Our Creative Board is a network of knowledge, skills, and experience that our entrepreneurs and startups can draw on for both inspiration and advice. In other words, it provides additional support for our startups as they develop on their journey towards creating sustainable companies that solve both current and future challenges.
Daniel Johansson is a researcher and teacher at Linnaeus University and Innlandet University in Norway. He has worked with many of the music industry’s trade organizations over the years and writes about developments in tech and music for the industry website musikindustrin.se.
Daniel’s research focuses partly on the streaming economy, platforms, and distribution models, and partly on how the music industry is affected by various technological shifts such as AI.
Christina Löwenström is an entrepreneur in Blockchain, cryptocurrencies and music rights. She is the co-founder and former CEO of Zeptagram, a blockchain-based platform for tokenizing and selling music rights.
Örjan Serner has extensive experience as an entrepreneur in the development of companies; partly as the founder of a number of his own companies and partly as an investor and consultant in business development. Örjan has been involved in developing over 50 companies in various industries over the years, both service, product and distribution companies.
With titles such as Senior Investment Manager and Vice President in a listed investment company, Örjan is today active in his own investment company and also works as both chairman and director in a number of companies.
Niclas Molinder is a songwriter, music producer and musician who has worked with artists such as Miley Cyrus, Lady Gaga and Mary J Blige. Niclas also runs several organizations that focus on innovating data and rights management in the music industry.
In 2014, he founded SessionStudio with Max Martin, Björn Ulvaeus and Ash Pournouri. The vision is to establish a standard for how music creators are linked to a work based on their different roles, so that everyone involved can be compensated when the music is used.
Niclas Molinder has also founded the Music Rights Awareness Foundation together with Max Martin and Björn Ulvaeus with the aim of increasing the understanding of music rights globally.
Fredrik Berglund is an entrepreneur, consultant, and teacher with a focus on the culture industry, events, and digital music services. Among other things, he is the co-founder and chairman of the board of We Are Voice, a music service that manages both graphic and audio music rights. Fredrik also holds the position of Director Cantorum at Örebro University.
With over 25 years of experience in the education industry, he now works mainly as a consultant in his own music company, Leafstreet, where he is CEO.