Meet our team
Andreas Lindblom
CEO
Andreas has experience from both clinical practice and research in health care. He is the founder of a medical simulation and training center for minimal invasive surgery at Karolinska University Hospital. Since 2004, Andreas has worked in financial markets, focusing on stock trading and was the founder and CEO of the electronic stock broker Spring Securities. He is a trained physicist and physiotherapist.
Teodora Andonova
Investment Analyst
Teodora has performed experimental medical research for eight years. She holds a PhD in Medical Science from Karolinska Institutet, where she conducted cancer research, focusing on targeted therapies. Previously she studied biomedicine at Karolinska Institutet, as well as medical innovation and entrepreneurship through the Stockholm School of Entrepreneurship. She is active in Swedish Young Shareholders' Association in her spare time, managing the association’s public portfolio of more than EUR 1 million.
Malin Härdig
COO
Malin previously held the position of CFO at the electronic stock broker Spring Securities where she developed the company’s finance and risk functions. Prior to this, Malin worked as an analyst at the corporate finance company Billström & Mucher, as a translator at PwC and as an accounting assistant at H&M. Malin studied accounting and financial management at the Stockholm School of Economics.
Christina Sterner
Back Office Manager
Christina has many years of experience in regulatory compliance and risk management and held most recently the position of Operational Compliance Officer at Aon. Prior to that, she was the Claims Manager for Aon Sweden’s health claims department responsible for claims management, insurance, and claims administration.
Charlotte Smirnova
Marketing & Communication Manager
Charlotte has 20+ years of experience in language, communication and marketing and has worked with digital communication and brand building from strategy and concept to production, for both B2B and B2C. She most recently came from Framfot Business Coaching and worked before that as a Senior copywriter at BabyBjörn AB and Managing editor of the company's multilingual online magazine.
Sofia Ström Bernad
Communication Specialist
Sofia has solid experience in media and communication. She has worked both strategically and operationally with digital communication, journalism, public relations, and copywriting. Sofia has worked for several years in science communication at the Swedish Childhood Cancer Foundation and at Linköping University, and previously as a news journalist including at TT and Svenska Dagbladet.
Daniel Borg
IT Manager
Daniel has worked in IT for twenty years and comes most recently from Stockholm University's IT Department. As System Administrator for the university’s knowledge base, he was responsible for integrations with ITSM and strategies for knowledge sharing and self-service. Daniel has also been the System Specialist for electronic elections to departments and faculty boards at the university.
External board members and advisors
Erik Hjelmstedt
Chairman of the Board
Erik is COO of KRY and an Advisory Board Member at Wistrand Advokatbyrå. He has many years of experience in media and IT management and was previously Head of Change Office at Schibsted Media Group, COO of Schibsted Sweden and a Board Member of, among others, Schibsted Growth, Svenska Dagbladet, Aftonbladet and Hitta.se. Erik holds a master's degree from Stockholm School of Economics.
Gunnar Ahlberg
Medical Director
Gunnar is a surgeon and earned his Ph.D. at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm. He has 30 years of clinical and strategic experience in senior management positions in healthcare. He is the Chief Medical Officer for GHP Specialty Care, a Board Member of EAES, and a researcher at Karolinska Institutet. Formerly, Gunnar was Head of Business Development at Praktikertjänst, CEO of Sollentuna Specialistklinik, and Head of Department at Sabbatsberg Hospital.
Bengt Julander
Senior Advisor
Bengt is a pharmacist and began his career in the pharmaceutical industry in 1978 at Astra. During the 1980s, Bengt was the Nordic General Manager of Baxter Healthcare. Since 1990, he has been an active investor and Board Member of a variety of life science companies. Bengt is the chairman of the board of Linc AB, an investment company with holdings in, among others, Medivir, Calliditas Therapeutics, and Sedana Medical.
Thomas Gidlund
Advisor
Thomas is an active business angel and investor in growth companies. He has a broad range of experience in the IT and finance sectors and was previously Head of Sales and Business Development at Aktietorget (now Spotlight) and Burgundy Oslo Börs, the founder of Exnet Transaction Services, Product Manager at Itiviti and Sales Manager at Sungard Financial Systems.
About Sciety
Sciety is an investment syndicate striving to make innovations reach their full potential. Our experienced and committed team also provides market analyses and investor relation services to companies within our segments.
Sciety AB (556990-3692) is regulated by Finansinspektionen and is a member of the Swedish Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (SVCA) and SwedenBIO (trade association for life science industry).
This is what our clients say
Why Life Science?
With challenges such as an aging population, life style and chronic illnesses, there is a major requirement for new forms of treatment and preventive measures. The industry is also characterised by an increasing degree of client awareness and cost efficiency. Today, we see new, interesting areas such as AI, precision medicines and remote healthcare growing very rapidly, creating the need of improved diagnostics, medical technology, digital platforms and new business models.
There are many prominent companies, researchers and clinics in Sweden developing today’s, and the future’s, healthcare and treatment solutions. We also see an increasing number of purchasers of new services and products –from healthcare providers and pharmacists to pharma and insurance companies, and from employers. Sciety sees a major investment potential in companies offering, new, effective solutions to healthcare providers in order that they can, in their turn, contribute to improved health for more people.