Morten Lund (investor)

Morten Lund (investor)

Morten Lund, (born April 3, 1972) is an entrepreneur from Copenhagen, Denmark. Along with Soren Kenner, Lund is founder and managing partner of LundKenner, a venture capital firm focusing on technology ventures. From 2007 he has also fronted the startup catalyst LundXY.

Described variously as an 'archangel investor', startup 'ideologist' and 'visionary', Lund has founded or co-invested in more than 40 high-tech start ups in the last decade, most famously Skype, the VoIP bought by eBay for $2.6 billion in 2005. In May 2008 Lund made headlines again with the sale of Danish social networking and mobile backup site ZYB to operator Vodafone Europe BV for a sum believed to be in the region of $49m. He had co-founded the business with entrepreneur Tommy Ahlers three years previously.

At 37 years of age he is one of the most active seed investors in Europe. His portfolio features over 80 companies spanning the Internet, telecoms, health and alternative energy.

On January 13, 2009, Morten Lund was declared personally bankrupt by the Copenhagen Maritime and Commercial Court. However, on April 7, 2010, he announced via his Twitter profile that he was out of bankruptcy.