Jane Walerud

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Jane Christine Walerud Boreta (born 13 November 1961) is a Sweden-based entrepreneur and investor. [1] She has been involved in over 15 startups [2] since the early 2000s, including Klarna, Bluetail, Tobii Technology, [3] Teclo Networks, and GraphMaTech. She is member of The Swedish Government Innovation Council.

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Early life

Walerud was born in the US and moved to Sweden when she was 20 years old after meeting her husband, Bengt. [1] She studied Cognitive Psychology and Computer Science at Stanford University. Jane and Bengt Walerud have a daughter, Caroline, [1] who is also a private investor and entrepreneur. [2]

Career

Walerud worked as a Sales Manager at Erlang Systems in 1997. She left in 1998 to co-found Bluetail, a company which developed all of its products in Erlang. It was then sold for $152 million to Alteon Networks. [4]

In 2004, she met Sebastian Siemiatkowski, founder of Klarna and invested €60,000 for 10% of the company. [5] She also introduced the founders to a team of programmers who helped them build their platform in exchange for 37% shares. [6] [7]

Walerud started Teclo Networks with a new team in 2010. They developed a technology to increase the speed of mobile broadband. After six years, she and her other co-founders sold Teclo Networks to Sandvine. [8]

In 2016, Walerud invested in a real time digital coach for runners and cross-country skiers called Racefox. [9] She invested 6 million SEK in the company and became one of the board members. In 2018, she invested in a functionalized graphene company named Graphmatech. [10]

She also formed her own venture company called Walerud Ventures together with her husband, Bengt, and their daughter, Caroline. [11] They join pre-seed and seed companies focusing on high technology such as artificial intelligence, synthetic biology, and durability.

Awards

In 2015, Jane was elected into SUP46s Swedish Startup Hall of Fame. [12]

In 2017 she was awarded a gold medal by the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences. [13]

Sweden's Business Week named her one of the most powerful women in Sweden in 2017, [14] 2018, [15] 2019, [16] and 2020. [17]

In 2019, she was awarded H.M. The King's Medal for her significant efforts in Swedish business. [18]

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