Jeppe Tranekaer Nielsen
Exploring | Climate tech investor | Climate resilience
Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark
Overview
Work Experience
Investment Director
2024 - Current
Bestseller Foundation invests in Seed and Series A start-ups that create jobs and positive climate impact on the African continent.
Board Observer
2024
Board Observer
2024
Guest Lecturer
2024
Guest lecturing on climate and impact investments in the Impact Investing course.
Principal
2023 - 2024
Look Up Ventures is a Venture Office founded by Tommy Ahlers and Nicolaj Reffstrup. We invest in highly scalable deep tech companies that combat climate change and biodiversity loss. We invest at pre-seed and seed stage. Our portfolio includes Reshape Biotech, Sirona Technologies, Huminly, C16 Biosciences, Rubi Laboratories, the Rock Flour Company, and many more. LUV is now partnering with Giant Ventures.
Associate
2022 - 2023
As a founding team member, I supported the partners in launching the firm - backing and building companies that combat climate emergency and biodiversity loss. Established workflows and investment processes, developed the investment strategy, ran start-up dialogues, and built out the team.
Associate
2022 - 2022
Built the fundraising pitch deck and supported management in crafting the firm's strategy.
Commercial Manager
2020 - 2021
Worked closely with the CCO on commercial development and excellence: - Established the BI and pricing modeling team and built pricing models and data analyses for our markets in DK/SE/ES/FI - Right hand to CCO+CEO on strategic projects - Responsible for business development and sales (GoMore Communal Car, B2B leasing to SMEs and large enterprises) - Managing partnerships in Denmark
On Leave
2019 - 2019
Business Analyst
2018 - 2019
Supporting management with pricing modelling, data crunching, market analysis, performance reporting to CCO+CEO, and commercial partnerships.
Business Development Analyst
2018 - 2018
Steering Committee & Co-founder of GLOBAL
2018 - 2019
Co-led the organization behind the world's largest and most prestigious case competition and co-founded the digital GLOBAL case competition that immediately became the world's largest case competition in Y1 and democratised the first-class learning experience of business case competitions (2800 participants from 65 countries, and growing +25% in participants and countries represented in Y2. Led a team of 30 people and introduced a new org set-up going from a headcount of 50 to 30 to empower each person with more responsibility. My reflections on managing CBS Case Competition, published in Talentguiden: https://talentguiden.dk/jeppe-tranekaer-nielsen-cbs-case-competition/
Group Lead, OPEN
2017 - 2018
Leader of the OPEN group in the organisation - managing, developing and organizing one of the biggest case competitions in Europe.
Reach for Change
2018 - 2018
Working as a consultant for the social start-up, Projekt S, alongside QVARTZ (now Bain & Company)
Sales Associate
2016 - 2016
B2C cross-selling. Set departmental sales record 2 months in a row.
4300km through India in an autorickshaw
2014 - 2015
I drove 4300km across India in an auto rickshaw for charity. No rute, no guides, just me and my friend lost in India. The one-year build-up for the run included crowdfunding for rainforest protection and restoration, building partnerships with sponsors and media, writing multi-page freelance features for the regional media group, Jysk Fynske Medier (840.000 households), and coordinating and executing inspirational events on travelling for young people looking to travel in their gap years.