Hanna Aase

Hanna Aase is the inventor of video-profiles of people and founded the technology company Wonderloop, the first video-profile platform. Aase was inspired by Oprah’s mission of connecting and giving on TV and wanted to bring it to the mobile tech space. Her goal is to give everyone the power to be presented with opportunities and meet life-changing people by creating a global search engine out of people on video-identity. Combined with FinTech as currently we don’t distribute wealth directly to strangers peer-to-peer but the emotional impact of video changes the term stranger. Aase believes that “If we can see everyone in the world, we can also give to everyone in the world”. Her technology has been recognized by Forbes, Wired, Techcrunch, and USA Today. Aase is a native Norwegian who has studied multiple Bachelor’s degrees in Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Leadership. Prior to founding Wonderloop Aase was one of the early pioneers in social media. She started her own social media advisory company at age 24 that brought steady business from 200 companies and government departments and establishing her as a global expert in the industry. She’s thru out worked at the University of Agder as an employee at Center for Entrepreneurship and lectures in the same subject. She was the first to found "Women Entrepreneurship Awards" in Norway 11 years ago and was seen as one of the first to put "Women in Business" on the map and women equality in the work space long before it became a part of the agenda. She however conceders herself first and foremost a geek where the lasts years focus has been building technology and a technology company. Aase participates in the world's leading technology and philanthropy networks and is recognized as a creative leader within consumer technology and social change. She is one of the few female founders in consumer technology and has been a speaker for the World Economic Forum on Entrepreneurship and SXSW for the UN Foundation on Technology and Social Impact.