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Jacob Hansen

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Founder at Cobalt

Berlin, Berlin, Germany

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About

Jacob Hansen is a co-founder and board member of Cobalt.io, a Pentest as a Service platform, where he served as CEO from 2013 to 2022. He previously worked as a consultant at Accenture in Copenhagen and London, delivering enterprise IT solutions for Fortune 1000 clients, and co-founded bitcoinfilm.org, a non-profit focused on the history of bitcoin. Hansen holds a master's degree in Applied Economics and Finance from Copenhagen Business School and UCLA, and has been featured in Forbes and The Verge and spoken at conferences including OWASP AppSec USA and O'Reilly Security NYC.

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Cobalt's investors · 8

500 GlobalSan Francisco · $150K checks · since 2014byFoundersCopenhagen · $540K – $4.3M checkseLab VenturesAnn Arbor · $25K – $100K checksHighland EuropeLondon · $10.8M – $54M checksKima VenturesParis · $50K – $5M checksPlug and Play VenturesSunnyvale · $50K – $12M checksSequoia CapitalMenlo Park · $4.4M – $214M checksSparkland CapitalSan Jose

Experience

  1. CobaltCo-founder and Board Membercurrent2022 — presentBerlin, Boston, San Francisco
  2. CobaltCEO & Co-Founder2013 — 2022Berlin, Boston, San Francisco
  3. BitcoinfilmCo-Founder2012 — 2025
  4. AccentureConsultant2010 — 2012London

Skills & more

Ruby on Rails6blockchain1Entrepreneurship42Web Application Security34Web Development54Start-ups14Economics16Business Strategy16Finance16Business Intelligence22Bitcoin9Security8
+1 moreB2B SaaS

Languages Danish · English · German · Spanish

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Who is Jacob Hansen?
Jacob Hansen is a co-founder and board member of Cobalt.io, a Pentest as a Service platform, where he served as CEO from 2013 to 2022. He previously worked as a consultant at Accenture in Copenhagen and London, delivering enterprise IT solutions for Fortune 1000 clients, and co-founded bitcoinfilm.org, a non-profit focused on the history of bitcoin. Hansen holds a master's degree in Applied Economics and Finance from Copenhagen Business School and UCLA, and has been featured in Forbes and The Verge and spoken at conferences including OWASP AppSec USA and O'Reilly Security NYC.
Where does Jacob Hansen work?
Jacob Hansen is Founder of Cobalt.
What companies did Jacob Hansen found?
Jacob Hansen founded Cobalt.
Where did Jacob Hansen go to school?
Jacob Hansen studied at Copenhagen Business School (M.Sc., Applied Economics and Finance); UCLA Anderson School of Management (Exchange, MBA Program); Copenhagen Business School (B.Sc., Economics and Business Administration).

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