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OSLO, NORWAY
CEO & Co-Founder

Inge Grini

  • Engineer & MBA with a Finance Specialisation
  • Brings about 30 years of business building in advanced technology
  • Leads investor relations and venture governance
  • Assembles founders, scientists and investors around new companies
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CTO & Co-Founder, PhD

David Volent Lindberg

  • PhD Spatial Statistics & MSc Industrial Mathematics, NTNU
  • Specialises in Bayesian inverse problems and hidden Markov models
  • Serves as acting CTO across several ventures
  • Leads the recruiting of scientists and AI experts
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Head of AI, PhD

Alise D. Midtfjord Lohre

  • PhD Machine Learning, University of Oslo
  • Develops explainable, uncertainty-aware AI for safety-critical use
  • Heads AI sciences across the ventures
  • Named one of the Top 50 Women in Tech in Norway 2025
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Sr. Venture Builder

Nilgun Grini

  • 25+ years in technology, ex-SAP, Microsoft and Meta
  • Leads commercial strategy and go-to-market for the ventures
  • Drives fundraising and business development
  • Closes large-scale enterprise software deals
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Chief Commercial Officer

Aslak Hougen

  • Executive MBA, ESCP Paris
  • Former VP and CEO in leading Nordic companies
  • Leads company creation and investor access
  • Drives commercial roll-out to clinics at Ambr Institute
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Sr. Data Scientist, PhD

Brijesh Modi

  • Computer Engineer & PhD in Behavioural Neuroscience
  • Builds research platforms for financial markets
  • Engineers self-improving, autonomous research loops
  • Architects scalable and modular ML systems
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Lead UX Designer

Alexandra Solheim

  • Informatics degree & 12+ years in media and broadcast technology
  • Leads service design and UX research
  • Prototypes from Figma to front-end code
  • Designs FemTech and AI products for endometriosis
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Accountant

Anne Margrete Bjornstad

  • Ex-Equinor, 20 years as Senior Accountant
  • Manages financial reporting and month-end close
  • Oversees bookkeeping, VAT and payroll
  • Keeps the studio and ventures audit-ready and compliant
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Lead Studio Advisor

Denis Kovalevich

  • 25 years in tech entrepreneurship and venture investing
  • Built TechnoSpark, an early European DeepTech studio, to 120+ companies
  • Reached a 30% ten-year success rate against a 1 to 3% ecosystem average
  • Leads Summit Studio Capital
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Venture teams

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HEALTHCARE

Ambr Institute

FINANCE

Alpha Eight

CONSTRUCTION

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