Meet our Team

Previously she worked as a Senior Manager for Accenture Strategy, advising top management within the European Energy and Renewable sector. In parallel, she was one of the initiators to build up Accenture’s sustainability practice. Monika has also worked for one of Norway’s largest utility companies, heading up the corporate venture activity and leading their innovation portfolio. Monika is currently a Partner at Wiski Capital, a Venture capital firm providing active ownership and funding to technology startups and growth companies within sustainability. During her time within Venture she has worked with several companies accelerating from early Seed to Series C.

Monika has an MSc in industrial engineering and a Master in finance from NTNU and UNSW. 

Torkel works in Sandwater, a venture investor dedicated to accelerating ambitious companies to make an impact that matters. He has had a diverse, international career at the cross section of business and technology, involving a start-up to develop a new type of optical fibers, strategy work both as a consultant in McKinsey’s Business Technology Office and in a corporate setting. The last ten years before joining Sandwater he served as the CEO of two mid-sized companies. Torkel holds a BSc and a PhD, both in physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.