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Tommy Ahlers
Venture Partner at Giant Ventures
Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark
Overview
Tommy Ahlers is an investor at Giant Ventures and an adjunct professor at DTU, with a background as a former minister of Higher Education and Science and former MP focusing on climate-related issues. He has a track record of investing in and supporting startups in sectors such as Human Capital/HRTech and ClimateTech/CleanTech, with notable investments in companies like Pufin ID, Worksome, and Peakon.
Work Experience
Venture Partner
2024 - Current
Chairman
2024
Founding Partner
2022
Adjunct Professor
2023
Medlem af Folketinget
2019 - 2021
Minister for Higher Education and Science
2018 - 2019
Chairman and investor
2016 - 2018
Peakon with was founded by Phil Chambers, Kasper Hulthin Christian Holm and Daniel Rogers. I knew 3 of the founders from the management team in Podio. I joined as one of the first investors and chairman. Peakon was acquired by Workday in March 2021. https://peakon.com/blog/peakon-news/peakon-and-workday/
Angel Investor
2015 - 2018
VP Product, Social
2012 - 2015
CEO
2010 - 2015
Citrix offers a unified platform to secure, manage, and monitor diverse technologies in complex cloud environments.
Raised $20,000,000.00 from Mayfield Fund and Kleiner Perkins.