Søren Juul Jørgensen

Strategy, Public Affairs & Innovation at the intersection of technology, policy and business | Former senior diplomat | Founder, GAEIA | Stanford Research Fellow

📍 San Francisco, California, United States🔄 Updated November 2026💼 4 investments📅 15 years investing🗓 Last invested Nov 2018𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
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CO-founder, member of the board
Nov 2018
We are an association for green tech and innovation since 2018. We are a global non-profit organization formed by startup builders, innovation specialists, design thinkers, and community accelerators. Our purpose is to support and help develop green startups, small businesses and set green innovation into motion. How do we do that? Beyond Beta Green: an investment platform where we facilitate matchmaking events. We help “Born Green” startups on their green investment journey. Sustainable Innovation Camp: a program that certifies the next generation of sustainable solution leaders. It is a program built on an innovation-based methodology that embeds sustainability into the heart of an organization through innovation, collaboration, and strategic thinking. Green Impact Assessment: a tool used to assess companies’ green impact. Green Entrepreneurship Week: a 5 days program engaging key actors in the national green impact ecosystem. SDG Tech Awards: the largest sustainability award in the Nordics during which we identify and validate sustainable solutions among 400+ corporates, SMEs, start-ups, and scale-ups.
Co-Founder & Board Member
Mar 2016
Nordic Innovation House – New York is a joint initiative by Denmark, Iceland, Finland, Norway and Sweden, as well as Nordic Innovation (Nordic Council of Ministers). The program offers high quality Nordic companies in an early growth phase an incubator/soft landing concept to facilitate successful US market entry. More about the program soon at our web page.
Board Member
Aug 2014
Nordic Innovation House is a Silicon Valley based work community scaling the best of Nordic businesses. We support our members hit the ground running: We offer a strongly connected local community that helps you get going, facilitates your work life, gets you connected, and offers programs that further scale and refine your business idea. Discover more about our activities and how to connect: www.nordicinnovationhouse.com
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2022
SVP, Global Business Development
Feb 2022
Bigadan is an international provider of contracting services for large-scale co-digestion biogas plants. Operation and ownership of similar biogas plants is another part of Bigadan’s main business areas. With more than 30 years of experience within the biogas field, Bigadan has accumulated a unique know-how enabling us to solve any of our clients’ challenges and requests. We are able to manage all aspects when delivering turnkey and specific subsystem biogas solutions, including: • Detailed designing • Commissioning • Complete machine, process equipment and SCADA system • Total plant supply by well-known suppliers • Erection and site management • Training of the local staff • Daily operation Bigadan has taken part in building more than 40 plants in 14 countries worldwide and has subsidiaries, affiliates and business contacts in several countries keeping us in close contact with clients and suppliers as locally as possible.
2021
Co-Founder
Apr 2021
GAEIA is born out of the realization that we need to find new ways of collaboration to understand and react to the impacts of technology. New collaboration platforms bringing together industry, academia and society based in diversity and globally inclusive approaches are needed to promote a culture of responsible digital leadership. Our mission is to connect industry and academia around the world and conduct cutting edge inclusive research to promote the understanding of ethics and impact of advanced tech.
2019
Co-Founder
Jan 2019
Connect to the Nordic legaltech ecosystem both online and offline. Visit our website to learn more and become a member. #legaltech #regtech #legalinnovation
2018
CO-founder, member of the board
Nov 2018
We are an association for green tech and innovation since 2018. We are a global non-profit organization formed by startup builders, innovation specialists, design thinkers, and community accelerators. Our purpose is to support and help develop green startups, small businesses and set green innovation into motion. How do we do that? Beyond Beta Green: an investment platform where we facilitate matchmaking events. We help “Born Green” startups on their green investment journey. Sustainable Innovation Camp: a program that certifies the next generation of sustainable solution leaders. It is a program built on an innovation-based methodology that embeds sustainability into the heart of an organization through innovation, collaboration, and strategic thinking. Green Impact Assessment: a tool used to assess companies’ green impact. Green Entrepreneurship Week: a 5 days program engaging key actors in the national green impact ecosystem. SDG Tech Awards: the largest sustainability award in the Nordics during which we identify and validate sustainable solutions among 400+ corporates, SMEs, start-ups, and scale-ups.
ForestAvenue
Founder
Aug 2018
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