Experience

Rymdkapital

• Sweden
• Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founder

  • May 2022 - Present

  I am happy to annouce that after one year of preparation, I have together with the co-founders Ted and Niclas founded Rymdkapital, a VC company aiming for several funds in the Seed to Series A. Within the fund, one of my resposibilties is to run the Advisory Group (Rymdkapitals Rådgivare). I am happy to have key persons from SSC, OHB, Beyond Gravity and GKN to help us select companies to invest in as well as help these companies to grow. I am happy to annouce that after one year of preparation, I have together with the co-founders Ted and Niclas founded Rymdkapital, a VC company aiming for several funds in the Seed to Series A. Within the fund, one of my resposibilties is to run the Advisory Group (Rymdkapitals Rådgivare). I am happy to have key persons from SSC, OHB, Beyond Gravity and GKN to help us select companies to invest in as well as help these companies to grow.



Palmnas & Co

• Belgium
• Accounting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Partner

  • Feb 2017 - Present

  Since the start in April 2017, I have supported customers within the European space community with strategic and business development advice. My major customer is SSC and their SmallSat Express effort. My strategic support has involved the preparation of activities planned within the ESA and EU:s Horizon Europe as well as planned EU regulation. In 2020 I became the Chairman of the Luleå Technical University board for "Centrumbildning-Rymd". A new entity for cooperation between the LTU - University and the space community in Sweden and internationally. In 2022 the first Space focused VC fund in the nordics, Rymdkapital, was started. I am one of three founders. As deputy chairman of the Swedish space association, Rymdforum, I led the program committee for our bi-annual space conference held in Trollhättan and I am now part of the program team for the next. An important focus for Rymdforum is giving input to the Swedish Government on the Space . For the International Astronauticsal Federation , I have had the pleasure to be a two time chairman of the space transportation committee and presently involved in preparation of the IAC session on micro launchers. Similarly I am on the AAAF space propulsion conference program committee organising mainly within small launchers / space ports. On a side note, I also was on the Swedish team winning the world championship in wine tasting and have consulted for the US national team as well as held numerous wine tastings. Show less



Volvo Aero Corporation

• Dep VP Business Development and Sales

  • May 1986 - Mar 2017

  Activites focus on strategy, product planning, business development as well as securing public funding and support for our aerospace activities, Activites focus on strategy, product planning, business development as well as securing public funding and support for our aerospace activities,



ECAPS

• Sweden
• Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• President

  • 2001 - 2004

  JV start-up between Volvo Aero and SSC, do develop and Market Non toxic propulsion systems. JV start-up between Volvo Aero and SSC, do develop and Market Non toxic propulsion systems.



Volvo North America - Space

• VP

  • Jun 1998 - Aug 1999

  Open up a representative office in The US for the Volvo Aero Space Business. Open up a representative office in The US for the Volvo Aero Space Business.


Volvo Aero -space division
• Program Manager - Future programs

  • 1990 - 1996