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475 people in our graph share verified history with Lars — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
Deep NisharunlockedLars: together at Harvard Business School (1999)
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×4Lars: together at Stanford University Graduate School of Business
×2Lars: together at Creandum
About
Lars is a Stockholm-based Venture Partner who supports Creandum founders and CEOs on strategy, organizational expansion, hiring key leaders, and go-to-market. He previously spent two decades in Silicon Valley, holding senior operating roles at SugarCRM and Pentaho, and served as President and COO of Neo4j for over a decade before joining Creandum in 2023.
Invests in
Data & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Board director at Neo4j
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Neo4j's investors · 10
CreandumSan Francisco · $216K – $8.6M checks · since 2020Dawn CapitalLondon · $317.5K – $6.3M checks · since 2020DTCPBerlin · since 2020EurazeoParis · since 2020F-Prime CapitalCambridge · $3M – $10M checks · since 2020GV (Google Ventures)Mountain View · $250K – $50M checks · since 2020Inovia CapitalMontreal · $250K – $8M checks · since 2021One PeakLondon · $15M – $150M checks · since 2020One PeakLondon · $15M – $150M checks · since 2020SINEWAVE VENTURESMclean · $500K – $25M checks · since 2020
Co-founders at Neo4j
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Emil EifremCo-Founder and CEO
Experience
- CREANDUMVenture Partnercurrent2023 — presentStockholm, Sweden
- HopsworksExecutive Chairman of The Board of Directorscurrent2022 — present
- Neo4jBoard member, Advisorcurrent2023 — present
- Neo4jPresident & COO2018 — 2023San Francisco & Stockholm
- Neo4jCOO & CFO2011 — 2017San Mateo, CA
- Pentaho from Hitachi VantaraSVP of Worldwide Sales2008 — 2011San Francisco, CA
- SugarCRMVP of Worldwide Sales2005 — 2008Cupertino, CA
- NovellSenior Director2001 — 2005San Jose, CA
- Cambridge Technology PartnersSenior Director1995 — 2001Stockholm, Mexico City, San Francisco
Skills & more
Cloud Computing93Start-ups92
From Lars's professional profile.
Colleagues at Creandum
Alexandra Österman
Executive Assistant at Creandum
Beatrice Rellman Skantze
General Counsel at Creandum
Cam Sellers
Investment Team at Creandum
Carl Fritjofsson
General Partner at Creandum
Carolyne Wambayi
Office Administrator at TLcom Capital
Clara Leise
Investment Team at Creandum
Daniel Blomquist
Fund Partner at Creandum
Daniel Ovenden
Talent Team at Creandum
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Lars Nordwall?
- Lars is a Stockholm-based Venture Partner who supports Creandum founders and CEOs on strategy, organizational expansion, hiring key leaders, and go-to-market. He previously spent two decades in Silicon Valley, holding senior operating roles at SugarCRM and Pentaho, and served as President and COO of Neo4j for over a decade before joining Creandum in 2023.
- Where does Lars Nordwall work?
- Lars Nordwall is Venture Partner at Creandum and Board director at Neo4j.
- What does Lars Nordwall invest in?
- Lars Nordwall invests in Data & Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, SaaS.
- Where did Lars Nordwall go to school?
- Lars Nordwall studied at Stanford University Graduate School of Business (The Emerging CFO: Strategic Financial Leadership (February - May 2018)); Harvard Business School (Organizational Leadership); KTH Royal Institute of Technology (Master's degree, Mechatronics / Mechanical Engineering).
Same school
Also attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business2,000
Roelof BothaAdvisor & former Steward at Sequoia Capital; SpaceX board memberPeter FentonGeneral Partner at BenchmarkSteve JurvetsonCo-founder of Future VenturesDavid SzeAdvisory Partner at GreylockKatherine BoyleGeneral Partner at Andreessen Horowitz (American Dynamism)Hunter WalkCo-founder & Partner at Homebrew
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Also attended Harvard Business School2,000
Brad GerstnerFounder & CEO of Altimeter CapitalAileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy VenturesJim BreyerFounder & CEO of Breyer CapitalTim DraperFounder of Draper AssociatesMike Maples JrCo-founding Partner at FloodgateMamoon HamidPartner at Kleiner Perkins
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Also attended KTH Royal Institute of Technology221
Ali GhodsiCo-founder & CEO of DatabricksWilliam JilltoftDirector of Strategy and Operations at NorthzoneJohanna OlnénData Analyst at NorthzoneRobin WänlundAssociate at Notion CapitalMagnus BergmanInvestor at Luminar VenturesGiuseppe LacerenzaPartner at Keen Venture Partners
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Also attended Stockholm School of Business1
Shared employers
Also worked at Hopsworks4
Also worked at Neo4j16
Rob RueckertPartner at Sorenson VenturesMagnus ChristersonAI Committee Chair at Alliance of AngelsMichael McGrawPrincipal at Inovia CapitalJohan BrennerGeneral Partner at CreandumSami AhvenniemiGeneral Partner at Vendep CapitalChristian Lindegaard JepsenPartner at Heartcore Capital
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Also worked at Pentaho from Hitachi Vantara6
Also worked at SugarCRM12
Larry AugustinInvestor at EPIC VENTURESDivya RaghavanPrincipal at Hitachi VenturesJosh SteinManaging Partner at Threshold VenturesSomrat NiyogiGeneral Partner at Recall CapitalBrooke SeawellVenture Partner at New Enterprise Associates (NEA)Lila TretikovPartner, Head of AI Strategy at New Enterprise Associates (NEA)
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