Kristian Tear

Active Investor

CEO at Bang & Olufsen

Glasgow, Switzerland

Kristian Tear, CEO at Bang & Olufsen is an active investor based in Glasgow, Switzerland. This profile covers what Kristian Tear backs, at which stage, and how founders can reach out in 2026.

Mr. Kristian Tear serves as Vice President & Head-EMEA at Logitech Limited. Mr. Tear served as a Chairman at MobilityView. He serves as Board Member at Tampnet. Mr. Kristian Tear served as Chief Operating Officer at Blackberry. As COO, Kristian is responsible for research and development, products, global sales, manufacturing and supply chain. He also serves as the chairman at NOTE (Sweden). Prior to joining BlackBerry, Kristian held several senior management roles at Sony Ericsson. He most recently served as EVP at Sony Mobile Communications AB, a subsidiary of Sony Corp. He has years of wireless experience in general management, operations and services, sales and marketing within the telecommunications, infrastructure and consumer industries. Kristian holds a Masters's Degree in Science from the Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden and completed the Ericsson Executive MBA program at Columbia University in New York.

Investor type: Angel
Stages: Early Stage Venture
Invests in: Healthcare & BiotechBiotech & PharmaConsumer & RetailE-commerce & D2CFashion & BeautyClimate & EnergyHardware & Deep TechIoT & Connected Devices
Location: Glasgow, Switzerland
Typical check: $500K
Past investments: 7

Notable investments

EricssonRiverMeadow Software Inc.NOTE ABTampnet ASmobilityView Inc.CosmosIDInternational Tennis Hall of Fame and Museum

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