Karl Rosander

Co-founder, CEO & Chairman @NAD - Nordic Air Defence. Founder of Acast. Founder and Chairman of Sesamy

📍 Stockholm Metropolitan Area, Sweden🔄 Updated September 2026💼 3 investments📅 22 years investing🗓 Last invested Nov 2017𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
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Founder & Board Member
Oct 2017
Since 2014, Acast has been creating the world’s most valuable podcast marketplace, building the technology which connects podcast creators, advertisers and listeners. Its marketplace spans 100,000 podcasts, 2,300 advertisers and 400 million monthly listens. Crucially, those listens are monetized wherever they happen - across any podcasting app or other listening platform. The company operates worldwide and is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden. Acast is listed on the Nasdaq First North Premier Growth Market (ACAST.ST). For brilliant podcasters. For smart advertisers. For The Stories.
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2023
Founder and Chairman
Jan 2023
Nordic Air Defence is a Stockholm-headquartered company developing high tech defensive solutions for both civilian and military use. A true hardware-software company with excellency in electronics, mechanical design, embedded systems, software engineering, and AI, in September 2024, we moved out of stealth mode, and announced our first product: the Kreuger 100 dual-use (civil and military) drone interceptor platform, made in #Sweden by an international team of top talent. Our team features veterans from some of the world’s leading defence, drone, and tech companies including Palantir, Kratos, FOI (the Swedish Defence Research Agency), Acast, Zipline, SAAB, Codon AI, Quantum Systems and many others.
2021
Founder and Chairman of Sesamy
Mar 2021
At Sesamy, we are opening up the internet. Using our proprietary technology, Sesamy Smart Software, we have created an infrastructure which optimises prices for consumers and revenues for publishers by offering the single purchase of premium content without a subscription. Pay for only the content you want, when you want it. Sign up and go live with Sesamy’s technology within hours.
2017
Ulvestam & Rosander AB
Entrepreneur & Investor
Nov 2017
Founder & Board Member
Oct 2017
Since 2014, Acast has been creating the world’s most valuable podcast marketplace, building the technology which connects podcast creators, advertisers and listeners. Its marketplace spans 100,000 podcasts, 2,300 advertisers and 400 million monthly listens. Crucially, those listens are monetized wherever they happen - across any podcasting app or other listening platform. The company operates worldwide and is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden. Acast is listed on the Nasdaq First North Premier Growth Market (ACAST.ST). For brilliant podcasters. For smart advertisers. For The Stories.
Founder & Chief Strategy Officer
Jan 2017
Since 2014, Acast has been creating the world’s most valuable podcast marketplace, building the technology which connects podcast creators, advertisers and listeners. Its marketplace spans 100,000 podcasts, 2,300 advertisers and 400 million monthly listens. Crucially, those listens are monetized wherever they happen - across any podcasting app or other listening platform. The company operates worldwide and is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden. Acast is listed on the Nasdaq First North Premier Growth Market (ACAST.ST). For brilliant podcasters. For smart advertisers. For The Stories.
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