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Terese Hougaard

Partner, Investment Team at Atomico

United Kingdom

Overview 

Terese Hougaard is a Partner in the Investment Team at Atomico in the United Kingdom, with previous experience at CapitalG and Google. She has successfully invested in companies like Opna and All Gravy, focusing on sectors such as FinTech and Web3/Crypto, showcasing expertise in strategic planning and business development.

Work Experience 

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Atomico

  • Partner, Investment Team

    2020 - Current

    Currently focus on fintech and on climate, investing in late seed and s. A rounds. Led investments & board member in Abacum (finance b2b SaaS), Vaayu (carbon accounting) and Opna (carbon financing) and part of Atomico's investments in Y42 (data), Aplo (crypto) and Qatalog (collaboration). Ran Atomico's Angel Programme 2020-21.

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CapitalG

  • Partner

    2017 - 2020

    CapitalG is Alphabet's growth equity investment fund. Worked with late stage investments incl. Stripe, Robinhood, Airbnb and UiPath. Board member & observer of India based Cuemath (edtech), Cardekho (car classifieds) and Practo (healthtech).

  • Vice President

    2016 - 2017

  • Growth Lead

    2015 - 2016

CapitalG is the growth capital fund financed by Alphabet that invests for profit in growth stage technology companies.

capitalg.com

Grasshopper - The Coding App for Beginners (Google Area120)

  • Head of Marketing

    2017 - 2018

    Grasshopper is a coding app startup that is part of Google's Area120 incubator. Headed the 4-member marketing team, developing and launching the brand and marketing strategy. https://grasshopper.codes/

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Google

  • Product Marketing Manager, SMB Marketing

    2014 - 2015

    Built the brand for The Digital Garage, Google's new UK SMB digital skills product. Also headed SMB co-marketing and education efforts for Google's SMB agency resellers.

Google is a multinational corporation that specializes in Internet-related services and organizes the world’s information.

Raised $26,100,000.00 from Angel Investors LP, Kleiner Perkins, Signatures Capital, Sequoia Capital, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Shaquille O'Neal, Henry Kissinger, Google and Tiger Woods.

google.com
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American Express

  • Manager, Business Development and Marketing, Online Commerce

    2013 - 2014

    Drove business development for AXP in the online payments space, by launching marketing partnerships with payment start-ups, such as Braintree and PayPal.

  • Manager, The Strategic Planning Group

    2011 - 2013

    SPG is AXP's internal strategy consulting group. Worked on strategic projects for AXP's CEO and senior executives across the organization.

American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc. provides financial and travel related services for consumers and companies.

travel.americanexpress.com

Education 

Investments 

Opna

Seed

Total funding: $7M

All Gravy

Seed

Total funding: $3M

Vaayu

Seed

Total funding: $14M

Abacum

Series A

Total funding: $32M

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