Twenty-seven years.
Fifteen companies. Two founder exits, one angel.
The current focus is the next build.
Current Build
activeCEO, Technical Founder
2024 →
Building in AI-leveraged real estate, orchestrating AI throughout the build.
★ main focusHolmen Gruppen AS
activeFounder, 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
activeCo-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
activeCo-owner, board member
2017 →
Electronic whistleblower channel for municipalities and corporations. Bergen kommune among the early reference customers.
UniWeb · FastName · Digital Garden
exitedFounder, 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 exitExplorify AS
exitedCo-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 exitGr8 Est8 AS
activeCo-founder, CEO, majority owner
2019 →
Tønsberg-based real estate operating company.
Hyperlane AS
activeBoard member
2022 →
Commercial property holdings in Tønsberg.
Starlight Capital AS
activeCEO, chairman
2015 →
Investment and real estate holding company — property ownership and development, plus a portfolio of shares and securities.
Genesis Block AS
activeChairman
2019 →
Crypto-only investment company — primarily holding Bitcoin.
Relentless AS
activeCEO, board member
2024 →
Frontier-tech investment vehicle — blockchain, biotech, and artificial intelligence.
Conquer AS
activeCEO, board member
2019 →
Real estate and investment holding company — buying, selling, and renting property, and investing in other companies.
Prima Vestfold AS
activeBoard 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
activeCo-founder, board member
2021 →
Crypto-only investment company — primarily holding Bitcoin.
Bo Coliving
exitedAngel 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.
