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ABOUT US

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WHAT

WHAT

We level the playing field

We help small and medium-sized e-commerce companies from all over Europe to compete and succeed in a field dominated by big international players.

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HOW

HOW

Let a team of locals help you internationalise

You will be working with e-commerce professionals that are native to the country you are planning to enter.

From customer service, online growth and translation to localisation, we provide businesses with the means for international success.

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WHO

WHO

Localisation since 2010

The company was founded in Copenhagen and is owned by the original founders and key employees.

Today, MakesYouLocal has four European offices located in Copenhagen, Vilnius, Berlin and Brno.

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OUR COMPANY HISTORY

  • 2010 - 2013

    MakesYouLocal was founded by husband and wife Max Riis Christensen and Ingrid Riis Karlsen. Our first HQ was based in Classensgade in the Copenhagen neighbourhood of Østerbro, from where we were servicing our first three clients. In 2011 Max and Ingrid was joined by the company’s first employee.

  • 2014 -2016

    An important time in the early development of MakesYouLocal. Søren Kjær Nielsen joined the partnership and we opened our first international office in Vilnius under the management of Donatas Gudelis and established a subsidiary in Norway.
  • 2017 - 2020

    We outgrew our first HQ and moved to bigger offices in the nearby street of Livjægergade. By the end of 2020 the company had grown to a total of 69 employees and Henrik Hansen and Ann Nørgaard Jensen had become our fourth and fifth partners.
  • 2021 – 2022

    We established offices in Berlin and Brno to get closer to our clients. The Copenhagen HQ once again had to move, this time to our current address at Tietgens Have - a stone's throw from where the company was founded.

  • 2023 –

    In the early days of 2023 MakesYouLocal A/S was created and a new ownership structure was established consisting of Max Riis Christensen, Ingrid Riis Karlsen, Søren Kjær Nielsen, Henrik Hansen, Ann Nørgaard Jensen and Donatas Gudelis. 

    As of February 2023, the organisation has a total of 117 employees based in our offices in Copenhagen, Vilnius, Berlin and Brno.
OUR

BUSINESS PARTNERS

  • NORDICS, THE UK & EUROPE

    COPENHAGEN OFFICE

    Our Copenhagen office is situated just 6 minutes away from the city centre. We are located at the Tietgens Have office building in Nordhavn, right next to the S-train and metro stations.

    Find us at

    • Østbanegade 123, 2100 København Ø
    • +45 69 91 80 06
    • info@makesyoulocal.com
  • BALTICS & POLAND

    VILNIUS OFFICE

    Our Vilnius office can be found on the top floor of the Panorama shopping centre, located in the neighbourhood of Žvėrynas. The office is easily accessible by public transportation and just a 15-minute walk from the city centre, which can be reached with a stroll along and across the Neris river.

    Find us at

    • Saltoniškių g. 9, Vilnius 08105
    • +370 693 37 346
    • vilnius@makesyoulocal.com
  • CZECH REPUBLIC

    BRNO OFFICE

    The Brno office is located in the ImpactHUB coworking space, in the centre of Brno. Excellent accessibility is complemented by a friendly environment with comfortable facilities and a great community of people and companies.

    Find us at

    • Cyrilská 7, 602 00 Brno-střed-Trnitá
    • +45 69 91 80 06
    • info@makesyoulocal.com
  • GERMANY

    BERLIN OFFICE

    The office is located right in the heart of Berlin at Skalitzer Straße. It is a part of Mindspace, a coworking space in a former paper factory from 1872.

    Find us at

    • Skalitzer Str. 104, 10997 Berlin
    • +45 69 91 80 06
    • info@makesyoulocal.com
Meet

THE MANAGEMENT TEAM

  • Copenhagen
  • Vilnius
  • Brno
Max Riis Christensen CEO
Ingrid Riis Karlsen Partner
Søren Kjær Nielsen Partner
Henrik Hansen Partner
Ann Nørgaard Jensen Head of Customer Success & Partner
Lotte Andkjær Christensen Head of Products & Marketing
Britta Jørgensen Head of People & Culture
Donatas Gudelis Managing Director & Partner
Jurgita Dunaityte Head of Customer Success
Domantas Balaišis Head of Client Marketing
Mantas Garlauskas Head of Onboarding & Infrastructure
Martin Šulc Country Manager Czech Republic, Hungary & Slovakia

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