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Websitelundxy.com
Twitter@ml
BirthplaceCopenhagen
Birthdate4/3/72

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Morten Lund

Morten Lund, (born April 3, 1972) is an entrepreneur from Copenhagen, Denmark. After selling his consulting company Neo Ideo to Leo Burnett 1999, Morten formed his first incubator. The 2004 along with Soren Kenner, Lund is founder and managing partner of LundKenner, a venture capital firm focusing on technology ventures. From 2007 he has also fronted the startup catalyst LundXY.

Described variously as an ‘archangel investor’, startup ‘ideologist’ and ‘visionary’, Lund has founded or co-invested in more than 80 high-tech start ups in the last decade, most famously Skype, the VoIP star snapped up by eBay for $2.6 billion in 2005. In May 2008 Lund made headlines again with the sale of Danish social networking and mobile backup site ZYB to operator Vodafone Europe BV for a sum believed to be in the region of $49m. He had co-founded the business with entrepreneur Tommy Ahlers three years previously.

At 37 years of age he is one of the most active seed investors in Europe, with an eye for turning existing business models and distribution methods on their head. His portfolio features over 80 companies spanning the Internet, telecoms, health and alternative energy.

On January 13, 2009, Morten Lund was declared personally bankrupt by the Copenhagen Maritime and Commercial Court. But he will for sure be out before anyone can imagine.

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Company Date Round Size Participants
Glaxstar 5/08Series A$3M1
Muzui 5/08Angel1
LiveStub 1/08Angel1
Zecco 11/07Series B$25M5
United Mobile 11/07Series A$200M5
Noovo 10/07Angel€300k4
Wamba 9/07Angel€3M1
Trivop 6/07Angel7
ZYB Angel1

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  3. Morten Lund, Investor Behind Skype, Kickstarts LiveStub (biz.yahoo.com) [edit]
  4. Zero Comission Trading Site, Zecco.com Receives $25 Million Series B Investment (pulse2.com) [edit]
  5. united-mobile.com [edit]
  6. Angel Investors [edit]
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