MEET THE TEAM
Magnus Kniving
CEO
Magnus is the Chief Executive Officer of NS Ventures and oversees the operations and strategic direction of NS Ventures and the NS portfolio in Sweden, USA and India. He brings over twenty-five years of experience from the IT-industry as an entrepreneur and founder of several IT companies.
Magnus studied Software Engineering and Management at the University of Stockholm.
Stephan Knowles
CTO
Stephan is the Chief Technology Officer of NS Ventures and oversees architecture and product develop-ment for all companies in the NS portfolio. He brings over twenty-five years of experience from the IT-industry as an entrepreneur and founder of several IT companies.
Stephan studied Software Engineering and Management at the University of Uppsala.
Patrik Lindkvist
Business Development Manager
Patrik is the Business Development Manager of NS Ventures. He heads our business development in the nordics and brings over 13 years of experience from complex B2B sales and business development in international settings, focusing on internet advertising, AI, and SaaS. Since 2014 as a sales manager and sales director in the AI-segment for internet SaaS-solutions.
Patrik has a Bachelor's Degree (BBA), studied in Dubai and Washington D.C., with a major in International Business and a minor in Marketing.
Prateek Sharma
Head of India
Prateek Heads the India business of NS Ventures. He oversees the Delhi offices and leads our marketing and business development efforts there. Prateek and his team recently won the Gold medal at the Vdonxt Asia awards for their work in Virtual and Augmented Reality.
Prateek has 15 years of Technology Sales experience, and has worked with Stock Listed companies of India.
Lina Wranne
Marketing Project Manager
Lina is responsible for managing the development and marketing of our projects for NS Ventures and our portfolio companies. She coordinates our development teams and is responsible for our marketing materials, digital campaigns and branding.
Lina has a Bachelor's Degree in Marketing Communication from Stockholm University, and has also studied marketing at Santa Barbara City College in California.
Carla Piedra
VC Associate
Carla is mainly working with our portfolio companies to help them accelerate their growth. Her main focus is on M&A, financing, product development, marketing and relations with the portfolio companies and clients.
Carla studied Management and Control at Uppsala University and in recent years, she has worked as a consultant within compliance and project management in banking and finance, as well as in line roles at startups in parallel with her studies.
