NZ

Niklas Zennström

CEO of Atomico, Founder of Skype, etc

London, England

Invests in

  • Min Investment:

    $5,000,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $15,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $10,000,000.00

Education

Work Experience

2007

  • CEO & Founding Partner

    2007

    Founding partner and CEO at Atomico Atomico is the founder-built European venture capital firm. We partner with the most ambitious entrepreneurs using technology to rewire the world, better. Skype co-founder Niklas Zennström launched Atomico in 2006 with the belief that entrepreneurs are the ultimate gamechangers for positive transformation across the most critical aspects of our society and economy. Starting in Europe, the firm’s mission is to further their global progress, with a platform offering unmatched support from the early stage to scale. 155 of Europe’s most ambitious founders have partnered with Atomico, including Aiven, Bird, DeepL, Hinge Health, Jobandtalent, Klarna, Lilium, Pipedrive, Stripe, Supercell and Wellhub. Atomico's team of investors and operational leaders are drawn from some of the most successful technology companies in the world, including Skype, Google, Twitter and Wise.

2002 - 2007

  • CEO and co-founder

    2002 - 2007

2001 - 2003

  • co-founder and CEO

    2001 - 2003

    Joltid is is developing, owning and licensicng peer to peer technologies, such as Global Index

1996 - 1999

  • general manager positions

    1996 - 1999