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Juha Christensen

Investor

Chair at Bang & Olufsen, Chairman & Co-Founder at Star at NGP Capital

San Francisco Bay Area

About

Juha Christensen is a Danish technology founder who serves as Chairman at Bang & Olufsen, Chairman and Co-Founder at the technology consulting firm Star, and Vice Chairman of Netcompany. He founded Star in 2008 and grew it from 40 to 750 employees across Europe, the US, and Asia. Earlier in his career he led the founding of Symbian and held leadership roles at Microsoft and Macromedia.

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Invests in

Deep TechEnterprise SoftwareHardwareMobility & Transportation

Experience

  1. StarFounder & Chairmancurrent2008 — present
  2. Bang & OlufsenChairmancurrent2020 — presentStruer, Middle Jutland, Denmark
  3. Bang & OlufsenVice Chairman2016 — 2020Struer, Denmark
  4. NetcompanyVice Chairmancurrent2016 — presentCopenhagen Area, Denmark
  5. Blazar CapitalInvestor & Advisory Board Membercurrent2018 — presentCopenhagen Area, Denmark
  6. byFoundersCo-Founder, Founders Collectivecurrent2017 — presentCopenhagen, Capital Region, Denmark
  7. CloudMadeCo-Founder & Chairman2008 — 2024
  8. BrandworkzChairman2008 — 2017London
  9. Pelican Imaging CorporationBoard Member2012 — 2016Mountain View, California
  10. Symphony TelecaBoard Member2003 — 2012
  11. VirtualLogix, Inc.Chairman2008 — 2010
  12. TrolltechBoard Member2005 — 2008
  13. Sonopia CorporationChairman and Founder2005 — 2008
  14. UnwireBoard Member2003 — 2008
  15. MacromediaPresident2003 — 2005
  16. CTIABoard Member and Executive Committee Member2000 — 2004
  17. Microsoft Corp.Corporate Vice President, Mobile Devices Division2000 — 2004
  18. FairgainBoard Member2000 — 2002
  19. SymbianFounder and Board Member1995 — 2000
  20. CompactFlash AssociationFounding Marketing Chairman1995 — 1998

Education

  1. London Business SchoolExecutive MBA, Studied Business Administration (not completed)1996 — 1998

Skills & more

Strategy99Leadership99Team Management8Management76Team Leadership8Strategic Planning9Mobile Devices99Strategic Consulting33Mobile Communications99Requirements Analysis18Sales41International Sales34
+12 moreFinanceEngineeringLead GenerationProject PlanningSoftware DesignChange ManagementStart-upsTelecommunicationsBusiness StrategyOutsourcingAgile MethodologiesEntrepreneurship

Languages Danish · English · German

From Juha's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended London Business School451

Patrick ClaessenPartner at Cottonwood Technology FundDominic JacquessonInvestor at Index VenturesSandra SchwarzerInvestor at Index VenturesMatt CherianVenture Partner at Monta Vista CapitalAkshat GoenkaInvestor at Moonfire VenturesGiuseppe IademarcoHead of Global Partnership at P101 Ventures

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Shared employers

Also worked at Macromedia81

Louise TomlinsonInvestor at Reinventure GroupAditya ReddyVice President at Sapphire VenturesSydney SloanChief Marketing Officer at Scale Venture PartnersJeff VeenDesigner and investor in London, United KingdomErika NashInvestor at Next Frontier CapitalDavid MackayD9Y at Mucker Capital

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Also worked at Microsoft Corp.626

Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorJavier SolteroSenior Venture Partner at Felicis VenturesViviana FagaGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesQuentin ClarkInvestment Team at General CatalystViswa SankaranarayananVenture Partner at Monta Vista Capital

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Investments

Board seats

Bang & OlufsenCloudMadeNetcompanyPelicanStarTelecaTrolltechVirtualLogix

Per the firm's website.

Colleagues at NGP Capital

Ann Rosenberg
Advisor at NGP Capital
Anna Teyssot
Advisor at NGP Capital
Atte Honkasalo
Vice President, Data & Analytics at NGP Capital
Bo Ilsoe
Managing Partner at NGP Capital
Cathy Li
Manager, Post-Investment at NGP Capital
Christian Noske
Partner at NGP Capital
Debjit Mukerji
Partner at NGP Capital
Dennis Rosbäck
Senior Accountant at NGP Capital