Former Uber VP Mobile that Lars Fjeldsoe-Nielsen has joined venture capital firm Balderton Capital as a general partner.
Fjeldsoe-Nielsen has held senior roles at some of the world’s most successful fast-growth technology companies – including Uber and Dropbox – and has industry-leading experience in growing innovative businesses via mobile channels.
His role at Balderton will see him leading early-stage investments in new businesses, while also sharing his experience and insights across Balderton’s portfolio of companies.
He has spent 15 years at sector-leading mobile technology businesses, having worked with Voicesignal, Skyhook Wireless, Ness Technologies, and T9 Tegic, all of which were acquired.
Fjeldsoe-Nielsen joins Balderton following his stint at Uber, where he has been working at the company’s headquarters in San Francisco. At Uber he helped to forge strategic partnerships with global telco companies and during his tenure, he saw the company’s service footprint grow to 59 countries.
Before Uber, Lars was an early employee at Dropbox, and part of the business leadership team – during his time at the company its user base grew from a few million to hundreds of millions of users around the world.
Daniel Waterhouse, general partner at Balderton Capital, said: “It is with great pleasure that we welcome Lars to Balderton Capital as a general partner.
“Having led mobile strategy for sector-defining, high-growth technology companies in Uber and Dropbox, Lars brings a rare insight and experience from Silicon Valley to the companies in our portfolio.
“At Balderton, it is our mission to back the very best global technology businesses being born in Europe, and to work alongside the founders to help them realise their undoubted potential. We are delighted that Lars shares in this vision and his unparalleled expertise and enthusiastic commitment to the European tech scene will help us uncover, back and support the very best founders in the region.”
Fjeldsoe-Nielsen added: “I couldn’t be more excited to move back from Silicon Valley to Europe. I believe mobile technology has changed the entrepreneurial ecosystem and levels of aspiration in Europe, which will lead to an explosion of successful European startups playing on a global scale.
“I’m thrilled to join the Balderton team, and to bring the passion I have for technology to the innovative and burgeoning European tech industry.”