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Team.

”Developing business ideas with entrepreneurs and making them work is the best thing I know”

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Karl-Michael Cakste
​Extensive experience from media, entertainment and hospitality. Has held senior executive positions in industry leaders such as MTG and Nordic Choice Hospitality Group, as well as being an entrepreneur in start-ups and growth companies in both Scandinavia and internationally.


Key competences
Angel investments
Charity Work
Motto: Do Good. Have Fun. Make profits.

Board seats
Nordic Choice Hotels Baltic
Chairman of Agentum AB
Chairmen of IFG AB

“I’m driven by finding new technology in combination with new business models that are sticky and can be adopted quickly"

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Martin Gemvik
Started one of the first VC-backed start-ups in Sweden and now with more than 25 years experience from early stage venture capital investments and hands-on management  Built his own synthesiser as a teenager.

Key competences
Early stage investments
Working “hands on”
Product Market fit strategy

Board seats
Now Interact
EvoThings
BioServo Technologies
Storegate Solutions
Sting Capital
Venture Securities
Zaplox
Pre-Post Studios

“A company is like a choir! Everyone must sing in pitch and in the same key"

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Åsa Otterlund
Expert in starting companies. As Investment Manager at Almi Invest, Åsa has seen what works and what doesn't. Åsa is also the best singer in the team (even though David might disagree...)

Key competences
Start-ups
Business Development
Business strategy

Board seats
The Local Europe AB
Stim (Alternate Board member)
Publit Sweden AB
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​Prior engagements:
VBN Components AB
Goodtech ASA
Sprint Bioscience AB
Svenska Industriborstar AB


“My vision with Amplify
is to help the music entrepreneurs
​of tomorrow”​

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David Stenmarck
Music entrepreneur and composer with a passion to build businesses. An organised mind in the often chaotic world of music. 

Founder
Epidemic Sound
Planet Plant
Ladies Night

Composer credit (selected)
Celine Dion, Westlife, Glee, A-Teens, DJ Ironik, Michael Learns to rock, Martin Stenmarck, Carola. Awarded with both a Grammis and a Rockbjörn  

“The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs.
There's also a negative side.” 

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Andreas Liffgarden, advisor
Music entrepreneur who started as employee 25 at Spotify in 2008. Responsible for Business Development and Telecoms partnerships.

Founder
Soundtrack Your Brand

Board seats
Chairman of Soundtrack Your Brand Sweden
Soundtrack USA
S.Biz Holding AB

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