Work

Twenty-seven years.
Fifteen companies. Two founder exits, one angel.

The current focus is the next build.

  • Current Build

    active

    CEO, Technical Founder

    2024 →

    Building in AI-leveraged real estate, orchestrating AI throughout the build.

    main focus
  • Holmen Gruppen AS

    active

    Founder, CEO, majority owner

    2005 →

    Holding company anchoring everything. Holds positions in 14 companies, a Tønsberg real estate portfolio, public market equities, and crypto.

  • Wakandi Holding AS

    active

    Co-founder, board member

    2018 →

    Mobile-first financial infrastructure for the informal economy in East Africa. Now holds payment service provider (PSP) licenses in Tanzania, Kenya, and Uganda.

  • TrustCom AS

    active

    Co-owner, board member

    2017 →

    Electronic whistleblower channel for municipalities and corporations. Bergen kommune among the early reference customers.

  • UniWeb · FastName · Digital Garden

    exited

    Founder, CEO, chairman

    2000 – 2019

    Founded UniWeb. Merged it with FastName. Operated both brands under Digital Garden AS — approximately 40,000 active customers across roughly 100,000 domain names — until sold in September 2019 to One.com, by then owned by private-equity firm Cinven.

    first major exit
  • Explorify AS

    exited

    Co-founder, CEO

    2011 – 2015

    Co-founded a Route 66 motorcycle-tour company — set the strategy, built the booking/logistics web platform, designed every trip down to the route, hotels, lunch stops, and experiences, and rode lead on every tour myself. Sold to Andre Patay in 2015, who has since grown Explorify into a US adventure-travel company (explorify.com).

    first exit
  • Gr8 Est8 AS

    active

    Co-founder, CEO, majority owner

    2019 →

    Tønsberg-based real estate operating company.

  • Hyperlane AS

    active

    Board member

    2022 →

    Commercial property holdings in Tønsberg.

  • Starlight Capital AS

    active

    CEO, chairman

    2015 →

    Investment and real estate holding company — property ownership and development, plus a portfolio of shares and securities.

  • Genesis Block AS

    active

    Chairman

    2019 →

    Crypto-only investment company — primarily holding Bitcoin.

  • Relentless AS

    active

    CEO, board member

    2024 →

    Frontier-tech investment vehicle — blockchain, biotech, and artificial intelligence.

  • Conquer AS

    active

    CEO, board member

    2019 →

    Real estate and investment holding company — buying, selling, and renting property, and investing in other companies.

  • Prima Vestfold AS

    active

    Board member · 24% owner (via Holmen Gruppen)

    2022 →

    Vestfold meat-and-game food company, based in Tolvsrød. Held as a 24% stake through Holmen Gruppen AS, with a board seat.

  • Dabster

    active

    Co-founder, board member

    2021 →

    Crypto-only investment company — primarily holding Bitcoin.

  • Bo Coliving

    exited

    Angel investor

    2021 – 2024

    Grew into Norway's largest private student- and coliving-housing operator — 1,400+ rooms across 50+ properties in 13 Norwegian cities. Exited when US real estate investor Heitman acquired the company.