Fredrik Carlstrom

About Fredrik Carlstrom

I\'m the founder of Carlström & Company, a creative studio and investment firm focused on reimagining overlooked real estate and helping science-led companies tell their story. Part family office, part creative studio, we get involved in ideas we want to see get made — investing time, capital, and creativity to help bring them to life.Recent projects include Stockholm Stadshotell, named one of the best new hotels in the world by Travel + Leisure; Sennos, a leader in AI sensing, analytics, and automation for the fluidics and fermentation industries; and SEEQC, the world’s first chip-based quantum computing company headquartered in New York, with outposts in London and Naples, Italy.Previously, I co-founded Another Structure, a real estate and hospitality development and management company known for our integrated, design-driven approach that reimagines underperforming properties and transform buildings that are obsolete or undervalued, including Austere, Alma and Park. Before that, I was the CEO and creative director of Great Works Americas (now NoA Ignite), a leading digital innovation, marketing and product design agency with offices in Stockholm, Copenhagen, Barcelona, New York, Tokyo and Shanghai. I spent ten years in the film industry, first in development for Academy Award-winning producer Edward Saxon (Silence of the Lambs, Philadelphia, Adaptation), and later producing films including Big River Man, My Favorite Neoconservative, and Destricted, an anthology film series directed by artists, photographers, and filmmakers including Marina Abramovic, Matthew Barney, Larry Clark, Sam Taylor-Wood, Richard Prince, and Gaspar Noé, which premiered at Sundance and Cannes.Born in Stockholm, my career began in the mid-nineties when I founded Graceland Sthlm, a creative agency labeled the \"enfant terrible\" of the Stockholm ad world. Over the years, I have advised companies in technology, real-estate, design, hospitality and media, and I have had the privilege to work with companies including Absolut, Bloomberg, IKEA, Volvo, Estée Lauder, MoMA and President Obama’s White House. No matter the industry, I\'m driven by a love of ideas, an eye for overlooked potential, and a belief that the right combination of people, place, and story can create something truly lasting. I live in New York with my daughter.

Experience

1. Creative Director

   SEEQC

   Feb 2021 — Present · New York, NY, US

Education

• Berghs School of Communication

  Copywriting

  1998

• Bromma Läroverk

  Economics

  1995

Skills

• Marketing Communications
• Accelerator
• Documentary Production
• Business Development
• Digital Marketing
• Brand Development
• Film Production
• Design
• Social Media Marketing
• Entrepreneurship
• Business Strategy
• Branded Content
• Digital Strategy
• Advertising
• Content Strategy
• Marketing Strategy
• Idea Incubation
• Event Production
• Go-to-Market Strategy
• Concept Development
• Integrated Marketing
• Creative Direction