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Lars Odin Mellemseter

Investor

Investment Director at Statkraft Ventures

Oslo

About

Lars Odin Mellemseter is an Investment Director at Statkraft Ventures, based in its Oslo office. He previously served as Managing Partner at Constructive Capital, a sustainability-focused investment firm, was a portfolio manager investing in industrial and renewables companies at Ascend Capital in California, and worked as a consultant at McKinsey & Company in San Francisco. Earlier, he co-founded and led GNR, a London-based internet infrastructure company backed by the Carlyle Group and Northzone and later acquired by Verisign. He holds a PhD from Oxford University, studied graduate economics at Cambridge University, and earned a bachelor's degree from Harvard University.

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Invests in

CleantechClimate TechEnergy

Experience

  1. Statkraft VenturesManaging Directorcurrent2020 — presentOslo, Norway
  2. UBIQ AerospaceBoard Membercurrent2023 — present
  3. Legelisten.noChairman of the Board / Board membercurrent2016 — present
  4. reTyreBoard Membercurrent2022 — presentOslo, Norway
  5. Constructive CapitalManaging Partner2015 — 2020Oslo, Oslo, Norway
  6. United InfluencersChairman of the Board2016 — 2019
  7. Ascend CapitalPortfolio Manager2007 — 2014San Francisco
  8. McKinsey & CoManager2004 — 2007San Francisco, New York, Hong Kong
  9. GNR Ltd / NameplanetCEO1999 — 2001London Area, United Kingdom

Education

  1. Oxford Univ., Cambridge Univ, Harvard Univ.
  2. University of OxfordPhD
  3. University of CambridgeGraduate studies, Economics
  4. Harvard UniversityBA (4 years), Social Studies

Skills & more

Due diligenceAdvisor to pension funds, family offices, private equity firms and publicly listed companies.Investment analysis for public equity investmentsBoard of Directors1Investments

From Lars's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended University of Oxford687

Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockMichael MoritzFormer Partner at Sequoia Capital; Senior Adviser at Sequoia HeritageBrad GerstnerFounder & CEO of Altimeter CapitalDominic JacquessonInvestor at Index VenturesErin Price-WrightInvestor at Index VenturesJan HammerInvestor at Index Ventures

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Also attended University of Cambridge621

Niko BonatsosInvestment Team at General CatalystGeorgia StevensonInvestor at Index VenturesHannah SealInvestor at Index VenturesAnthony PhilippakisInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Erik NordlanderInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Nic LowdenInvestor at Moonfire Ventures

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Also attended Harvard University1,171

Alfred LinPartner at Sequoia CapitalChris DixonFounder & Managing Partner of a16z crypto at Andreessen HorowitzSarah TavelVenture Partner at BenchmarkDanny RimerPartner at Index VenturesLaela SturdyManaging Partner at CapitalGRyan IsonoDeal Partner at Felicis Ventures

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Shared employers

Also worked at reTyre1

Georg BaunachCo-founder at Blue Revolution Investments G.P.

Also worked at Ascend Capital2

Jessica PascoliniHead of Operations at BURNT ISLAND VENTURESHelen KangSenior Manager, Trade Operations and Compliance at Frazier Life Sciences

Also worked at McKinsey & Co1,127

Jim BreyerFounder & CEO of Breyer CapitalAnn Miura-KoCo-founding Partner at FloodgateJeremy LiewPartner at Lightspeed Venture PartnersMike SpeiserManaging Director at Sutter Hill VenturesJeremy LevinePartner at Bessemer Venture PartnersFabrice GrindaCo-founder & Managing Partner at FJ Labs

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Colleagues at Statkraft Ventures

Alexander Küppers
Investment Director at Statkraft Ventures
Anders Prietz
Managing Director at Statkraft Ventures
Cengiz Polat
Ventures CFO at Statkraft Ventures
Odette Yga
Associate at Statkraft Ventures
Stefan Hülsen
Investment Director at Statkraft Ventures
Steffen Funck
Investment Director at Statkraft Ventures
Thor Olav Thorsnes Egeland
Managing Director at Statkraft Ventures
Torgunn Oldeide
Investment Director at Statkraft Ventures