# Lars Björk

> Lars Björk is a seed investor in Philadelphia backing Software, Analytics and Open Source. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: Philadelphia, United States
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Oct 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lars-bj%C3%B6rk-644837
- Website: http://www.qlik.com/

Lars Björk is a seed investor in Philadelphia focused on Software and Analytics. Lars Björk leads Qlik as CEO and is a member of the company’s board of directors. He oversaw the company’s initial public offering (IPO) in 2010 on the NASDAQ, which was recognized as one of the year’s top tech IPOs.Lars is recognized as an authority on driving company culture through an accessible management style, with articles appearing inthe New York Times, Forbes and Harvard Business Review, as well as speaking engagements at conferences including the CEO2CEO Leadership Summit. He was named the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year in the technology category and was named Technology CEO of the Year at the 2015 PACT Annual Enterprise Awards. More recently, he was nominated to participate in Startup America, a White House initiative to accelerate high-growth entrepreneurship, and the Clinton Global Initiative, an organization that brings together leaders to drive action on global challenges.Before Qlik, Lars held several positions as CFO at companies such as ScandStick and Resurs Finance. He has an MBA from the University of Lund, Sweden and a Degree in Engineering from the Technical College in Helsingborg.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 50% |
| Analytics | 2 | 50% |
| Open Source | 2 | 50% |
| Data Visualization | 2 | 50% |
| Business Intelligence | 2 | 50% |

14 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 50% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 50% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Sweden | 2 | 50% |
| United States | 2 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Lightdash | Open source BI for your whole team | $8.4M | Seed | Oct 06, 2022 |  |
| Lightdash | Lightdash is the future of BI - an AI-first, open-source analytics platform that gives modern data teams the fastest path to true self-serve analytics. We integrate seamlessly with dbt and your existing stack, combining an open semantic layer, AI-powered analytics, and the best developer experience in BI.Lightdash is trusted by fast-growing,data-driven companies worldwide to cut reporting bottlenecks, reduce BI costs, and ship analytics users actually adopt. | $6M | Seed | Oct 06, 2022 |  |
| Epishine | Epishine develops and produces printed solar cells that consist only of organic materials. | $1.3M |  | Sep 27, 2018 |  |
| Allone | Allone develops a free alarm application that aims to create a safer environment for all. The application enables its users to let specific people follow their movements and alert people nearby or their close ones, if there is an emergency.Allone allows its users to create different groups for personalized alarms. It also provides preselectedcontacts the ability to see its users’ exact location and enables them to get involved and help other Allone users.Allone was launched in 2015 by Anders Paulson and is based in Sweden. | $395K |  | Mar 18, 2016 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Moonfire Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/moonfire-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Accel](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/accel) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Almi Invest](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/almi-invest) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [LIU Invest](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/liu-invest) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Y Combinator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/y-combinator) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Lars Björk invest in?

Lars Björk invests primarily in Software, Analytics and Open Source startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Sweden. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Lars Björk last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Lars Björk closed in Oct 2022. Shizune tracks 4 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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