Mark Bjornsgaard

Background

About Mark Bjornsgaard

Mark is the founder and CEO of System Two Group, a venture capital firm that invests in, and partners with, leading corporations and entrepreneurs across Europe and the US. Mark has grown numerous businesses from scratch to scale, with seven exits so far. He has raised 100s of millions of dollars for 10+ businesses in various sectors, including health care, technology, and energy. His most recent role was as CEO of Deep Green Technologies, now an Octopus Energy Generation company, which he founded in 2016. Deep Green build and operate heat reuse data centres, co-locating Tier 3 facilities inside the physical footprint of district heating systems and other industries. His current portfolio includes Lifted (sold to British Gas), Civo, Alligator (sold to GSK), Secret Source (sold to Evolve), Caldera, Ctr Alt, Heatio and Optect amongst others. He holds a number of other board positions and consults to a range of FTSE 250s on innovation and venture development. Mark is passionate about creating positive social and environmental impact through his ventures and supporting the next generation of entrepreneurs.