JG

Jan Grønbech

CEO Sunstone Institute. Disruption driven executive and board professional. 20 years of CEO experience. 14 years at Google. Certified diversity and inclusion leader.

Oslo, Oslo

VC
Investor

Invests in

Stages:

Seed
Pre-seed

Locations:

Oslo, Norway

  • Min Investment:

    $100,000.00

  • Max Investment:

    $5,000,000.00

  • Target Investment:

    $1,500,000.00

Skills

Disruptive Technologies
Globalization
Digital Transformation
Diversity & Inclusion
Board of Directors
Nordic Countries
International Organizations
Key Performance Indicators
Business Planning
Analytical Skills
Markedsføring i flere kanaler
Google Analytics
Løsningssalg
Internasjonalt salg
Markedsføring i sosiale medier
Interaktiv reklame
Forhandling
Online Advertising
E-commerce
Strategy

Education

Investments

Campanyon

Seed

Total Funding: $600K

ordr.no

Angel

Total Funding:

Work Experience

Sunstone Institute

2024

  • Managing Director/CEO

    2024

dCompany AS

2021 - 2023

  • Chief Business Officer

    2021 - 2023

    (I have moved to their board of directors.) Simplifying the life of owners, board members and management. Use our platform to cut costs and reduce hazzle related to corporate processes. Give your shareholders added security and peace of mind. Contribute to more transparency in the unlisted stock market.

Grønbech Consulting AS

2019 - 2021

  • Advisor

    2019 - 2021

    During the pandemic I worked as an advisor/executive director for some of the companies I invested in and for the VC firm Antler as a Venture Partner. Coached and mentored dozens of CEOs in different startups and scaleups on digital strategy, globalization, diversity leadership and their sales culture.

Google Norway

2005 - 2019

  • CEO and member of Northern European Board

    2005 - 2019

    Led Google and YouTube's disruptive operation in Norway since the founding of the company to become the largest media company in Norway in terms of revenues. Longest serving country manager/director in Google worldwide when I left. Focused on helping Norwegian businesses succeed with the digital transformation through coaching and by creating success stories together with clients every day. Google Norway is the country's leading advertising channel. Google Norway was named most favorable employer by Universum 10+ years in a row.

TV 2

2003 - 2005

  • Director classified media, TV2 Interaktiv

    2003 - 2005

    Project to merge classified on TV with the web.

Zett.no

2002 - 2003

  • CEO

    2002 - 2003

    Online classified business under Amedia (Orkla(A-pressen) Strategy, sales, entrepreneurial tasks, recruiting, strategy, branding.

DoubleClick Norway AS

1998 - 2002

  • CEO

    1998 - 2002

    Founded DoubleClick Norway, later a subsidiary of DoubleClick Inc. Built a network consisting of Norway's 220 premier websites and held a marketshare of approximately 35% of the Norwegian online ad market. DoubleClick Norway's largest client at the time became the world's largest banner advertiser in 2000, advertising in most countries that had Internet users.

Scandinavia Online - SOL.no/Telenor Online

1996 - 1997

  • Advertising sales manager

    1996 - 1997

    Launched Norway's first online sales force who sold the first banner-ads and laid the foundation for what is the largest media channel in the country today.

Aftenposten

1994 - 1996

  • Subscription Sales manager

    1994 - 1996

    Managed a team of 30-50 telemarketers selling newspaper subscriptions. Co-created Aftenposten's first online news site in 1996.

John Hancock

1993 - 1994

  • Life Insurance Salesman

    1993 - 1994

    The ultimate American sales experience.