Arne Tonning came to venture capital after working as a research scientist and management consultant, holding electrical engineering degrees from Georgia Tech and an MBA from Heriot-Watt, and spent five years as Investor in Residence at Nordic Innovation House in Silicon Valley helping Nordic startups expand into the US. He writes and invests around specific frontier technologies like humanoid robotics, legal AI, and AI's role in improving how startups raise money, backing companies like DeckMatch and Ark Kapital, and he co-hosts the Valley Nordic podcast where he discusses how he evaluates startups.