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Maria Lindholm

Export manager, Investment analyst & consultant

Maria Lindholm
30 years old
TULLINGE (14652) Sweden
Professional Status
Intern
Looking for an internship
About Me
I am an entrepreneurial person, that values purpose driven organizations. Having a background from both Marketing and Finance, I’m a generalist with key experiences in Venture Capital and Business development.

I'm currently:
  • Leading the US launch of the sugar free brand NICK'S (http://www.nicks.se/)
  • Building a new food incubator
  • Completing consulting projects for large FMCG clients on accelerated brand growth.
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  • I support the Investment Managers with market analysis, and valuation.
  • I meet with entrepreneurs and attend pitch events to browse for possible investment opportunities.
  • I assist our portfolio companies, among all the large Swedish health company "Helsa" with various strategic and market inquiries.
  • A few examples of Gullspång's portfolio companies include: Helsa (healtcare company, www.helsa.se), Oatly (producing food made with Swedish oat, www.oatly.com) and My Academy (tutoring company, www.myacademy.se)
Company Description
Family owned seed capital company providing capital, competence and contacts to startups in exchange for equity. Gullspång mainly invest in companies in the energy, food and education industry in early phases.
  • I enabled companies, and the leadership teams in particular, to change the general opinion by:
    1. Conducting research
    2. Implementing activities such as campaigns
    3. Providing advice on policymaking and change management
  • During my time at Nordic PA, I have completed 12 successful client projects with clients ranging from Health Care to the Finance industry.
Company Description
Leading public affairs firm working with strategic and financial communication in the nordic area. Providing advice to management and implementing solutions focused on changing the general opinion.
Company website
  • Got selected to represent Stockholm School of Economics in the Hult Prize regionals in Dubai 2017.
  • Co-founded the venture Mangi, which is a social enterprise that enables refugees with a passion for cooking to share this passion with the local community.
  • Team leder for Mangi, and responsible for the marketing efforts.
  • The enterprise had a 0 marketing budget, but during 1 month we reached an average of 5000 views on each post on Facebook, and around 20 000 people was reached by the Mangi Stories.
Detailed Description
  • The team were given the task to find an idea for a successful social enterprise. During one month, alongside full-time studies and extra jobs we created Mangi. The purpose was to connect refugees with locals over a common passion for food. We held company event and sold lunch boxes entirely made by the refugees. In each box the buyer could find the story of the cook. Hence, the success was measured in the amount of people that was reached by the stories of the refugees.
Company Description
The Hult Prize is the world's largest competition for social enterprises. Every year thousands of people apply to pitch the solution to a worldwide problem for a jury consisting of CEO's and change makers.
Company website
  • Founder of the podcast "Makthavarpodden"
  • Writer and reporter
Detailed Description
  • I founded the podcast "Makthavarpodden" were I conducted deep interviews with influential Swedish women from the political and business world. The purpose was to discuss equality, business and politics and to highlight female role figures. Some of the previous guests included Anna-Karin Hatt, Elisabeth Svantesson, Carola Lemne and Amanda Lundeteg.

    One example of an episode interviewing Amanda Lundeteg, CEO of AllBright:
    http://makthavare.se/2015/07/02/makthavarpodden-kvinnomakt-med-amanda-lundeteg/
Company Description
One of Swedens largest provider of news, stories and scrutiny of Swedish influential political and business leaders.
Company website
  • I was given the challenge to change Membrains brand positioning together with the CEO.
Company Description
Membrain is a provider of a CRM-system and coaching sessions in the sales process.
Company website

Company Relations - Woman's Banking Day

Woman's Banking Day
April 2014 to September 2014
  • I was responsible for the company relations. This meant keeping a good relation, and finding new potential companies to join the fair.
  • I was responsible for 10 functionaries.
  • The fair ended up having over 2000 student visitors, and 20 companies from the finance industry participating.
Company Description
Women’s Banking Day is a fair held by the Student Association of Stockholm School of Economics (SASSE). The aim of the project is to attract female students from the BSc and MSc program to the financial industry.
Company website
  • The winner was announced at Sweden’s entrepreneurial gala the 26th of September 2014 held by Founders Alliance.
  • The competition was based on the element of a case solving session and a product pitch held for a jury consisting of six CEO:s of large Swedish companies.
Company Description
Swedens largest network for entrepreneurs. Some large members include Klarna, Lexington and FACE Sweden. To be a member you need to generate at least 5 million SEK yearly.
  • Ensuring the logistics of refilling the ATMs ran smoothly
  • Investigating further strategic possibilities provided the decreasing use of cash
Company Description
ATM-company owned by the main banks of Sweden. Bankomat offer services to card issuers, either as a customer of the company, or through various network cards.
Company website
  • Investigating the competitive scope and giving suggestions on possible future product development.
  • Attending board meetings.
  • Investigating potential product offerings.
Detailed Description
  • During a one-week internship I worked with the CEO Tomas Sundh to learn what challenge’s an entrepreneur faces and how to run a business.
Company Description
The largest provider of graduation articles in the Nordic region.
Company website