Location Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark Regions European Union (EU), Nordic Countries, Scandinavia Gender Male
Investor Stage
Website www.michaelpilegaard.dk LinkedIn View on LinkedIn
I help founders and startups navigate the legal side of raising capital. From the early investor conversations to a successful exit.
With more than 10 years of experience advising growth companies, and a background from Bruun & Hjejle, I’ve guided founders through every stage of the venture journey: setting up the first shareholders’
agreement, closing early angel and seed rounds, negotiating venture capital investments, and executing exits to strategic buyers, tech giants, and IPOs.
M&A TRANSACTIONS:
Lead sell-side counsel to the shareholders of eeSea on its acquisition by Xeneta (2025).
Lead buy-side counsel to All4Labels Group on its acquisition of Limo Labels A/S, backed by Triton Partners (2021, DKK 800M).
Buy-side counsel to Brim hf. on its acquisition of 50% of Polar Seafood Denmark A/S (2021, USD 92M).
Buy-side counsel to Pamplona Capital on its acquisition of EET Group A/S from FSN Capital (2020, DKK ~4B publicly stated).
Sell-side counsel to SEED Capital and the shareholders on the sale of Coinify ApS to Voyager Digital (2021, USD 84M).
Sell-side counsel to Maj Invest on the sale of Svendsen Sport A/S to Pure Fishing (2021, deal value reported around USD 150M+ in market press).
VENTURE & GROWTH FINANCING:
Legal advisor to Complir on its EUR 1.7M pre-seed funding round (2025).
Legal advisor to Grand PMS on its EUR 1.5M pre-seed funding round (2025).
Legal advisor to Velatir on its EUR 1.35M pre-seed funding round (2025).
Company-side counsel to Be2Green on its merger with Circular Furniture as part of its funding strategy (2025).
Company-side counsel to Superb Experience on its DKK 10M investment round led by Seed Capital and PreSeed Ventures (2019).
