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Team

Andy Cars, MBA (b. 1971) has a background in the music industry as artist & repertoire consultant at Bertelsmann Music Group from 1995 to 1997. 1998 - 2000 Cars traded in small caps and was actively engaged in company analysis and valuation as a private investor. In 2000 Cars joined the venture capital company PreVentura AB in Stockholm as investment manager and in 2001 as strategic advisor for INVESCO asset management in Vienna.

 

As business coach for CONNECT East Sweden and the Swedish Energy Agency, adviser to ALMI Innovation Stockholm and Stockholm Innovators Circle (STIK),  jury member of Venture Cup East Sweden, and panelist for Stockholm School of Entrepreneurship, Cars evaluates hundereds of business cases each year.

 

By coaching and advising many of these face-to-face, Cars has developed an in-depth understanding of which companies and entrepreneurs have the greatest potential of succeeding on a global market.

 

Cars holds a magna cum laude MBA from the European University in Lisbon.

 

Mobile: +46-(0)768-600 477

 

 

Antonio Fonduca, M.Sc., MBA (b. 1978) is a seasoned adviser and business strategist. Having worked with startups and global enterprises, Fonduca advises investors looking for quality dealflow and entrepreneurs looking to raise venture capital.

 

Fonduca is adviser to StyrelseVD Forum Investor's Club and affiliated management consultant at Growthstrategies in Stockholm. He also regularly serves as a jury member and panelist for Venture Cup and the Stockholm School of Entrepreneurship.

 

As a serial entrepreneur, Fonduca has been pitching and networking across the globe. Featured in media including SSE Today, Biotech Scandinavia, Financial Times, and Dagens Industri, Fonduca has received numerous awards including the European Business Plan of the Year and is also the author of the book Conquering China.

 

Fonduca graduated from the Royal Institute of Technology with a Master of Science in Chemical Engineering and from Stockholm University with a MBA in Marketing Management and a Bachelor of Science in Organization and Leadership. Fonduca has also taken courses at University of California and Berkeley.

 

Mobile: +46-(0)704-598 019

 

 

Kent Thorén, PhD (b. 1972) has extensive experience from research and teaching in strategic management, as well as from consulting and business development. His industry experience include strategy consulting, e-commerce, telecom, manufacturing and transportation.

 

Thorén has worked as management consultant of business strategy and transformation at BearingPoint, business development manager at eBay, and as analyst at Glocalnet and ABB Alstom Power. Thorén has also acted as interim program director at TeliaSonera advancing their IT/IP business competence development program.

 

Thorén holds a Master of Science in Industrial Engineering & Management from Linköping Institute of Technology, and a PhD in Industrial Management from the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) where he has also been course director for the strategic management course and the international management control course. Thorén completed his PhD thesis on corporate entrepreneurship as a business development strategy.

 

Thorén is program manager for commissioned education at KTH and affiliated management consultant at Growthstrategies in Stockholm.

 

Mobile: +46-(0)709-81 67 46

 

"The only way to know how

 customers see your business

 is to look at it through their eyes."

Daniel R. Scroggin