Change is coming
Tine Thygesen is a former tech entrepreneur, investor and board member fighting for peace, nature and regenerative economics.
She has started four startups and sat on the board of 18 companies, but have stepped down from them all (aside from two nature conservation NGOs) to decicate her time to a higher purpose.
She is currently advocating for a strong and independent Europe, by encouraging Europeans to stop financing the US by closing their US tech accounts and selling their shares and bonds.
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Seen on TV2 News
Tine Thygesen is a fixed panelist on
TV2 News’ Business Class programme where they discuss current news in the business world. The programmes can we watched on TV2 Play.
Key note speaker
Many leading organisations use Tine Thygesen to ‘see around the corner’ and to inspire their teams to innovate. She has an excellent eye for ‘zeitgeist’ -spotting the major trends just about to severely impact businesses.
She uses personal stories to deliver human and insightful presentations that build courage among her audience. With concrete examples she makes sustainable business actionable.
Tine Thygesen is one of the top 10 tech speakers in Europe and is consistently rated in the top 10% of speakers at the conferences at which she speaks. She has spoken at hundreds of events all over the world for some of the world’s leading companies, including Microsoft, Satchi & Satchi and Sony.
Entrepreneurial board member
Tine Thygesen has decades of experience as chairman and board member in companies such as Coop Invest, Gyldendal, Dagbladet Information, Matrikel1, Rockstart, Mesh, Voluntas and Venture Cup.
She also hold several current and past roles on public boards and investment committees, including Klimaskovfonden, Regeringens Grønne Iværksætterpanel, Innovationsfonden. (chairperson for Innofounder), Regeringens Iværksætterpanel, Markedsmodningsfonden, EU, and Nordic Innovation.
Investing for the future
Tine Thygesen has been an active investor in many capacities suas the chairperson for Innofounder; investing around 100 mil dkk per year in promising new companies, a board member of Coop Invest, the investment arm of Coop.
She was a long-term board member of Rockstart, helping it transition to a micro VC with three sector specific funds in Agrifood, Energy and New technology.
She is an investor in Voyagers Climate Fund and a former Atomico angel.
‘Any company that has Tine Thygesen
as a board director will be ready to
challenge the future’.
— Human Shojaee, CEO Sustainary, ex. Venture Cup