Linda Hoglund
Investment Committee Board at Luminar Ventures
Linda Hoglund
Investment Committee Board at Luminar Ventures
Spain
Overview
Work Experience
Non Executive Board Member
2020 - Current
Board member and committee member in Paradox Interactive, a leading game publisher and developer listed on Nasdaq First North.
Investment Committee Board
2021
Investment committee board member in Luminar ventures, taking decisions on investments for Luminar Fund I & II. Investments in early stage growth companies in the Nordics, supporting further scaling internationally. Currently a portfolio of 40 companies in the funds.
Chief Operating Officer
2021 - 2023
Klarna is serving 150m consumers worldwide and in 45 countries, providing a smooother way to pay and shop. As COO responsible for and driving operational excellence across the company, supporting continued growth and control. Responsible for overall organization and way of working, as well as change management and change control. Also the areas of resources, staffing, recruiting, onboarding, training, as well as data, systems and IT. Responsible for a total organisation of 500 people and driving competences of 2,000 people in Business operations and Service.
General Partner & CFO
2017 - 2021
Luminar ventures is an early stage investment fund, focused on investments in digitally enabled companies in the Nordics. The team is working actively with its portfolio companies, supporting great founding teams and products to scale internationally. As General Partner / GP responsible for the investments in the areas of fintech, logistics, greentech and in the CFO role managing the fund operations and finance areas together with the internal and external teams.
Global CFO / SEA
2016 - 2017
Grab is the leading mobile transportation app in South East Asia targeting a population of 600 million, present in over 50 cities with over 3 million drivers in the network. Part of the management team and as CFO responsible for the business and financial strategy, as well as the finance and data organization of 150 employees, including data analytics, purchasing and BI. Closing of financing round of 750 MUSD in end 2016.
Global CFO & EVP
2011 - 2014
Klarna is one of the leading online payments and ecommerce service providers handling over US$ 10 billion in yearly payment volume. As part of the management team and CFO driving the growth and strategy of the company. Responsible for the global finance function of 50 employees, including business planning, corporate finance, compliance and treasury as well as the data, procurement and pricing analytics teams. EVP from Oct 2013 overlooking new region evaluation and plans.
Europe Games CFO
2006 - 2010
Electronic Arts is listed on Nasdaq and one of the largest games publishers in the world. Leading finance and business development, covering the game development studios in Europe. As CFO Europe Games responsible for finance operations, strategic planning, organization and business development teams.
Deputy CEO & CFO
2002 - 2006
Digital Illusions CE AB / DICE is a publicly traded company listed on the Stockholm stock exchange. As CFO and Deputy CEO responsible for public investor relations, finance organization, strategy and operations. DICE is a developer of games for consoles and PC and the creators of the Battlefield games series, sold in over 50 million copies worldwide. Offices in Sweden, Canada and the US.
Co-founder & CFO
1999 - 2002
BlueFactory is a developer of mobile applications and service platform to mobile operators. Offices in Stockholm and Hong Kong with around 50 employees and products launched in Asia and Europe. CFO and Co-founder. Key investors including IT Provider, Deutsche Telecom and Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB).
Investment banking - Technology, Media & Telecom
1997 - 2000
Part of the Investment banking division of Goldman Sachs, London. Driving M&A and IPO projects within Telecom, Media and Technology sector. Working close to several mobile operators expanding globally through M&A and supporting several internet companies going public.