Sven Jacobson is a Principal of Carrot Capital. Prior to Carrot, he was Senior Partner of New Moon Capital, an early-stage venture capital firm. Sven has a strong operations background, having lead multinational teams as VP: E-Commerce of European-based Leisureplanet, and having served on the board of directors of Rennies (part of Bidvest Group, one of South Africa's top 20 listed companies) where he was responsible for operational and strategic turnarounds in the Account Management, Corporate Sales, and Information Systems divisions. Sven is the interim Chief Operating Officer of St. Camillus Medical, Access Scientific, Critical Diagnostics and Cure Therapeutics, four Carrot Capital-initiated companies, and sits on the boards for these companies. Sven holds an MBA and B Sc in Electrical Engineering from WITS University (South Africa). |