Spring Nordic

Jesper Kingo Christensen is a Reserve Officer in the Danish Army with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, having served in Denmark, Greenland, Poland and Latvia, giving him experience in defence operations, military procurement and security requirements. In the private sector, he has held CIO/CTO management roles for over 15 years and has been involved in business development at several companies, including start-ups.

Jakob Jensen has over 10 years of experience in seed and venture funding, including work at Seed Capital. Over the past 8 years he has held management roles at several companies, spending 6 years at Heliac, a Danish solar process heat energy company.

Mads Heine has more than 20 years of experience in unlisted investments and management within the private equity and venture capital industry. His work centers on sustainable business models.

Analyst at Shield Capital with expertise in international security, artificial intelligence, and public-private partnerships. Educated at Stanford University, with prior work spanning the Department of Defense (Army Cyber), Stanford's Center for International Security and Cooperation, and the Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics & Cosmology.

Parth is Senior Investment Director at Spring Nordic, focusing on DefenseTech and ResilienceTech startups, with prior experience in CIO and CTO roles. He serves part-time as a Lieutenant Colonel (R) in the Danish Army within Information Management and holds a Master of Science in Business Administration and Computer Science from Copenhagen Business School. Based in Denmark, he is open to Board of Directors and Advisory Board roles across areas including defense technologies, digital strategy, cloud, and cybersecurity.

Allan Skovgaard Hansen has experience in the European defence industry, including 11 years at the French defence conglomerate Thales. He holds a master's degree in engineering from DTU with a specialization in computer science and operational analysis, and has served as a reserve officer in the Royal Danish Air Force.

Tue Lippert brings military experience from the Royal Danish Navy and various international missions. He has held management roles in the private renewable offshore sector, focused on protecting critical infrastructure associated with large offshore wind farms and subsea infrastructure.

Board member of PSV Foundry and SVP of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at DTU, with 20+ years of international corporate innovation and leadership experience.