ABOUT RISMA

RISMA is a Danish SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) company founded in 2014 by Lars Nybro Munksgaard. RISMA offers an all-in-one software suite for all GRC initiatives (governance, risk, and compliance), such as GDPR, ISMS, risk management, financial controls, ISO standards – or any other GRC area that needs streamlined system support.

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FINANCIAL CALENDAR

Feb 09, 2024
Business update Q4 – 2023
Apr 04, 2024
Annual report – 2023
Apr 30, 2024
Annual General Meeting
May 15, 2024
Business update Q1 – 2024
Aug 29, 2024
Half-year report H1 – 2024
Nov 19, 2024
Business update Q3 – 2024

WHY INVEST?

A HIGH GROWTH MARKET
A HIGH GROWTH MARKET
With an increase in regulations and compliance requirements, the global GRC software market is expected to grow with a CAGR of 11.2% toward 2026.
PROVEN SALES RECORD
PROVEN SALES RECORD
RISMA's proven business model and sales engine deliver a high retention rate of 99% and strong revenue visibility.
UNIQUE GRC PLATFORM
UNIQUE GRC PLATFORM
RISMA's user-friendly and scalable platform provides a cohesive approach to structure, handle, and document efforts across the business-critical areas of GRC.

Executive management

Lars Nybro Munksgaard
FOUNDER AND CEO

DESCRIPTION

Prior to founding RISMA in 2014, Lars has a background from Deloitte, A.P. Moller-Maersk, and Saxo Bank, and has more than 25 years of professional experience and more than 20 years of management experience within areas of auditing, financial reporting and compliance, risk management, and consultancy. Having worked in both consulting, conglomerates, and the financial industry, Lars capitalizes on broad experience and deep insights in his creation and continued development and leadership of RISMA.

Other key positions

Owner of LNM Holding ApS

Educational background

Cand.merc.aud. from Copenhagen Business School

Shares and warrants

Lars Nybro Munksgaard owns 5,078 shares and through LNM Holding ApS, Lars Nybro Munksgaard owns 2,795,391 shares in RISMA Systems A/S.

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Management

Gitte Barsøe Pedersen
Chief Product Officer

ROLE
Gitte is dedicated to developing and maintaining RISMA’s customer centric culture. She is head of the Product Development & Adoption Team that ensures dedicated configuration and implementation of RISMA’s software and supports the customers with their product expertise on a day-today basis. Secondly, she is deeply involved with the strategic development of the product and work closely with both customers and partners to make sure RISMA meets market demands.

BACKGROUND

Prior to joining RISMA in 2017, Gitte held leadership positions across customer service, product strategy, R&D, and communications within media and software companies.

Educational background

Master of Communication from the University of Roskilde

 

Shares and warrants

Gitte Barsøe Pedersen owns 1,660 shares in RISMA Systems A/S.

 

Gitte Barsøe Pedersen holds 98,320 warrants in RISMA Systems A/S.

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Nicolai Ascanius
CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER

ROLE
Nicolai is motivated by moving the product forward with the latest features using the best technology surrounded by dedicated and skilled people. Working with legal tech often means that no one has done what we do with software which requires thinking outside the box every day.

BACKGROUND
Prior to joining RISMA in 2016, Nicolai had a background in IT consulting, technical development, and project management. Nicolai has worked in software development for 20+ years and has experience in the private and public sectors.

 

Educational background
Master of Science in Electronics from DTU and HD 1 from Copenhagen Business School

 

Shares and warrants
Nicolai Ascanius owns 42,500 shares in RISMA Systems A/S.

Nicolai Ascanius holds 164,010 warrants in RISMA Systems A/S.

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Henrik Flintsø
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

ROLE
Henrik has experience within startups and scale-ups SaaS companies and leads the finan-ce department in supporting the business in the international growth journey. Specially im-plementing and optimizing new systems and processes including reporting of relevant me-trics for improving the business.

BACKGROUND
Prior to joining RISMA in 2023, Henrik has worked extensively within accounting, finan-cial reporting, business support and held financial leadership positions at large and medium-sized international companies.

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
Mini MBA from Aros Business Academy, cand.merc.aud and HD (R) from Copenhagen Business School.

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Steen Rath
Chief Sales Officer

Role

Steen possesses a two-sided role. First is to lead direct sales toward new potential clients, and second, drive sales and cross-sales to all existing clients. Steen likes to see RISMA grow through satisfied customers.

 

‍Background

Prior to joining RISMA in 2016, Steen held similar roles in business development, sales, and commercial management.

Steen has over 20 years of experience in security, the Accounting Industry, and Software sales.

 

Educational background

HD in business administration from CBS and Executive Master in Business Administration (E-MBA) also from CBS.

 

‍‍Shares and warrants

Steen Rath holds 50,000 warrants in RISMA Systems A/S.

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Per Christian Næsset
Sales Director - Norway

Role
Per Christian strives to make RISMA the number one GRC software in Norway and shares a great experience in growing businesses and creating successful teams.

 

Background
Before joining RISMA in 2021, Per Christian held similar positions in the software industry operating both locally in the Nordics and internationally. He has more than 20 years of experience from various segments and industries.

 

Education
Master of Science in Business & Administration from Nord University.

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Martin Strube
Sales Director - Denmark

Role
Martin leads the Danish sales team with a focus on delivering compliance solutions that help businesses navigate complex regulatory landscapes. His passion lies in integrating the human element with the art of sales.

 

Background
Martin brings more than 20 years of experience in sales management, spanning industries such as retail, maritime, tech, and events. In recent years, he has been instrumental in building and expanding sales teams within various tech companies.

 

Education
Martin has a background in retail and has acquired extensive knowledge in B2B sales through hands-on experience and self-driven learning.

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Patricia Mellado Brusgaard
Head of Marketing

Role

Patricia focuses on building the foundation of a solid customer-centric and data-driven marketing team that contributes to scaling the business and reaching company goals.

 

Background

Patricia has experience from a US-based SaaS company operating in the advertising and media technology space. She held global and Nordic marketing positions within B2C in healthcare and consumer products goods before that.

 

Education

Master of Science in International Marketing & Management from Copenhagen Business School.

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Markus Földvary
Head of Customer Success

Role

Markus is dedicated to ensuring that all customers get the desired value of using RISMA for their GRC work. He is head of the Customer Success team in Denmark that ensures dedicated configuration and implementation of RISMA's software. Furthermore, the team conducts regular business reviews with customers, and with their product expertise they support customers on a day-to-day basis.

 

Background

Before joining RISMA in 2022 Markus held positions within Customer Success in a SaaS-startup, and previously also worked as an editor at a smaller Danish news website. 

 

Educational Background

Master of Science in International Marketing & Management from Copenhagen Business School.

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Board members

Lars Ankjer Jensen
Chairman
CEO at Ankjer holding

DESCRIPTION

Lars Ankjer Jensen is a serial entrepreneur, board member, and business angel. He started his career in 1987-1995 at Deloitte and E&Y from 1995-1997 as an auditor. In 1997, he became CFO of C.W.Obel Industrial services A/S and was part of a successful reconstruction of the group's entities. From 1999-2001, he was CFO of the IT company Dansk Systempartner A/S, responsible for its exit in 2001. Lars founded the Private Equity company Ankjer Holding ApS, in 2001 and has been part of several companies, reconstruction investments, and start-up investments. Lars joined RISMA Systems in 2014 and was the first investor, where he worked closely with the founder and CEO, Lars Nybro Munksgaard.

Other key positions

CEO and owner Visionshouse.dk and Visionhouse Væksthus.

Educational background

Cand.merc.aud. from Copenhagen Business School

Shares and warrants

Through Ankjer Holding ApS, Lars Ankjer Jensen owns 3,373,287 shares in RISMA Systems A/S.

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Claus Christiansen
MEDICAL DOCTOR, SCIENTIST, AND SERIAL ENTREPRENEUR

DESCRIPTION

Claus Christiansen received his medical degree in 1978 and from 1978 to 1998 he held the position as Chairman and Head of the Department of Clinical Pathology and Clinical Chemistry at Glostrup Hospital.  Since 1992 Claus has founded, managed and also sold several companies including Osteometer A/S, CCBR A/S, Synarc Inc, Sanos Group A/S and the Nordic Bioscience Group. Claus has had several board positions and invested in multiple companies also outside the life-science industry.

Other key positions

Director and board member of Den Danske Forskningsfond, founder, majority owner and chairman of Nordic Bioscience Holding A/S. Owner of NB Herlev Holding ApS

Educational background

Medical Doctor, DMSc. Degree in Clinical Pathology 1978

Shares and warrants

Through NB Herlev Holding ApS, Claus Christiansen owns 6,914,039 shares in RISMA Systems A/S

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Lars Nybro Munksgaard
FOUNDER AND CEO

DESCRIPTION

Prior to founding RISMA in 2014, Lars has a background from Deloitte, A.P. Moller-Maersk, and Saxo Bank, and has more than 25 years of professional experience and more than 20 years of management experience within areas of auditing, financial reporting and compliance, risk management, and consultancy. Having worked in both consulting, conglomerates, and the financial industry, Lars capitalizes on broad experience and deep insights in his creation and continued development and leadership of RISMA.

Other key positions

Owner of LNM Holding ApS

Educational background

Cand.merc.aud. from Copenhagen Business School

Shares and warrants

Lars Nybro Munksgaard owns 5,078 shares and through LNM Holding ApS, Lars Nybro Munksgaard owns 2,795,391 shares in RISMA Systems A/S.

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Rolf Hall
VP SALES SALESFORCE

DESCRIPTION

Rolf started his IT career in 1986 as a developer and entrepreneur and then joined Intentia (Later Lawson and now Infor) in 1996 as head of development and product management for CRM.

In 2009 he shifted focus to the commercial side when he joined Salesforce as one of the early employees in the Nordics. He has gained a deep knowledge of commercial excellence and go-to-market when building a SAAS technology with a subscription-based business model in the mid-market and the enterprise market.

 

‍Shares and warrants

Rolf Hall owns 10,000 shares in RISMA Systems A/S.

Merete Søby
VICE PRESIDENT, KMD

DESCRIPTION

Merete Søby started her career in A.P. Moller-Maersk, and has since 1999 been working in the IT industry. She brings more than 25 years of management experience started out with in sales and marketing and later on general management, as managing director for Hitachi from 2008 – 2020. Today Merete heads up 5 independent Software and Service companies in KMD with focus from Energy Solutions, Digital Agency, Analytic and AI solutions to Life & Pension solutions. She has worked in professional boards since 2005, where her focus has been on Digitalization and Commercial & Operational excellence. Merete is dedicated to drive the Sustainability and the Green Transition agenda, and involved in political work to drive Denmarks position within this agenda.


Other key positions
Second chairman of DHI
Board member, RelyOn
Chairman of Edlund
Chairman of Charlie Tango  
Member of Climate Council, DE

 

Educational background
HD (A)
CBA, AVT institute

 

‍Shares and warrants

Merete Søby owns 50,000 shares in RISMA Systems A/S.

Rolf Bladt
Owner Bladt & Co ApS

DESCRIPTION

Rolf Bladt is an experienced business leader and entrepreneur. As the CEO of BLADT & CO. ApS since 2002 and owner of several companies, he has played an active role in Danish business.

He has an impressive professional background spanning several decades. He worked for companies such as Oticon, GN, and ISS in his early career. Subsequently, he spent eight years at Mærsk Medical and 20 years as the owner and CEO of Simonsen & Weel A/S.

His international experience includes stays in Paris and Malaysia, and the broad range of responsibilities has provided him with a profound understanding of global business practices. Today, he is Chairman of the Board for Molytex A/S and a board member for Unickey, Risma, and IBA.

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

M. Sc. In Engineering from DTU

HD in International Business from the Copenhagen Business School

MBA from Schiller University in Paris

Doctorate in Business Administration from California Coast University.

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