At Østerlund Madsen Holding, a member of Danish Business Angels (DanBAN), we love start-ups born global.
As an investor in start-ups, scale-ups, VCs and secondaries, we concentrate on:
• leadership assessment of the emerging company
• pragmatic evaluations of the people within it
• grit, stamina, obsession, integrity,
We work closely with the founders to:
• assess their unique entrepreneurial capabilities and quality of work
• evaluate their personal fit and mutual compatibility
• facilitate aligning their corporate mission with overarching values and
business ethics
As sector-agnostic business model and technology enthusiasts, we facilitate implementation of:
• key financial tools for each stage of the growth curve
• scalable and global go-to-market strategies
Evaluation factors involve an in-depth analysis of high barriers to entry including:
• R&D
• intellectual property
• brand and customer relationships
• weight of company dependability against competitors and new entrants
• market differentiation
• UPS
As Angels, our commitment entails:
• a strong periodical revenue (MVP) and other KPIs maturation
• talent, team and culture evolution with capital efficiency
• a realistic and fair company evaluation
• guidance through transformational or disruptive processes
• funders to be majority owners
• a climate conducive to building and scaling business internationally
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Investments (NED in three companies):
Nordic Eye K/S, Fund i & ii
Nordic Secondaries Fund K/S, Fund i & ii
Knightsbridge KVC X Fund A/S; NED & Knightsbridge Secondaries Fund A/S
Verve Venture Fund I
Abafar ApS (syndicated investment in OnRobot A/S (Robotic))
BLUETOWN A/S (IT/Telecom)
JumpStory ApS (SaaS/AI); NED
ResoTher Pharma ApS (Pharma
Spinkl Invest ApS (syndicated investment in Spectro Inlets ApS (NanoTech)
WineJump Invest ApS (syndicated investment in WineJump A/S (WineTech/Saas)), NED
Exits:
MapsPeople Syndikat III (syndicated investment in MapsPeople A/S (SaaS)
