About Peter Theill

My name is Peter Skipper Homberg Theill, a Copenhagen-based software engineer and entrepreneur. I’m currently the co-founder of Zublime.

In my spare time, I’m indie-hacking at Commanigy. I started coding in 1987 on a good old Commodore 64 and shipped my first shareware products on Windows around 1994.

I finished my first education as a Datamatician in 1998 and immediately joined Belle Systems as a Software Developer. It was an exciting time joining a company as employee #24 and over the next four years, I watched it grow into a 500+ employee company (and then down to ~200). It was the dot-com days 🙂

While working at Belle Systems, a colleague and I decided to build a site for shareware authors. A couple of sites already existed but were all badly designed, had lots of advertisements, and did not provide a lot of value for the software authors. We named it Filebasket and quickly grew it to 200k+ daily users before it was acquired by Digital River.

I decided to leave Belle Systems (now called Digiquant) in 2002 to study Computer Science. I did that while continuing to do some consultancy for Digiquant and other customers, primarily working with the .NET platform.

Tommy Ahlers from a cool startup named ZYB contacted me a couple of years later and I decided to join as their second backend developer. It was a great ride where I got to work with extreme talent until we got acquired by Vodafone. At that time, I decided to leave to start a company called Gazebo with Morgan and Daniel.

Gazebo helped startups build a prototype of their idea in a few weeks so they were able to present something to investors. A couple of companies we helped were Rojabo and Biokemi.

Even though Gazebo was quite successful, we decided to throttle down after only one year of operation since we, the founders, did not agree on which direction to move the company.

I went back to consulting until Lasse & I became partners in GoMore. I rebuilt the technology stack from an 8+ year old system and we took it from 15k to 90k+ users in 1.5 years.

In 2011, Søren, Nikolaj, Michael, and I co-founded Click A Taxi, later rebranded as Drivr. It was an incredible journey where we pivoted a few times but never achieved cash-flow positivity. This led to our acqui-hire by Karhoo in 2017. I chose not to join but left with many valuable lessons.

After a couple of months of contemplating my next move, Stefan and I started Familio.

Work

• 2023-: Co-founder & CTO, Zublime
• 2019-: Co-founder & CTO, Outbound
• 2017-: Co-founder & CTO, Familio
• 2019-22: CTO, Paralenz
• 2011-17: Co-founder, Drivr (previously Click A Taxi)
• 2009-11: Partner, GoMore (until seed round)
• 2008-09: Co-founder, Gazebo
• 2006-08: Developer, ZYB (until acquired by Vodafone)
• 2004-06: .NET consultant, Progressive IT
• 2001-05: PHP/MySQL consultant, Digital River
• 2002-04: Part-time Software Developer, Intec Telecom Systems
• 2000-02: Team Leader, Web Development, Digiquant
• 2000-2004: Co-founder, Filebasket (until acquired by Digital River)
• 1998-2000: Software Developer, Digiquant
• 1997-98: ASP/VBScript & JSP consultant, Progressive IT & IntraMed
• 1997-: Founder, Commanigy

Roles

• 2019-22: CTO, Paralenz
• 2017-19: CTO, Familio
• 2011-17: Mobile Lead, Drivr
• 2009-11: Lead Architect, GoMore
• 2010-11: Interim CTO, Børn i byen
• 2002-05: Architect, Filebasket
• 2000-02: Team Leader, Digiquant Web

Education

• 2006-10: Undergraduate – Master of Science at DIKU
• 2002-06: Bachelor of Science at DIKU
• 1996-98: Datamatician at Roskilde Business College
• 1993-96: Gymnasium at Stenhus Gymnasium
• 1991-93: Basic school at Stenhus Kostskole
• 1985-91: Basic school at Kundby Skole

Languages

• Highly skilled in JavaScript, TypeScript, Objective-C, Swift, Java, C# & Ruby (Ruby on Rails)
• Skilled but rather rusty in Python, Go, C++, PHP (3.x, 4.x), Pascal (Turbo- & Delphi variants), Basic (MS- & Visual-) & Perl
• Danish, English
• Common LISP, Moscow ML (primarily academic use)

Certifications

• Microsoft Certified Professional (in 2005, exams 70-320, 70-315)
• Certified Java Programmer for the Java 2 Platform (in 2001)
• Certified Turbo Pascal Programmer (in 1996)

Repositories

• https://github.com/theill

Products

• Gratitude: Beautiful, AI-crafted wedding thank you cards — personalized for every guest in minutes.
• Share a slot: The simple way to schedule meetings with groups. No accounts needed, just pick dates and share a link.
• Feedback Widget: Create embeddable feedback forms
• Typing Trainer: A minimalist typing trainer designed to help you enter a state of flow
• QR Stylist: Create beautiful QR codes in seconds
• Collage Builder: Create beautiful photo collages with multiple photos, high quality, and instant preview
• Knipsmig: Effortless event photo sharing
• Anoto: Anoto is a clean two-page to-do notebook. One day at a time. Always moving forward.
• Forward: Give stuff, get stuff. Donate to charity
• OhDiary: Helps you write your life log
• 1tagline: Explore the stories behind the world’s most memorable brand taglines.
• API KISS: Get access to commonly used APIs through a simplified interface with no recurring billing, unnecessary add-ons or client libraries to install
• Baby Art: A simple drawing application for your iPad
• BilledID: Helps you create a free photo for use in your passport, driver’s license, diving certificate, etc
• Color Browser: FREE private browsing for any iPhone or iPad
• ConquerCam: ConquerCam is an easy to use application for grabbing images from your webcam camera, preparing the captured image or video with various effects and uploading to your website
• ConquerChat: Cookie-less HTML chat done in ASP
• ConquerMarks: Free services for managing your favorites / bookmarks online
• ConquerRSS: A simple RSS Feed Reader
• ConquerRSVP: Transform your reading. Speed through books and articles, enhance comprehension, and reduce eye strain—all in one app
• ConquerSMS: Service for sending out SMS (Small Message Service) to any mobile telephone in Denmark
• Dplyd: Celebrate your achievements and share them with others whenever you deploy a new version of your service
• FillOut Manager: Enables you to fill out forms very fast
• FillOut Manager Chrome Extension: Smart form filling assistant that uses AI to automatically populate web forms with your personal data templates
• FontLister: FontLister will help you get a general view of all your fonts, regardless of whether or not they’re installed
• FontSelector: FontSelector is a simple freeware font viewer for the 32-bit Windows Family made to show all installed fonts and be accessible from traybar
• HTML Font Colorizer: Use HTML Font Colorizer as a free tool to recolor your website text, or chat text
• Hurtig Moms: A simple online accounting system which allows bank statement imports and match-up based on your emailed PDF invoices
• Iquomi: Iquomi is an acronym for Intelligent Querying On Managed Infrastructure and its basic idea is to provide a set of components for building services
• KirkeApp: A unique app for your church
• Molly: Memory Game: Put your memory to the ultimate test with Molly, a captivating game inspired by the classic Simon. Challenge your cognitive skills with this fun and engaging memory game for players of all ages
• Nstatxt: Share documents and files instantly
• Page Screen Capture Chrome Extension: Capture screenshot of a webpage with a clean background
• RGB Color Box: This little HTML-utility for Windows 95 is used to generate BODY-tags for your HTML-documents
• ShoutSMS: Designed for sending group texts from an alternate mobile number, enabling recipients to respond directly
• Slingshot: A shell-integrated for uploading a file or folder to a configured FTP server
• StartGrid: A minimalist, link collection platform that provides a clean, quick-access landing page for your most frequently used links
• Tic-Tac-🦶🏼: A tic-tac-toe version of the computer game that is simple and a free implementation with custom emojis and friend player mode
• Transmit: Allow customers to share huge files with ease
• Twpie: A very simple but fast iOS Twitter client optimized for sending often used messages
• Wallpapery: Get fresh designer desktops on your Mac automatically

Publications

• 2006: Authorization in XML Store for Department of Computer Science, University of Copenhagen
• 1998: Billetbestillingssystem for Nordisk Film Biografer (in Danish)

Expertise & Awards

• 2014: Titled Laird of Dunans Castle
• 2012: Årets Væksteventyrer from Ivækstprisen (for co-founding Click A Taxi)
• 2009-: Part of Copenhagen Ruby Brigade
• 2004-06: Part of the Danish Microsoft Partners Expert Team for Office clients
• 2006: Received Time Magazine’s “Person of the Year” award

Conferences

• Stopped keeping track in 2009 🤷🏼‍♂️
• April 1-2, 2008: RubyFools (ITU, Copenhagen, DK)
• September 28, 2008: TechTalk with Anders Hejlsberg & Steve Ballmer
• September 1-3, 2006: Microsoft Campus Days 2006 (Lyngby, DK)
• April 6, 2006: Meet Microsoft – Windows Vista for IT Professionelle (Copenhagen, DK)
• March 21-23, 2006: Microsoft Office System Developers Conference 2006 (Redmond, US)
• September 21, 2005: Meet Microsoft – Visual Studio Tools for Office (Copenhagen, DK)
• August 8-11, 2005: Microsoft Summer Camp 2005 (Vedbæk, DK)
• April 7, 2005: Developing with SQL Server 2005 (Copenhagen, DK)
• March 23, 2005: Visual Studio 2005 Team System (Copenhagen, DK)
• March 9, 2005: IBM Software Developer Days – .NET Focused (Copenhagen, DK)
• February 10, 2005: Meet Microsoft – .NET 2.0 (Copenhagen, DK)
• December 2, 2004: Meet Microsoft – Windows, mobile and Office (Copenhagen, DK)
• September 24, 2004: C# Platform and language (Copenhagen, DK)
• June 7, 2004: ASP.NET RoadShow (Copenhagen, DK)
• May 11, 2004: Meet Microsoft – Focus on security (Copenhagen, DK)
• March 30, 2004: Meet Microsoft – Smart Client Development (Copenhagen, DK)
• February 25, 2004: Java’s implementation of Generics (Copenhagen, DK)
• October 21, 2003: Meet Microsoft – for udviklere (Copenhagen, DK)
• September 19, 2003: Meet Microsoft w/ Steve Ballmer (Copenhagen, DK)
• May 15, 2003: Meet Microsoft Lancering (Copenhagen, DK)
• February 28, 2003: Meet Microsoft – Den trådløse verden (Copenhagen, DK)

Sparetime Fun

• 2025: Eremitageløbet
• 2024: Eremitageløbet
• 2023: Eremitageløbet
• 2022: Eremitageløbet
• 2021: Eremitageløbet
• 2020: Eremitageløbet (canceled due to covid)
• 2019: Eremitageløbet
• 2018: Eremitageløbet
• 2017: Eremitageløbet
• 2015: Copenhagen Marathon
• 2013: Christiansborg Rundt (2km swim)
• 2012: Christiansborg Rundt (2km swim)
• 2011: Challenge Copenhagen 2011 (Ironman distance)
• 2010: Great Wall Marathon
• 2009: France Ironman
• 2009: Hillerød Triathlon
• 2008: New York City Marathon
• 2008: DTU Adventure Race (24h race)
• 2008: Hillerød Triathlon
• 2007: DTU Adventure Race (24h race)
• 2006: Copenhagen Marathon