Nikolaj Nyholm
Founder and investor
Copenhagen Metropolitan Area
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Skills
Education
- TU
- RU
- UN
Lists including Nikolaj
Investments
TrapLight Games
Total Funding: $14M
Fast Travel Games
Total Funding: $2M
Mojiworks
Total Funding: $3.6M
Neo4j
Total Funding: $490M
Futureplay Games
Total Funding: $3.4M
Everywear Games
Total Funding: $2M
Seriously
Total Funding: $23M
Ministry of Games - MOG
Total Funding: $2M
Amen.
Total Funding: $1M
Gidsy
Total Funding: $1M
Podio
Total Funding: $4.5M
Microtask
Total Funding:
CloudMade
Total Funding: $16M
youcalc
Total Funding: $3M
Work Experience
2024
Advisor
2024
Advisor to the founding team, helping them build one of the most ambitious gaming ecosystems ever
2019
Board Member
2024
Chairman Of The Board
2020 - 2024
Leading global esports brand
Founder & CEO
2019 - 2020
2021 - 2024
Senior Advisor
2021 - 2024
Premier media, sports, and gaming merchant bank
2021 - 2023
Founder & CEO
2021 - 2023
2016 - 2019
Founder and CEO
2016 - 2019
BLAST (fka RFRSH) was founded to advance esports from a sub-culture phenomenon to the recognition of a mass audience. RFRSH owned and operated esports teams Astralis and Origen (today Astralis A/S) and tournament circuit BLAST Pro Series (today BLAST Premier).
2010 - 2016
General Partner
2010 - 2016
General Partner at European venture capital firm Heartcore Capital (fka Sunstone Capital). Focus on gaming and enterprise software, delivering a +10x multiple on invested capital (MOIC) across two funds. I led Heartcore's investments into: * Neo4j * Seriously Digital Entertainment (acquired by Playtika) * Everywear Games/Metacore (acquired by Supercell) * Peakon (acquired by Workday) * GetYourGuide * Podio (acquired by Citrix) * Crate.io * Traplight Games * Cloudmade (acquired by Valeo) * Freespee * Futureplay Games (acquired by Plarium)
2010 - 2014
Advisor
2010 - 2014
Helping the brave crew at Mojang push a little game called Minecraft
2006 - 2009
CEO
2006 - 2009
Polar Rose helps users sort, search, and share their digital photos based on the photo content. Using superior computer vision technology Polar Rose can tell who's in a photo. Acquired by Apple, Inc. (AAPL).
2006 - 2008
Co-founder
2006 - 2008
Co-founder of and advisor to Imity. Acquired by Vodafone/Zyb (http://zyb.com).
2005 - 2006
Conference Program Chair (Europe)
2005 - 2006