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MSc in Engineering Physics from Chalmers with a master's in Complex Adaptive Systems. Built the machine learning model for timber drying at Alent Dynamic in our portfolio, and trained neural networks for adaptive radar waveform generation in his thesis at Saab. Builds applied AI and the tools that let people get more out of the technology in their daily work.
14 years at Google. Built People Operations in Canada and Europe, then ran leadership and culture at Google Stockholm through hypergrowth. Leads team and leadership development at DV.
Smita builds alongside founders, opens the US market for the portfolio, scales DV's operations with AI, and invests in Nordic deep tech and AI companies. Former Chief Product Officer at Zoom, with sixteen years at Google behind her: Google Meet 30x, Chrome OS 60%. PhD in video compression.
Built StudentConsulting to SEK 700M in revenue before exiting in 2013. Took Codemill public, sold Vaccina to Kry. Sets the direction and loves helping the founders we back.
Built Vaccina from zero to over SEK 300M in revenue and SEK 75M in profit in 2.5 years before exit. Pricing, sales and distribution, the unglamorous mechanics that move revenue. Partner across Crystal Alarm, Vaylo and Strativ.
18 years at Google leading Meet, Hangouts and WebRTC. Before that, founded a video startup Google acquired. Owns the AI stack and the technical lens on every deep tech case.
Ten years running PR for Google, and the BBC and Ericsson before that. A UK and European press network built over three decades. Owns how DV and its portfolio companies appear in the press, internationally, from London.
19 years at Google as a developer and engineering manager. Henrik joined Google when it acquired Trendalyzer, Gapminder's data visualization tool. He spent many years on Google Search before moving to Google Meet in Stockholm.
A decade in SaaS and international software sales. Took Codemill into Europe and the US after the IPO, then ran the Nordics and Baltics for AWS. Co-leads the deep tech vertical.
Years of recruitment and HR in fast-moving startups, most recently inside venture capital. Works across organization, culture and operational HR: the methods that turn rapid hiring into a team that performs.
Spotify, Deloitte and a handful of startups before DV. Master's from Chalmers. Has worked across sales strategy, capital raises and M&A. Owns sourcing and drives the investment process with new companies.
Designer and brand strategist. LEGO, Google, Netflix, EA, plus startups at every stage in between. Runs brand development across the portfolio. In an AI-flattened world, authenticity is the moat.
Has built teams in tech companies through the whole scaling journey, with deep expertise in HR, recruitment and organisational development that connects to the business. Finds the ambiguity slowing a team down, solves it, moves on. Owns HR and recruitment across the portfolio.
MSc in Industrial Engineering from KTH (data and machine learning). An analytical background in finance and business development took her to the investment side. Co-leads the deep tech vertical and owns large parts of the investment process with new companies.
MSc in Engineering from Chalmers with a master's in Complex Adaptive Systems, specialising in data science and machine learning. Built and evaluated a GraphRAG system in his thesis at Saab. At DV he builds agentic AI systems from the ground up that automate workflows and create leverage across the organisation.
Recruitment and operational HR, from consulting into venture capital. Works inside the existing portfolio companies and builds the HR foundation in new investments. Does not hire to fill a chair, but to raise the bar on how far the company can go.
Brad works at the intersection of code, UX and product strategy on our AI initiatives. He spent 13 years at Google in engineering roles embedded across product, UX and marketing teams, including a key period in 2020 scaling Google Meet alongside the engineering team in Stockholm. At Disruptive Ventures he builds new AI-first companies from the ground up.
