Jane Walerud
InvestorPartner at Walerud Ventures · Co-founder & Executive Chairwoman, Paebbl at 2050
Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden
About
Jane Walerud is a serial deep tech entrepreneur and investor who, since 2016, has focused with her family on deep tech for the living planet. She typically invests around 1M€ plus her own operative time in very early-stage companies, then moves to a board role as they grow. Her earlier ventures include co-founding and leading Bluetail and Teclo Networks as CEO, and serving as executive chair at Klarna, Lensway, and Satcube. She holds a BA from Stanford and an honorary doctorate from the Royal Institute of Technology.
Invests in
Climate TechDeep Tech
Experience
- MycoMine ABSeed Investorcurrent2025 — presentStockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden
- PaebblExecutive Chair, co-foundercurrent2021 — presentStockholm
- GraphmatechExecutive Chaircurrent2018 — presentGreater Uppsala Metropolitan Area
- Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering SciencesMember, group XII; awarded Gold Medal 2014current2013 — presentSweden
- Klarna ABInvestorcurrent2005 — present
- Midsummer ABInvestorcurrent2004 — present
- Creative Destruction LabAssociate, Oxford Said, Climate and AI streams2019 — 2024Greater Oxford Area
- Creades ABMember of the Board2014 — 2024Greater Stockholm Metropolitan Area
- Walerud VenturesPartner2002 — 2022Sweden
- RacefoxMember of the Board2016 — 2021Greater Stockholm Metropolitan Area
- Swedish Government Innovation CouncilMember2015 — 2018Harpsund, Sweden
- SatCube ABChairman of the Board2016 — 2018Gothenburg, Sweden, and Karlstad, Sweden
- STING – Stockholm Innovation & GrowthStartup Fintech Course Leader2015 — 2016Greater Stockholm Metropolitan Area
- Teclo NetworksCEO, Co-Founder2010 — 2016Zurich
- PROGRESSBoard Member2006 — 2011
- ALMI StockholmBoard member2005 — 2010
- Tobii ABBusiness Unit Head, Assistive Technology2008 — 2010
- Klarna ABBoard member2005 — 2009
- Ellen ABBoard Member2008 — 2009
- Ellen ABManaging Director2005 — 2007
Education
- Stanford Univeristy
- Stanford UniversityBA, Modelling brain function in the computer1979 — 1983
Skills & more
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Business StrategyBusiness PlanningProgram ManagementMobile DevicesNew Business DevelopmentInternational SalesSalesTCP/IPVenture CapitalBusiness DevelopmentR&DProject ManagementLanguages English · Swedish
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Investments
Led
BluetailTeclo Networks
Board seats
GraphmatechKlarnaLenswayPaebblSatcube
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Colleagues at Walerud Ventures
Frequently asked questions
- Where does Jane Walerud work?
- Jane Walerud is Partner at Walerud Ventures.
- What does Jane Walerud invest in?
- Jane Walerud invests in Climate Tech, Deep Tech.
- Does Jane Walerud lead rounds?
- Yes — Jane Walerud has led 2 tracked investments.
Founder mafias
Stanford University mafia837
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Creative Destruction Lab mafia30
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2050 mafia5
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Same school
Also attended Stanford University2,000
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Shared employers
Also worked at Racefox1
Also worked at STING – Stockholm Innovation & Growth5
Also worked at Nortel43
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Also worked at Ericsson78
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