About Crunched
Crunched is the Excel AI analyst for power users - in consulting, investment banking, and private equity. It error-checks workbooks end-to-end, builds models from scratch, and handles grunt work like extracting and linking data from IMs to template models - all within Excel so teams can review and iterate as usual.
Agents struggle with tabular data - getting reliable, multi-step execution over thousands of interlinked formulas, sheets, and ranges is hard. Making Crunched good enough for people who live in Excel means knowing the pain points deeply.
Michael and Philip has 10,000+ hours in Excel across consulting and finance. Markus and Lars bring deep expertise in scaling AI and enterprise solutions.
We've had easy access to first customers and are already live with firms across six European countries - we now plan to expand into the US. With >1bn total Excel users, we focus on the top 2%, highest-value Excel users globally.
We're solving one pain point at a time to create a product that doesn't just look good in a demo but actually works in production.
Excel is here to stay, but the way experts model is fundamentally changing - with Crunched.
Company details
Funding
Total raised
$6.5M
Last stage
Seed
Investors
Founders
Markus Skagemo
Co-founder and Head of AI at Crunched! Background in Robotics and Control Systems from NTNU. Former Data Scientist at Oda, Norway’s first unicorn, and at BearingPoint, where I built and scaled AI solutions for clients in finance and luxury automotive. Recipient of BearingPoint’s Global Innovation Award.
Philip Z. Borge
Former McKinsey PE professional and CEO of Okkult. 10,000+ hours of Excel experience across consulting and finance. MSc in Finance & Private Equity from the London School of Economics.
LinkedInMichael Sakowski
Former consultant and junior manager at McKinsey & Company, core member of their Private Capital practice focusing on commercial due diligence and PortCo strategy. Masters in Banking & Finance from University of St. Gallen.
Lars Gjardar Musæus
Senior full-stack and infrastructure engineer. Previously at Bekk, Schibsted, Sopra Steria, and Kongsberg Defence. MSc in Cybernetics & Robotics from NTNU.
What happens next.
No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.
Confirm the fit
A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.
I pitch you to the company
I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.
A meeting lands on your calendar
If they’re a yes, I book the chat. You show up — that’s the whole job-hunt.