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Emil Jersling

Investor

Senior Growth Manager at Orbit Startups · Senior Growth Manager at Chinaccelerator

Greater Malmö Metropolitan Area

About

Emil Jersling is a Senior Growth Manager at Orbit Ventures, where he helps CEOs accelerate growth through data-driven decision-making. Trained as an engineer and holding an MBA, he draws on two decades of venture-building experience across Asia, Latin America, and Europe. Since 2005 he has founded eight companies across five countries and exited two, including launching Groupon Belgium in 2011, a vibration-energy-harvesting deep-tech venture in China in 2018, and an organic flow battery company in 2025.

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Experience

  1. Orbit VenturesSenior Growth Managercurrent2025 — present
  2. Orbit VenturesStart-up Mentorcurrent2024 — present
  3. Wolf Batteries B.V.Co-founder & CEOcurrent2025 — presentEindhoven, North Brabant, Netherlands
  4. Buildink.ioAI Product Consultant2024 — 2025Singapore, Singapore
  5. National University of SingaporeBusiness Pitch Mentor2024 — 2025Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
  6. BanecoAdvisor2024
  7. Mergenthaler LaserChief Information Officer2023 — 2024Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
  8. Southern University of Science and TechnologyEntrepreneur in Residence2018 — 2022Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
  9. Innovation DriveCo-Founder2022Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
  10. BeanepicChief Executive Officer2021 — 2022Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
  11. Jersling VenturesChief Executive Officer2016 — 2018Berlin, Germany
  12. CarjumpHead of Internationalisation2016Berlin Metropolitan Area
  13. building10Venture Partner2015 — 2016Berlin Metropolitan Area
  14. Naspers LimitedStrategic Projects Manager Europe2015Berlin Metropolitan Area
  15. Bluffer's MediaBusiness Consultant2015London
  16. uStamp SverigeFounder2014 — 2015Greater Malmö Metropolitan Area
  17. MentorSverigeFounder and CEO2014Greater Malmö Metropolitan Area
  18. Roomservice Kuala LumpurDigital Marketing Director2013Kuala Lumpur
  19. Rebate NetworksVarious (CEO, COO, growth and turnaround advisor)2010 — 2013Central Europe, Latin America, South East Asia
  20. SettleboxAdvisor2013Malmö, Sweden

Education

  1. INSEADMBA2008 — 2009
  2. RWTH Aachen UniversityMEng, Rocket Science2002 — 2003
  3. Imperial College LondonMEng, Mechanical Engineering1999 — 2002

Skills & more

Public SpeakingMentorshipTeamworkConflict ResolutionTeam LeadershipProblem SolvingCritical ThinkingAnalytical Skills1Interpersonal SkillsCommunicationStrategic Planning18Strategy75
+12 moreManagementLeadershipMentoringEarly-Stage StartupsGrowth StrategiesOperations ManagementPrompt EngineeringAI Product managementConversational AINo-Code DevelopmentAPI integrationSpecialist agent development

Languages Chinese · English · French · German · Spanish · Swedish

  • Introduction to Game Development Course — Codecademy
  • Learn the Command Line Course — Codecademy
  • Learn SQL Course — Codecademy
  • Learn Microsoft Excel for Data Analysis Course — Codecademy
  • Getting Started Off-Platform for Data Science Course — Codecademy
  • Visualize Data with Python Skill Path — Codecademy
  • Analyze Data with Python Skill Path — Codecademy
  • How to Analyze Business Metrics with SQL Course — Codecademy
  • Fundamental Math for Data Science Skill Path — Codecademy
  • Learn Python 3 Course — Codecademy

From Emil's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended INSEAD668

Patrick ClaessenPartner at Cottonwood Technology FundChris BischoffInvestment Team at General CatalystJan HammerInvestor at Index VenturesSandra SchwarzerInvestor at Index VenturesMahesha SubramaniamHead of Client Relations at Golden Gate VenturesElena PantaziPartner & Head of Platform at Northzone

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Also attended RWTH Aachen University38

Jason GrüningerInvestment Manager at CapnamicAbdulla ElyasAdvisor at RAED VenturesFrederike WolffInvestment Team at RedstoneAlexander KüppersInvestment Director at Statkraft VenturesSteffen ReineckePartner at eCAPITAL ENTREPRENEURIAL PARTNERSWilli MannheimsManaging Partner at eCAPITAL ENTREPRENEURIAL PARTNERS

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Also attended Imperial College London295

Deji SasegbonVP, Platform & Portfolio Operations at EchoVC PartnersMadison LenormandInvestor at DaphniPauline BoucherInvestor at DaphniLoubaba El AyoubiInvestor at NorthzoneGiovanni MariggiInvestor at MedicxiFrancois PrinslooInvestor at Medicxi

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Shared employers

Also worked at building105

Henri KühnertCo-Founder and Partner at b10Daniel HöpfnerCo-Founder and Partner at b10Tina BurmeisterHead of Finance at b10Sebastian WochnikHead of Content at b10Remo MahlerAnalyst at b10

Also worked at Kaiser Associates4

Jason BrookePrincipal at Sapphire VenturesGuillaume FournierGeneral Partner at Credo VenturesDipak KumarInvestor at Virta VenturesJoel SchoppigPrincipal at Pitango

Also worked at UBS Warburg528

Paul KwanInvestment Team at General CatalystMartin MignotInvestor at Index VenturesBirgitteInvestor at InvestinorSauvanne Saint-LégerInvestor at DaphniElena PantaziPartner & Head of Platform at NorthzoneDaniel LiCEO of Plus and venture partner at Madrona

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Colleagues at Orbit Startups

Abdul Rasheed Mohammed
Program Specialist at Orbit Startups
Aditya Kathpalia
Director of India & MENA at Orbit Startups
Alok Somani
CFO at Orbit Startups
Amani Alshaikhmubarak
Director, Saudi Arabia at Orbit Startups
Ander Gonzalez
Program Specialist at Orbit Startups
Carrie Chang
Finance Manager at Orbit Startups
Chenchen Liu
Assistant General Counsel at Orbit Startups
Ching-Ping Lin
Partner & COO at Orbit Startups