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Torkel Ödegaard

Founder

Founder at Grafana (Link

Greater Stockholm Metropolitan Area

FoundedGrafana (Link

About

Torkel Ödegaard is a co-founder of Grafana Labs and the creator of the Grafana open source metrics and analytics platform. He leads development of the project and a core team of more than 20 people, working with technologies including Go, React, AngularJS, Graphite, Docker, and Kubernetes. He is also available for talks, coaching, and workshops on topics such as monitoring, continuous integration and automated deployment, time series databases, and application metrics.

Founder at Grafana (Link

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Grafana (Link's investors · 10

20VCLondon · $250K – $5M checks · since 2026CapitalGSan Francisco · $50M – $100M checks · since 2026Coatue ManagementNew York · $1M – $20M checksGaldana VenturesBarcelonaGeneral PartnershipSan Francisco · $1M – $30M checksGICSingapore · since 2026Lead Edge CapitalNew York · $50M – $400M checksLightspeed Venture PartnersMenlo Park · $1.7M – $87M checksSapphire VenturesMenlo Park · $5M – $20M checksTenacity CapitalPortola Valley · since 2026

Co-founders at Grafana (Link

RDRaj Dutt
Raj DuttFounder

Experience

  1. Grafana LabsCo-Foundercurrent2015 — presentStockholm, Sweden
  2. Coding Instinct ABOSS Entrepreneur & Grafana project leader and developercurrent2014 — presentStockholm, Sweden
  3. Coding Instinct ABFounder & Ownercurrent2012 — present
  4. Ebay Sweden (Tradera AB)Consultant - Developer2012 — 2014Stockholm, Sweden
  5. Avega Group ABDeveloper Consultant2009 — 2012
  6. H&MConsultant - Solution Architect2009 — 2012Sweden
  7. TraderaConsultant - Developer2009Stockholm, Sweden
  8. Cybercom Sweden EastDeveloper and Agile Evangelist2008 — 2009
  9. Hitone Nordic ABLead Developer2005 — 2008

Skills & more

ASP.NET MVC22Node.js1WPF6Backbone.js1Git3PowershellC#10JavaScript4C++jQuery5LINQ2ASP.NET5
+12 more.NETNHibernateTDDDDDKanbanAgile MethodologiesBDDSoftware DesignTest Driven DevelopmentMVCWeb DevelopmentAgile Project Management

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Torkel Ödegaard?
Torkel Ödegaard is a co-founder of Grafana Labs and the creator of the Grafana open source metrics and analytics platform. He leads development of the project and a core team of more than 20 people, working with technologies including Go, React, AngularJS, Graphite, Docker, and Kubernetes. He is also available for talks, coaching, and workshops on topics such as monitoring, continuous integration and automated deployment, time series databases, and application metrics.
Where does Torkel Ödegaard work?
Torkel Ödegaard is Founder of Grafana (Link.
What companies did Torkel Ödegaard found?
Torkel Ödegaard founded Grafana (Link.
Where did Torkel Ödegaard go to school?
Torkel Ödegaard studied at Mälardalen University (Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Science); Mälardalen University (Master of Science, Computer Science).

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Johan BrennerGeneral Partner at Creandum

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