Terese Hougaard
Principal @ Atomico
San Francisco, United States
Terese Hougaard is a seed investor at Atomico in San Francisco focused on SaaS and FinTech. Before joining CapitalG in 2015, Terese worked in Google’s SMB marketing organization in London as a marketing manager. Previously, she held roles in American Express, first as an internal strategy consultant, and then as an e-commerce business development lead in the company’s London and New York offices.Terese holds an MPhil in BusinessInnovation and Strategy, and a BA in English, from the University of Cambridge (UK), and a BSc in Business from Cass Business School, London City University (UK), where she majored in Finance.
- Total investments:
- 5
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 60%
Last updated:
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Industries Terese Hougaard invests in
Stages Terese Hougaard invests in
Countries Terese Hougaard invests in
Round sizes
Round size
- Seed
- $3.2M–$12M
Investment Focus
Industry
- SaaS 2 (40%)
- FinTech 2 (40%)
- Software 2 (40%)
- Financial Services 2 (40%)
- B2B 1 (20%)
Stage
- Seed 3 (60%)
- Series A 1 (20%)
- Series B 1 (20%)
Country
- Denmark 1 (20%)
- Germany 1 (20%)
- United States 1 (20%)
- United Kingdom 1 (20%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Abacum
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Abacum is a SaaS that helps finance teams deliver business insights. Abacum is the first collaborative workflow and planning platform for SMB's finance teams to boost productivity and strategic impact. The company believes in empowering people with the best collaborative tools for them to multiply their strategic impact in the organization andbe more fulfilled. | $60M / Series B / Jun 11, 2025 | |
Opna
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Opna is a financing platform for climate projects that remove carbon and protect natural ecosystems. Opna offers data, proprietary risk assessments, and efficient capital structures, helping companies to translate net-zero committed capital from financial institutions, and corporates into direct financing across a project's lifecycle. | $6.5M / Seed / Sep 05, 2023 | |
All Gravy
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All Gravy offers an employee app designed for frontline workers in the hospitality and retail sectors. The app provides services including pay processing, which allows employees to access their earnings quickly, and training management, which enables users to complete training modules on mobile devices. Additionally, the platform featurescommunication tools that facilitate interaction among team members and scheduling features that help manage shifts and availability. Performance tracking is also included, allowing managers to monitor employee progress and engagement. Overall, All Gravy aims to improve the employee experience through its comprehensive suite of services. | $3.2M / Seed / Oct 27, 2022 | |
Vaayu
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Software that helps online retailers track and cut carbon. | $11.5M / Seed / Apr 20, 2022 | |
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Abacum
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Abacum is a SaaS that helps finance teams deliver business insights. Abacum is the first collaborative workflow and planning platform for SMB's finance teams to boost productivity and strategic impact. The company believes in empowering people with the best collaborative tools for them to multiply their strategic impact in the organization andbe more fulfilled. | $25M / Series A / Nov 30, 2021 |
Co-Investors
About Atomico
Atomico is an international investment firm that focuses on helping disruptive technology companies scale globally. It partners with technology founders at the Seed stage and beyond with a particular focus on Europe, leveraging deep operational experience to supercharge their growth. The company's team of founders, investors, and operationalleaders have been responsible for global expansion, hiring, and marketing at companies from Skype, Google, and Twitter to Wise and Snowflake. It specializes in seed, startup, Series A, early venture, mid venture, late venture, emerging growth, and growth capital investments.Atomico was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in London, England, with offices in Paris, Berlin, and Stockholm
Atomico Contacts
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Adam S. Lasri
Senior Associate
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Konstantin Zedelius
Senior Associate
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Niall Wass
Partner
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Siraj Khaliq
Partner
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Andrew Crankshaw
Financial Director
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FAQ
What does Terese Hougaard invest in?
Terese Hougaard invests primarily in SaaS, FinTech and Software startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Denmark. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Terese Hougaard's check size?
Terese Hougaard typically joins rounds of $3.2M–$12M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Terese Hougaard participates in.
When did Terese Hougaard last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Terese Hougaard closed in Jun 2025. Shizune tracks 5 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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Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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