Partnerships on demand - Uniting large corporations with rising stars
THOMAS HOLST
has been an active investor, entrepreneur, and Business advisor for almost 20 years. He is the business architect that connects the dots between companies, markets, people, and capital. He invests in "deep tech", disruptive technologies and "do good" companies and help them scale and implement sound global strategies
Most recently, he took the Norwegian deep tech "computer vision" company Huddly Inc. from four people and a promising idea to global player established in Oslo, Palo Alto, London, Austin Texas, Washington and Bangalore. Huddly Inc. launched ground-breaking new products and technology together with Google and NEC in 2017, and with Cetron at Microsoft Ignite in 2018.
He has also worked with Amazon, Intel, Microsoft, and Zoom, as well as with leading law firms and investment banks across Europe and the US. Thomas has his BS, MBA, and European CFA from Germany, the United States, and Norway. He started his professional career as a Management Consultant with A.T. Kearney, before becoming a partner at Orkla Finance and subsequently joining the Norwegian private equity company Reiten & Co as a partner.
