Lars Fjeldsoe-Nielsen
General Partner @ Owl Ventures
London, United Kingdom
Lars Fjeldsoe-Nielsen is a seed investor at Owl Ventures in London focused on Software and Artificial Intelligence. Lars Fjeldsoe-Nielsen grew up across Africa, from Angola and Guinea-Bissau to Tanzania and Libya, after his family fled the Angolan Civil War as refugees. Those early experiences instilled in him a belief that education, technology, and social innovation can transform lives and continue to anchor his career and philanthropic activities to this day.Today, Lars is a General Partner at Owl Ventures ($2.2 billion AUM), the world’s leading venture capital firm focused exclusively on education technology. He leads Owl’s expansion across Europe, Africa, and global markets, backing founders who harness AI and breakthrough technologies to make learning more accessible and impactful.Before joining Owl, Lars co-founded 2xN, an early-stage fund at the frontier of deeptech and quantum innovation, with standout investments including Quantinuum (valued above $10 billion), Oxford Ionics (acquired by IonQ in a $1 billion deal), QSimulate, and Sparrow Quantum. Prior to that, he was a General Partner at Balderton Capital in London during which time the firm led the Seed and Series A rounds in Revolut. His investments also span education (Labster, uLesson, StudySmarter, Kukua), mobility (Yassir, Voi, Monta, NoTraffic), and mobile and frontier tech (Hiya, Monarch Money, Rahko, Pocket, Colossal, Celus, Octant Bio, Vivino, OpenSea, Blue Bottle Coffee).Lars previously spent a decade in Silicon Valley, shaping some of tech’s most iconic growth stories. At Uber, he joined when it operated in fewer than 20 cities and, as Vice President, forged global alliances with Verizon and América Móvil that fueled its international expansion. Before Uber, as Head of Mobile at Dropbox, he was among the first 25 employees and helped the company reach its first 100 million users through partnerships with Samsung and other OEMs.Despite his career in technology and venture capital, Africa has never left Lars’s journey. After his father’s passing, he returned to Angola to trace his family’s history, discovering that his sister had died of malaria as a child. That revelation transformed a personal loss into a mission. A technologist turned humanitarian innovator, Lars filed a patent for genetically modified mosquitoes that light up when carrying malaria and began funding malaria-research projects in Angola through partnerships with global nonprofits. In 2024, he climbed Mount Kilimanjaro to raise funds for malaria research, following earlier campaigns such as climbing the Matterhorn and crossing the Sahara by motorbike.A Danish-Portuguese national who served with the Royal Danish Guards, Lars holds an MBA from London Business School, where he was a member of the Board of Governors and Chairman of the Endowment Fund, an MSc from Oxford University (Keble College), and a BSc from King’s College London. Across every chapter, from refugee to technologist to investor, his purpose endures: advancing education, health, and innovation as catalysts for social change.
- Total investments:
- 99
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 13%
Last updated:
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Industries Lars Fjeldsoe-Nielsen invests in
Stages Lars Fjeldsoe-Nielsen invests in
Countries Lars Fjeldsoe-Nielsen invests in
Round sizes
Round size
- Seed
- $1.8M–$10M
- Series A
- $6.4M–$48M
- Series B
- $15M–$125M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 15 (15%)
- Artificial Intelligence 8 (8%)
- Information Technology 6 (6%)
- Apps 5 (5%)
- Internet 5 (5%)
Stage
- Seed 27 (27%)
- Series A 18 (18%)
- Series B 9 (9%)
- Funding Round 5 (5%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 4 (4%)
Country
- United States 19 (19%)
- United Kingdom 8 (8%)
- Denmark 7 (7%)
- Israel 2 (2%)
- Sweden 2 (2%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Kvantify
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Kvantify provides Quantum computing management software developing solutions that address computational challenges. It allows and helps clients to find solutions for all sorts of challenges in life sciences, financial services, logistics, and many other functional areas to deliver value to the business.The company was founded in 2022 and isheadquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark. | $5.8M / Venture - Series Unknown / Sep 01, 2025 | |
Sparrow Quantum
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Sparrow Quantum Aps. is a Danish quantum technology company dedicated to advancing light-matter interfaces for quantum technologies. The company specializes in developing deterministic single-photon sources, which are critical to the success of many quantum technologies. With the best on-chip single-photon source efficiency in the world, unmatchedin photon purity, indistinguishability, and outcoupling, Sparrow is at the forefront of innovation in the field. The company's technology results from over two decades of pioneering research at the prestigious Niels Bohr Institute (NBI) in Copenhagen, Denmark, and Sparrow Quantum has an exclusive license to key patents from the institute. For more information about Sparrow Quantum, please visit www.sparrowquantum.com | $24.2M / Series A / Apr 10, 2025 | |
Blue
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Blue is an AI-powered EHR purpose-built for healthspan/longevity practices that gives doctors superhuman abilities, synced seamlessly with a personal health superapp for me and you.Imagine a healthcare system that actually takes care of your health *in advance* rather than fumbling to pick up the pieces after things go wrong.We'repassionate about a future in which far more diseases are prevented than treated, and it's effortless to improve your day-to-day quality of life, in both well-being and performance.Science >> Snake Oil | Pre-Seed / Jul 04, 2024 | |
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Kvantify
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Kvantify provides Quantum computing management software developing solutions that address computational challenges. It allows and helps clients to find solutions for all sorts of challenges in life sciences, financial services, logistics, and many other functional areas to deliver value to the business.The company was founded in 2022 and isheadquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark. | $10.8M / Seed / Jul 03, 2024 | |
VOI Technology
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Voi is a micromobility company operating e-bikes and e-scooters in 150+ cities. EBIT-profitable since 2024. | $25M / Venture - Series Unknown / Mar 12, 2024 | |
QSimulate
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QSimulate is a simulation platform that solves pressing problems for the chemical and pharmaceutical industries. It aims to deliver best-time-to-solution algorithms to chemical and pharmaceutical industries to accelerate their computational R&D. It is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts. | $2.5M / Seed / Nov 27, 2023 | |
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Kvantify
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Kvantify provides Quantum computing management software developing solutions that address computational challenges. It allows and helps clients to find solutions for all sorts of challenges in life sciences, financial services, logistics, and many other functional areas to deliver value to the business.The company was founded in 2022 and isheadquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark. | Jun 14, 2023 | |
Soundtrack
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Soundtrack Your Brand is a Spotify joint venture and the exclusive provider of Spotify Business and Spotify Enterprise. We connect brands and fans, and our vision is to grow the music market and thereby support artists, so that they can give the world more great music | $15M / Venture - Series Unknown / Jun 14, 2023 | |
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Kvantify
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Kvantify provides Quantum computing management software developing solutions that address computational challenges. It allows and helps clients to find solutions for all sorts of challenges in life sciences, financial services, logistics, and many other functional areas to deliver value to the business.The company was founded in 2022 and isheadquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark. | $5.8M / Seed / Jun 14, 2023 | |
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Sparrow Quantum
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Sparrow Quantum Aps. is a Danish quantum technology company dedicated to advancing light-matter interfaces for quantum technologies. The company specializes in developing deterministic single-photon sources, which are critical to the success of many quantum technologies. With the best on-chip single-photon source efficiency in the world, unmatchedin photon purity, indistinguishability, and outcoupling, Sparrow is at the forefront of innovation in the field. The company's technology results from over two decades of pioneering research at the prestigious Niels Bohr Institute (NBI) in Copenhagen, Denmark, and Sparrow Quantum has an exclusive license to key patents from the institute. For more information about Sparrow Quantum, please visit www.sparrowquantum.com | $4.5M / Seed / May 11, 2023 | |
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Co-Investors
About Owl Ventures
Owl Ventures is a venture capital fund that invests in education technology companies.The firm has invested in 24 companies across the education spectrum encompassing early childhood, K-12, higher education, and career mobility/professional learning. Owl leverages its deep domain expertise and takes an active hands-on approach to helpentrepreneurs scale their businesses into transformative category-leading companies.The firm was founded in 2014 and has over $600 million in assets under management.
Owl Ventures Contacts
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Amit Patel
Managing Director
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Jenny Wang
Principal
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Judy Park
Principal
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Tory Patterson
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Hailey Carter
Senior Associate
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FAQ
What does Lars Fjeldsoe-Nielsen invest in?
Lars Fjeldsoe-Nielsen invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 99 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Lars Fjeldsoe-Nielsen's check size?
Lars Fjeldsoe-Nielsen typically joins rounds of $1.8M–$10M at Seed, $6.4M–$48M at Series A and $15M–$125M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Lars Fjeldsoe-Nielsen participates in.
When did Lars Fjeldsoe-Nielsen last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Lars Fjeldsoe-Nielsen closed in Sep 2025. Shizune tracks 99 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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