# Peter Torstensen

> Peter Torstensen is the founder and Managing Partner & CEO of Accelerace, a Copenhagen-based accelerator and pre-seed investor established in 2008. He also appears on BII’s current leadership roster as Chief Commercial Officer and leads Symbion. His public work connects entrepreneurial practice, university research, investment and corporate collaboration; his writing ranges from sporting analogies for talent development to frameworks for evaluating early startup progress.

- **Role:** Managing Partner & CEO at Accelerace; Chief Commercial Officer at BioInnovation Institute (BII); CEO at Symbion
- **Organizations:** Accelerace, Accelerace Invest II, BioInnovation Institute (BII), Symbion
- **Education:** Roskilde University
- **Known for:** Founded and led Accelerace, whose current site reports supporting more than 2,000 founders since 2008; this is an organizational claim, not a personal investment count., Co-developed the Momentum framework for pre-seed evaluation with David Ventzel, with input from Claus Kristensen and Mads Løntoft., Helped bring Accelerace into BII through the merger announced in October 2025.

## Career timeline

- **1987-1992** — Attended Roskilde University, according to his LinkedIn education listing.
- **2006** — Appointed CEO of Symbion A/S on 18 April, according to the company’s register history.
- **2008** — Founded Accelerace; the organization dates its establishment to 2008.
- **2012** — Discussed Accelerace’s startup-development approach in a Trendsonline Tech Toolbox interview.
- **2015-2017** — Published founder interviews and essays on the Creating Startup Winners blog.
- **2021** — Co-authored the Momentum framework with David Ventzel, assessing early startup progress relative to time and money.
- **2024** — Represented Accelerace in cooperation with Latvia’s university incubator UniLab.
- **2025** — BII and Accelerace announced their merger on 1 October.
- **2026** — Listed as Chief Commercial Officer on BII’s leadership roster; named in the 4 June AI Lab launch agenda.

## Achievements

- Founded and led Accelerace, whose current site reports supporting more than 2,000 founders since 2008; this is an organizational claim, not a personal investment count.
- Co-developed the Momentum framework for pre-seed evaluation with David Ventzel, with input from Claus Kristensen and Mads Løntoft.
- Helped bring Accelerace into BII through the merger announced in October 2025.
- Contributed to the development of BII’s AI Lab collaboration with Industriens Fond, which announced DKK 60 million in support in May 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Symbion’s 40th-anniversary event listing named him as a speaker in his role as CEO.
- **2026-06** — The published agenda for The Machine Room on 4 June named him, as BII CCO, to introduce AI Lab and deliver closing remarks.
- **2026-05** — Welcomed the AI Lab collaboration between BII and Industriens Fond in a public LinkedIn post.
- **2025-10** — BII and Accelerace announced a merger; Torstensen and Jens Nielsen also co-authored a Børsen opinion piece on fragmentation in Denmark’s innovation ecosystem.

## Links

- Website: https://acceleraceblog.wordpress.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/petertorstensen/

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Last updated: 2026-10-21