Mats Håkansson

Mats works as an investment manager and is responsible for the entire investment process, which involves finding, investing in and developing companies with growth potential as well as implementing an exit strategy from the holding.

Mats had an intense entrepreneurial journey during the first “internet boom,” when he was part of launching a brand new platform for digital marketing. There, his interest was piqued in matching venture capital to entrepreneurs and business ideas. He subsequently worked with advising in incubator operations before joining Almi Invest in 2016. Mats is a data economist.

Six quick facts

Passion

Wine, startups and folk music

Learning

Tourist Spanish

Reads
Mostly nonfiction – and 91:an comics at Christmas.

Thinks about

Whether we can change today’s negative winds in society

Latest feat

Jumping off a race horse at full speed was in fact probably a bit risky

Has

Sold cinnamon buns at Cairns Market with some success