Press Release 8 May, 2007
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Anders Grånäs will as of June 1st 2007 join Via Venture Partners in Copenhagen, the premier partner for expanding technology companies in the Nordic region. “I see the opportunity of joining Via Venture Partners as a unique one, becoming part of an experienced team in the still early stages of the venture firm. In addition the fund is backed by the strong and highly reputable investor ATP” says Anders about his decision to join.
Anders has 15 years of experience from R&D, consulting and venture capital. Before joining Via Venture Partners in 2007, he was investment manager at Industrifonden in Stockholm. Prior to this he ran his own venture capital advisory firm and acted as a business angel. He has been in the Venture Capital business since 1997 when he joined Novare Kapital, a subsidiary of Investor AB as an investment manager, which subsequently was merged into Investor Growth Capital where he held a position of managing director. Anders has also been a consultant at the Boston Consulting Group and worked with R&D at ABB Corporate Research.
In his previous venture career, Anders held directorships in Parallel Systems AB, Projektplatsen AB, Umetrics AB, Popwire AB Hybrid Graphics Oy, Digia Oy, Storegate AB and is currently chairman of Picsearch AB.
Anders holds a M.Sc. in Engineering Physics from Uppsala University and an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Via Venture Partners in brief:
Via Venture Partners is a multistage technology venture investor in the Nordic market focusing on exceptional growth companies, and with DKK 1 billion under management Via Venture Partners is one of the biggest Nordic players in the segment. The main part of Via Venture Partners Fond I K/S's committed capital is contributed by ATP (Denmark’s largest pension fund).
www.viaventurepartners.com
For questions, please contact managing partner John Helmsøe-Zinck at tel +45 4010 4405 or e-mail jhz@viaventurepartners.com