Partner group

A short presentation of the partners in Rite Ventures follows below.

Christoffer Häggblom, Managing Partner

Christoffer Häggblom is the co-founder of Rite Ventures. Häggblom holds a master's degree (MSc) in Finance from the Swedish School of Economics in Helsinki, Finland. Christoffer has previously founded various internet related businesses as well as the consultancy company B&H Ventures Ltd. He received the Anders Wall Scholarship for entrepreneurship in 2005. Christoffer has also worked at United Nations in New York in their ICT Task Force initiative and within Remium Investment Bank in Stockholm.

Peter Lindell, Chairman of the Board, Partner

Peter Lindell holds a MSc in Industrial Engineering and Management from the Linköping Institute of Technology, Sweden. He began his career as a software developer, and founded the PC reseller Turn-Key Data in 1981. Two years later Peter formed Nordic Datadistribution, a leading distributor of PC products in Sweden. In 1991, the company was sold to the listed British company, P&P Plc. Peter has been a Senior Partner at ITP Invest since 1995 and is a member of several boards including Nordic Edge, Allt för föräldrar and Symsoft. Peter has been an early investor in companies such as Owell (IPO 1994, acquired by WM Data 1995), Voru Cheese, Estonia (IPO 1998), Kentor (acquired by Telecomputing 2007), Unibet (IPO 2004), Neonet (IPO 2001) among others

Staffan Persson, Member of the board, Partner

Staffan Persson holds a BSc in Business Administration from Umeå University. He has worked as CFO at Scandecor, as Financial Controller at Robert Bosch, as head of Corporate Finance at Sundsvallsbanken (now a part of Nordea), as Senior Partner at Nordia Fondkommission and as Head of Investment Banking Sweden at HSBC. Staffan has been a Senior Partner at ITP Invest since 1995 and is a member of several boards including listed companies Unibet and Orc Software. Staffan has been an early investor in companies such as Owell (IPO 1994, acquired by WM Data 1995) Trevise Bank (acquired by Unibank 1997) Ark (IPO 1999, acquired by CarlsonWagonlit 2007) Kentor (acquired by Telecomputing 2007) Gant (acquired by Maus Frères 2008) Unibet (IPO 2004) Neonet (IPO 2001, merger Orc Software 2010) among others.

Tommy Jacobson, Member of the board, Partner

Tommy Jacobson was one of the founders of the investment company, Quesada AB, and is one of the largest owners of the company. Quesada’s asset management was sold to EFG Investment Bank in 2006. Before Tommy started up Quesada AB, he was the managing director of and one of the founders of Trevise Bank AB, an asset management company that was sold to Unibank in 1997. Tommy is the managing partner of Varenne Investment and a member of several boards including Quesada and Djurgården Fotboll AB. Tommy has a degree in Economics from Linköping University.

Anders Ström, Partner

Anders Ström formed Unibet in 1997 and at the present time he is the acting vice chairman. He started his career as a teacher in 1989. From 1991-1993, he studied mathematics, statistics and economics. In 1993, after a period as a journalist, he formed Trav- och Sporttjänst AB, which, by 1999, had a turnover of GBP 1 million and good profitability. Anders Ström sold his holding in Trav- och Sporttjänst AB in order to start up Unibet.