Niklas Klarnskou — CEO
Most proposal teams are stuck in 2005. Copy-pasting from old bids. Chasing deadlines. Losing tenders they should have won, not because they lacked the capability, but because the process failed them. I've spent 15+ years inside procurement at companies like Maersk and Carlsberg, leading large-scale digital transformations. I've seen the friction up close. 80-200 hours per complex proposal. An average cost north of 15,000 per tender. And 10-20% of opportunities simply abandoned because teams ran out of capacity. That's why I co-founded Pentimenti. We built the first agentic AI platform for enterprise proposals. Not a tool that helps people write faster. An AI agent that reasons through complex RFPs, plans the response strategy, and executes the drafting autonomously. The human's role shifts from author to strategic reviewer. The results: 85% of proposal content automated. 10+ hours saved per proposal. Net retention above 115%, because once teams experience agentic execution, they don't go back to manual. Jensen Huang said at GTC 2026 that every SaaS company will become Agentic-as-a-Service. We've been building that for proposals since 2023. The vision goes further: machine-to-machine deal making. AI agents that autonomously handle B2B proposals end-to-end, so the best supplier wins the contract, not the one with the biggest bid team. If you're an investor, a bid team leader, or a procurement innovator thinking about where the next category-defining company in European B2B SaaS will emerge, let's talk.
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Location: Copenhagen, Capital Region, Denmark
Experience: 23 yrs 3 mos
Skills
- Generative Ai
- Leadership
- Procurement
- Business Transformation
- E-sourcing
Career Highlights
- Co-founded an AI platform for enterprise proposals.
- Achieved 85% proposal content automation.
- Led large-scale digital transformations in procurement.
Work Experience
Pentimenti ApS
CEO and Co-Founder (2 yrs 5 mos)
KLARNSKOU APS
Owner (1 yr 9 mos)
CRH
Head of Procurement Processes & Digitalization (2 yrs 9 mos)
Group Procurement Technology Director (4 yrs 10 mos)
TrueMarketValue
Member of the Board (4 yrs 4 mos)
Carlsberg Group
Head of Process Compliance & E-Sourcing (2 yrs)
E-sourcing and Contract Manager (8 mos)
A.P. Moller - Maersk Group
Strategic E-sourcing Manager (5 yrs 1 mo)
BizTv
Project Manager (7 mos)
BRFkredit
Student Worker (1 yr)
CBB Mobil A/S
Student Worker (1 yr 9 mos)
Den Kongelige Livgarde
Sergeant (1 yr 11 mos)
Education
Master of Science in Economics and Business Administration at Copenhagen Business School
Bachelor at Copenhagen Business School
Sergeant at Sergentskolen i Sønderborg
HHX at Hillerød Handelsskole