ERIK CHRISTOFFERSEN - Chairman

Erik has 25+ years of experience in strategy, fund raising, sales and business development with several start-up technology companies and has done operations and management consulting work with companies in the health and fitness industry.

Since 2011, he has been providing consulting services focused on innovating top line initiatives - sales, marketing and business development - as well as advising on fundraising and corporate strategy, while also making angel investments in real estate, healthcare, clean tech, and technology (software and service) start-ups.

He serves on the board of, or has investments in companies working in, wealth management, 3D printing, real estate development, electric cars, medical devices, and health and wellness, as well as on the boards of several non-profit organizations

Erik has an MBA from Harvard Business School, and a BA degree in International Relations and French from the University of Virginia.

ART SWIFT - Board advisor

Art has more than 20 years of executive-level experience in the tech industry, including CEO at low power chip-maker Transmeta (Nasdaq, TMTA), CEO of nanotech innovator Unidym, and vice president of marketing and business development at MIPS, a leading provider of microprocessor IP. Earlier in his career, Art was a divisional GM at chipmaker Cirrus Logic, responsible for revenues in excess of $250M. Over the course of his career, Art has raised more than $100M through public and private equity offerings.

Art holds a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Pennsylvania State University. He is co-inventor of multiple U.S. patents.

CHRISTIAN BRYN - Managing Director

Christian is a founder and Managing Partner of Positron Capital and Director of Hektor and Vindeggen, among other companies, in Norway and Sweden, the Netherlands and the USA. With previous positions including Clariden Bank (part of Credit Suisse) and PricewaterhouseCoopers in Zurich, Christian has more than 20 years of experience in private equity, specializing in growth investments, team leadership, finance, investment valuation, and active ownership.

Christian has a Master’s Degree in Business from the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland.

SVEIN ANDERS TUNHEIM - Director

Svein has an extensive background in the semiconductor industry and experience as an investor in early-stage companies. Early in his career, he worked as a research scientist at Senter for Industriforskning (SI) and SINTEF in Oslo, specializing in mixed-signal integrated circuits (ICs).

He later co-founded Chipcon, a developer and global supplier of low-power radio-frequency ICs and wireless protocols, where he served as Chief Technology Officer. Following Texas Instruments’ acquisition of Chipcon, Svein Anders took on the role of Technical Director for the Low-Power Wireless Product Line at Texas Instruments Norway.

Svein holds an MSc in Electronics (1991) from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology and a PhD in Artificial Intelligence (2025) from the University of Agder, Norway.

HANS OLAV TORSEN - Director

Hans Olav was Senior Partner and co-founder of ProVenture Management, started in 2006. Previously, he founded Seatex AS, later Navia Group – a supplier of advanced instrumentation for aviation, maritime, and the offshore oil & gas industry. Navia was later sold to the Kongsberg Group and Hans Olav held various executive positions there.

He has headed numerous successful M&A transactions during his career, has served as Director on numerous corporate boards, and has held leading executive positions in Scali, Kongsberg Group, Leiv Eriksson and SINTEF.

Hans Olav holds an MSc in Cybernetics from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology.