally

Sense-maker, visionary strategist and weaver of regenerative system change. Working across Europe, Marianne guides courageous leaders & organisations in navigating today's complex world, helping them become agents and co-creators of sustainable futures.

Ida is passionate about creating and building the best financing ecosystem for early-stage startups in southern Sweden. Advocates for personal accountability in achieving happiness and loves to talk about how falling in love with your own life is the key. Driven by her curiosity which continues to take her places, out in the world as well as inside her mind.

Annick T.R. Wibben is Anna Lindh Professor for Gender, Peace & Security at the Swedish Defence University. Her research straddles critical security and military studies, peace studies, feminist theory and methodology, as well as narrative approaches. She currently focuses on questions of militarization in the Nordics, gendered implications of the war in Ukraine, and global anti-gender politics.

Louise Lachmann is a tech entrepreneur, investor, and Chair of the Danish Foundation for Entrepreneurship. She co-founded and served as CEO of Mono Solutions, building it into a successful company in a male-dominated industry. Today, she invests through Ugly Duckling Ventures in ambitious Nordic startups, with a strong focus on diversity and supporting the next generation of founders. Passionate about empowering women in tech and entrepreneurship, she is recognized as an inspiring voice and role model in the startup ecosystem.

Jenny Grettve is Head of Transformation at EIT Culture & Creativity, where she leads work that strengthens resilience, fosters systems thinking and opens up cultural pathways for change across partnerships. With a background in architecture, design strategies and societal transformation, Jenny brings a deep commitment to reimagining how creative work can challenge norms and build more just, regenerative futures. She is the co-founder of the feminist and experimental design agency When!When!, known for cross-sector demonstrators and bold collaborative projects, and has initiated pioneering efforts such as a new elementary school guided by doughnut economics. Her practice is grounded in care, curiosity and a belief in the cultural sector’s power to shape transformative narratives and structures.

A trained journalist with +15 years of experience in diverse fields ranging from Business, Public Relations, Communications, and the Media, the last 8 years have been in high level management and entrepreneurship, enabling me gain expertise in my field. My main interest lies in the intersection between the global immigrant (diaspora) market and remittances - a lifeline for millions of families around the world.

Alexandra Johansson is a lawyer at Moll Wendén law firm specializing in M&A and venture capital investments and startups. She has experience in providing legal advice to both Swedish and international companies and investors, focusing on drafting and negotiating agreements as well as leading investment rounds and transaction processes.

Faten brings hands-on experience from leading MedTech startups and driving healthcare innovation to make care more accessible and efficient. With years as an innovation leader supporting hundreds of companies from idea to commercialisation, she knows what it takes to grow. When investing, she looks for strong teams with a clear sense of risks and opportunities, real impact, and a viable business model. She also brings board experience and training from Styrelseakademien.

Esther is an aspiring angel investor and passionate advocate for diverse entrepreneurship. As Charter Lead and Ambassador for Scandinavia at Thousand Faces, she champions inclusive innovation and works to amplify underrepresented voices in the startup ecosystem. With a background spanning entrepreneurship, industrialisation and project's lead, she strongly belief in the power of community and capital to unlock opportunities, she is committed to supporting founders who are building impactful, future-forward companies across the Nordics and beyond.

Former CEO of the startup house Minc and has a past in both large companies and startups. She is, among other things, the chairman of the board of Almi Invest Syd and an active investor through Nudging Capital and Queen Invest. Co-founder of FemOwn – a network for increased female ownership, and initated NFIS. Passionate about increasing female growth entrepreneurship and ownership.

Founder turned Investor, driving the Nordic startup ecosystem forward. 10+ years scaling startups, raising €10M+, and now investing to close the founder–investor experience gap. Passionate about empowering ambitious founders to thrive with hands-on venture support.

An Investment Associate at EIFO – Denmark’s Export and Investment Fund – where she focuses on fund investments across sectors, with a particular emphasis on life science and biosolutions. She holds a background in finance and data science from Copenhagen Business School. Before joining EIFO, Anna worked with real estate investments at NREP, gaining hands-on experience in strategic asset management and capital deployment. She is deeply motivated by advancing the Nordic investment ecosystem and supporting diverse founders and impactful ventures that drive long-term societal value.

Released wants to convey the emotions and messages contained in the music they perform. By honoring the music with its history, we want to let the lyrics and the music speak while choosing to respectfully set our own touch, where each individual contributes with their voice. “We want to unite people through music, love and belief in mankind and in life”.

RELEASED is a choir with a unique and colorful sound from Malmö, Sweden. The choir was founded by Emma Rosenberg in 2010 and consists of 13 female singers who are passionate about delivering an emotional musical experience. As one unanimous voice, they touch their audience with emotions and beautiful harmonies.

The repertoire is mainly modern gospel, pop and soul with custom and original arrangements.  Released has a huge variety of collaborations with professional artists and groups, where they add their flavor to each project.

Pamela Nunez Wallgren is the co-founder and CEO of Finch, an AI solution for architects that enables faster, smarter design workflows. Finch has attracted a waitlist of more than 100,000 architects and is used by leading architecture firms. In 2019, Pamela won Pink Capital at NFIM and subsequently closed a pre-seed round led by Almi Invest. She has since secured a total of €4 million in venture capital to drive Finch’s product development and international expansion. Pamela is today a frequent speaker at industry conferences all around the world and featured in Forbes, Financial Times, and nominated to Sweden’s Most Influential Female Entrepreneur 2025.

Somit Fessehazion is a product manager and community builder passionate about expanding wealth creation opportunities for women, especially women of color. She has led cross-functional teams to build impactful digital products and now focuses on bridging tech, community, and capital to make investing more inclusive. Somit believes that when women gain access to financial knowledge and investment opportunities, they unlock generational wealth and drive real social change. She has also co-hosted the podcast Patric blir Ängel, gaining firsthand insight into why more women need to write checks and be at the table where investments are made.

Nibras Stiebar-Bang is Co-Founder & CEO of HikmaAI, the Responsible AI Platform that helps organizations continuously evaluate, secure, optimize, and control their AI agents before and after deployment. With a career spanning leadership in product, sales, and growth across startups and Fortune 500 environments, Nibras brings deep expertise in scaling secure and enterprise-grade platforms. At HikmaAI, she is shaping how enterprises and governments adopt AI responsibly, ensuring every AI agent is as secure, accountable, and dependable as any valued employee.

Ida Åsle is a partner at the angel syndicate SANDS and an early-stage investor with a background from byFounders and over ten years of experience across venture capital, corporate innovation, and the Nordic startup ecosystem. She invests in companies within mobility, manufacturing, materials, and software, and is passionate about making capital more accessible and transparent.

AI assistant for smart glasses for the blind and visually impaired.

Pure hibiscus drink crafted with purpose and regenerative impact.

AI decision support for healthcare — from symptom treatment to root-cause care.

Connecting creators, makers, and brands to bring ideas to life: locally and sustainably.

Reinventing paint packaging with 85% less plastic and smarter logistics.

Personalised fertility insights and clinical care; empowering women with real data.

The Cisco for circular communities: powering local sharing with smart infrastructure.

My current role is Area Developer, which requires creativity in finding solutions to current challenges and initiating activities and collaborations that encourage a sense of community — helping people come closer together and feel safer and happier in their neighborhoods. I hold a Bachelor’s degree in Arts, specializing in Arabic Literature. I have a deep love for the arts, especially visual arts, and have led art workshops for over ten years for both children and adults, helping them express themselves through creativity and explore different techniques and materials without the pressure of performance.

Food innovation company using mycelium to create sustainable, low-processed foods focused on taste and nutrition - not meat imitation.

She studied physics, economics, and organizational behavior. Coming from Lund to Gothenburg to Stanford University. At Stanford, professors and peers nominated her for five intellectual awards and she brought one home to Malmö. She’s spent the last 20 years in tech, breaking sales records and representing the Nordics in companies of all sizes, from startups to Google. At Google, she helped make the Nordics the fastest growing region in EMEA and the second fastest globally. Then, at a time when no one imagined we’d ever choose to talk to robots, she believed a new kind of relationship with technology was coming. So she built the Nordics first AI robot coach. That was two years before ChatGPT. And now she’s bringing it all together in her latest venture, RelateHub, where she sees a shift in how we lead, how we grow and how we win as humans in the age of machines. She’s here today to share a story no résumé can tell.

Heide is the founder of Sunny Life Co., a Copenhagen-based food company reimagining how we eat sustainably and nutritiously — starting with flavorful seed butters. As a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu athlete and coach with a background in exercise and nutrition sciences, Heide combines science, performance, and creativity in her approach to food and wellness. She’s passionate about helping people live and eat better.

A software developer with expertise in Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Computing, Data Analysis, and Mobile App Development. My programming journey began in grade 9 with GW-BASIC, and since then, I’ve become a Microsoft AI Certified professional and developed several real-world projects, including AI-powered and mobile applications. Balancing life as a mother of 3, I’ve cultivated strong skills in problem-solving, creativity, and perseverance. I’m passionate about coding, AI innovation, and inspiring women to grow confidently in the world of technology.

Working as a Principal at Heartcore Capital which includes everything from souring to deal making Educational background from Molecular Biomedicine and Economics, yes odd combination.. I’m a naturally curious person, so I can get excited about almost anything. My biggest fear is probably that there just won’t be enough time in life to try all the things I’d love to experience. I have a deep love for sports — especially skiing, which is my ultimate happy place.

Engineer by background turned investor in early-stage software startups: - €500k to 2.5M initial ticket - pre-seed & Seed - B2B software (ML/AI, DevOps, climate, health, etc.) + Digital Entertainment (gaming, media, sports) - Nordics + rest of Europe French living in Denmark for the last 5 years - love all outdoor sports, running, biking, hiking and everything in between.

An entrepreneur and business leader with more than ten years of experience founding and growing companies. With a background in HR and behavioral science, and as an active angel investor, she is dedicated to driving sustainable business growth and building organizations that last

Michel Massadakis started as a social scientist, later became a developer, and then an entrepreneur and angel investor. Passionate about starting and running businesses, always in collaboration with others. Founded around ten companies in various industries. Currently works as an advisor, board member, and angel investor.