Brian Valbjørn S.

Executive Director | Climate Philanthropy | Impact Investment Adviser | Board Member | Executive MBA IMD

📍 Denmark🔄 Updated September 2026💼 2 investments📅 7 years investing🗓 Last invested Nov 2022
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Board Member
Nov 2022
Partners for a New Economy is an international philanthropic fund focused on transforming our economy for nature and all people to flourish. We were founded in 2015 by the MAVA, Oak, Marisla and KR Foundations, to address the root causes of environmental degradation that lie within our economic system. In 2020, we were joined by Laudes and Ford Foundations, by Omidyar Network in 2022 and welcomed the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation in 2023. The initiatives we fund show a deep understanding of planetary boundaries and an urgency to transform our economy to live within them. They push the frontiers of alternative economic thinking and work to change the rules, goals and mindsets underpinning our current economic system.
Angel Investor
Aug 2019
The world’s most comprehensive electricity data platform Electricity Maps provides global access to electricity mix, prices and carbon intensity. Available in real-time, historically and forecasted.
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2022
Board Member
Nov 2022
Partners for a New Economy is an international philanthropic fund focused on transforming our economy for nature and all people to flourish. We were founded in 2015 by the MAVA, Oak, Marisla and KR Foundations, to address the root causes of environmental degradation that lie within our economic system. In 2020, we were joined by Laudes and Ford Foundations, by Omidyar Network in 2022 and welcomed the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation in 2023. The initiatives we fund show a deep understanding of planetary boundaries and an urgency to transform our economy to live within them. They push the frontiers of alternative economic thinking and work to change the rules, goals and mindsets underpinning our current economic system.
Expert Advisor
Mar 2022
VÅR Ventures helps founders create sustainable impact. We invest in Edtech, Energy Innovation, and Food and Agriculture – areas in which sustainable solutions are urgent, and where the business potential is extensive. Prior to VÅR Ventures, our impact-driven team has collectively invested in several companies and celebrated multiple exits. We have deep experience working alongside entrepreneurs and are experienced entrepreneurs ourselves. We built VÅR Ventures to invest in the best and diverse founders who are building the most important, impactful, and profitable new companies to challenge our current food system, the global learning crisis as well as the world’s reliance on fossil-based energy systems.
2021
Advisor
Aug 2021
We invest in companies aligned with our guiding principles. Companies that foster long-term business models within planetary boundaries. We operate as an evergreen fund, investing patient capital within agriculture, food and biodiversity, and aim to provide a fair financial return. Our ambition is clear: To reconnect with nature and life on the planet, to redefine what value is, and to inspire and contribute to a restructuring of our economic systems. Our portfolio: - Agrain - Aurion - Foodture - Fælleshaven - Nordic Microbes - Novobiom - Nutrumami - Re-zip - Rock Flour Co - SoilSense - The Organic Crave
2019
Angel Investor
Aug 2019
The world’s most comprehensive electricity data platform Electricity Maps provides global access to electricity mix, prices and carbon intensity. Available in real-time, historically and forecasted.
2014
Chief Operating Officer | public-private partnerships & innovation
May 2014
CLEAN er Danmarks miljøklynge og vores vision er, at danske virksomheder skal være verdensførende inden for miljøområdet. Vi er innovationsrummet for jer, som udvikler miljøløsninger og jer, som har behov for at løse miljøudfordringer. Sammen med stærke partnere åbner vi døre for innovation og forretningsmuligheder nationalt og internationalt og sætter skub på virksomheders vækst og på den grønne omstilling. CLEAN er støttet af Danmarks Erhvervsfremmebestyrelse og Den Europæiske Union.