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Ola Nordbye

Investment Director at Kinnevik AB

London, England

Overview

Work Experience

  • Board Director

    2024 - Current

    Next generation banking infrastructure, serving tier 1 institutions globally.

  • Investment Director

    2015

    Kinnevik is an industry focused investment company with an entrepreneurial spirit. Our purpose is to build digital businesses that provide more and better choice. We do this by working in partnership with talented founders and management teams to create, develop and invest in fast growing businesses in developed and emerging markets. I lead our Fintech and Business Services investing.

  • Board Director

    2023

    Lunar is the leading pan-Nordic digital bank.

  • Board Director

    2022

    Omnipresent makes it fast and easy to employ remote talent in over 150 countries. They take care of all the complex administration involved including payroll, benefits, compliance and taxes, so you can focus on growing your business. We co-led their $120m Series B with Tencent.

  • Board Director

    2021

    Sure is a technology enabler in the insurance space. Our SaaS technology platform is what modern insurance carriers and consumer brands are using to vertically integrate digital insurance programs. Consumer brands in auto, business financial software, and banking like Tesla Insurance, Betterment, Intuit, Carvana, and Mastercard and insurance carriers like Farmers Insurance and Chubb are using our platform, APIs, rating engine, policy administration and agent tools to create better customer experiences in digital insurance at a pace they’ve never been able to achieve before. Kinnevik co-led Sure's $100m Series C round.

  • Angel Investor

    2019

  • Angel Investor

    2018

  • Board Observer

    2016 - 2021

    Betterment is built to help you make the most of your money—today, tomorrow, and beyond. We help you unify your financial life across spending, saving, investing, and retirement, with personalized, fiduciary advice that puts you and your needs first. Kinnevik led Betterment's Series E financing in 2016.

  • Business Development Partner

    2020 - 2020

  • Board Director

    2018 - 2020

    Bread is transforming retail by building powerful financing tools that help retailers increase sales. Bread gives retailers the ability to let their customers pay over time for the things they need, on their terms. Kinnevik led Bread's Series C financing in 2018. Bread was sold to Alliance Data Systems in 2020.

  • Board Director

    2016 - 2018

    Linio is a Latin American online store with presence in 8 countries: Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama, Peru and Venezuela. They offer more than 7 million products through our retail and marketplace models. The company was sold to Falabella in 2018.

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