Founding Partner of Concentric, Kjartan has spent his last 20+ years focusing on the technology sector as a founder, Board member and investor. Through his international profile and network, he works closely with portfolio companies to support development and accelerate growth. Prior to setting up Concentric, Kjartan co-founded the venture capital fund DN Capital and the merchant bank Korral Partners. In his career to date he has been instrumental in 100+ transactions as the Principal Investor. Notable exits and companies include Shazam (Apple), toptable (Booking.com), Endeca (Oracle), Frontier Car Group (Naspers), Griffeye (Thoma Bravo) and BVNK. Kjartan graduated from University of Bath, with an MBA from Imperial College London. Kjartan is a regular writer for Forbes Magazine and a Trustee and Board member of the global charity Right to Play.