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Lars Andersen

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Lars Andersen

General Partner

Overview

Lars is a General Partner at SEED Capital focusing on Fintech, Enterprise and SaaS. He leads SEED’s investments in Lunar, Templafy, Grant Compass, Risika and FLATPAY. Back in the days, he sourced Vivino and Lunar. 

Originally from Aarhus, DK, Lars has spent his career in the Danish and international ICT industry. Lars was CEO and co-founder of Columbus IT Partner, with international responsibility for more than 1,000 employees in 25 countries, as well as the company’s IPO on the Copenhagen stock exchange. He went onto co-found five other IT companies, and is still a dedicated shareholder and board member. 

Lars holds a degree in marketing and management from Aarhus School of Economics.

Invested in
Founder quote

​​"First investor to believe in us..."

Ken Villum Klausen

Founder & CEO, Lunar
Facts
Joined SEED

2005

When I'm not working
  • 5 children keeps me busy (still!)
  • Travelling
  • Italiano in disguise
Deep dive
  • Scaling a software company from 10 to 1000 people 
  • Sales
  • M&A
  • Leadership
Watching

The Deer Hunter. I’m also one of the very last people to still watch Robinson Ekspeditionen.

What I’m reading

All that SAXO has to offer…

I’m happiest when…

Working closely with my portfolio companies or - being an Italiano in disguise - enjoying the Italian summers.

What gives me energy
Mantra

Tabellen lyver aldrig (the numbers never lie).

Podcast i recommend
Paying it forward
What’s it like working for SEED Capital?
Why did you join SEED Capital / VC?
My greatest achievement
My biggest failure
Link to relavant talk/podcast/article/blog with you
Any other pointers like your personal investment thesis/preference/view upon the world of scaleups and VC

Transparency, TP, Vivino, Lunar, FLATPAY

My greatest learning when working with startups and venture capital
Philanthropy and Service

Committee member of ITB kapital og iværksætteri