Thomas Martensson

I have two day jobs, my first one is being the father of 2 girls and one little boy. I am also Partner of Builder.ai an award-wining AI company based out of San Fransisco, backed by one of the worlds most successful investors Lakestar and Softbank, who where early investors in Facebook, Spotify and Skype.

I have been a Founder, Co Founder, Partner and investor in Apply Digital Systems ( Sold to Builder.ai in August 2020 ) AG Bell Group, Humany, Next House, Delta Group, Centurion and Arctic. In my years as Entrepreneur I have had the opportunity to work some of the most talented people out there. I have been working of some of the most amazing and challenging project in the last 20 years, everything from being a first mover - launching VoIP technology, to early stage AI, creating Social housing project with a IKEA, to launching a new way of producing luxury Homes in a very affordable way, ( flatpack ) everything thing from student living to larger Villas, designed by World class Architects. Have been featured in Media like M6 Capital, CNN, FORBES, El Pais, La Vanguardia and El Mundo. Its been a lot of ups and downs, the learning curve have been fantastic, sometimes very hard, but as a close friend once told me, " Everything will be Ok in the end, if its not Ok, it's not the End "

I genuinely love cooking, big fan of Extreme experiences, travel and hospitality, a geek in love with new technology and gadgets, my Surfing skills are a bit over rated. Last years I have climbed a number of Summits in Nepal and Africa, the latter with my older daughter. I do communicate well with animals, I'm an enthusiastic Fly fisher since my early scout years, unfortunately not much fishing done in the last 10 years. Former skater, lover of art and architecture.

I grew up in a small town of Sweden, Since I've lived in Stockholm, New York, Paris, London and Dubai. I have since early age travelled the world, all started in as Scout exploring the north of Sweden and its wilderness, since then I have visit more than 80 Countries, have a few more on my bucket list .

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