Mark Bjornsgaard is the Founder of Less is More and CEO of System Two Group, a corporate venture development firm he founded in 2006 that invests in and builds breakthrough businesses across Europe and the US.

Mark studied History and Politics at the University of Exeter and went on to become a serial entrepreneur and venture builder, growing numerous businesses from scratch to scale across energy, healthcare, and technology sectors.

Mark champions a disciplined, hypothesis-driven approach to innovation, arguing that rigorous behavioural testing and lean principles are the true drivers of venture success over unicorn valuations.

Through System Two Group, Mark has built 16 ventures and achieved 8 successful exits, including ventures sold to British Gas, GSK, and most notably Deep Green Technologies, sold to Octopus Energy for over 200 million pounds.

Mark's ventures have unlocked billions in funding and driven meaningful social and environmental impact, with Deep Green Technologies alone pioneering the reuse of data centre waste heat to power communities across the UK.