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Frederik Hansen

Founder

Co-Founder & CEO at DiligenceSquared

New York, New York, United States

FoundedDiligenceSquared · YC

About

Frederik Hansen is CEO and co-founder of DiligenceSquared. Previously, he was a Principal in Blackstone's Private Equity division, where he led due diligence evaluation and procurement for multi-billion dollar transactions across offices in San Francisco, New York, and London.

Co-Founder & CEO at DiligenceSquaredYC F25

Intro paths

YC

Frederik went through Y Combinator (Fall 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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Their group partner at YC was Nicolas Dessaigne, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran DiligenceSquared's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Frederik can intro founders to DiligenceSquared's investors below.

DiligenceSquared's investors · 1

Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2025

Co-founders at DiligenceSquared

SBSoren Biltoft-Knudsen
Soren Biltoft-KnudsenCo-Founder & President
HR
Harshil RastogiDirector

Experience

  1. DiligenceSquaredCo-Founder & CEOcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
  2. BlackstonePrincipal, Private Equity2018 — 2025San Francisco, California, United States
  3. Merlin EntertainmentsBoard2019 — 2024
  4. J.P. MorganInvestment Banking Analyst2016 — 2018London, United Kingdom
  5. Nordea MarketsAssistant Sales Manager, Financial Advisory2014 — 2016Copenhagen Area, Denmark
  6. J.P. MorganInvestment Banking Summer Analyst2015London, United Kingdom
  7. Carlsberg GroupStudent Assistant in Group Finance2012 — 2013Copenhagen

Skills & more

Languages Danish · English

From Frederik's professional profile.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Frederik Hansen?
Frederik Hansen is CEO and co-founder of DiligenceSquared. Previously, he was a Principal in Blackstone's Private Equity division, where he led due diligence evaluation and procurement for multi-billion dollar transactions across offices in San Francisco, New York, and London.
Where does Frederik Hansen work?
Frederik Hansen is Co-Founder & CEO of DiligenceSquared.
What companies did Frederik Hansen found?
Frederik Hansen founded DiligenceSquared.
Where did Frederik Hansen go to school?
Frederik Hansen studied at Copenhagen Business School (Master's Degree, Finance and Investments); Copenhagen Business School (Bachelor's Degree, International Business); USC Marshall School of Business (Bachelor, Finance).

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