Silje Vallestad

Silje is the founder of bSafe / Bipper, a multiple award winning mobile safety company, Norwegian Female Entrepreneur of the Year, European Ambassador for Female Entrepreneurship, Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum, Top 20 Nordic Business Thinker and a sought after speaker on entrepreneurship and safety.

When Silje founded Bipper/bSafe, she had no background from technology or mobile. She was the true idealist who since the young age of 14 had been working internationally with starting up idealistic projects and organizations. She was a profiled youth representative at various international conferences, and had been debating and working with people like The Dalai Lama, Hillary Clinton, President Frederick Willem De Klerk and Dame Anita Roddick.

She is now a tech mom, wife and everlasting idealist all in one – determined to make a difference in the world while creating a successful business.