Nikolaj Nyholm Overview
- Investor Type
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Angel
- Status
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Active
- Investments
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8
- Portfolio
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6
- Exits
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2

Nikolaj Nyholm General Information
Description
Mr. Nikolaj Nyholm serves as a Senior Advisor at The Raine Group. He is a Co-Founder and serves as Chief Executive Officer and Board Member at Scattershot. He serves as Board member at Toptutors. Mr. Nikolaj Nyholm serves as a Board Member and Advisor at Traplight. He is a Co-Founder and serves as Chairman at Astralis Group. He served as Chief Executive Officer at Astralis Group. Mr. Nyholm co-founded and served as Chief Executive Officer, Copenhagen at BLAST Premier. He was A Board Member of Crate.io. Previously he served as a Board Member at Everywear Games. He also served as Venture Partner at Heartcore Capital. He serves as a Board Member at Crate Technology. He also served as a Board Member at the Ministry of Games and Seriously. He co-founded Imity. Prior to joining Polar Rose, he worked with O'Reilly Media producing the European Open Source Convention (EuroOSCON) and CustomerMade conferences. He remains a member of O'Reilly's 'Radar' team, which Wired Magazine recently dubbed 'legendary'. He has founded several technology companies, including Speednames/Ascio in 1998, the company which supplied the first global domain name search (acquired in 2007 by Group NBT); and Organic Network, a now-defunct Wi-Fi startup whose legacy is OpenWRT.org, the leading open-source Wi-Fi project. He is a founding investor and board member of CloudMade, the open geodata company behind OpenStreetMap.org, a 'Wikipedia of maps', a board member of Epista A/S (YouCalc) and Neo Technology AB and co-organizer of reboot, a heralded conference that has for 11 years drawn a community of visionaries from across Europe and North America to Copenhagen each June to discuss topics within technology and culture. He served as the Board Member of Skylab. He holds degrees from Roskilde University, Tufts University, and Universidad Nacional.
Business Details
Website
www.nyholm.netYear Founded
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Corporate Office
- Otto Busses Vej 7, 2nd floor
- 2450 Copenhagen
- Denmark
Nikolaj Nyholm Investments (8)
Company Name | Deal Date | Deal Type | Deal Size | Industry | Company Stage | Lead Partner |
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Elby (Utilities) | 27-Mar-2025 | Early Stage VC | Other Utilities | Generating Revenue | ||
Matchwinner | 27-Mar-2025 | Clothing | Generating Revenue | |||
Toptutors | 22-Feb-2024 | Educational Software | Generating Revenue | |||
Traplight | 09-Jul-2020 | Entertainment Software | Generating Revenue | |||
Mojiworks | 29-Nov-2016 | Entertainment Software | Generating Revenue | |||
CrateDB | 01-Nov-2015 | Business/Productivity Software | Generating Revenue | |||
Prezi | 19-Nov-2014 | Later Stage VC | Multimedia and Design Software | Generating Revenue | ||
CloudMade | 01-Jan-2007 | Seed Round | Business/Productivity Software | Generating Revenue |
Nikolaj Nyholm Exits (2)
Company Name | Exit Date | Exit Type | Exit Size |
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CloudMade | 10-Nov-2016 | Merger/Acquisition | |
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Nikolaj Nyholm Investments by Industry, Year, and Region
Nikolaj Nyholm FAQs
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Who is Nikolaj Nyholm?
Nikolaj Nyholm is an angel Investor who has made 8 investments.
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What kind of investor is Nikolaj Nyholm?
Nikolaj Nyholm is an angel investor.
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What does Nikolaj Nyholm do?
As an angel investor, Nikolaj Nyholm invests personal money into promising companies, typically in exchange for equity.
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How many board seats does Nikolaj Nyholm hold?
Nikolaj Nyholm holds a board seat in Toptutors.
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What has Nikolaj Nyholm invested in?
Nikolaj Nyholm has made numerous investments in companies like Elby (Utilities), Matchwinner, and Toptutors within the Utilities, Clothing, and Educational Software industries.
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What has Nikolaj Nyholm invested in recently?
Nikolaj Nyholm's latest investment was on 27-Mar-2025 in Elby (Utilities), a company within the Utilities industry.
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