Claes Sjoborg

I grew up in central London before crossing the Atlantic for college, where I studied Systems Engineering at Penn with minors in Mathematics and Statistics. During my time there, I became fascinated by how analytics and data science could illuminate something as messy and human as decision-making — why people choose what they choose, and what that reveals about the businesses serving them.

I started my career in the Private Capital Group at Oliver Wyman before moving to Oppenheimer’s Consumer Investment Banking Division, where I worked with companies across the consumer landscape — from emerging challenger brands to category leaders. That experience deepened my interest in the consumer space, and what ultimately drew me to Verlinvest was the chance to work alongside a team equally obsessed with the category, investing in and building alongside category-defining brands.

At Verlinvest, I spend my time sourcing and executing investments and supporting our portfolio companies. I’m especially drawn to founders using data and technology to rethink how consumers engage with traditional industries, and to businesses with the kind of durable unit economics that compound quietly over decades.

Outside of work, you’ll find me on the tennis court or soccer pitch, in the kitchen attempting a new recipe, watching just about any sport that’s on, or working my way through history books.