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Henrik Werdelin is the Founder of BARK, America’s fasted growing pet company as well as Managing Partner of Prehype, a venture development firm headquartered in New York with offices in Copenhagen and London. He attended Aalborg University and the University of Westminster.
Prehype co-create new ventures and incubation programs with VCs and corporations ranging from NewsCorp over Danone to GE and Mondelez – as well as launching successful venture-backed startups like BarkBox, AndCo, Roman and ManagedByQ.
Henrik has for the past 15 years been involved in a range of successful startups and corporate incubations as either founder, investor or advisor; including HotPotato (now by Facebook), GoTryItOn (now Rent the Runway), NewSmart (incubated with NewsCorp), ReadMill (now DropBox), Betabox (incubated with Mondelez) and Sunrise (now Microsoft). Prior Werdelin was the Entrepreneur in Residence with Index Ventures and running product development for MTV International where he spearheaded the development of many of MTV’s award-winning innovative digital products. He is a frequent speaker at top-tier business schools and industry forums and has been quoted in numerous publications and media outlets on subjects such as corporate innovation, product design and entrepreneurship.
He is Danish but lives in the US, where he was named amongst the Top 100 most Creative by Fast Company and Silicon Alley Insider’s ‘100 People in Tech’.
Location
New York, New York, United States, North America
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Primary Organization
2010
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Venture Capital, Finance, Incubators
Jobs history
1
Bjarke Ingels Group
Board Member
2017 - Current
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Profile Resume
Henrik Werdelin is the Founding Partner at Prehype, based in New York, New York, United States, North America. With a background in Venture Capital, Henrik Werdelin has a rich history of leadership and innovation. Henrik Werdelin studied BA Social and Polical Science @ Aalborg University. Explore their detailed professional journey, key connections, and contributions to the industry on our platform.
Investment portfolio
4
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Personal investment
4
Annouced Date | Organization Name | Funding Round | Money Raised |
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Sep 26, 2016 | Umi Kitchen | Seed Round - Umi Kitchen | 1.4M |
Sep 28, 2018 | Unioncrate | Seed Round - Unioncrate | 3.2M |
Nov 24, 2018 | Proper | Seed Round - Proper | 630.0K |
Nov 17, 2022 | Proper | Seed Round - Proper | 3.1M |
Partner investment
2
Annouced Date | Organization Name | Funding Round | Investor Name | Money Raised |
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Jul 22, 2014 | Sunrise | Series A - Sunrise | Prehype | 6.0M |
Jan 15, 2019 | Catch | Pre Seed Round - Catch | Prehype | 1.0M |
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