This is an accepted version of this page Carl Johan Freer is a Swedish businessman and technology entrepreneur primarily known for founding the American company Tiger Telematics, which created the handheld game console Gizmondo.

[5] Freer founded Tiger Telematics, an electronics company that launched in 2002, raised over £160 million, and reached a market cap over $1 billion[6] before it dissolved in 2006.

[11][12] Other ventures included Xero Mobile—which had a service that automatically billed advertisers based on the number of marketing messages viewed by users—and Getfugu, which developed an application that enabled consumers to retrieve web content without typing a website address or search term into a browser.

[15][16][17] In 2008, Carl Freer hosted a seminar at Georgia Institute of Technology entitled "High Tech Ventures in Mobile Gaming and Media".

The company relocated to Singapore’s Biopolis Biotech park and produced wound care products and first-aid kits for burns treatment.

[25] In February 2024, on behalf of Prepaire Labs, Freer entered into a strategic partnership with MGI, announced at MEDLAB Middle East 2024, aimed at advancing drug discovery and precision medicine.

[32] Carl Freer was at the helm of Gizmondo Europe Limited during one of the biggest company fraud investigations in recent British history, totaling 215 million pounds (UK).

[37][39] In October 2015, Carl Freer unsuccessfully sued Danish Television Channel DR3 to have his name removed from a documentary on the Stein Bagger IT Factory fraud case prior to broadcast.