WHO WE ARE

Anders Frøseth

Partner

PhD Condensed Matter Physics Norwegian University of Science and Technology. PostDoc Paul Scherrer Institute. MBA Norwegian School of Economics. Founding Partner Propagator Ventures. Mentor, Creative Destruction Lab. 15 years international investment experience in private and public markets.

Eirik Talleraas

Partner

MSc/BSc London School of Economics. 14 years experience from the United Nations. Headed UNDP office in Norway with focus on i.a. ESG and the SDGs, fundraising, advocacy and public/private partnerships. Developed UN initiatives in fragile settings in Eastern Africa and Central Asia. Prior career in business consulting.

Andreas Emblem

Partner

MPhil/BSc Economics, University of Oxford & LSE. International management career from technology-disrupted, knowledge-based industries (Thomson Reuters and NHST). Board experience from growth stage tech businesses. Led/created SaaS business area through M&A and organic development. Started career in strategy consulting (Roland Berger).

ADVISORS

Alán Aspuru-Guzik

Professor chemistry and computer science, University of Toronto and CIFAR AI Chair, Vector Institute. Professor at Harvard 2006-2018. Co-founder of Zapata Computing, Kebotix and Calculario (now part of Kyulux). Expert in quantum computing, machine learning, and materials chemistry.

David Duvenaud

Professor computer science and statistics, University of Toronto and Founding Member, Vector Institute. Visiting Researcher, Google Brain Toronto. Previously Harvard and Cambridge. Co-Founder of Invenia. Expert in machine learning leading the development of new methods.

Florian Shkurti

Professor computer science and robotics, University of Toronto. Director, Robot Vision and Learning (RVL) Lab, University of Toronto. Faculty Affiliate, Vector Institute. Expert in mobile robotics and in the use of machine learning, vision, and control in robotics.

Vijay Pande

GP Andreessen Horowitz; Founding Partner Bio Fund a16z. Previously, Professor structural biology and computer science, Stanford. Founder Folding@Home & Globavir Biosciences; Board member Insitrio, Scribe Therapeutics, Freenome, among others. Expert in computational biology and machine learning applications in health.