Bjarne Lie
Founder and Managing Partner
Verdane
Bjarne Kveim Lie is a former entrepreneur, historian and founder of Verdane, a specialist growth buyout investment firm that partners with tech-enabled and sustainable businesses that help to digitalize and decarbonize the European economy. Founded in 2003 as a spin-out from Norwegian venture pioneer Four Seasons Venture, Verdane’s team of over 180 investment professionals and operating experts combines deep sector expertise with deep local networks and presence in core European markets.
A Harvard Business School Baker Scholar and former research associate at the European University Institute in Florence, Bjarne worked at McKinsey in London before joining the world of private equity from Paper X, a venture-backed B2B marketplace of which he was co-founder and COO
A Harvard Business School Baker Scholar and former research associate at the European University Institute in Florence, Bjarne worked at McKinsey in London before joining the world of private equity from Paper X, a venture-backed B2B marketplace of which he was co-founder and COO