About The Speaker
Pär-Jörgen Pärson
With more than 20 years of VC experience, PJ has gained a strong relationship to some of the greatest entrepreneurs coming out of Europe and as of lately also in New York. He led the investment and served for many years on the Board of Directors in online music juggernaut Spotify, now listed on NYSE, Russian online classifieds giant Avito.ru, sold to Naspers for $ 2.7 billion and payments company iZettle, sold to PayPal for $ 2.2 billion, NYSE listed sports streaming company Fubo.tv, New York, Virtual meeting company Hopin, UK, food company Stockeld Dreamery, Stockholm and health care company Spring Health Inc, New YorkPar Jörgen is since several years on the Forbes European Midas List as well as on the global Forbes Midas List. In 2013 and 2018, Pär-Jörgen was awarded "Investor of the Year" award at the InvestorAllstars gala in London. PJ is particularly focused on early stage consumer oriented technology startups.