We are a venture house of people and teams who believe that when we work together across our different disciplines and experiences, we can punch above our weight.
the faces of psv
Alexander is all about the humans behind startups. He's fascinated by founders wanting to go from 0-1, only to decide to go from 1-10 and then back to 6, before going through the roof. To him, it's all about the courage and energy it takes - not least when the vision is quite a moonshot – maybe due to his engineering background. He loves being on the sidelines listening, assessing, supporting and joining in on the journey. Alex is the guy you want on your team through the good stuff, the bad stuff and the weird stuff.
(Currently on maternity leave) Alice was born to be in this position, being equally much in love with wordplay and improving the Danish startup ecosystem. And she's got her plate full: Keeping up with the PSV family's stories is like keeping up with the Kardashians, mostly without the drama. But when it comes to the talk of the (startup) town, it's like she's always on top - and not least, she understands what it takes from our founders to create the brands and tell the stories that'll make headlines.
Anders is Founder & Managing Partner of PSV Hafnium. Having led investments in more than 30 startups during his more than 8 years in venture capital, founders are well-off with him by their side. His experience, advice and guidance are deeply rooted in the venture journey from lab to market. With a background both in management consulting and on the industry side, he brings in an understanding of how deep tech clients think and what their commercial needs are.As much as Anders enjoy navigating the rocky roads of the startup journey, he intentionally seeks the balance by prioritizing a lifestyle with time for wellness and mindfulness, whether it’s in the gym, with his family or in a good book – and yes those books are very often touching on the big questions of life, leadership or startup.
Behind every successful team is a strong Office Manager. At least that's a confirmed thesis of ours when it comes to Bettina, who makes sure everyone is doing well and things are running smoothly. She knows we can only succeed together, so she makes sure nobody is ever left behind - or left without lunch. We might as well admit it: everything pretty much falls apart when Bettina takes time off.
Camilla’s deep dedication to taking responsibility to the future of our planet goes hand-in-hand with her seriously impressive ability to juggle a minimum of 27 balls at the same time. All things considered we think that’s a skill that comes in very handy when the world is literality on fire. Camilla is willing to set everything and everyone in motion to make the impossible possible – mostly with the power of positive psychology. She’s probably the biggest yes-person we know. Actually, we wonder if she could have made it as the big self-help coach, talk show host, Camilla Møller from Denmark. Luckily she has a beating heart for startups and has since she stepped in the door at PSV been pushing the ESG and impact agenda forward, both for us as a venture house, for early stage founders and for the ecosystem in general.Camilla was born with a sixth sense in critical thinking and an ability to always reconsider the status quo. In a world with scarce resources and a need to find new innovative ways to live, work, and eat, Camilla is the kind of person the world needs.
Christel is a move-fast-and-break-things kind of woman, so we guess that’s where her love for startups – and Italian race cars – comes from. She would probably even sacrifice her own car if it could help a startup make it through troubling times, which is exactly the kind of person Christel is. The one who’ll go above and beyond to support the people around her. It’s the same care she puts into nurturing the ecosystem for startups. If Christel can give people a strong launchpad to become an entrepreneur, her job is done.
And to get her going, tell her something is impossible. She’ll do everything in her power to prove you wrong. Especially if you tell her unicorns aren’t real.
Christian is just about as good at analysing startups from head-to-toe as he is with a football. And that’s pretty damn good. As part of our Investment Team, he knows how to ask all the right questions to spot the most badass people and startups. If you need a ride-or-die partner-in-crime, he’s the one to call.
Frederik is the kind of person who genuinely enjoys digging deep into the unknown. He studies Physics at the Niels Bohr Institute, and when he’s not at uni, his idea of winding down is binge-watching nerdy videos about physics and mathematical phenomena. For Frederik, curiosity doesn’t switch off, it just finds a new rabbit hole.
He’s joining the PSV Hafnium team as a Venture Analyst, where he’ll support deal sourcing efforts in the hunt for cases that truly move things forward. With a sharp analytical mindset, a deep understanding of technology, and natural sciences, Frederik brings both intellectual rigor and an infectious can-do energy to the team.
He studies physics because he sees it as a way to learn the fundamental principles behind everything. As he puts it, physicists make the first discoveries; engineers turn them into something tangible. And what fascinates Frederik is the step beyond - how venture can help those ideas leave the lab, scale, and become solutions that improve everyday life.
Outside of his studies and the office, Frederik has no shortage of passions. Summers are spent surfing in Biarritz with his siblings, the rest of the year is divided between golfing with his granddad or playing tennis with his dad. Most recently, he’s also taken his 13-year-long love for basketball one step further by launching his own team with his closest friends.
Frederik brings analytical depth with hands-on efforts - reading the court, setting up the play, and knowing exactly when to take the shot.
She’s Heidi’s partner in crime on the quest of protecting our most precious thing – our version of The One Ring you could say – the people, our team and not least our founders. Armed with a dismantling smile, a genuine curiosity and an enviable ability to get excited, Freja can talk to just about anyone, as in have a real and genuine conversation. It doesn’t hurt that she’s currently pursuing her MSc in Diversity and Change Management at Copenhagen Business School (CBS), where she dives into how people and organizations thrive across cultural and language differences. Add that to her knack for languages – she speaks Danish, Spanish, English and a Swedish and you’ve got someone who can truly connect across cultures. When you can’t find Freja at either our HQ or CBS, then you’ll find her playing board games with her friends, out running, or at the movie theater watching a bad romcom (don’t blame her, it’s a guilty pleasure).
Do you know those people who’ve been gifted with the skill to look right through every person they meet on their way? The ones that you can’t cut corners with because they'll recognize your true colors from a mile away. In case you haven’t already guessed that’s exactly Heidi we just described.With her years of dealing and wheeling within HR and executive coaching she’s a key figure in the construction of our company culture and in setting the best possible team. Her undeniable instinct to connect with people and drive organizational development through true collaboration comes in handy in almost all aspects of our business as we operate with a human first modus; from finding the right candidate for a job to investing in the right founder teams and supporting them as leaders. In short Heidi is the calm to our storm whether it’s in the boardroom or in a good old heart-to-heart session.
Helle is an action woman – not only when she rides off-piste on her skis or mountain bike but equally as much in her work. With her 11 years of early-stage investment experience, she has seen her share of pitch decks and bumpy startup journeys – experiences she is happy to share with all her portfolio companies to help them hit the ground running and continue evolving.Helle is your supporter in good times and hard times and will do everything in her power to clear the way for founders, so they can focus hard on their purpose.
With a flair for crunching financial reports and a strong can-do attitude, Ida is a true financial powerhouse. Trust us when we say; nothing ever really escapes her attention. With more than a decade of experience within accounting and financial controlling, Ida is a true jedi when it comes to building the best financial framework for our venture house. Everyday Ida proves how the best financial framework isn’t a static construction but something, which can always be further developed and optimised. Ida excels in communicating everything clearly and precise to everyone involved. A very valued skill! While hardcore perfectionism can be somewhat of a mouthful, Ida brings a human feel to it. And as if we weren’t lucky enough by having her watchful eyes on our side, she can even lift our spirit with a song or two from her gospel choir as well.
Jakob is Founder & Managing Partner of PSV Hafnium. With more than 25 years in startup, venture and private equity, with numerous exits behind him. He has also done several angel investments and held countless board positions in tech and deep tech companies. Through his experience Jakob has just the right toolbox to help founders in deep tech thrive and flourish.
Kristian is PSV’s resident brand octopus.With arms in every corner of storytelling and brand building, Kristian has spent years shaping voices in the music industry. From running his own music company to working at Universal Music, he knows the journey from first demo tape to Roskilde Festival’s Orange Stage – and has a refined ear for spotting the golden angle in any conversation, then amplifying it for the world to hear. To Kristian, founders and artists are cut from the same cloth: passionate, brilliantly unconventional, and unstoppable in turning vision into reality. His craft is to transform that raw energy into stories the world wants to hear – whether it’s an artist’s first single or a founder’s first funding round, he knows how to capture the journey, frame the vision, and show exactly what makes it remarkable.When he’s not crafting narratives, Kristian is out on open water with a hand on the tiller and an eye on the wind. Sailing is more than a way to switch off – it demands full focus, quick thinking, and constant adjustment to changing conditions. It’s the same curiosity and precision he brings to navigating the shifting tides of tech – only with salt spray on his face.
Lasse is Christel’s right-hand man. Fresh out of his Master’s degree and with a passion for the field of digital strategy and transformations, he’s an expert in both business and IT, making him somewhat of a digital guru here at the office.As if all that wasn’t enough, he also has a passion for making pizzas, which, naturally, we’re pretty stoked about. Honestly, his only fault is his belief that PowerPoint can be used for absolutely everything - we still have our doubts on that.
Line is PSV’s Head of Brand & Communication. In other words, the one who turns complexity into clarity and makes sure projects actually land.Line has explored different professional worlds. Her story with PSV began before the name even existed, and she later brought her expertise to some of Denmark’s most renowned law firms, drawn by the challenge and the chance to test herself in entirely new arenas. There, she worked on everything from defining and implementing communication strategies and leading rebranding processes to advising executive management on crisis communication and transformation. Now, she’s found her way back to venture, like an old friend returning home, carrying with her the structure, resilience, and leadership honed in the legal world, ready to put it all into play at PSV once again.Line is the kind of person who’s drawn to the difficult. When someone says, “You can’t do that,” her instinctive reply is, “Watch me.” She’s fueled by people who dare to think big and break boundaries, and she’s never afraid to push them herself.But at the heart of it all lies humor. For Line, laughing at work isn’t optional, it’s essential. She calls herself hobbyless, but the truth is she’s deeply social, with a wide circle of people around her and a love for winter bathing, not for the hype, but because it forces her to unplug and just be.At PSV, Line is here to set direction, simplify the complex, and, we wouldn’t be surprised, crack a joke or two by the coffee machine along the way.
Maria is Managing Partner of PSV Hafnium. Her skillset can be likened to a Swiss knife, as she combines a wide range of technical and commercial expertise. Maria has always been passionate about science and technology, leading her to a PhD in physics at CERN, where she played an active role in the discovery of the Higgs particle. As her career progressed, she became increasingly aware of climate challenges, prompting her to join BCG for green transformation initiatives. Later, at Ørsted, she led innovation teams and managed their venture arm, working closely with startups to develop sustainable energy solutions. Now at PSV Hafnium, Maria is committed to working closely with founders on technology development that will positively impact our planet.Outside of work, Maria enjoys exploring Copenhagen’s cultural scene while balancing city life with her family and a home filled with pets, science fiction and literature.
Marianne is the Founder & Managing Partner of PSV Hafnium. She is an engineer with a profound passion for deep tech and company building. With over 20 years of experience, Marianne has traversed roles in R&D, management consulting, venture building, impact funding, and early-stage investing, both as a venture capitalist and a business angel. Her career has seen her in close collaboration with startups, serving in investor and board positions. Furthermore, she has firsthand experience as the CEO and founder of a tech startup, navigating the challenging yet rewarding startup landscape. Marianne's expertise merges technical acumen with strategic foresight, emphasizing both commercial success and impactful outcomes.
Since Mathias took his first steps on this planet, he has been determined to understand the psychology behind people’s actions and the dynamic of groups. If you ask him today, what makes him tick professionally, the answer is not very different. He’ll without hesitation say: startups, the people who run them and the culture within them. A perfect fit for PSV! A place where he can nerd out on understanding the personality traits that drive each of our founders and support them in nurturing just the right culture in their team. Having a master’s degree in sociology with a thesis in people and culture, one might think that he’d be done with the studying. But if you browse his bookshelves or podcast playlist, you’ll find that Mathias never stops digging in the people and culture section. His ability to assess founders and understand teams comes from his unstoppable desire to learn, a fine-tuned interest and sensibility towards other people, traveling the world, navigating complex organizations, and perhaps even a bit from playing PlayStation in his boxers. He’s a true force of nature in our people and culture team!
Crunching numbers without breaking a sweat and being able to look beyond numbers and truly see through financial statements are skills that are kept for only the very few. That’s why we’re lucky to have Mogens on our team. They say that youth is fleeting and wisdom is enduring - and Mogens bears the accounting experience of a lifetime. Alongside the rest of our hardcore finance team, Mogens keeps track of the books and has both eyes locked on what comes in and what goes out. So if anyone were to ask us: “are you sure of the math?” We’d be quick to reply: “Yes, we’re sure of the math”.
Peter is PSV’s Finance Manager, a steady hand with sharp people instincts and a natural knack for bringing teams together. Peter’s the kind of person who naturally becomes the team’s anchor: open, approachable, and genuinely curious about the people around him. Across roles at Grant Thornton, Deloitte, and DSV, he has worked with just about every personality– from detail-driven finance veterans to strategic big-picture leaders. Peter brings structure, but also reassurance. He’s built clarity from chaos before, brought people together across cultures, and proven that good finance isn’t just about crunching numbers, which he crushes by the way, it’s about trust and helping others feel confident in the decisions they make.Outside the office, Peter is the resident young gun in his former colleagues’ cycling club, Sunday mornings mean gravel paths, dry humour, and 100 km around Roskilde Fjord. He also loves hunting, where tradition takes over, the phone stays in the pocket, and long hours in wind, rain, or sunshine offer rare space to just be.
If you want someone who knows how to go a few rounds for what matters, you call Rachel. Whether it’s in the boxing ring or fighting for ESG & impact.Rachel traded a small rural town in North Carolina for Copenhagen five years ago, swapping familiarity for bigger possibilities. She stayed for the balance of comfort and challenge: a safe society and a scene that never stops pushing you to learn from new people and try new things. Currently, she’s studying an MSc in Finance and Strategic Management at CBS. In practice, she’s already deep into ESG: first at SimCorp, working on large-scale ESG reporting software for global investors, and then on the finance side, with ESG strategy and integration at Capital Four. Now, at PSV, she’s getting close to the founders themselves, where impact is built in from day zero, not retrofitted later. Rachel is ambitious and structured – the natural yin to the visionary yang shaping PSV’s ESG & impact efforts. She loves the idea of taking big thoughts and turning them into clear plans, concrete frameworks, and tangible results that both founders and investors can use.Outside of work, Rachel recharges through movement and community. If not boxing classes, she’s exploring new corners of Copenhagen. Always surrounded by people, always trying new things, always looking for the next way to turn good intentions into real change.
During the last couple of years, before joining PSV, Rasmus spent most of his waken hours in the arms of a giant lawful bear dealing and wheeling with big M&A’s. Luckily (for us) his eyes glanced away from traditional law firms, and instead made contact with the PSV house of venture. Rasmus is a real people-guy, which is (one of the many reasons) why we’re lucky to have him here; close to the founders. With the depth of his legal knowledge and his pragmatic approach, he’s in the perfect position to help great ideas flourish by building legal frameworks that are made to last. Even his appearance is starting to blend in with all the hoodies – as much as you can when you’re two meters tall – which can take a while when you’ve been around suits and ties ever since you walked through the door of law school.
Richard enjoys every second of having front row tickets to technologies emerging – and dusty industries falling. Yet he doesn’t just sit back and enjoy the show. Thanks to his ability to navigate complexities and 12 years of investment experience he can dissect just about any business model, idea, market, and trend – for better and worse. Richard is the kind of guy that leaves no stone unturned and happily juggles quite a few of them. He has kept the nerdy mindset from a past career in engineering and combines it with the curiosity of an artistic soul.Richard is your straight-forward wingman, who’ll always serve the truth on the rocks, but never leaves you hanging
Sebastian is not your ordinary VC guy. When it comes to building tech companies his insights are as exceptional as the length of his name (it would never fit a standard business card, good thing we don’t carry those anymore). In 2016 Sebastian found a missing link in the chain between the hospitality businesses in need of flexible staff and job-seeking youngsters. So he and a friend decided to fix it. They founded the startup Chabber and somehow, they managed to become among the last 500 out of 10,000 startups to stand at the doorstep to join the world-famous accelerator program Y-Combinator in California. Not long after, the paths of PSV and Sebastian crossed for the first time. We invested in Chabber and while the venture journey never quite took off, we couldn’t shake the tall guy with the orange app out of our heads - and luckily we stuck in his too; fast forward to seven years later where Sebastian joined our investment team. The circle is complete! So Sebastian is your guy, if you’re a founder looking for an investor who has been in your shoes. Under his Patagonia vest he knows what product/market-fit really looks like and understands that creating a hockey-stick curve is built through a journey that is everything but linear.
Søren is Operations Partner at PSV Hafnium and brings what feels like twice a lifetime of experience in venture capital to the team. He has been GP in several funds and today serves as board member and business angel in a range of deep tech and AI/ML startups. He spends much of his time – both professionally and for fun – exploring the latest mega trends and the impact of emerging technologies. Through his personal holding company, he also invests as a business angel in fintech, AI/ML and deep tech startups (yes, even a 5th generation nuclear startup). A few fun facts: his first job was as a “rocket scientist” (well, engineer), he’s been a semi-pro online gamer, and he has 34 first cousins.
Susanne is Venture partner of PSV Hafnium. She is the fund’s Greentech and Biosolutions expert, bringing +20 years of experience from her roles as Vice President at Novozymes (now Novonesis), Ørsted (offshore wind) and before that as Management Consulting at IBM, PA Consulting Group, and partner at Bain. Within the Green transition and Biosolutions Susanne has especially specialized in commercial growth and P&L leadership. With her current roles as CCO, Chairperson and Advisor to numerous startups, Susanne brings her deep industry and startup expertise into play. Just like she brings high energy, vision, and inspiration to everyone she works with.
Vita is all about moving people – From telling stories through her dancing since she was a kid to running through film sets to make great movies come alive. We’ve been lucky enough to win her over to the startup side, where she’s changed her best moves with her best words. Vita is truly piecing together PSV stories that can stir up a crowd. Crowds are definitely Vita’s thing. As long as she feels part of something bigger, she will go out of her way to make life easier for the rest, whether it’s a coworker or founder. That also shines through in her choice of studies. She’s studying a MSc in Management of Innovation and Business Development at Copenhagen Business School, because she wants to build up a toolbox for helping people turn their visions into reality.
PSV Foundry – Board of Directors
