Founders A/S

Public limited companyCVR 34598460København KActive

Founders A/S is a public limited company, based in København K, active in other financial service activities n.e.c., founded in 2012. The company went from a profit in 2024 to a loss of DKK 47.4m in 2025. With 4 employees, the company is about 4 times larger than the industry median. Equity fell to DKK 126.6m in 2025.

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Key figures · financial year 2025

RevenueDKK 0

Net profit−DKK 47.4m−194.1% vs. 2024

EquityDKK 126.6m−29.3% vs. 2024

Employees4latest month from CVR

What has changed

calculated from recorded figures and dates

Financials: 2025 against 2024

Net profit went from a profit of DKK 50.4m to a loss of DKK 47.4m (2024 → 2025).
Equity fell 29% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 126.6m.

Management and owners, last 24 months

New in management: Joshua Karjala-Svendsen (board member, 06/01/2025), Sebastian Oliver Nielsen Stockmarr (board member, 06/01/2025) and Simon Sylvest Rasmussen (board member, 06/01/2025) (+2).
Stepped down: Joshua Karjala-Svendsen (director, 06/01/2025), Sebastian Oliver Nielsen Stockmarr (director, 06/01/2025) and Stefano Zorzi (director, 06/01/2025).
New owners registered: Crep ApS (06/05/2025), Goose Investments ApS (06/05/2025) and Propero Investments ApS (06/05/2025) (+3).
No longer registered as owner: Founders Management ApS (06/05/2025).

Registrations, last 24 months

07/07/2026: Moved to Hauser Plads 20, 1127 København K
25/04/2025: Merger registered in CVR
01/01/2025: Industry changed to Other financial service activities n.e.c. (649990)
18/12/2024: Moved to Skelbækgade 2, 6. th, 1717 København V

Calculated from the latest two annual reports in sequence and from registrations in CVR. A figure that is missing in either year gives no line, and we derive no figures.

Financial statements

Financial years 2020–2025 · amounts in DKK thousand

Equity and net profit

EquityNet profit

Financial figures for Founders A/S
	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	Change
Revenue	29,630	35,460	0	0	0	0	–
Gross profit	−18,881	−24,399	−5,334	−3,287	−1,958	−1,918	+2%
Operating profit (EBIT)	−85,289	−87,822	−13,250	−9,817	−3,751	−2,782	+25.8%
Profit before tax	−106,717	−89,002	7,161,412	−13,872	50,405	−47,434	−194.1%
Net profit	−104,882	−89,002	7,159,643	−15,643	50,415	−47,434	−194.1%
Total assets	336,777	496,000	286,867	253,705	180,283	126,993	−29.6%
Equity	290,153	457,345	282,811	253,168	179,015	126,633	−29.3%
Liabilities	46,624	38,655	4,056	537	1,268	360	−71.6%
Cash and cash equivalents	27,652	59,102	36,904	7,921	8,913	7,225	−18.9%
Average number of employees	99	145	7	5	2	4	+100%

Source: annual reports filed with the Danish Business Authority (XBRL). Figures for the company (not the group); change is the latest year against the year before. “–” means the figure is not stated in the annual report.

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Compare with the industry (739 companies)

Gross profitMedian, the industry (739 companies)

Annual reports

6 financial years

Annual reports for Founders A/S
Financial year	Period	Published	Figures for	Documents
2025	01/01/2025 – 31/12/2025	01/07/2026	The company	PDF not statedXBRL
2024	01/01/2024 – 31/12/2024	02/05/2025	The company	PDF XBRL
2023	01/01/2023 – 31/12/2023	28/05/2024	The company	PDF XBRL
2022	01/01/2022 – 31/12/2022	12/07/2023	The company	PDF XBRL
2021	01/01/2021 – 31/12/2021	06/05/2022	The group	PDF XBRL
2020	01/01/2020 – 31/12/2020	04/05/2021	The group	PDF XBRL

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Employees

monthly figures from CVR

Employees

Position in the industry

739 companies in the database

Comparison with the other companies in other financial service activities n.e.c. based on the latest financial year.

Gross profit−DKK 1.9mNo. 693 of 713

Better than 3% of the companies in the industry

EquityDKK 126.6mNo. 94 of 739

Better than 87% of the companies in the industry

Number of employees4No. 82 of 739

Better than 89% of the companies in the industry

Industry median: gross profit −DKK 23,925, net profit DKK 174k, equity DKK 10.2m, 1 employees.

Distribution of gross profit for 270 companies in the industry (latest financial year, logarithmic scale). Amber bar: where this company sits.

Compared with similar companies

size, age and company form

Rank among similar companies
Group	Gross profit	Equity
Companies with fewer than 20 employees69,967 companies in the comparison	No. 69,164of 69,742 Better than 1%	No. 1,495of 69,964 Better than 98%
Same industry and fewer than 20 employees699 companies in the comparison	No. 658of 676 Better than 3%	No. 89of 699 Better than 87%
Companies that are between 5 and 14 years old33,688 companies in the comparison	No. 33,281of 33,588 Better than 1%	No. 572of 33,687 Better than 98%
All companies of type A/S18,025 companies in the comparison	No. 17,524of 17,786 Better than 1%	No. 1,944of 18,024 Better than 89%

The rank is calculated among companies in the database with a figure for the latest financial year, and is shown only for groups of at least ten companies.

Compare with the industry

Other financial service activities n.e.c.

Gross profit

Founders A/S−DKK 1.9m
Kirkbi A/SDKK 60bn
William Demant Invest A/SDKK 22bn

Net profit

Founders A/S−DKK 47.4m
Kirkbi A/SDKK 16.9bn
William Demant Invest A/SDKK 1.1bn

Equity

Founders A/SDKK 126.6m
Kirkbi A/SDKK 151.9bn
William Demant Invest A/SDKK 31.6bn

Employees

Founders A/S4
Kirkbi A/S176
William Demant Invest A/S14

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Owners and group

from the Public Ownership Register

Owners

Crep ApS15%
Goose Investments ApS15%
Propero Investments ApS15%
Simon Sylvest Holding ApS15%
Parentes ApS15%
Sebastian Stockmarr Holding ApS15%

Founders A/S

Subsidiaries and ownership shares

Subsidiaries are shown only if they are in the database.

Management

9 active registrations

Executive management

Executive management at Founders A/S
Name	Role	Appointed
Simon Sylvest Rasmussen	Director	07/03/2022
Christian Ulrik Trolle	Director	06/01/2025

Board of directors

Board of directors at Founders A/S
Name	Role	Appointed
Christoffer Hans Galbo	Chair of the board	04/11/2022
Christian Ulrik Trolle	Board member	29/11/2022
Stefano Zorzi	Board member	29/11/2022
Joshua Karjala-Svendsen	Board member	06/01/2025
Sebastian Oliver Nielsen Stockmarr	Board member	06/01/2025
Simon Sylvest Rasmussen	Board member	06/01/2025
Peter Frederik Suhm Heering	Board member	06/01/2025

Auditor: Grant Thornton, Godkendt Revisionspartnerselskab
Founders: Founders Management ApS

Former management (17)

Former management at Founders A/S
Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
Jens Erik Jepsen Christensen	Chair of the board	22/06/2012	21/02/2017
Christoffer Hans Galbo	Board member	22/06/2012	20/02/2017
Christian Ulrik Trolle	Director	22/06/2012	07/03/2022
Christoffer Robert Kurpatow	Board member	22/06/2012	31/10/2012
Thomas Lau Schleicher	Board member	15/10/2012	20/09/2017
Lars-Erik Houmann Christensen	Board member	31/10/2012	16/06/2017
Peter Frederik Suhm Heering	Board member	31/10/2012	12/08/2014
Paul Henrik Østergaard	Board member	31/10/2012	19/11/2013
Peter Frederik Suhm Heering	Director	12/08/2014	07/03/2022
Paul Henrik Østergaard	Board member	07/09/2015	29/11/2022
Christoffer Hans Galbo	Chair of the board	21/02/2017	19/09/2017
Niels Jacobsen	Chair of the board	20/09/2017	04/11/2022
Christoffer Hans Galbo	Board member	20/09/2017	03/11/2022
Rasmus Tim Bjerngaard	Board member	20/09/2017	29/11/2022
Joshua Karjala-Svendsen	Director	07/03/2022	06/01/2025
Sebastian Oliver Nielsen Stockmarr	Director	07/03/2022	06/01/2025
Stefano Zorzi	Director	07/03/2022	06/01/2025

Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af den samlede direktion i forening, af en direktør og bestyrelsens formand i forening, af to bestyrelsesmedlemmer i forening, eller af den samlede bestyrelse i forening.

Address and production units

1 active production units

Hauser Plads 20
1127 København K

København Municipality · Postcode 1127

Other companies at the address (8)

Dianati & Klink Larsen AdvokatpartnerselskabLegal activities
Specialklinik for Tandregulering ApSDental practice activities
Assento ApSEngineering consultancy in construction and civil engineering
Cri DK ApSResearch and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering
ig9tor Invest ApSActivities of non-financial head offices

Production units
Production unit	Address	Industry	Employees	P number
FOUNDERS A/S	Hauser Plads 20, 1127 København K	Other financial service activities n.e.c.	4	1017752142

Purpose

Selskabets formål er at drive virksomhed med investering, industri, handel samt anden virksomhed i forbindelse hermed.

The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.

Changes year by year

120 registered events

62015

62016

192017

32018

62019

62020

62021

212022

22023

22024

182025

22026

20262 changesaddress 1 · accounts 1

07/07AddressMoved to Hauser Plads 20, 1127 København K
01/07AccountsAnnual report for 2025 published

202518 changesownership 7 · accounts 1 · merger 1 · management 8 · industry 1

06/05OwnershipCREP ApS registered as owner (15%)
06/05OwnershipSebastian Stockmarr Holding ApS registered as owner (15%)
06/05OwnershipParentes ApS registered as owner (15%)
06/05OwnershipSIMON SYLVEST HOLDING ApS registered as owner (15%)
06/05OwnershipPROPERO INVESTMENTS ApS registered as owner (15%)
06/05OwnershipGoose Investments ApS registered as owner (15%)
06/05OwnershipFOUNDERS MANAGEMENT ApS is no longer registered as owner
02/05AccountsAnnual report for 2024 published
25/04MergerMerger registered in CVR
06/01ManagementChristian Ulrik Trolle appointed director
06/01ManagementSimon Sylvest Rasmussen appointed board member
06/01ManagementSebastian Oliver Nielsen Stockmarr appointed board member
06/01ManagementJoshua Karjala-Svendsen appointed board member
06/01ManagementPeter Frederik Suhm Heering appointed board member
06/01ManagementSebastian Oliver Nielsen Stockmarr stepped down as director
06/01ManagementStefano Zorzi stepped down as director
06/01ManagementJoshua Karjala-Svendsen stepped down as director
01/01IndustryIndustry changed to Other financial service activities n.e.c. (649990)

20242 changesaddress 1 · accounts 1

18/12AddressMoved to Skelbækgade 2, 6. th, 1717 København V
28/05AccountsAnnual report for 2023 published

20232 changesaccounts 1 · capital 1

12/07AccountsAnnual report for 2022 published
14/02CapitalShare capital changed from 57,257,296 DKK to 400,000 DKK

202221 changesmanagement 13 · capital 3 · ownership 4 · accounts 1

29/11ManagementChristian Ulrik Trolle appointed board member
29/11ManagementStefano Zorzi appointed board member
29/11ManagementRasmus Tim Bjerngaard stepped down as board member
29/11ManagementPaul Henrik Østergaard stepped down as board member
04/11CapitalShare capital changed from 80,019,277 DKK to 57,257,296 DKK
04/11ManagementChristoffer Hans Galbo appointed chair of the board
04/11ManagementNiels Jacobsen stepped down as chair of the board
04/11OwnershipFOUNDERS MANAGEMENT ApS registered as owner (100%)
04/11OwnershipWILLIAM DEMANT INVEST A/S is no longer registered as owner
04/11OwnershipBrightfolk A/S is no longer registered as owner
04/11OwnershipKIRKBI Investment Management A/S is no longer registered as owner
03/11ManagementChristoffer Hans Galbo stepped down as board member
05/10CapitalShare capital changed from 79,719,277 DKK to 80,019,277 DKK
06/05AccountsAnnual report for 2021 published
28/04CapitalShare capital changed from 79,718,977 DKK to 79,719,277 DKK
07/03ManagementSimon Sylvest Rasmussen appointed director
07/03ManagementSebastian Oliver Nielsen Stockmarr appointed director
07/03ManagementStefano Zorzi appointed director
07/03ManagementJoshua Karjala-Svendsen appointed director
07/03ManagementPeter Frederik Suhm Heering stepped down as director
07/03ManagementChristian Ulrik Trolle stepped down as director

20216 changescapital 5 · accounts 1

16/12CapitalShare capital changed from 78,218,977 DKK to 79,718,977 DKK
10/09CapitalShare capital changed from 76,568,977 DKK to 78,218,977 DKK
15/06CapitalShare capital changed from 73,186,999 DKK to 76,568,977 DKK
04/05AccountsAnnual report for 2020 published
12/03CapitalShare capital changed from 61,165,000 DKK to 73,186,999 DKK
03/02CapitalShare capital changed from 60,025,000 DKK to 61,165,000 DKK

20206 changescapital 5 · address 1

25/11CapitalShare capital changed from 58,825,000 DKK to 60,025,000 DKK
02/09AddressMoved to Skelbækgade 2, 6. th, 1717 København V
15/08CapitalShare capital changed from 57,325,000 DKK to 58,825,000 DKK
21/06CapitalShare capital changed from 56,125,000 DKK to 57,325,000 DKK
07/05CapitalShare capital changed from 53,875,000 DKK to 56,125,000 DKK
06/03CapitalShare capital changed from 52,825,000 DKK to 53,875,000 DKK

20196 changescapital 5 · address 1

27/12CapitalShare capital changed from 50,200,000 DKK to 52,825,000 DKK
07/10CapitalShare capital changed from 47,290,000 DKK to 50,200,000 DKK
05/09AddressMoved to Skelbækgade 2-4, 5, 1717 København V
20/05CapitalShare capital changed from 45,490,000 DKK to 47,290,000 DKK
16/04CapitalShare capital changed from 30,340,000 DKK to 45,490,000 DKK
16/01CapitalShare capital changed from 28,840,000 DKK to 30,340,000 DKK

20183 changescapital 3

10/09CapitalShare capital changed from 25,840,000 DKK to 28,840,000 DKK
21/05CapitalShare capital changed from 21,640,000 DKK to 25,840,000 DKK
02/03CapitalShare capital changed from 19,990,000 DKK to 21,640,000 DKK

201719 changescapital 4 · management 9 · ownership 6

29/11CapitalShare capital changed from 16,690,000 DKK to 19,990,000 DKK
04/10CapitalShare capital changed from 15,790,000 DKK to 16,690,000 DKK
20/09ManagementRasmus Tim Bjerngaard appointed board member
20/09ManagementNiels Jacobsen appointed chair of the board
20/09ManagementChristoffer Hans Galbo appointed board member
20/09ManagementThomas Lau Schleicher stepped down as board member
19/09ManagementChristoffer Hans Galbo stepped down as chair of the board
16/06ManagementLars-Erik Houmann Christensen stepped down as board member
31/05OwnershipWILLIAM DEMANT INVEST A/S registered as owner (25%)
31/05OwnershipBrightfolk A/S registered as owner (25%)
31/05OwnershipKIRKBI Investment Management A/S registered as owner (25%)
30/05OwnershipBrightfolk A/S is no longer registered as owner
30/05OwnershipWILLIAM DEMANT INVEST A/S is no longer registered as owner
30/05OwnershipKIRKBI Investment Management A/S is no longer registered as owner
18/05CapitalShare capital changed from 13,050,000 DKK to 15,790,000 DKK
21/02ManagementChristoffer Hans Galbo appointed chair of the board
21/02ManagementJens Erik Jepsen Christensen stepped down as chair of the board
20/02ManagementChristoffer Hans Galbo stepped down as board member
09/01CapitalShare capital changed from 11,550,000 DKK to 13,050,000 DKK

20166 changescapital 3 · address 1 · ownership 2

03/10CapitalShare capital changed from 10,530,000 DKK to 11,550,000 DKK
25/07AddressMoved to Skelbækgade 2-4, 5, 1717 København V
08/06CapitalShare capital changed from 9,630,000 DKK to 10,530,000 DKK
01/04OwnershipBrightfolk A/S registered as owner (33.33%)
31/03OwnershipAKTIESELSKABET AF 26.11.2009 is no longer registered as owner
13/01CapitalShare capital changed from 8,130,000 DKK to 9,630,000 DKK

20156 changescapital 2 · management 1 · ownership 3

28/10CapitalShare capital changed from 6,570,000 DKK to 8,130,000 DKK
07/09ManagementPaul Henrik Østergaard appointed board member
21/05CapitalShare capital changed from 4,770,000 DKK to 6,570,000 DKK
08/01OwnershipWILLIAM DEMANT INVEST A/S registered as owner (33.33%)
08/01OwnershipAKTIESELSKABET AF 26.11.2009 registered as owner (33.33%)
08/01OwnershipKIRKBI Investment Management A/S registered as owner (33.33%)

20145 changescapital 3 · management 2

22/12CapitalShare capital changed from 3,090,000 DKK to 4,770,000 DKK
09/10CapitalShare capital changed from 2,160,000 DKK to 3,090,000 DKK
12/08ManagementPeter Frederik Suhm Heering appointed director
12/08ManagementPeter Frederik Suhm Heering stepped down as board member
04/04CapitalShare capital changed from 1,500,000 DKK to 2,160,000 DKK

20133 changesmanagement 1 · capital 1 · address 1

19/11ManagementPaul Henrik Østergaard stepped down as board member
27/09CapitalShare capital changed from 600,000 DKK to 1,500,000 DKK
07/05AddressMoved to Indiakaj 12, 2100 København Ø

201215 changesaddress 1 · name 2 · management 9 · capital 1 · industry 1 · founded 1

13/11AddressMoved to Galionsvej 37, 1437 København K
31/10NameName changed from THE VENTURE CREATION EVERGREEN FUND A/S to FOUNDERS A/S
31/10ManagementPaul Henrik Østergaard appointed board member
31/10ManagementPeter Frederik Suhm Heering appointed board member
31/10ManagementLars-Erik Houmann Christensen appointed board member
31/10ManagementChristoffer Robert Kurpatow stepped down as board member
15/10CapitalShare capital changed from 500,000 DKK to 600,000 DKK
15/10ManagementThomas Lau Schleicher appointed board member
01/07IndustryIndustry changed to Anden finansiel formidling undtagen forsikring og pensionsforsikring, i.a.n. (649900)
22/06NameName changed from THE VENTURE CREATION EVERGREEN FUND A/S UNDER STIFTELSE to THE VENTURE CREATION EVERGREEN FUND A/S
22/06ManagementChristoffer Hans Galbo appointed board member
22/06ManagementChristoffer Robert Kurpatow appointed board member
22/06ManagementChristian Ulrik Trolle appointed director
22/06ManagementJens Erik Jepsen Christensen appointed chair of the board
21/06FoundedRegistered as THE VENTURE CREATION EVERGREEN FUND A/S UNDER STIFTELSE

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Source and updates

The information comes from the Danish Central Business Register (Danish Business Authority) and from annual reports filed with the Danish Business Authority. Last synchronised 24/10/2026. The company is protected against advertising; contact details are not shown, and the data must not be used for marketing.

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