Staffan Helgesson

Staffan is an outspoken supporter of the European tech ecosystem. He regularly gets involved in issues regarding entrepreneurship on all levels and has been in the venture industry for more than 20 years. Before founding Creandum in 2003, he was a Founder and the Managing Partner at Startupfactory, the first venture investor globally exclusively focused on investments in mobile internet startups. In addition, Staffan has extensive management experience from IKEA, Procter & Gamble and McKinsey & Company. With this deep background, Staffan has seen the rise of the Nordic tech scene, which our research has found attributed to half of Europe’s Billion-Dollar Exits.