Mentor

Henna Keränen

Kvanted

Henna has a long experience within the Nordic startup ecosystem. During her years at Sting, she gained a large network of startups, investors and ecosystem players. Hennas has also been leading Scania's incubator and been awarded as the Global and Nordic Ecosystem Hero of the Year by Startup Awards. Today, she is running her own consulting company Nordic Forerunners. Her customers include industrial VC Kvanted Ventures, a corporate incubator in Finland and Arctic15 startup events. As a Finn who lived 7 years in Sweden, and now living in Copenhagen, she has a true passion for strengthening the Nordic Startup Ecosystem.

Head of Nordics & Network

Mentors per cohort

Cohort 7
Adele Unneberg
Sandwater
Antonio Gozzo
Wicked Angel
Frida Rustøen
Idékapital
Peder Hjermann
RunwayFBU
Cecilie Skjong
Skyfall Ventures
Fredrik Posse
Private co.
Tonje Ørnholt
Oslo Business Region
Glenn Gill
Idékapital
Filip Veli Gültekin
Private co.
Anna Blomdell
RadCap
Maria Wasastjerna
Kvanted
Filip Mark
Creandum
Samira Zarringhalam
Private co.
Paul Fifield
Bessemer Venture Partners
Bob Thomas
Oxx
Pippa Lamb
Sweet Capital, a16z scout
Christian Dorffer
Defiance Capital
Patrik Sandin
Private Co.
Arthur Savander
Fåntell Family Office
Luke Pappas
NEA
Madeleine Johansson Palmberg
Bust VC
Margarita Triantafyllidou
Private co.
Cohort 6
Tatiana Shalalvand
Kinnevik
Stanislas Lot
daphni
Sami Ahvenniemi
Vendep
Shabir Vasram
daphni
Nadja Reischel
Cherry Ventures
Pierre-Yves Meerschman
daphni
Pierre-Eric Leibovici
daphni
Paul Bazin
daphni
Luke Pappas
NEA
Maxine Rior
Northzone
Bob Thomas
OXX
Arthur Savander
Fåntell
Amanda Hultman
Atomico
Anna Adlarsson
Kinnevik
Dr. Nadine Geiser
World Fund
Emma Hernmarck
Sequoia Scout Fund
Cohort 5
Arthur Savander
Fåntell
Tobias Bengtsdahl
Osito Ventures
Oli Harris
Venturebeam
Markus Erik Lukk
Antler
Stefan Frank
Vitellius Invest
Maral Kalajian
Lene Schulze
Scale Capital
Manolo Obaya
Connect Sverige
Jack Peters
Henna Keränen
Kvanted
Helen Agering
Spintop Ventures
Daniela Sjunnesson
node.vc
Caritta Seppä
Spintop Ventures
Previous cohorts
Zoe Peden
Zenia W. Francker
Trond Riiber Knudsen
Timo Ahopelto
Tove Larsson
Terhi Johanna (TJ) Vapola
Tahero Nori
Tanya Marvin-Horowitz
Simon Edström
Siam Choudhury
Sara Rywe
Shabir Vasram
Sara Myrenfors
Salomé A. Trambach
Pär Norberg
Peter Settman
Per Björklund
Niclas Holmberg
Noel Abdayem
Nastaran Baleng-Soultani
Moha Bensofia
Mette Nielsen
Maria Bergsten
Lisa Gautier
Lisa Lindström
Alma Holst
Lena Apler
Kristina Söderberg
Kristina Johansson
Julia Nilsson
Kim Groop
Jin Jeong
Jessica Rameau
Jens Ingelstedt
Jenny Gizard
Jenny Lindblad
Jacob Key
Inês Rocha
Helen Agering
Indra Sharma
Heidi Lindvall
Fredric Gunnarson
Eira Tobrand
Erik Lindblad
Elin Hauge
Emma Dansbo
Cécile Garcia Le Goff
Christine Bjärkby
Claes Mikko Nilsen
Cilia Holmes Indahl
Caroline Wachtmeister
Caroline Hultman
Anna Lundin
Anne Jorun Aas
Bengt Julander
Anna Nordell-Westling
Anders Bach Waagstein
Anette Nordvall
Alexandra Malmberg