Jesper Kring

Co-founder & Partner, KRING - AI-powered venture building & impact funds | Builder & wayfinder, backing founders and leaders building the next | Exploring Leapfrogging in Letters to the future

📍 Denmark, Denmark🔄 Updated September 2026💼 10 investments📅 19 years investing🗓 Last invested Aug 2019𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
VC🌍 Denmark
10
Total investments
5
Early stage
1
Mid stage
2
Late stage
19y
Years active

Portfolio

9 investments · sorted by recency
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chair, investor, strategic innovation & partnering
Aug 2019
We provide tailored SaaS solutions for impact and investment needs. As pioneers in democratizing sustainable investments in Denmark, we leverage our direct customer engagement expertise. Now, drawing from our insights, were crafting a top-tier global SaaS platform for financial players. Our goal is to empower them to make impactful decisions and enhance customer experiences for a brighter tomorrow.​
Advisor & Investor
Jun 2019
Any organisation will stand or fall based on the quality of its data and decision making. Genetix is the next generation decision intelligence that helps management build the Capacity to Respond in fast changing business environments. Capacity to Respond is considered the ability to take effective action in varied and uncertain situations, and consists of understanding, insights, meaning, intuition, creativity and judgment, including anticipation of future outcomes. Our platform, Genetix Decision Intelligence (GDI) helps enterprises with business optimisation and transformation by identifying synergies in high complexity to make informed investment decisions and prioritizations. With our Automated ESRS E1 Data solution, launched in 2022, we reduce the workload on companies seeking compliance with the new CSRD/ESRS laws, enabling ESG Managers to focus on creating change rather than do bookkeeping.
board, investor & strategic innovation
Nov 2017
Founded in 2011, Aiia, A Mastercard company is the most experienced open banking platform in Europe, with more than a decade of experience in fintech and hundreds of clients servicing both businesses and consumers with open banking empowered services. Based in Denmark, our mission has always been to empower people to bring their financial data into play safely and transparently. Aiia’s platform allows businesses and financial institutions to integrate financial data and to offer account-to-account payments directly in their services to an estimated reach of 337 million European citizens. Today, Aiia has more than 2.900 connected banks across Europe, processes more than 10 million bank logins and more than a million account-to-account payments every month for large banks and e-commerce payment gateways. Our leading open banking platform was recently acquired by global payment giants Mastercard and provides open banking services to a long list of financial institutions, including Lunar, Danske Bank, Santander, OP Financial Group, DNB and was awarded ‘Best Mobile Payment Solution’ at Finovate Awards in 2020 for it’s immense work on open banking payments with multiple clients and use cases. Learn more: www.aiia.eu Follow our journey to learn more about how your business can use open banking services to generate valuable relations with your customers. Aiia is live in the following markets: Denmark, Finland, Norway, The Netherlands, The UK, Ireland, Poland, Luxembourg, Germany, Estonia, Lithuania and Austria. More coming up 🚀 Follow us on Twitter: @aiia_eu Follow us on Instagram to meet the team: @aiia_eu Join our journey: https://jobs.aiia.eu/
co-founder and investor
Aug 2017
Doerscircle is an All In One Entrepreneur Platform offering tools and solutions rethought for and tailored to the needs of Independent Doers – entrepreneurs, startuppers and freelancers – globally. With nearly 50% of the global workforce being self-employed and the world continuously evolving, the way we work, perceive work and structure our lives is tremendously changing. Yet the world is to a very great extent still designed by corporates, for corporates and for corporate employees, not tailored to the individual. This leaves us, Independent Doers, facing higher prices when it comes to solutions and services like insurance, healthcare, banking facilities, software subscription plans and much more. We want to bring balance into the system, and give a peace of mind to all Independent Doers around the globe – allowing us to focus our time and energy on what truly matters, what we do best, growing our businesses and thereby create greater positive impact. Our All In One Entrepreneur Platform: 1. Saves you time and money with pre-negotiated rates for services and solutions tailored to your needs. 2. Supports your growth by connecting you to a community where you can learn and thrive. 3. Provides you with free benefits from coffee to gym memberships. We simply believe that Independent Doers are the backbone of the future workforce! We believe in you! And we believe in doing things differently – in order to challenge the status quo. That’s what really drives and motivates us. Join us! Let’s be Independent, Together.
investor, strategic innovation & partnering
Jan 2017
TestaViva arbejder for at sikre flest mulige danskere juridisk gennem livet via kombinationen af kundeorienterede digitaliserede løsninger og personlig juridisk rådgivning indenfor familie- arveret og boligkøb.
early stageLegal Services
board, investor & strategic innovation
Jun 2015
Spiir is the app you need if you want total control over your money. It puts you firmly in the drivers seat of your personal finances in an entertaining and educational way which changes your behaviour permanently. Spiir helps you live the life you want - without worrying about your money. Were hiring! Want to work with us? 😊 Check out our open positions here: https://jobs.spiir.dk
investor, strategic innovation & partnering
Jan 2014
Bolighed hjælper dig med at finde dit nye hjem. Søg blandt alle boliger til salg, få overblik over markedet og se en lang række informationer om den bolig, du overvejer at købe. Alt for ofte står boligkøberen alene, mens sælgeren har en professionel ejendomsmægler ved sin side. Det vil vi gøre noget ved. Derfor kan du få hjælp af Bolighed Købermægler, som er eksperter i prisforhandling og kan rådgive dig hele vejen fra første søgning til handlen er i hus.
investor, strategic innovation & partnering
Jan 2014
Bolighed hjælper dig med at finde dit nye hjem. Søg blandt alle boliger til salg, få overblik over markedet og se en lang række informationer om den bolig, du overvejer at købe. Alt for ofte står boligkøberen alene, mens sælgeren har en professionel ejendomsmægler ved sin side. Det vil vi gøre noget ved. Derfor kan du få hjælp af Bolighed Købermægler, som er eksperter i prisforhandling og kan rådgive dig hele vejen fra første søgning til handlen er i hus.
Board Member
Jan 2007
Målsætningen for Fonden for Entreprenørskab er at sikre, at flere elever og studerende på alle uddannelsesniveauer introduceres for og deltager i entreprenørskabsundervisning, herunder at entreprenørskab bliver en integreret del af vores uddannelsessystem. Entreprenørskab kan læres. Det er Fondens grundsten. Aktiviteterne og måderne det gøres på er mange, og der udvikles stadig nye rammer for at være med til at sikre, at Danmark også i fremtiden kan byde ind med endnu flere levedygtige iværksættere. Fonden for Entreprenørskab dækker alle uddannelsesniveauer og sikrer dermed progressionen i entreprenørskabsundervisning - fra grundskolen til de videregående uddannelser, dvs. over en million elever og studerende samt deres lærere og undervisere.
Experience · 29 entries
All (29)
Investments (9)
Founder (19)
Board (1)
2021
chair & co-founder
May 2021
Heartwood offers exclusive and intelligent wooden homes for summer and year-round use. Our digital design concept sets entirely new standards for plugnplay deliveries of healthy, personal, and sustainable homes without compromising a modern lifestyle. We use technology in all processes to optimize the construction and also to enhance the experience of buying and building the dream house. We believe in a world where we live in better harmony with nature. This strengthens the quality of our lives and protects our planet. The construction industry is facing a significant transformation in the way houses are designed and built, necessitating new sustainability principles. Heartwood is at the forefront of sustainability and is already far ahead of the goals of the Danish government for 2030 to achieve a maximum CO2 emission of 5kg per square meter built.
2019
chair, investor, strategic innovation & partnering
Aug 2019
We provide tailored SaaS solutions for impact and investment needs. As pioneers in democratizing sustainable investments in Denmark, we leverage our direct customer engagement expertise. Now, drawing from our insights, were crafting a top-tier global SaaS platform for financial players. Our goal is to empower them to make impactful decisions and enhance customer experiences for a brighter tomorrow.​
Advisor & Investor
Jun 2019
Any organisation will stand or fall based on the quality of its data and decision making. Genetix is the next generation decision intelligence that helps management build the Capacity to Respond in fast changing business environments. Capacity to Respond is considered the ability to take effective action in varied and uncertain situations, and consists of understanding, insights, meaning, intuition, creativity and judgment, including anticipation of future outcomes. Our platform, Genetix Decision Intelligence (GDI) helps enterprises with business optimisation and transformation by identifying synergies in high complexity to make informed investment decisions and prioritizations. With our Automated ESRS E1 Data solution, launched in 2022, we reduce the workload on companies seeking compliance with the new CSRD/ESRS laws, enabling ESG Managers to focus on creating change rather than do bookkeeping.
2017
board, investor & strategic innovation
Nov 2017
Founded in 2011, Aiia, A Mastercard company is the most experienced open banking platform in Europe, with more than a decade of experience in fintech and hundreds of clients servicing both businesses and consumers with open banking empowered services. Based in Denmark, our mission has always been to empower people to bring their financial data into play safely and transparently. Aiia’s platform allows businesses and financial institutions to integrate financial data and to offer account-to-account payments directly in their services to an estimated reach of 337 million European citizens. Today, Aiia has more than 2.900 connected banks across Europe, processes more than 10 million bank logins and more than a million account-to-account payments every month for large banks and e-commerce payment gateways. Our leading open banking platform was recently acquired by global payment giants Mastercard and provides open banking services to a long list of financial institutions, including Lunar, Danske Bank, Santander, OP Financial Group, DNB and was awarded ‘Best Mobile Payment Solution’ at Finovate Awards in 2020 for it’s immense work on open banking payments with multiple clients and use cases. Learn more: www.aiia.eu Follow our journey to learn more about how your business can use open banking services to generate valuable relations with your customers. Aiia is live in the following markets: Denmark, Finland, Norway, The Netherlands, The UK, Ireland, Poland, Luxembourg, Germany, Estonia, Lithuania and Austria. More coming up 🚀 Follow us on Twitter: @aiia_eu Follow us on Instagram to meet the team: @aiia_eu Join our journey: https://jobs.aiia.eu/
ceo & co-founder
Oct 2017
VALIFIED er stiftet i 2017 og siden dag 1 har Valifieds ambition været at accelerere en forretningsdrevet bæredygtig omstilling for at styrke mindre og mellemstore virksomheders vækst og impact potentiale. Vi vil nytænke tilgange, der kan forbedre adgangen til rette kompetencer og kapital - og binde hele værdikæder sammen i samarbejde med banker, forsikringsselskaber, brancheforeninger, store virksomheder og fonde. VALIFIED ESG Platform Valified hjælper konkret med at imødekomme nye ESG datakrav fra din virksomheds kunder, leverandører, bank og myndigheder - alt fra bæredygtighedsrapport og CO2 beregning til løbende overblik og nem håndtering af dine ESG data. VALIFIEDs Vision Empower enhver virksomheds økosystem til succesfuldt at lede og arbejde sammen for at accelerere en fælles bæredygtig fremtid. VALIFIEDs Mission Vi skaber en fremtidssikret intelligent ESG-platform, der leverer alle bæredygtighedsdata, information og hjælp, der er nødvendig for at træffe bedre forretningsbeslutninger for at blive mere attraktive for kunder, talent og kapital.
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