Martin Gren (born September 15, 1962) is a Swedish

entrepreneur Entrepreneurship is the creation or extraction of economic value in ways that generally entail beyond the minimal amount of risk (assumed by a traditional business), and potentially involving values besides simply economic ones. An entreprene ...

and inventor of the first

network camera An Internet Protocol camera, or IP camera, is a type of digital video camera that receives control data and sends image data via an IP network. They are commonly used for surveillance, but, unlike analog closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras, ...

.Lennart Alexandrie, Security World Hotel. �
His idea and passion was turned into a world leading industry
” September 5, 2008. Retrieved November 25, 2015. In 1984, Gren founded

Axis Communications Axis Communications AB is a Swedish manufacturer of IP camera, network cameras, access control, and Voice over IP, network audio devices for the physical security and video surveillance industries. Since 2015, it operates as an independent subsid ...

, together with Mikael Karlsson and Keith Bloodworth, a company that initially developed and sold print servers, but which later came to be a world leader in network video. In 1996 Gren invented the first network camera, the AXIS 200, NetEye, together with Carl-Axel Alm.

Professional career

Martin Gren has had both executive and operational roles within Axis Communications, including as Chief Technology Officer of Axis Camera Division and Director of New Projects. He was a member of the board of the parent company Axis AB, and board member of Askero storybook Publishing Co., Eikos Corporation, Grenspecialisten AB, Handelsbolaget decade, H. Lundén Holding Ltd. and Tobii Technology AB. Martin Gren has received numerous prizes including the "Lifetime Achievement Award" from the security trade magazine Detektor in 2009.

Investments

In 2015, Martin Gren sold all his holdings in

and started a holding company to manage his investments. He primarily invests in technology companies and known investments are

HMS Networks HMS Networks AB is an international company in the field of Industrial Information and Communication Technology (Industrial ICT). HMS is headquartered in Halmstad, Sweden and is listed on the Nasdaq Nordic stock exchange, employing 1100 people ...

CombinedX CombinedX is a Sweden-based information technology (IT) services and consulting company founded in 1993 and composed of 10 wholly-owned companies that operate in Sweden and Norway. Its head office is located in Karlstad and the company has many ...

, and more than 30 other companies.

References

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