Ulf Claesson
Partner @ BLR & Partners
Zürich, Switzerland
Ulf Claesson is a Partner (since 2009) at BLR & Partners AG, a private equity firm located in Zurich, Switzerland. From 2006 to 2009, Ulf built up and ran one of HP’s product divisions as a General Manager and Vice President after having one of his companies acquired by Hewlett-Packard Corporation. From 2002 to 2006, Ulf was Co-founderand Chairman of the Board of Directors at Silverwire Group (now a Hewlett-Packard Company). Ulf has served as a Member of the Board of Directors at AVAST Software since October 2012. Prior to co-founding Silverwire Group, in 1997 Ulf founded Whitecap GmbH and Whitecap LLP, where he also serves as Managing Director to this day. From 1977 to 1997, Ulf served in various European and global management and executive positions at IBM Corporation, where he, among other new business segments, built up IBM’s global Distribution business and its OEM business in Continental Europe. Ulf also serves as a Member of the Board of the Swiss Federal Commission for Innovation and Technology and is a Lecturer, teaching Entrepreneurship at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich. Ulf holds a M.Sc. degree from Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden.
- Total investments:
- 1
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Industries Ulf Claesson invests in
Stages Ulf Claesson invests in
Countries Ulf Claesson invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Biotechnology 1 (100%)
- Food and Beverage 1 (100%)
Investments
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MIRAI FOODS
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Mirai Foods is a cellular agriculture startup developing cultured beef. | $4.5M / Seed / Mar 15, 2021 |
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What does Ulf Claesson invest in?
Ulf Claesson invests primarily in Biotechnology and Food and Beverage startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Switzerland. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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