Meet the team
Tel: 901 46 010
jan@cofounder.no
Jan Biti
Managing Partner
Jan has over 20 years experience with developing, financing, and leading technology companies. Jan has been key in the founding of many successful companies coming from high tech environments such as NTNU, SINTEF, Statoil and Telenor.
Tel: 402 26 551
morten@cofounder.no
Morten Frøseth
Partner
Morten has more than 15 years experience from developing and leading research-heavy startups, most recently Crayonano, which is a spinoff from NTNU’s leading nano technology group.
Tel: 926 48 666
bjornar@cofounder.no
Bjørnar Reitan
Partner
Bjørnar was one of the founders of Impello in 2005 and has over 20 years of experience as a project manager in transaction processes (M&A), financing processes, and strategic advisory, as well as extensive experience as CEO and CFO within technology and trade.
Tel: 472 54 658
sven@cofounder.no
Sven J. Kolstø
Partner
Sven has founded and led several growth companies, and is especially focused on startups in aquaculture and IT. He is the founder and currently CEO of the aquatech company Optoscale.
Tel: 922 60 166
cristina@cofounder.no
Cristina Santos
Partner and CFO
Cristina has experience from being CFO for hire in several technology based start-ups og scale-ups. She has also worked at SIVA, and is an active member of the board in several companies.
Tel: 902 15 304
margrethe@cofounder.no
Margrethe Skjelstad
Manager
Margrethe has experience from strategic and financial advisory with a focus on growth strategies. She holds a Master´s degree from NTNU Business School.
Tel: 941 42 375
tuva@cofounder.no
Tuva Okkenhaug
Business developer
Tuva has a Master´s Degree from NTNUs School of Entrepreneurship, including a Bachelors Degree in Energy and Environmental Engineering. She has experience from business development in start-ups from among other NTNU.
Tel: 980 16 456
jorgen@cofounder.no
Jørgen Pettersen
Manager
Jørgen has experience from strategic and financial advisory at Impello, with a particular focus on analyses and documentation in transaction processes (M&A). He holds a Master’s degree from the Norwegian School of Economics
Rune Bjerke
Senior advisor
Rune has 25 years of experience from commercialization of early stage technology companies and projects, being CEO and investor within several industries. He is one of three founding partners of CoFounder, but has taken a step down to maintain his health.
Renowned
We have founded and built companies in cooperation with leading industrial companies, such as Equinor and Telenor, as well as research-heavy organizations such as NTNU, SINTEF, the Kjeller institutes. We are a known player in the startup environment in Norway and we have been around for a while. Others trust us, and that we know what it takes. Therefore, when we invest in a company we normally attract other investors also, who want to be part of the company.