Where does Mats Håkansson work?

Mats Håkansson is VP of Sales at Unusual Ventures.

Where did Mats Håkansson go to school?

Mats Håkansson studied at Penn State University (Bachelor's Degree, Psychology); Duke University (Certification, Business Data Analytics - Excel to MySQL).

Mats Håkansson

Investor

VP of Sales at Unusual Ventures · Fund Manager at Almi Invest

Sweden

About

Mats Håkansson is a highly active early-stage investor focused on central and northern Sweden who, leveraging a state-backed mandate, backs more technologically ambitious, longer-horizon ventures with commercial and societal impact.

Invests in

BiotechClimate TechDeep TechEnterprise SoftwareHardwareSaaS

Experience

Unusual VenturesVP of Salescurrent2024 — present
Unusual VenturesSales Director2024Menlo Park, California, United States
DeepgramStrategic Account Executive2023 — 2024San Francisco, California, United States
TwilioSenior Strategic Account Executive - Financial Services2023San Francisco Bay Area
TwilioStrategic Enterprise Account Executive - Financial Services2022 — 2023San Francisco Bay Area
TwilioEnterprise Account Executive2020 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
LaunchDarklyField Account Executive2019 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
LaunchDarklyEnterprise Account Executive2019
StampliHead Of Sales2017 — 2018Mountain View, CA
StampliSales Director2016 — 2017
Coupa SoftwareAdoption Manager, Coupa Advantage2015 — 2016
Coupa SoftwareAccount Development Representative Team Lead, Enterprise Team2014 — 2015
Maxeler TechnologiesAccount Executive2011 — 2014

Skills & more

Salesforce.com71SaaS31Microsoft Office25Enterprise Software64Business Development81User Adoption21Analytics23Global Business Development4Sales37User Experience4Press Releases4Marketing Strategy5

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ResearchProject PlanningProposal WritingEvent PlanningSocial MediaWritingSpreadsheetsAccountingPublicityAdministrationBudgetsFinancial Reporting

Strategic Thinking — LinkedIn
Marketing and Music & Media Management — London Metropolitan University

From Mats's professional profile.

Colleagues at Unusual Ventures

Andy Youn

Director of Finance at Unusual Ventures

Bill Hodak

Investor at Unusual Ventures

Brett Teele

Chief Financial Officer & Partner at Unusual Ventures

Calvin Ling

Vice President of Finance at Unusual Ventures

Doug Regner

Investor at Unusual Ventures

Eric Peter

Venture Partner and AI Specialist at Blockchain Builders

Henry Buckingham

Vice President at Unusual Ventures

Jared Waxman

Operating Partner at Unusual Ventures

Frequently asked questions

Who is Mats Håkansson?: Mats Håkansson is a highly active early-stage investor focused on central and northern Sweden who, leveraging a state-backed mandate, backs more technologically ambitious, longer-horizon ventures with commercial and societal impact.
Where does Mats Håkansson work?: Mats Håkansson is VP of Sales at Unusual Ventures.
What does Mats Håkansson invest in?: Mats Håkansson invests in Biotech, Climate Tech, Deep Tech, Enterprise Software, Hardware, SaaS.
Where did Mats Håkansson go to school?: Mats Håkansson studied at Penn State University (Bachelor's Degree, Psychology); Duke University (Certification, Business Data Analytics - Excel to MySQL).

Same school

Also attended Penn State University291

Kelly DonovanExecutive Assistant & Operations Associate, Revolution Growth at Revolution Fallon GoodeExecutive Assistant at March Capital Partners Cristina HohlmanPartner, Chief Financial Officer at Sapphire Ventures Nick DolikInvestor at 8VC Robert SoffelRevOps Expert at Notion Capital Louis BernemanFounding Partner at Osage University Partners

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Also attended Duke University720

Marc AndreessenCo-founder & General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz Fred EhrsamCo-founder and Senior Advisor at Paradigm; founder of Nudge Jeremy LevinePartner at Bessemer Venture Partners Zach PerretCo-founder & CEO of Plaid; co-founder of Mischief Ryan HrabakInvestor at Lightbank Scott RaneyManaging Director at Redpoint Ventures

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Shared employers

Also worked at Unusual Ventures34

Jordan SegallPartner at Redpoint Ventures Haley BrannanPartner at Operator Collective Jyoti BansalFounder & General Partner at Unusual Ventures John VrionisFounder & General Partner at Unusual Ventures Lars AlbrightGeneral Partner at Unusual Ventures Sandhya HegdeVenture Partner at Unusual Ventures

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Also worked at Deepgram16

Karan MehandruManaging Director at Madrona Venture Group Matt CarbonaraInvestor at Mayfield Fund Penny MaresVice President, Sales & GTM at Unusual Ventures Zach DeWittPartner at Wing Torsten MackInvestment Director at Downing Private Equity Ratan ManehaniPartner at R136 Ventures

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Also worked at Twilio84

Byron DeeterPartner at Bessemer Venture Partners Dave MunichielloInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Sangeen ZebInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Scott RaneyManaging Director at Redpoint Ventures Dylan PearcePartner at Greycroft Lauren ReederSeed/early-stage investor at Sequoia Capital

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Also worked at LaunchDarkly18

Byron DeeterPartner at Bessemer Venture Partners Scott RaneyManaging Director at Redpoint Ventures Jesse RobbinsFounder and Investor in AI Developer Tools Dana OshiroPartner at Heavybit Andrea EchstenkamperVP of Marketing at Heavybit Jonathan HeiligerGeneral Partner at Vertex Ventures

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