The Mesh Community
Mats Mathisen is a seasoned entrepreneur and design professional with extensive experience across multiple sectors. Currently, Mats serves as Co-Founder and board member at Mad Drop, alongside the roles of Chief Product Officer and Head of Service Design & Community at Mesh Community, and Co-Founder and board member at Habitat, a venue focused on experimental craft beer and pizza. Previously, Mats was a Partner at SKIFT, a design-driven innovation firm, and co-founded DIGS, an open office and innovation platform that fosters collaboration among diverse professionals. Earlier experience includes working as an Industrial Designer with pöbelstrek produktdesign and serving as a Scientific Assistant at NTNU. Mats holds an MSc in Industrial Design from NTNU and an d.MBA from the same institution, supplemented by study at the University of Duisburg-Essen.
The Mesh Community
The leading startup community in the Nordics, with 3300+ members and 1750+ companies. Mesh Community consists of Matrikel1 and Founders House in Copenhagen, Mesh Nationaltheatret and Mesh Youngstorget in Oslo and Digs in Trondheim. By using technology, real estate and community, we build next-generation workspaces. At the core, we gather individuals with an entrepreneurial mindset: Challengers, thinkers, artists and pioneers that are constructive, driven, and want to make a positive impact on the future. We create venues for you to work, meet, eat and be inspired. Creators have emerged from arts and entrepreneurship to become central figures in all parts of civilization. Our high-speed society makes it essential to innovate, experiment and create. To do this rapidly and with power, we, the creators, need to be connected and challenged by each other.