Eric Quidenus-Wahlforss is a technology entrepreneur and investor based in Berlin, Germany.

He co-founded SoundCloud in 2007 and served as its Chief Product Officer for 12 years. SoundCloud is the world’s largest artist powered audio platform with hundreds of millions of monthly listeners. What’s next in music is first on SoundCloud.

He is also the Founder and Chairman of Dance, an e-bike subscription service founded with the purpose of making cities more livable.

Through his holding company, Klaradal, Quidenus-Wahlforss invests in early-stage startups across deep tech, climate tech, and AI.

He holds a Master of Science in Industrial Economics from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm and also studied business at the Stockholm School of Economics.

Beyond work, he’s a father of two, a husband, a music lover, and an avid table tennis player. In his earlier life, he created and performed music under the artist name Forss.

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