Gilion Celebrates Growth: Welcomes 10 New Talents to the Team

Over the past months, we’ve strategically recruited talent with experience from renowned companies, including Google, Spotify, Tink, ManyPets, Bridgepoint, Trill Impact, SVB, and Swedbank. These new hires bring our total workforce to over 80 employees, each contributing unique skills and expertise that will drive our mission to empower growth-stage companies around the globe.

‍A Strengthened Team for a Stronger Future

The new members of the Gilion team span a variety of critical disciplines, including engineering, analytics, product development, and finance. These areas are essential to refining and expanding our platform’s capabilities, ensuring that we continue to offer cutting-edge solutions for founders at every stage of their journey.

At Gilion, we're building the largest growth platform for founders, designed to seamlessly integrate raw business data with advanced analytics. Our platform empowers entrepreneurs with the tools they need to understand, optimize, and finance their growth. By connecting their companies, founders gain access to two flagship products that accelerate success: Growth Loans and Best-in-Class Analytics.

Through Gilion’s powerful analytics, founders tap into real-time growth metrics, benchmarks, and predictive forecasting, enabling them to make data-driven decisions and strengthen their market position. Armed with these insights, entrepreneurs can also gain access to transformational Growth Loans—a unique offering built on the same real-time data, not outdated reports. These loans feature extended durations with interest only periods, higher loan-to-ARR ratios, and longer repayment terms, helping founders achieve key milestones faster while retaining more equity.

Gilion is not just a platform—it’s a growth engine, combining deep insights with access to flexible funding to help founders fuel sustainable growth.

Welcoming New Leaders to the Gilion Family

Among our new hires, we are particularly excited to welcome Andreas Hedlund as CFO and Deputy CEO, Lidia Oshlyansky as Chief Product Officer (CPO), and Alexandre Hökfelt as Head of Funding. Each of these leaders brings a wealth of experience and a proven track record in their respective fields. They will join our cross-functional leadership team, playing pivotal roles in driving Gilion’s vision forward.

Oscar Werner, CEO of Gilion, shared his enthusiasm for this new chapter:

"As we welcome these exceptionally talented individuals to our team, we are not just expanding our workforce—we are strengthening the very core of Gilion’s mission to empower founders and redefine growth funding. Together, we will continue to innovate, pushing the boundaries of what’s possible for growth-stage companies around the world. This is more than just a milestone; it’s the beginning of an exciting new chapter in our growth journey.”

New Faces who will accelerate founders at Gilion

In addition to our leadership appointments, we’re delighted to introduce other key hires who will contribute to various aspects of our platform:

• AI & Data
  • Stefanos Antaris, Machine Learning Engineer: Formerly Head of Artificial Intelligence at Hive Streaming, Stefanos will help drive our AI initiatives, enhancing the predictive power of our analytics.
    
    
• Product & Engineering
  • Howard Riminton, Senior Product Manager: Joining us from ManyPets, Howard will work on product improvement and innovation, ensuring our solutions continue to exceed customer and market needs.
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  • Mark Ekvall, Software Engineer: With extensive experience from developing loan products at Tink, leveraging real-time data and machine learning models, to integrating diverse financial data at ICA Bank, Mark will play a role in advancing our engineering capabilities.
    

• Finance, Credit & Sales
  • Marcus Lindhe, Head of Finance & Control: With over a decade of experience from OBAYATY, Daniel Wellington, and EY, Marcus will oversee our financial operations, ensuring they align with our wider growth strategy.
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  • Christoph Gedeon, Regional Manager Central Europe: A seasoned banking and investment professional, Christoph brings over 15 years of experience from SVB, NIBC Bank, RBS, Mediobanca, and ING Bank, strengthening our presence in Central Europe.
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  • Anna Dehn Nordin, Debt Restructuring Officer: Formerly a Case Manager in Financial Restructuring & Recovery at Swedbank, Anna will manage our debt restructuring efforts, ensuring our financial stability.
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  • Christian Bruun Kristensen, Investment Manager: With experience from EIFO in Denmark, Christian will help manage and grow our investment portfolio.

Looking Ahead

With these new additions, Gilion is more equipped than ever to drive innovation and deliver value to founders. As we continue to grow, we remain committed to our mission of empowering founders with access to funding and the tools and insights they need to succeed in today’s dynamic market.

Stay tuned for more updates soon!

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