Bjørn Bjorå

Mr. Bjorå has worked for 20 years in venture capital as Managing Director of Teknoinvest Management AS since co-founding the company in 1984.
From 1985 to 1989 he was also the Managing Director of Tandberg AS, which was the predecessor of the current Tandberg and Tandberg Television companies, which have been significant successes before, as well as after, leaving the Teknoinvest portfolio.
Prior to starting Teknoinvest, Mr. Bjorå worked for 6 years as a management consultant with Asbjørn Habberstad AS (currently AT Kearney) and for 12 years in various positions with the ship equipment company Norcontrol, the last 2 years as General Manager.
Mr Bjorå co-founded The Norwegian Venture Capital Association in 2001 and served on its Board of Directors until 2007, in the period 2004-2006 as the Chairman.
He also served in the period 2004 - 2006 as a Member of the Board of The European Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (EVCA).
He has served on the Board of Directors of a number of American and Nordic start-up companies.
Currently he serves as a member of the Board of Directors of OCAS AS and Syntune AB.
Mr. Bjorå is fluent in Norwegian, English and conversational in German.
He holds an M.Sc.
degree in Control Engineering from The Norwegian Institute of Technology ("NTH", currently "NTNU").