After securing €10M, Gilion appoints Andreas Hedlund as new CFO and Deputy CEO

Stockholm-based Gilion (formerly Ark Kapital), a growth & lending platform, announced on Wednesday that it has appointed Andreas Hedlund as its new CFO and Deputy CEO.

The appointment of a new CFO and Deputy CEO comes just months after the company secured a new €10M in equity funding round from a mix of new and existing investors.

Andreas joins Gilion alongside existing investors and heavy hitters in banking including Annika Falkengren, former CEO at SEB; John McCormick, former co-head of Blackstone; and Andrew Konopelski, former Head of EQT Credit.

Gilion, CEO, Oscar Werner, says, “Andreas’ extensive experience in international finance and financing, encompassing debt and equity at firms like Trill Impact, Danske Bank, EQT, and Goldman Sachs, uniquely positions him to transform Gilion’s Finance team into a formidable force.”

“He’s one of the few with such international experience emerging from the Nordics. Andreas’ previous roles, including his tenure during Trill Impact’s rapid growth, underscore his capability to support founders worldwide with innovative financing solutions. I am thrilled to collaborate with him to strategically position Gilion for its next exciting phases of growth,” adds Werner.

Who is Andreas Hedlund?

Andreas Hedlund most recently served as Partner, CFO, and Head of Financing at Trill Impact, an Impact House with around €1.2B in assets under management across their Impact Private Equity, Impact Ventures, and Microfinance investment strategies.

Andreas has over 20 years of professional experience in private equity and leveraged finance.

Before joining Trill Impact, Andreas was the Head of Leveraged Finance Sweden at Danske Bank. 

His previous positions also include Partner & Head of Fundraising at Brunswick Real Estate; Investment Advisory Professional and Investor Relations Director at EQT; and Analyst at Goldman Sachs in London.

“I’ve worked with many fintech teams in my professional career, but Gilion offers a compelling proposition and opportunity with its combination of a disruptive business idea, cutting-edge technical platform, and a highly experienced, passionate, and smart founding team. I am very excited to contribute to the next steps in the company’s successful development and transform how tech companies grow and fund themselves,” says Andreas Hedlund, new CFO and Deputy CEO at Gilion.

Gilion: Helping founders build lasting companies

Founded in 2021 by Oliver Hildebrandt, Axel Bruzelius, and Henrik Landgren, Gilion has developed a platform enabling real-time access and analysis of all key company data, offering a novel approach to evaluating and identifying fundamentally strong startups.

The company provides tech companies with real-time performance insights through proprietary analysis and predictions.

Using Gilion Scores, it offers non-dilutive Growth Loans with up to 2 years of interest-only periods and repayment terms of up to 6 years.

Gilion is backed by LocalGlobe, Creandum, former Blackstone Co-head John McCormick, banking veteran Annika Falkengren of SEB and Lombard Odier, Andrew Konopelski, former Head of EQT Credit, and seven unicorn founders including Hjalmar Winbladh of Epidemic Sound and founding partner of EQT Ventures, Jacob De Geer of IZettle, Timo Soininen of Small Giant Games, Ilkka Paananen of Supercell, Sebastian Knutsson of King, Riccardo Zacconi of King, and Steve Anavi of Qonto.