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A powerful catalyst, unlocking the full potential of entrepreneur-led ventures.

About Us

Our venture development model offers exclusive access to scarce resources for entrepreneur-led ventures, and unique investment opportunities for partners. Through equity and options, we ensure careful alignment of interests and win-win outcomes for all stakeholders involved.

Our History

Katalysen was founded in 2016 by serial entrepreneurs, based on years of experience from both more successful and less successful businesses, to be the perfect partner for early-stage ventures.

Our Vision

Our vision is a world in which diverse stakeholders collaborate and invest, adding experience into the venture segment, ultimately leading to the success of more founders, investors, and critical innovation.

Our Mission

To be the best possible, long-term partner for entrepreneur-led ventures, to encourage other investors & experts to adopt similar venture developer models, and to generate exceptional returns for all stakeholders involved.

How we work
Elevating ventures in new ways
How we work
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Our DNA
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Deal Oriented

Seeking interesting transactions in interesting ventures

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Hyper Active

Investing only when our experience makes a real difference

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Long Term

Patient, long term support for impatient entrepreneurs

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Win Win

Supporting those with whom we have aligned interests

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From our co-developers
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Edward Jung

“Even the most robust economies have a surplus of ideas that never reach consumers. In the US, for example, just 5% of all active patents are ever licensed or commercialized. If we want to reverse these trends and maximize innovation output, we need more hands-on investors and mechanisms for funding the commercialization of smart ideas.”

Edward Jung

Founder & Advisor

Intellectual Ventures, Katalysen Ventures

Intellectual Ventures is an American private equity company that centers on the development and licensing of intellectual property. The company was founded in 2000 as a private partnership by Nathan Myhrvold and Edward Jung of Microsoft, and has since then raised and invested over $5bn.

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Love Dager

“Stockholm has always been a powerful hub for fintech, and by collaborating closely within the ecosystem we can ensure that even more great ideas survive early-stage hurdles to thrive on the world stage.”

Love Dager

CEO

Stockholm Fintech

Stockholm Fintech mission of community collaboration and knowledge sharing expands far beyond organising events. International delegations and a vault of contacts and connections means the organisation has a plethora of opportunities for all sizes of fintech companies working in Stockholm.

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Marcus Gärde

“Collaborating with Katalysen has been a true pleasure. Their professionalism, integrity, and ability to adapt to our ever evolving needs make them an invaluable business partner.”

Marcus Gärde

CEO & Founder

Gärde Design

Gärde Design blends industry expertise, a robust network, and investor connections to fuel innovation and brand transformation for early-stage innovation ventures.

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The team
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Venture Developers

We are all venture developers, investing our time, effort, individual experience and expertise into developing ventures.

Peter Almberg

Founder & CEO

Heiner Weber

Co-Founder & Chairman

Tobias Mathiasen

COO

Anders Dahlgren

CFO
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Board of Directors
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Board of Directors

Highly skilled individuals lending their expertise, strategic acumen, and extended networks to our team of venture developers.

Peter Olsson

Member of Board

Aline R. Gustafsson

Member of Board

Thomas Liljeton

Member of Board

Ann-Sophie Hesser

Member of Board

Peter Almberg

Member of Board

Heiner Weber

Chairman of Board
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Development ADvisors
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Development Advisors

The following is a selection of the immense experience and expertise that is nested within our global network.

Alexander Lipton

Quantitative Finance

Edward Jung

Early-stage Innovation

Gagik Apkarian

Private Equity

Johan Kalling

International Expansion

Johan Stakeberg

Scaling SaaS

Jonas Mårtenson

Fund Management

Oskar Söderström

Commercial Advisor