About us

Connectivity that just works.
Everywhere.

We’re making IoT cellular connectivity as simple as plugging into a wall socket — reliable, easy, and ready to power your next big idea.

 
Our mission

Creating better connectivity for
every thing.

IoT connectivity shouldn’t be complicated—it should just work. At Onomondo, we believe businesses should focus on their ideas, not the challenges of staying connected.

Our mission is to break down barriers, turning connectivity into a simple tool that drives growth and innovation. Like electricity from a socket, it should just work—invisible, reliable, and ready when you need it.

Connectivity is the backbone of your business. By making it seamless, we turn it into the foundation for bigger ideas, better results, and bold growth.

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Step by step, we’ve been making connectivity simpler, smarter, and more accessible for businesses everywhere.

2012

Founded to fix and innovate

Michael Freundt Karlsen and Henrik Aagaard founded Onomondo in Copenhagen, Denmark — a country where crossing borders is second nature. Driven by a mission to remove barriers in IoT connectivity, we built and implemented core network projects for other telco’s core network issues, building the expertise and infrastructure that shaped our global IoT network.
2018

Launching a new network for IoT

After years of working behind the scenes to address telco network limitations, we launched our own global cellular network. Built exclusively for IoT, it represented a fresh approach to connectivity—simple, transparent, and designed for how IoT devices actually operate.
2020

Cloud integration made easy

IoT Cloud Connectors are launched, enabling businesses to integrate devices with leading cloud platforms like AWS and Microsoft Azure. Scaling IoT solutions has never been simpler.
2021

Insights for better control

We introduce network signaling logs, network logs, and traffic monitoring tools, providing engineers with real-time visibility and control to effortlessly optimize IoT operations—capabilities previously unseen outside MNO back offices.
2022

Connectivity on your terms

The Network Marketplace launches, giving customers the power to manage connectivity across 680+ networks with unmatched transparency and flexibility.
2023

Goodbye, SIM cards

With SoftSIM technology, we eliminate physical SIM cards entirely, simplifying IoT deployment for businesses. Partners like Nordic Semiconductor, Quectel, and SIMCom build with Onomondo to power the future of IoT.
2024

The eSIM IoT Alliance

Onomondo announces the eSIM IoT Alliance, driving the industry forward with more accessible, scalable, and flexible eSIM technology.
2025

Get ready for what comes next

We’re just getting started. In 2025, we’ll keep pushing the boundaries of what IoT connectivity can do—making it even simpler, smarter, and more accessible for businesses everywhere.
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Why Onomondo?


We believe IoT connectivity should just work. At Onomondo, we’ve designed a cellular network that’s easy to use, globally reliable, and built to help businesses grow without limits.

Built from the ground up for cellular IoT
Unlike traditional providers, we’ve engineered our core network specifically for IoT applications. This purpose-built infrastructure ensures seamless, reliable, and scalable connectivity created for the unique requirements of IoT devices.
Global reach with local expertise
Operating in over 180 countries and integrating with more than 680+ networks, we offer truly global coverage. Our deep local integrations eliminate the complexities of international IoT deployments, providing consistent performance worldwide.
Transparent and flexible connectivity
Our platform offers real-time insights and control over your IoT devices, enabling proactive management and optimization. With transparent pricing and the freedom to switch operators without penalties, we put you in control of your connectivity strategy.

Our leadership and board

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Rasmus Jensen
CEO
Onomondo
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Rasmus Jensen
Rasmus Hedelund Jensen is the CEO of Onomondo, bringing a strong track record of scaling global businesses in technology and telecommunications. Before joining Onomondo, he spent eight years at Templafy, where he built the commercial team from the ground up into a global organization of 100+ employees, driving significant revenue growth and helping secure over $100M in venture funding. He also brings scale-up experience from Mofibo (exit in 2016) and spent seven years in leadership roles at TDC, Denmark’s leading telecom provider. His hands-on, execution-driven approach makes him a transformational leader focused on efficiency, growth, and delivering tangible results. At Onomondo, he is driving the company’s mission to create better connectivity for every thing, ensuring businesses worldwide can achieve more with seamless, scalable, and smarter IoT solutions.
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Michael Freundt Karlsen
Co-founder
Onomondo
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Michael Freundt Karlsen
Michael Freundt Karlsen is the Co-founder of Onomondo, and spearheading the company’s largest strategic partnerships and long term strategy. A serial entrepreneur and former CFO of Playdead, he co-founded and launched Onomondo in 2018 with Henrik Aagaard to redefine IoT connectivity. Under his leadership as CEO up until early 2025, Onomondo expanded to over 180 countries, integrating with 600+ operators to offer seamless, secure, and scalable connectivity. With his unique combination of industry and technology understanding and market insights he is focused on combining Onomondo’s unique technical capabilities into the strongest seamless innovative solutions for digitizing the world’s largest industries through truly scalable IoT.
Henrik Aagaard
CTO & Co-founder
Onomondo
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Henrik Aagaard
Henrik Aagaard is the Chief Technology Officer and Co-founder of Onomondo. With a background in telecommunications and networking software, he co-founded Onomondo to solve the root causes of the world’s IoT connectivity challenges. Under his leadership Onomondo has transformed the way an IoT network can be structured, pioneering cloud native core architecture, full integrations to 600+ networks in 180+ countries, and truly innovative management features embracing a web-mindset in a telecom world. “Ask more from your network” is a popular phrase governing Henriks design attitude towards expanding the role and responsibility connectivity plays in IoT, something that is seen throughout the architecture of Onomondo. By transforming IoT connectivity in this spirit, Henrik and the Onomondo team are breaking barriers for truly global solutions.
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Mille Hertz
CPO
Onomondo
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Mille Hertz
Mille Hertz is the Chief People Officer at Onomondo, where she leverages 15+ years of cross-industry leadership experience, including telecommunications, to scale and transform organizations. Known for her strategic mindset and deep business understanding, she builds people-centric, high-performing workplaces that drive engagement and sustainable growth. With leadership roles at companies like Maersk, Nets, and Oatly, Mille has a proven track record in organizational development, culture transformation, and aligning people strategies with business success. She is driven by delivering results that make sense—ensuring scalable growth through strategic and people-first solutions. At Onomondo, she is shaping a dynamic, scalable organization, ensuring the company’s mission to create better connectivity for every thing is reflected in both its people and purpose.
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Nicolai Troensegaard
CFO
Onomondo
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Nicolai Troensegaard
Nicolai Troensegaard is the Chief Financial Officer at Onomondo, bringing deep expertise in finance, strategy, and transformation within the telecommunications sector. With leadership roles at TDC Group and Nuuday, he has successfully driven large-scale financial and operational initiatives, optimizing corporate strategy, financial planning, and business transformation. His leadership blends hands-on execution with a data-driven, empowering approach, fostering trust and alignment across teams and stakeholders. Balancing risk management with high-growth scalability, Nicolai he ensures the company’s financial framework enables rapid innovation, scalable growth, and long-term stability, so customers can rely on a more efficient, cost-effective, and future-proof IoT connectivity solution
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Jorgen Smidt
Chairman and Venture Partner
Heartcore Ventures
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Jorgen Smidt
Jorgen is a professional board member and chairman in several innovation-driven companies worldwide such as FreeSpee, FlatFrog Laboratories, Asetek, Onomondo, and inRiver. Previously, Jorgen was a global telecom executive and held multiple international executive roles at Nokia, during the period in which Nokia was the forerunner of the mobile phone revolution. He is now a venture partner at Heartcore Capital, formerly known as Sunstone Capital. As a founding partner at Sunstone Capital, he was instrumental in establishing fund structures, raising funds, and developing strategy; combined team efforts resulted in Sunstone becoming one of Europe’s top performing funds. He holds a degree in Computer Science from København’s Teknikum.
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Claus Zibrandtsen
CEO
People Ventures
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Claus Zibrandtsen
Claus Zibrandtsen, People Ventures CEO, established People Ventures – a successful startup development firm for tech startups. He has led several seed and venture investments in Danish and foreign startups such as Goodiebox ApS, Cortrium ApS, Passendo ApS and Tailor Shaped ApS (Son of a Tailor). With 10 years of experience from GlobalConnect (Nordic telecom infrastructure provider), his know how is extremely relevant for Onomondo. Claus Zibrandtsen’s key competencies include tech innovation, business development, and leadership.
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Helena Svancar
Partner
Verdane
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Helena Svancar
An M&A and communications technology specialist, Helena joined Verdane in September 2022 as a Partner in the investment team. Prior to Verdane, Helena was the Head of M&A at Ericsson, the Swedish telecommunications technology company, for almost five years. She has two decades of experience in investment banking and spent the last ten years at Deutsche Bank, where she was Managing Director and Head of Corporate Finance Nordics. She also serves on the boards of publicly listed companies including Truecaller, the leading Caller ID and spam-blocking app.
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Jesper Lilledal
Partner
Vækstfonden
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Jesper Lilledal
Jesper is a venture partner with VC experience dating back to the late 1990’ies, interrupted by a 12 year journey at an industrial technology company which was acquired in a sponsored buy-out and subsequently sold to Novo A/S. Jesper joined VF Venture – the investment arm of Danish sovereign Fund Vækstfonden – in 2016 with a primary investment focus on industrial/tech investments. Jesper holds several board positions in Danish start-ups and scale-ups.
Ida Christine Brun
Head of Ecosystem Engagement
Maersk Growth
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Ida Christine Brun
Ida comes from a background within the Logistics and Supply Chain Industry. Since joining A.P. Moller Maersk in 2011 she has held various roles within Commercial, Business Development, as well as, strategic transformation and M&A integration projects. Within the Maersk CVC and venture arm she now leads the team in charge of sourcing opportunities for equity investments and strategic partnerships with startups and scaleups to digitize and decarbonize supply chains.
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Merle Price
Director
Verdane
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Merle Price
Merle Price is part of the Verdane software investment team, based out of Copenhagen, and has spent the last 9 years in private equity and M&A across the Nordics and UK. She previously worked as an investor at Axcel, and an investment banker at Goldman Sachs, where she has been focusing on technology & telco companies. She is the founder and chairperson of the Danish not-for-profit organisation Women in Finance (‘Kvinder i Finans’).

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Connectivity should work seamlessly and power your ideas, not hold you back. Let’s simplify it together—get in touch today.

  • Global cellular coverage that adapts to your needs.
  • A single platform for full visibility and control.
  • Simple, scalable connectivity—no hidden complexities.
  • No lock-ins or penalties—flexibility when you need it.
  • Proactive support from a team that understands IoT.