# Par-olof Johannesson

> Par-olof Johannesson is a Series A investor at TerraNet backing Software. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [TerraNet](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/terranet-ab)
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Apr 2021
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/par-olof-johannesson-381b0919/

Par-olof Johannesson is a Series A investor at TerraNet focused on Software and Automotive. Pär-Olof is the CEO of Terranet, where he led the company’s initial public offering (IPO) in 2017 on the NASDAQ First North Premier in Stockholm. Pär-Olof is a seasoned entrepreneur and industry leader with 20 years sector experience in business development, transformation and growth management.Before Terranet, Pär-Olof has held positions asoperating venture partner with Mankato Investments, BU Director with Flextronics, Area Sales Manager with ABB China and Asia Pacific, Project Manager with Ericsson Radio Systems in Beijing. He started his career as attaché with the Swedish Ministry For Foreign Affairs and Research Assistant with the Swedish Defence Research Agency. Pär-Olof has over the years been teaching at Lund School of Economics, MIT and Stanford University.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 1 | 100% |
| Automotive | 1 | 100% |
| Digital Media | 1 | 100% |
| Virtual Reality | 1 | 100% |
| Digital Entertainment | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Holoride | Holoride is a developer of in-car VR systems for the automotive industry. It creates an entirely new media category for passengers by connecting Extended Reality (XR) content with data points from the vehicle in real-time. These data points include physical feedback, like acceleration and steering, traffic data, as well as travel route and time.Holoride technology provides a new type of immersion into any kind of VR content, creating a breathtaking, immersive experience, and significantly reducing motion sickness.The Munich, Bayern-headquartered company was formed by Daniel Profendiner, Marcus Kühne, and Nils Wollny in 2018. | $12M | Series A | Apr 22, 2021 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Skynet Trading](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/skynet-trading-ltd) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About TerraNet

VC Fund · Lund, Sweden

TerraNet AB develops awareness connectivity software enabling streaming of data, audio, and video in offline environments. TerraNet enables seamless communications between devices and connectivity in offline environments. We work with our clients to deploy the most advanced, power optimized, high performance solutions.

5 contacts available at TerraNet.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Andrew Jue | VP Engineering and CTO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andrew-jue |
| Christina Björnström | Senior Vice President Marketing | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/christina-bj%C3%B6rnstr%C3%B6m |
| Dan Wahrenberg | Chief Financial Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dan-wahrenberg |
| Par-olof Johannesson | CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/par-olof-johannesson |
| Pierre Ekwall | CTO and SVP of Engineering | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pierre-ekwall-b9d8 |

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## FAQ

### What does Par-olof Johannesson invest in?

Par-olof Johannesson invests primarily in Software, Automotive and Digital Media startups, most often at Series A stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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### When did Par-olof Johannesson last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Par-olof Johannesson closed in Apr 2021. Shizune tracks 1 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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