Sofie Quidenus-Wahlforss
Quick Facts
Biography
Sofie Quidenus-Wahlforss is a tech entrepreneur and the founder of multiple companies, including omni:us.
Career
Quidenus-Wahforss founded her first business at 21 years old, developing a book scanner capable of digitizing books.She also founded a company called Qidenus Technologies and owns the patent of the Vshape scanner Technology.In 2015, she founded a company called omni:us, a platform using artificial intelligence, capable of reading handwriting and analyzing business data. The company is mostly active in the insurance sector and closed a first round of funding ($19.5 million) in 2018. Quidenus-Wahlforss sits on the German Government advisory board for advanced technology and artificial intelligence.
Public speaking
Quidenus-Wahlforss is a regular speaker at major technology conferences such as Slush, Noah, TOA and TechCrunch Disrupt.
Awards
Quidenus-Wahlforss has been selected as one of the World's Top 50 Women in Tech in 2018 and was also part of the Europe's Top 50 Women in Tech the same year by the magazine Forbes.