Track record

Built, scaled, and governed — often at the same time.

Eight companies founded, regional P&L ownership at one of Europe's fastest-scaling mobility platforms, and seven board seats. The advice comes from all three vantage points.

Career timeline

  1. 2026 – present

    FounderGolf with Mates

    Building a real-time group scoring and settlement app for golfers, live in Sweden, the US, Canada and the UK.

  2. 2025 – 2026

    Regional Director, AmericasBolt

    Built the operating platform for scale across North and South America as a member of Bolt's global ride-hailing management team.

    • Toronto to close to 20% share in under a year, overtaking Lyft as second-largest player
    • Paraguay share from 75% to 90% with flat headcount and +5pp margin
    • Hired and led 15 in Toronto and 12 in Paraguay, building the regional base from scratch
  3. 2019 – 2026

    Co-Founder & InvestorexitedJobcast

    An employer-branding SaaS platform grown to enterprise scale and exited in 2026.

    • 6M SEK raised; grown from 0 to 4M SEK ARR
    • 200+ enterprise customers
    • Named SaaS employer-branding platform of the year 3 times
  4. 2024 – 2025

    Sr. General Manager, UK & IrelandBolt

    Took on Bolt's largest GMV region globally alongside the Northern Europe & DACH remit, with performance and execution accountability across both.

    • Annualised GMV from €800m to €1.2bn — while reducing headcount
    • Profit margin lifted to 4%
    • New operating model that avoided potential liabilities of €200m
    • Aligned execution across Public Policy, Tax, Legal, Product, and Support
  5. 2019 – 2024

    Regional General Manager, Northern Europe & DACHBolt

    First employee for Bolt in Northern Europe. Launched and scaled operations across ten countries and built one of Bolt's strongest operating regions globally.

    • Regional GMV from €0 to €1bn+; market share from 0% to 50%+
    • Profit margin from negative to 4%+
    • Hired 60+ people — 7 of 9 General Managers still in role after 7.5 years
    • Led Bolt's first-ever acquisition, entering Denmark inorganically
    • Launched Bolt for Government, opening a new public-sector vertical
    • First ride-hailing operator in Europe to win public-transport tenders — a €5bn category
  6. 2013 – 2024

    Co-Founder & DirectorexitedContribute Ltd.

    Built a purpose-driven consumer goods company donating a share of revenue to clean-water projects in Africa, run for over a decade.

  7. 2016 – 2020

    Co-Founder & CEOacquiredTaskRunner

    Pioneered the gig-economy model in Sweden and Kenya before acquisition by The Buddy Company in 2020.

    • Turnover from 0 to 13M SEK
    • Over 10M SEK raised
    • Two-continent launch: Sweden and Kenya
  8. 2015 – 2017

    Co-founder & Deputy CEOexitedFinancial Tech Sweden (Cleo / SweetPay)

    A consumer credit and payments business built from the ground up, exited in 2017.

    • Annual turnover from 200k to 21M SEK
    • Over 350M SEK in transactions processed
    • 18M SEK raised; API licences executed in Sweden and the UK

By the numbers

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Team members led, direct & indirect

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Companies founded or co-founded

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Capital raised across founder-led ventures

Board experience

CompanyRoleYears
AppjobsBoard Member2023–2024
BoltSubsidiary Board Member2019–2024
TaskRunnerBoard Member2016–2020
Snowball InvestBoard Member2015–2017
Financial Tech Sweden (Cleo/SweetPay)Board Member2015–2017
Delta InkassoChairman of the Board2015–2016
DefentryBoard Member2015–2016

Working with Nils was like having the perfect balance between a manager and a trusted friend.

Albin Grkovic Founder, Nibla Wine — former COO, Stepler, reported to Nils