Mikaela Larsell Ayesa

CEO

Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden9 yrs 1 mo experience
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Key Highlights

  • Forbes 30 Under 30 member
  • Inventor of the Lean Circular Framework
  • Grew Hack Your Closet to 3200 active subscribers
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Tech and Startup Ecosystem Specialist with a focus on Investor Relations and Operations.

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Skills

Core Skills

Investor RelationsBusiness DevelopmentEvent PlanningProgram ManagementCoachingBoard GovernanceSalesOperations Management

Other Skills

AffärsprocessBeslutsfattandeCircular Business ModelsCircular EconomyEntrepreneurshipEvenemangsplaneringFörsäljningInnovation processesInternationell verksamhetsutvecklingInvesterarrelationerLedarskapOrganisationsförmågaPitchProjektledningStyrelsenivå

About

Startup & Investor Ecosystem Networker, connecting investors, entrepreneurs, decision-makers and leaders. Previously entrepreneur, co-founder of the fashion tech company Hack Your Closet. MSc Engineer in Design and Product Realization with a Master's in Innovation Management. Inventor of the Lean Circular Framework. I'm a generalist with a passion for operations. Member of: Forbes 30 Under 30 YEOS - Young Entrepreneurs of Sweden LP in Project Europe Read or listen to me and my story here: - THROWBACK SESSIONS PODCAST https://open.spotify.com/show/3IdC2ZDoXngcZbFKoOQcLk?si=GWiC9umTS3W0qVWzBFT7Zw - FORBES https://www.forbes.com/consent/?toURL=https://www.forbes.com/30-under-30/2021/europe/social-impact?profile=mikaela-larsell-ayesa - TECH HUSTLER PODCAST https://open.spotify.com/episode/0ljxoSTzsMjDVYkgHuwyjl?si=kIx_7qdjRY-B-WdoHeJG9A - THOUGHTS FROM LIMBO PODCAST https://open.spotify.com/episode/43Z5v44a5Xuw5P4w4UJkkf?si=B4z8FGCESE6CL4esP1l8ag - FRITT FALL PODCAST (Swedish) https://open.spotify.com/episode/4pAyVRfSH1DG6kU01YNMU9?si=QKJZFAj6ScConnV5qo_nGQ - HEJA FRAMTIDEN PODCAST (Swedish) https://open.spotify.com/episode/0EwHe0sit18eOL4Ix2Evb2?si=cJmxJQh-QV-kDMbfQcWSPw - EN HÅLLBAR PODD PODCAST (Swedish) https://open.spotify.com/episode/7vY31C6glvdpEhfY7xVJiw?si=0abeb8e7110b4bfa

Experience

Young entrepreneurs of sweden - yeos

2 roles

Chairwoman of the Board

Jun 2025Present · 9 mos

Member Board of Directors

Apr 2024Jun 2025 · 1 yr 2 mos

  • Board Member in YEoS, the network for young Swedish entrepreneurs. Founded in 2008 with around 250 entrepreneurs from all around Sweden and an average age of 29 years old, the network focuses on the individuals well-being, entrepreneurship journeys and the ups and downs that comes with it. In the Board of Directors, we decide on how to run the network, create value for the members, events, and more.

Yeos ventures

Member Board of Directors

Jun 2024Present · 1 yr 9 mos

  • YEoS Ventures, a spin-off from YEoS, invests in early-stage startups. I'm a member of the Board of Directors together with other serial entrepreneurs, deciding on how to run the investment firm, our events and our investment strategy going forward. Besides from bringing my startup and investor network, knowledge from investment committees, I'm the bridge between YEoS and YEoS Ventures.
StyrelsenivåBoard Governance

Techarena

2 roles

Head of Investor Relations & Business Area

May 2024Present · 1 yr 10 mos

Internationell verksamhetsutvecklingInvesterarrelationerInvestor RelationsBusiness Development

Head of Investor Relations

Jan 2024Jun 2024 · 5 mos

  • Techarenan is Scandinavia's biggest tech platform, gathering politicians, decision-makers at large-corps, entrepreneurs, and investors by creating world-class tech events and competitions throughout the year. I'm responsible for all of our investor activities, accelerator programs, startup competitions, and corporate initiatives.
  • Since I started, I've developed and created initiatives and concepts such as:
  • Investor Day (engaging 2500 investors over two editions)
  • LP/GP lunches (matching 192 GPs and LPs over two editions)
  • Investor Office Hours balcony (engaging Index Ventures, NEA, Creandum, EQT, Northzone...)
  • Chat & Sushi (nische intimate Family Office gatherings, engaged 85 LPs)
  • Family Office Days (engaging 100 people)
  • International side events for FOs & LPs (Capital & Cocktails, Moose & Money, Burgers & Backers, Investor & Startup Mixer, generating 1534 new contacts)
  • Top46 startup competition
  • Top100 startups & Investor matchmaking
  • BuildArena Hackathon 2026
  • Time to Raise accelerator program (cohort 4, 5, 6, 7. Partnerships with leading global VC such as NEA, Atomico, Creandum, Northzone, Sequoia scout fund, Cherry, and 28 other funds).
  • Circle Series (collab with Teknikföretagen to create partnerships between large industry corps and startups/scaleups)
BeslutsfattandeProjektledningInvesterarrelationerEvenemangsplaneringLedarskapEvent Planning+1

Sting

Partnership & Sponsorship Lead - Consultant

Apr 2024Aug 2024 · 4 mos

  • Sting (Stockholm Innovation & Growth) is a leading startup ecosystem player with award-winning incubators and accelerators. Companies such as Sellpy and Yubico have been part of Sting's accelerator.
  • I was responsible for partnerships with Sting as well as for Sting Day in October 2024.

Time to raise

Executive Program Director

Jul 2023Present · 2 yrs 8 mos

  • Acquired by Techarena
  • Time to Raise is a cohort-based accelerator program for female founders and mixed teams. We broaden the investor network of the entrepreneurs and support them in their fundraising journey by doing warm introductions. The purpose of the program is to increase the share of capital going to female-founded startups.
  • I'm responsible for everything regarding the program, from finding financial partners, workshop leaders, and mentors, to selecting the startups, coordinating the program, and supporting them all the way.
  • I took over the program after cohort 3 and ran cohorts 4, 5, 6, 7.
  • Engaged 34 leading VC funds such NEA, Sequoia scout fund, Cherry, Creandum, Northzone, Atomico, Felix Capital, Ventech and more.
  • Engaged 101 mentors aka Partners at VC firms, having 335 mentorship meetings and supporting 66 startups in their fundraising journeys.
OrganisationsförmågaCoachingBeslutsfattandeProjektledningLedarskapProgram Management

Herbox ab

Chairwoman of the Board

Jun 2023Present · 2 yrs 9 mos

  • Herbox provides menstrual care products on subscription to companies, sports clubs, municipalities, and schools. Menstrual care products in your workspace should be for free, just like toilet paper.
  • The company started in 2021 and I became the Chairwoman of the board in 2023 when the revenue went from SEK 1.7m - 11.7m in one year. In 2024, we hit a revenue of SEK 20.3m and have dispensers in more than 9000 toilets in 15 countries.
BeslutsfattandeStyrelsenivåBoard Governance

Ubit

COO

Nov 2022Feb 2024 · 1 yr 3 mos

  • uBIT builds tech startup MVPs by investing in the companies with software development hours through an equity fund. Venture Studio model supporting tech startups from MVP stage up until first or second funding rounds.
  • As COO, I was making sure that we had clear processes and structure in place between our customers (startups) and our developers, and that we produced, packaged, and delivered quality on time. I was responsible for the full budget of our e-commerce branch and equity projects, as well as being the primary contact for all clients, entrepreneurs and our 11 in-house developers.
  • As part of the investment committee, I was selecting deals, building and developing our deal flow and investment process as well as our reporting structure and metrics.
  • Supported 7 e-com brands and 10 startups during my time, and led the team of 11 software developers.
FörsäljningPitchSales

Larsell ayesa consulting

Owner

Sep 2022Present · 3 yrs 6 mos

  • Founder as a service.
  • Consulting for, and hands-on working with, startups, coorporates and research projects within venture building, business modeling, logistics & operations development and sustainability.
  • Business strategy & Budgeting at Melle Sweden AB
  • Operations & Logistics at Parently AB
  • Data sorting & project management at Information Minds AB
  • New structure for operational processes at Libredo
  • Investor Relations & project management at Techarena
  • PR, copywriter and social media at Herbox
  • Partnership & Sponsorship Lead at STING
  • B2B Sales at Minimist

Hackyourcloset.com

3 roles

Member Board Of Directors

Promoted

Feb 2021Jul 2022 · 1 yr 5 mos

AffärsprocessBeslutsfattandeLedarskapOperations Management

Co-Founder, COO

Oct 2020Jul 2022 · 1 yr 9 mos

  • Grew the company to 45 employees in 2 European markets with 3200 active subscribers and 45 250 boxes shipped over 3 years. Raised a total of 3M USD with an ARR of 1.5M USD.
  • I was responsible for operations & logistics, HR management, B2B partnerships and sustainability strategy.
BeslutsfattandeBoard Governance

Co-founder, Head of Operations & Logistics

Jul 2019Oct 2020 · 1 yr 3 mos

  • Hack Your Closet challenged the ownership of clothes and the consumption behavior of fast fashion. We prolonged the life of clothes that would have otherwise gone to waste such as second-hand, overstock, samples, etc, helping brands activate their overstock/unsold goods to neutralize the environmental impact of those clothing items.
AffärsprocessBeslutsfattandeLedarskapOperations Management

Nordea

Innovation Intern at Nordea Innovation Team

Jan 2019Jul 2019 · 6 mos · Stockholm, Sverige

  • I was a member of the Student Innovation Team at Nordea, Scandinavia's biggest bank. I took part in coordinating the innovation process for different projects, managing knowledge transfer between the projects and come up with new ideas in brainstorming sessions. We used the Lean Startup process

Kungliga tekniska högskolan

CAD Professor Assistant

Sep 2017Sep 2018 · 1 yr · Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden

  • Was teaching KTH students the CAD software Solid Edge.

Instajobs - part of academic work

Consultant

Oct 2016Jul 2019 · 2 yrs 9 mos · Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden

  • Work at different companies, a total of 78 jobs.
  • Companies: Unilever Sweden, Electrolux, TRR Trygghetsrådet, Property People, Ambea Sverige AB, Stockholm Live, 7A Konferens & Event, Expo Medica, Taste Events Sverige HB, Pond Brand Innovation, Sveriges läkarförbund, Hammarström Media AB, Matsällskapet, Digitalent, Victoria's Secret, Sigtunafjärdens mäklarservice AB, Kungsvalvet AB, Tacton Systems AB, Academic Work, Vaggaro of Sweden, The Foodtruck Co.

Education

KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Master's Degree — Innovation Management and Product Realisation

Jan 2017Jan 2019

Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)

Master courses in Engineering — Operational Research & Life Cycle Assessment

Jan 2018Jan 2018

KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Bachelor's degree in Engineering — Design and Product Develompent

Jan 2014Jan 2017

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