Where does Carsten Salling work?

Carsten Salling is General Partner at Dreamcraft.

What check size does Carsten Salling write?

Carsten Salling typically writes checks of $500K – $2.5M.

Where did Carsten Salling go to school?

Carsten Salling studied at Copenhagen Business School (Gaduate Diploma (HD 2. Del), Finance); CBS Executive Fonden (SME Board Programme, Corporate Governance); Royal Danish Defence College (Danish Army Officers Academy, Commissioned Officers Program in Military and Strategic Leadership).

Carsten Salling

Investor

General Partner at Dreamcraft

Copenhagen, Denmark

Writes $500K – $2.5M checks · typically $1.5M

About

Carsten Salling is a Partner at Danske Private Equity, part of Danske Bank Asset Management, where he invests in European technology venture capital funds and identifies Nordic growth co-investments through the Dansk Vækstkapital funds. He has over 20 years of international leadership experience, including roles as General Partner at Dreamcraft Ventures and Director of Business Innovation at Maersk, and serves as an investor and board member across multiple technology startups and venture capital funds. Salling holds degrees from Copenhagen Business School and the Danish Army Officers Academy and has been active in technology investing since 1998.

Contact· self-published, not guessed

c•••@dreamcraft.vcreveal

Experience

Danske BankPartner, Venture & Growth at Danske Private Equitycurrent2026 — presentCopenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark
Dreamcraft VenturesLimited Partnercurrent2020 — presentCopenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark
Dreamcraft VenturesGenerel partner2020 — 2025Copenhagen Metropolitan Area
The Nordic Web VenturesLimited Partnercurrent2025 — presentCopenhagen Metropolitan Area
Mazepay A/SPre-seed Investorcurrent2019 — presentCopenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark
Gjørtler EjendommeAdvisorcurrent2019 — presentViborg Municipality, Central Denmark Region, Denmark
Maersk DrillingDirector of Business Innovation2018 — 2019København, Region Hovedstaden, Danmark
Maersk DrillingHead of Inventory, Logistics & CAPEX Procurement2016 — 2018Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark
A.P. Moller - MaerskStrategic CAPEX Sourcing Program Manager2011 — 2016Copenhagen Metropolitan Area
ForsvaretCaptain and Head of Logistics Planning & Operations2010 — 2011Helmand Province, Afghanistan
ForsvaretFirst Lieutenant and Head of Planning & Operations2008 — 2010Vordingborg Municipality, Region Zealand, Denmark

Skills & more

Leadership14Negotiation4Analytical ThinkingStrategy18Venture CapitalBoard of DirectorsInvestment ManagementFamily OfficeEntrepreneurshipDue DiligenceManager SelectionDeal Sourcing

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Investor RelationsFundraisingAsset ManagementAlternative InvestmentFund of Funds (FOF)Private EquityBusiness InnovationManagement ConsultingBusiness StrategyProject ManagementSocial EntrepreneurshipStrategic Partnerships

Languages Danish · English · French · German · Norwegian/Swedish

Complete Skilled Negotiator — The Gap Partnership
Basic Consultancy Readiness — McKinsey & Company

From Carsten's professional profile.

Colleagues at Dreamcraft

Christian Kirk Rasmussen

Founding Partner at Dreamcraft

Daniel Mariussen

General Partner at Dreamcraft

Frederik Pheiffer

Investment Analyst at Dreamcraft

Jesper Søgaard

Founding Partner at Dreamcraft

Nico Blier-Silvestri

Partner, Founder Enablement at Dreamcraft

Nikolaj Nyholm

Investor at Dreamcraft

René Rechtman

Investor at Dreamcraft

Frequently asked questions

Who is Carsten Salling?: Carsten Salling is a Partner at Danske Private Equity, part of Danske Bank Asset Management, where he invests in European technology venture capital funds and identifies Nordic growth co-investments through the Dansk Vækstkapital funds. He has over 20 years of international leadership experience, including roles as General Partner at Dreamcraft Ventures and Director of Business Innovation at Maersk, and serves as an investor and board member across multiple technology startups and venture capital funds. Salling holds degrees from Copenhagen Business School and the Danish Army Officers Academy and has been active in technology investing since 1998.
Where does Carsten Salling work?: Carsten Salling is General Partner at Dreamcraft.
What check size does Carsten Salling write?: Carsten Salling typically writes checks of $500K – $2.5M.
Where did Carsten Salling go to school?: Carsten Salling studied at Copenhagen Business School (Gaduate Diploma (HD 2. Del), Finance); CBS Executive Fonden (SME Board Programme, Corporate Governance); Royal Danish Defence College (Danish Army Officers Academy, Commissioned Officers Program in Military and Strategic Leadership).

Same school

Also attended Copenhagen Business School309

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Also attended CBS Executive Fonden4

Katrine DamgaardBoard Member at Damgaard Company Joachim ScheldePrincipal at Scale Capital Mads G. JakobsenBestyrelsesformand (Chairman of the Board) at AYA – Always Your Advisor Rikke DalsgaardBestyrelsesmedlem (Board Member) at AYA – Always Your Advisor

Also attended Royal Danish Defence College1

Niels BuusAdvisory Board at Final Frontier (Space & Defence VC)

Shared employers

Also worked at Danske Bank38

Johannes WallénSenior Associate – Equity Capital Markets at Sciety Adrian FriederichPrincipal, Investment at FoodLabs Elin BäckmanInvestment Manager at Bonnier Capital Heli Mehtätalo-TakalaHead of Investor Relations & Communications at Innovestor Ventures Ronnie Møller-ThorsøePartner at Dansk Ejerkapital Henri PeltomäkiAssociate at Procuritas

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