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Nicklas Bergman is a Swedish entrepreneur and deep-tech investor with several decades of experience building companies across diverse industries, regions, and economic cycles. Over the years, his ventures have failed, bounced back, scaled globally, been acquired by major industry players, and been listed on the stock exchange. Since its inception in 2020, heтАЩs also served as an investment advisor to the EIC Fund, a тВм10 billion deep-tech venture capital fund that backs more than 100 European startups each year.
Through his work as a business angel and venture capitalist, he puts his money where his mouth is. With unparalleled access to the fast-paced world of science, innovation, emerging technologies, and the hottest startups, he has spent decades in the field learning to see beyond buzzwords, hype, and baseless claims about the тАЬnext big thingтАЭ. Instead, he focuses on real impact, lasting change, and on what truly matters. At the moment, this ranges from quantum computing and the latest biotech applications to the geopolitical implications of technology and the ever-present question of whether weтАЩre in the midst of an AI bubble.
As an entrepreneur, Nicklas is especially proud to have been part of founding and scaling a truck distribution network in Eastern Europe to a тВм300 million turnover in 15 years, taking a novel nanotechnology company from idea to more than 150 high-profile clients worldwide, and building a ski resort from scratch that attracted close to тВм500 million of investment to the region.
HeтАЩs made plenty of mistakes, been responsible for epic failures, and been fortunate enough to play a part in some major successes along the way. Over the years, he has passed on investments that later became unicorns and has wasted far too many hours in endless meetings. Nicklas is an early adopter, sometimes painfully so, drawn to the cutting edge where technology drives change and science fiction becomes real-world innovation and business creation. He loves disappearing down tech rabbit holes to uncover whatтАЩs really happening beneath the surface and to spot second-order effects that signal lasting impacts beyond the obvious.
A couple of years ago, he cleared his schedule and set out to understand where technology is taking us and whether we are prepared for the looming techstorm. His conclusion: Despite numerous challenges, the future is bright. The road ahead will be neither straight nor easy, but the key is to take the wheel and ensure that technology works for us rather than controls us.
The outcome: тАЬNavigating the Techstorm тАУ The Business Impact of Technology Beyond the HypeтАЭ, NicklasтАЩ take on how to prepare and act in times of technological uncertainty. The book was featured by Entrepreneur Magazine as one of their top 10 business books. Today, he divides his time between technology investments, a couple of his own skunkworks projects, and speaking, writing, and advising on the future of technology, business, and society.
