# Frederik Kofoed Hansen

> Frederik Kofoed Hansen is the Danish co-founder and CEO of DiligenceSquared, a New York-based firm combining AI agents and experienced consultants for commercial due diligence and market research. A former Blackstone Private Equity principal, he spent six years investing across London, New York and San Francisco before helping build an approach centered on traceable findings and lower-cost research.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at DiligenceSquared
- **Organizations:** DiligenceSquared, Blackstone, J.P. Morgan, Forbes Business Council
- **Nationality:** Danish
- **Education:** M.Sc. Finance & Investments, Copenhagen Business School
- **Known for:** Graduated first in his class at Copenhagen Business School, according to his public LinkedIn education record., Became a principal at Blackstone Private Equity., Co-founded a Y Combinator Fall 2025 company.

## Career timeline

- **2016** — Submitted the Copenhagen Business School master’s thesis Active Mutual Fund Performance on May 17.
- **Before 2025** — Spent six years at Blackstone Private Equity across London, New York and San Francisco; became a principal and worked on multi-billion-dollar buyouts.
- **2025** — Co-founded DiligenceSquared with Søren Biltoft-Knudsen and Harshil Rastogi; the company joined Y Combinator’s Fall 2025 batch.
- **2026** — Building DiligenceSquared from New York, with customers in the US and Europe.

## Achievements

- Graduated first in his class at Copenhagen Business School, according to his public LinkedIn education record.
- Became a principal at Blackstone Private Equity.
- Co-founded a Y Combinator Fall 2025 company.
- DiligenceSquared announced advisory engagements involving NTI/DiRoots and Polaris/TEFCOLD in 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Published Traceability of findings on September 22 and co-authored Market modeling on September 17.
- **2026-08** — Co-authored AI-moderated interviews on August 31 and Introducing workforce analysis on August 27.
- **2026-08** — DiligenceSquared announced market due diligence work for Polaris’s investment in TEFCOLD on August 11.
- **2026-06** — DiligenceSquared announced market due diligence work on NTI’s acquisition of DiRoots on June 18.
- **2026-01** — Published a Forbes Business Council essay on the changing commercial due diligence model on January 27.

## Links

- Website: https://www.diligencesquared.com/company/team
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/frederik-kofoed-hansen/

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Last updated: 2026-10-20