Ted Persson leads the DeepTech & Climate team at EQT Ventures. Having joined EQT as a part of the founding team of EQT Ventures in 2015, Ted has played a pivotal role in leading investments into companies like Einride, Sana Labs, Evroc, The Exploration Company, Frontify, 1X, Varjo, Baffin Bay Networks (exit to Mastercard), Sonantic (exit to Spotify), and many more.

Before joining EQT, Ted worked for 15 years as a founder of startups and digital transformation consultancies in Europe, the US, and Asia. Ted co-founded a number of successful digital agencies, including Speedway Digital Army (1997), Abel & Baker (1999), and Great Works (2002). Great Works has been part of the North Alliance (NOA), Scandinavia’s leading communications and technology network, since 2014.

Siduri Poli is an award-winning entrepreneur, investor, and author who work to create a more diverse and innovative future. She is investing in early-stage startups thru her own investment company Mother Ventures (Northe, Melon, AVA Stories, Petli, Freshsound, etc) and in late-stage companies thru Society Uncapped, an angel network she launched earlier this year (X Shore, Estrid etc). She is also a board member of the swedish state’s investment company Saminvest AB managing six billion sek.

Siduri is a co-founder of Changers Hub, a coworking space and Academy with over 1800 entrepreneurs and three locations in Sweden. The aim is to democratize success and enable the young to succeed with their ideas. Been awarded to Future’s Most Powerful by TCO, Digital Inspirer of The Year by IDG and CIO Sweden, Super Talent of the Year by Veckans Affärer, Future Promise of The Year by Marknadsföreningen, Super Communicator of The Year by Resumé and Mom of the Year by Mama Magazine.

General Partner at Unconventional Ventures, a Nordic VC that focuses on impact tech companies founded by diverse founders. She is the award-winning brand strategist who became a tech entrepreneur only to become the investor she needed, who focuses on diverse founders and sees ownership and entrepreneurship as the strongest tools for equality. With her understanding and focus on Sustainability, DEI and future trends, she is building ecosystems in the Nordics region as well in Europe to take advantage of the potential she sees being lost today. Nora was named one of the 50 most influential in Tech 2022, Most important Female investor 2021, Role model of the year 2020 and among Sweden’s 101 Sustainability Leaders 2020.

Martin Lorentzon previously served as Chairman of Spotify’s board of directors from 2008 to 2016. In addition to his role, he served as a member of the board of directors of Telia Company AB (“Telia Company”), Sweden’s main telecom operator, from 2013 to 2018. In 1999, Lorentzon founded Tradedoubler, an internet marketing company based in Stockholm, Sweden, and initially served as a member of its board of directors. Additionally, Lorentzon has held senior roles at Telia Company and Cell Ventures. He holds a Master of Science in Civil Engineering from the Chalmers University of Technology.

Emma Egnell is a figure in the Swedish business community, with a dedicated focus on enhancing engagement and promoting development. As the CEO of HejEngagemang!, she has exhibited steadfast leadership over the course of more than ten years, aiming to cultivate a more dynamic and well-being-centered Sweden. Her vision encompasses a future where the workforce is passionately committed and driven by a profound desire to effect substantial change.

In her capacity as an author, Egnell has gained recognition for her insightful analyses of work psychology and organizational commitment. As Head of Content at the Brilliant Minds Foundation, she has generated meaningful content aimed at educating and inspiring positive behavioral change.

Egnell’s commitment to society is further manifested through her role on the Advisory Board for The Social Few, where she contributes to fostering a more inclusive community and business environment, with a special focus on minority groups and sustainably-led companies.

Additionally, she contributes her expertise as a board member at Calle Flygare Teaterskola, linking her interest in performing arts with her professional acumen, and through her role as a co-founder of HejDigitalt, a key platform for dialogue and innovation in Sweden’s digital future.

Her career is a clear testament to her dedication to innovation, inclusion, and communication, the driving forces behind her work to instigate change and create a brighter future for both individuals and society at large.

Bob is a Partner at leading European B2B software investor, Oxx. With Oxx he leads investments in B2B software businesses in the AI, API and enterprise data management ecosystems. He is a finance industry veteran with an operating background. He works closely with European software businesses at the scale up stage to introduce talent and customers and develop investor relationships. Outside of Oxx, he is both an angel investor and mentor to early-stage SaaS founders, and his extensive background in M&A and capital raising has made him an expert in corporate development and exit strategies.

Michelle Kennedy is founder and CEO of Peanut, one of the fastest-growing social networking apps for women focusing on fertility, pregnancy, motherhood and menopause, which has raised $23m to date. Michelle was formerly Deputy CEO of dating behemoth Badoo, and during her tenure was integral to and inaugural board member of Bumble, (which IPOd at a $13bn valuation).

Having worked in social discovery for ten years, Michelle has unprecedented experience and understanding of the safety and growth components of building a social network for women and continues to execute on her mission to make Peanut the leading network to connect women when they need each other most. She is also a strategic investor in several early and late stage startups, and institutional venture capital funds.

Siduri Poli is an award-winning entrepreneur, investor, and author who work to create a more diverse and innovative future. She is investing in early-stage startups thru her own investment company Mother Ventures (Northe, Melon, AVA Stories, Petli, Freshsound, etc) and in late-stage companies thru Society Uncapped, an angel network she launched earlier this year (X Shore, Estrid etc). She is also a board member of the swedish state’s investment company Saminvest AB managing six billion sek.

Siduri is a co-founder of Changers Hub, a coworking space and Academy with over 1800 entrepreneurs and three locations in Sweden. The aim is to democratize success and enable the young to succeed with their ideas. Been awarded to Future’s Most Powerful by TCO, Digital Inspirer of The Year by IDG and CIO Sweden, Super Talent of the Year by Veckans Affärer, Future Promise of The Year by Marknadsföreningen, Super Communicator of The Year by Resumé and Mom of the Year by Mama Magazine.

Luca Bertalot is Secretary General of the European Mortgage Federation – European Covered Bond Council (EMF-ECBC), representing the interests of EU mortgage lenders and the covered bond community in discussions with the European Institutions and stakeholders in general on all issues relating to the retail and funding sides of the mortgage business. Established in 1967, the EMF is the voice of the European mortgage industry, providing data and information on European mortgage markets, which were worth over €8.3 trillion at the end of 2021 (EU27 + UK). In 2004 the EMF founded the ECBC, a platform that brings together covered bond market participants including issuers, analysts, investment bankers, rating agencies and a wide range of interested stakeholders. ECBC members represent over 95% of covered bonds outstanding, which were worth over €2.9 trillion at the end of 2021.

In his capacity as EMF-ECBC Secretary General, Luca is also Consortium Coordinator for the Energy Efficient Mortgages Initiative (EEMI). In addition, Luca is a member of the European Commission’s Sustainable Energy Investment (SEI) Forum’s Advisory Group and the Advisory Board of the Ca’ Foscari University of Venice’s Economics Department.

Luca joined the EMF-ECBC in 2006, becoming Head of the ECBC in 2007 and was appointed Secretary General in 2014. Prior to this, he worked as a financial analyst in Italy and Australia. Luca holds a degree in Economics and Financial Markets from the University of Rome, Tor Vergata. He also studied at the University of Mannheim, Germany, and at the Wharton School – University of Pennsylvania, in the United States.