Prior to joining Picus, and opening their office in Stockholm, I helped to scale the Swedish healthcare company Kry as VP Operations. We had the chance to catch up with her and hear her insights into how and why the tech scene is so promising in the Nordics, the secrets to success, and the importance of bringing more diversity into investments and tech spaces.Ĭristina, you have just been appointed Partner and Head of Nordics at Picus Capital as the firm opens a new Stockholm office – congrats! Can you tell us about your journey into VC? What is your background? Now, the company has taken to the Nordics, opening a new office in Stockholm and appointing Cristina Koehn, former VP operations at Kry, a Swedish unicorn success story, as Partner and Head of NordicsĬristina has a wealth of expertise and experience in the entrepreneurial world and is taking this to the Nordics with her new role to manage Picus’ new operations from Stockholm.

Founded in 2015, the firm empowers entrepreneurs and innovators to build internationally successful companies and challenge the status quo. Picus Capital, headquartered in Munich is an early-stage technology investment firm with a long-term investment philosophy. The region is renowned for innovation, creativity and user-centricity. Stockholm has become fertile soil for producing unicorns and the Nordics is a region thriving with startup activity.

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