Experience
- Spiich LabsCEO & Co-foundercurrent2025 — presentStockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden
- Leap435Investor & Tech Lead2023 — 2025Berlin, Germany
- BeryllsInvestor & Tech Lead2022 — 2025Berlin, Germany
- IBMTechnical Project Manager - IBM Consulting2019 — 2022Stockholm, Sweden
- IBMSoftware Engineer - IBM Consulting2018 — 2019Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden
- Earlybird Venture CapitalData Science Intern2022Munich, Bavaria, Germany
- PrioEttCo-Founder & COO2016 — 2017Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden
Education
- KTH Royal Institute of TechnologyMaster's degree, Engineering and Management (focus ML)
- Stockholm School of EntrepreneurshipElected courses, Growth - Managing Your Firm
- KTH Royal Institute of TechnologyBachelor's degree, Engineering and Management (focus ML)
Skills & more
Knowledge Graphs1Software Development1GraphRAGSolution ArchitectureArtificial Intelligence (AI)1Leadership5Venture Capital2Project Management4Agile Methodologies2Machine LearningProduct ManagementProcess Optimization1
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PythonData AnalysisCommunicationStrategic planningNegotiationSQLPublic SpeakingIndustry 4.0NodeJSReact.jsEntrepreneurshipLanguages English · Swedish
- McKinsey Product Academy 2023 — McKinsey & Company
- Genesys Cloud Certified Professional (GCP-GC) — Genesys
- Nova Member Certificate — Nova
- Certified SAFe® 4 Agilist — SAFe by Scaled Agile, Inc.
- IBM Agile Explorer — IBM
- The Inshore Yachtmaster Diploma — The Swedish Council for the Education and Training of Yachtsmen (NFB)
- Digitalakademin - Online marketing — Google
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Frequently asked questions
- Where does Johan Torssell work?
- Johan Torssell is at Leap435.
- What check size does Johan Torssell write?
- Johan Torssell typically writes checks of $500K – $2M.
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