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Our team

A dedicated team at your service

Uffe

Uffe Bundgaard-Jørgensen

CEO and Founder of the Company

  • PhD in Economics and Operations Research (1974) from the University of Copenhagen and Danish Technical University; and MA in Economics (cand.polit., 1970) from University of Copenhagen

  • A combined 20-year experience as managing director of a Danish natural gas company and a large Danish Venture Capital Fund

  • He was an advisor to the Danish International Investment Funds

  • He was Vice-Chairman of the EU Commission H2020 Risk Financing Advisory Group, and member of the H2020 Advisory Group for International Cooperation (2016-2018)

  • He was Chairman of the EU Commission H2020 SME Innovation Advisory (2014-2016)

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He is the author of the book: How to Attract Investors, a personal guide to understanding their mindset and requirements, and has conducted more than 175 How to Attract Investors and Horizon 2020 SME Instrument Master Classes throughout Europe. He is registered as a Business Coach by the European Commission's Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EISMEA - formerly EASME)

Rasmus

Rasmus Egvad

Partner (2012)

  • MSc in International Business (2008) from Copenhagen Business School, combined with MBA courses (2006) from Brandeis International Business School in Boston

  • Registered as Business Coach by the European Commission's Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EISMEA - formerly EASME)

  • Extensive experience in performing market, competitor and business analyses for a range of different small Danish companies

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Rasmus works with screening, selecting and developing business cases for the numerous EU-supported projects where Gate2Growth is the business exploitation partner. He has worked with early-stage companies from a variety of business sectors including agriculture, transport, energy, ICT, eco-innovation and manufacturing industries.

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He is co-author of the book: How to Attract Investors, a personal guide to understanding their mindset and requirements.

Carmen

Carmen Bianca Socaciu

Senior Consultant (2014)

  • MSc in International Marketing and Management (2011) from Copenhagen Business School, combined with MBA courses (2010) of PGP & PGPX at IIM Ahmedabad, India

  • Strong academic focus on international market research, strategy, management, marketing and business development

  • Finished her studies with a Master Thesis about a three-year Nordic Growth Strategy for the market research company YouGov

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Carmen works with screening, selecting and developing business cases for the numerous EU-supported projects where Gate2Growth is the business exploitation partner. She has worked with early-stage companies from a variety of business sectors including agriculture, biotechnology, energy, ICT, eco-innovation and manufacturing industries.

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She is co-author of the book: How to Attract Investors, a personal guide to understanding their mindset and requirements.

Marius

Marius-Febi Matei

Technical Senior Consultant (2016)

  • PhD in Chemistry (2016) and MSc in Nanomolecular Science (2010) from Jacobs University Bremen (Germany)

  • Strong academic focus on interdisciplinary training: laboratory research, food chemistry, nanomolecular science, organic and analytical chemistry, biophysics and supramolecular chemistry

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Marius joined as a Technical Consultant, offering support on the scientific matters of the pan-European projects and business cases the company is handling. He has an understanding of business issues through his bachelor in Economics and International Business (2013) from the University of Craiova (Romania). Marius works with screening, selecting and developing business cases for the numerous EU-supported projects where Gate2Growth is the business exploitation partner.

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He is co-author of 2 book chapters, over 15 peer-reviewed scientific journal articles and 2 research grant proposals, relating mainly to the areas of polyphenols and synthetic macrocycles.

Anna

Anna Paulusz

Consultant (2021)

  • MSc in Design and Innovation from the Technical University of Denmark (2020) and BSc in industrial design engineering (2018) from Budapest University of Technology and Economics (Hungary)

  • Expertise in translating complex processes and business strategies into easily understandable visuals

  • Thorough understanding of development and innovation processes

 

At Gate2Growth, Anna connects the dots between the communication and visuals, assists in EU-supported projects and client applications and works on creating a comprehensive visual guide and template source for Gate2Growth. She also supports external communication and training activities.

Bianca

Bianca Barozzi

Consultant (2021)

  • MSc in International Business (2020) from Copenhagen Business School, combined with an MBA from Tulane University (USA), and BSc In International Economics and Management (2018) from Bocconi University (Italy)

  • Strong academic focus on business strategy, internationalization, management, marketing and brand management

  • Experience in the Danish start-up environment, providing support with the application to grants and investment opportunities

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Bianca joined Gate2Growth in 2021 with the goal of helping SMEs reach their business goals. She works with screening, selecting and developing business cases for the numerous EU-supported projects where Gate2Growth is the business exploitation partner.

Nikolaj

Nikolaj Lervad Sørensen

Consultant (2022)

  • MSc in Organizational Innovation and Entrepreneurship (2019) and BSc In Business Administration and Sociology (2016) from Copenhagen Business School.

  • Strong academic focus on strategic innovation and entrepreneurial processes.

  • Experience in the Danish start-up environment and life-science industry, with strategic business development and fundraising activities.

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Nikolaj joined Gate2Growth to create and write business strategies for innovative SMEs to get soft funding from Danish or EU grants. Additionally, he works on screening, choosing, and creating business cases in collaboration with highly technical and scientific partners in the many EU-supported projects where Gate2Growth is the commercial exploitation partner.

Michalina

Michalina Pietras

Consultant (2022)

  • MSc in Global Development (2021) from the University of Copenhagen and BSc in Geography and Economics (2017) from the University of Birmingham (UK)

  • Strong academic focus on sustainable development and the intersection of ecological and social issues 

  • Experience in administration and communication from public institutions on various different levels

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Michalina joined Gate2Growth to support the work on business exploitation of results in the EU-supported projects in terms of communication with partners and report writing. She also supports senior consultants in screening, selecting and developing business cases for the prospecting project results.

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