Torkel Nord-Bjärneman

Founder & CEO

Torkel is the Founder & CEO of Myrtleed Innovation and has over eight years of experience of commercialising cutting-edge research, new technologies and deep tech (including 5+ years as an entrepreneur and one successful exit). He has helped researchers, university innovation offices, EU research & innovation consortiums, and spin-outs identify market opportunities and increase business- & investor readiness within numerous deep tech domains such as material science, chemical engineering, renewable energy, agricultural technology (agritech), quantum technologies, medical technologies (medtech), nanotechnologies, and more. As an individual entity, Torkel is also a selected as a Business Coach for the European Innovation Council (within Horizon Europe) where he supports EIC Pathfinder, EIC Transition, and EIC Accelerator teams; an expert and mentor for the EIC Tech 2 Market Entrepreneurship & Venture Building programmes, and mentor for student- & researcher cohorts at KTH Innovation. Previously, Torkel has also served as Technical Committee Member (ISO TC229 Nanotechnologies groups) for American National Standards Institute (ANSI), British Standards Institute (BSI), and Swedish Institute for Standards (SIS), respectively. During this 5-year period, he was named National Delegate and Expert on Graphene for all three of the national standards bodies.