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Mattias Danielsson

Chief Executive Officer at Yubico

Greater Stockholm Metropolitan Area

Overview 

Mattias Danielsson is the CEO of Yubico, having held various executive roles within the company. He has a background in finance and strategy, with previous positions at companies like eBay and Tradera Nordic AB. Mattias has also invested in startups such as We Are Voice and Amuse.

Work Experience 

  • Chief Executive Officer

    2023 - Current

    I have held different management roles during my tenure with Yubico, mainly in Finance, Supply Chain and Sales. Since February 2023, I am serving as Yubico's CEO Yubico sets new world standards for simple, secure login, preventing unauthorized access to computers, servers, and internet accounts. Supporting multiple authentication and encryption protocols on all devices and platforms, YubiKeys protect access to user accounts for the world’s largest enterprises with a simple touch, and with no driver or client software needed. Yubico is a leading contributor to the FIDO Universal 2nd Factor open authentication standard, and Yubico’s technology is used, and loved, in more than 150 countries. Founded in 2007, Yubico is privately held with offices in the Bay Area (California), Seattle (Washington), Stockholm (Sweden), and London (UK).

  • Chief Operating Officer

    2020 - 2023

  • Chief Financial Officer

    2010 - 2020

Yubico protects logins with hardware devices like YubiKey, which offer secure and user-friendly two-factor and passwordless authentication.

Raised $292,197,914.00 from AMF, Marc Benioff, Bure Equity AB, New Enterprise Associates, Ram Shriram, Meritech Capital Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, Andreessen Horowitz, New Enterprise Associates and The Valley Fund.

  • Board Member

    2014

  • Financial Advisor

    2014 - 2015

  • CFO

    2011 - 2014

  • CFO

    2010 - 2011

  • Vice President

    2007 - 2009

    Co-Founder Avito.ru, Russia's leading classifieds site

  • Director eBay Europe

    2006 - 2007

EBay Ventures invests in disruptive companies that are revolutionizing the commerce landscape.

  • CEO

    1999 - 2006

    Co-Founder, started as Marketing Director, Chief Executive Officer since 2000

  • Strategy Consultant

    1997 - 1999

Accenture Ventures is a venture capital firm arm of Accenture, delivers innovative solutions with strategic partnerships and investments.

  • research assistant

    1995 - 1996

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