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Lars Nordwall

InvestorFounder

Advisor at Creandum · Board director at Neo4j

Stockholm

FoundedNeo4j

About

Lars Nordwall is a Venture Partner at Creandum based in Stockholm, where he works with founders and CEOs on expansion, leadership hiring, and go-to-market strategy. He holds a Master's in Microcomputer Science and a Bachelor's in Economics from Swedish universities, with further education at Harvard Business School and Stanford Graduate School of Business, and spent about two decades in Silicon Valley. His operating career included leadership roles at SugarCRM, Pentaho, and Neo4j, where he served as President and COO for 12 years.

Invests in

Data & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

Board director at Neo4j

Intro paths

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In turn, Lars can intro founders to Neo4j's investors below.

Neo4j's investors · 11

CreandumSan Francisco · $216K – $8.6M checks · since 2020Dawn Capitalsince 2020Dawn Capital LLPLondon · $317.5K – $6.3M checks · since 2020DTCPBerlin · since 2020EurazeoParis · since 2020F-Prime Capital PartnersCambridge · $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

EEEmil Eifrem
Emil EifremCo-Founder and CEO
MA
Michael AsherExecutive Officer

Experience

  1. CREANDUMVenture Partnercurrent2023 — presentStockholm, Sweden
  2. HopsworksExecutive Chairman of The Board of Directorscurrent2022 — present
  3. Neo4jBoard member, Advisorcurrent2023 — present
  4. Neo4jPresident & COO2018 — 2023San Francisco & Stockholm
  5. Neo4jCOO & CFO2011 — 2017San Mateo, CA
  6. Pentaho from Hitachi VantaraSVP of Worldwide Sales2008 — 2011San Francisco, CA
  7. SugarCRMVP of Worldwide Sales2005 — 2008Cupertino, CA
  8. NovellSenior Director2001 — 2005San Jose, CA
  9. Cambridge Technology PartnersSenior Director1995 — 2001Stockholm, Mexico City, San Francisco

Education

  1. Stanford University Graduate School of BusinessThe Emerging CFO: Strategic Financial Leadership (February - May 2018)2018
  2. Harvard Business SchoolOrganizational Leadership1999
  3. KTH Royal Institute of TechnologyMaster's degree, Mechatronics / Mechanical Engineering1990 — 1995
  4. Stockholm School of BusinessBachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration1994 — 1997

Skills & more

Cloud Computing92Start-ups92CRM48Solution Selling45Resellers1Solution Architecture1Business Intelligence30Business Process5ERP2Contract Negotiation5Graph Databases6Go-to-market Strategy27
+12 moreOutsourcingNeo4jBusiness StrategyAnalyticsCommercializationBusiness DevelopmentSalesLead GenerationEnterprise SoftwareSaaSStrategyOpen Source

From Lars's professional profile.

Colleagues at Creandum

Alexandra Österman
Executive Assistant at Creandum
Beata Klein
Associate at Creandum
Beatrice Rellman Skantze
General Counsel at Creandum
Cam Sellers
Investment Team at Creandum
Carl Fritjofsson
General Partner at Creandum
Clara Leise
Investment Team at Creandum
Daniel Blomquist
Fund Partner at Creandum
Daniel Ovenden
Talent Team at Creandum

Frequently asked questions

Where does Lars Nordwall work?
Lars Nordwall is Advisor at Creandum and Founder at Neo4j.
What does Lars Nordwall invest in?
Lars Nordwall invests in Data & Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, SaaS.
What companies did Lars Nordwall found?
Lars Nordwall founded Neo4j.

Same school

Also attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business1,291

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Also attended Harvard Business School1,969

Brad GerstnerFounder & CEO of Altimeter Capital; architect of Invest America; BG2 co-hostAileen 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 Technology128

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Shared employers

Also worked at Hopsworks3

Andreas SönebyInvestor at IndustrifondenSami AhvenniemiGeneral Partner at Vendep CapitalSteve CollinsVenture Partner at Frontline Ventures

Also worked at Neo4j10

Rob RueckertPartner at Sorenson VenturesMagnus ChristersonAI Committee Chair at Alliance of AngelsJohan BrennerGeneral Partner at CreandumSami AhvenniemiGeneral Partner at Vendep CapitalChristian JepsenPartner at Heartcore CapitalJulianDirector, Pipeline Management at Denver Ventures

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Also worked at Pentaho from Hitachi Vantara7

Peter FentonGeneral Partner at BenchmarkBrian BenedictCo-Founder & CRO at Asymmetric Capital PartnersLarry AugustinInvestor at EPIC VENTURESRay ChengManaging Partner at Millennium New HorizonsJoe GarciaPrincipal at Rethink ImpactFaizan J. KhanFounder and CIO at Visary Capital

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Also worked at SugarCRM7

Larry AugustinInvestor at EPIC VENTURESJosh SteinManaging Partner at Threshold VenturesDivya RaghavanPrincipal at NGP CapitalSomrat NiyogiGeneral Partner at Recall CapitalMark LeslieExecutive Advisory Board at NYU Innovation Venture FundBrooke SeawellVenture Partner at New Enterprise Associates (NEA)

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