Tor Rauden Källstigen is a leader, AI company builder, and product maker where technology and culture intersect.
I'm passionate about empowering people to learn about new aspects of the world.
My promise to you as city mayor: Lets transform every street into one resembling a Tokyo suburb.
With a track record of turning bold ideas into revenue generating growth businesses. My ventures have raised ~100 million SEK in financing with substantial valutions. In thriving markets and challenging economic times.
Advisor
2023 – Today
Supporting selected industry front-runners on developing products, go-to-market strategy and fundraising.
All Ears
2023 – Today
Co-founder & Board Director
As a strategic advisor, I'm guiding the company's vision and future direction. Worked on key projects such as recruitment process for a new Chief Executive Officer as well as a Chairman of the Board.
2016 – 2022
Co-Founder & CEO
All Ears is the world leader in AI driven spoken media monitoring. I led the company for its first six years. From idea to a robust business.
Listed among the 2024 Hottest Swedish AI startups and dubbed a Rising Star by Breakit.
As a B2B SaaS, trusted by almost a thousand customers, many of them Fortune 500's (such as Hertz & Pfizer), All Ears has achieved an annual recurring revenue of €4 million with an yearly growth rate of 2-3x.
All Ears has raised several million euros in investment, through various rounds, including the Series A led by Bonnier Capital and Alfvén & Didrikson, as well as prominent angel investors from Spotify and Cision.
I personally closed the company's first customers in Sweden and U.S. and opened our presence in New York City, securing major clients such as Walmart and Weber Shandwick.
Through my efforts, I built a strong sales, product, and customer success team, recruiting well over a hundred new team members in total. Meanwhile, voluntary employee churn stayed at levels close to zero.
PR Week: All Ears posts $6 million funding
Skiftet
Board Director
2017-2019
Sweden’s largest network mobilizing citizens for justice and environmental protection. Run by a team of ten people, supported by monthly donations from thousands of individual backers.
Opinion
Co-Founder & CEO
2014-2016
A first of its kind podcasting studio for iOS. Turned podcasting dreams of hundreds of thousands of people, into reality. Spun off its AI podcast discovery as a stand alone product.
Opinion was monetized using an in app purchase model. Invested in by Europe's leading startup accelerator Seedcamp in London.
TNW: Better than anything else in mobile audio editing
Loopcam
Founder & CEO
2011-2014
Forerunner in the mobile photo sharing space, similar to the loop based format that Vine and Tiktok later popularized.
Loopcam was monetized using creative/ad partnerships with international B2C brands.
The company was run from Berlin and got backed by London based Passion Capital, and the founders of Soundcloud.
Techcruch: Loopcam Stops Being A Gimmick, Starts Getting Funding
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Lectures & Panels
Chatham House London, SXSW, Swedish Parliament, TEDxStockholm, Embassy of Sweden in Berlin, Swedish Trade & Invest Council, by:Larm Oslo, Reporters Without Borders, Stockholm University, University of Gothenburg, Beckmans School of Design, Hyper Island & Berghs School of Communication.
Seoul. A city I called my home for one delightful spring.
Days of Yore
In prior to all of the above — Swedish Grammy nominated musician with 10 million streams, producer of democratic pants, Swedish Institute backed frequent flyer to Minsk and indie-tv host.
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