Prior to joining Expansion Capital in 2003, he covered technology equities for Piper Jaffray, where he focused on financial due diligence and modeling. His past experience also includes working at the internet consulting start-up Scient. He is a regular speaker on Clean Technology. His most recent published article was “The Cleantech Investment Megatrend - Venture Investors Take Notice - Clean Technologies Are Changing the Venture Capital Landscape,” which was featured in American Venture Magazine, November 2006 Kjartan holds a MA in Applied Economics from the University of Michigan, and a BA in Economics from the University of Bergen, Norway, where he graduated number one in his class. He speaks Norwegian and German fluently, and is a proficient communicator in Swedish and Danish. | ’
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Kjartan is a Principal and investment professional at Expansion Capital, and serves on the Firm’s Investment Committee. He currently also serves as Board Observer for the Firm’s portfolio companies: Agile Systems (Advanced Motion Control and Power Drives); Tiger Optics (Optical Sensors); and Powerit Solutions (Demand Control and Demand Response solutions for Industrial Facilities).
