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Magnus Grimeland

Founder and CEO, Antler

About

Magnus Grimeland brings an unusual combination of Norwegian Naval Special Forces training and experience scaling Asia's largest fashion e-commerce platform, which shapes how he evaluates founders' resilience and ability to execute under pressure. He has designed Antler as a global operating system that screens 150,000 applicants annually and makes hundreds of pre-seed investments, focusing on founders with a distinctive world-class capability rather than just polished business ideas. Magnus Grimeland brings an unusual combination of Norwegian Naval Special Forces training and experience scaling Asia's largest fashion e-commerce platform, which shapes how he evaluates founders' resilience and ability to execute under pressure. He has designed Antler as a global operating system that screens 150,000 applicants annually and makes hundreds of pre-seed investments, focusing on founders with a distinctive world-class capability rather than just polished business ideas.

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Investment focus

Stages
Pre-Seed
Sectors
AI
Consumer
FinTech
Health
Climate

Investment details

Avg check size$125K
Can lead rounds
Yes
Geographies
Asia-Pacific
USA
Africa
LatAm
India
Europe
Canada
Israel
ANZ
MENA