Number of Portfolio Companies 17
Number of Exits 
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  • Primary Job Title Cofounder & Chief Espresso Officer
  • Primary Organization 
    Weav
  • Investor Type  Individual/Angel
  • Investor Stage  Seed
  • Number of Exits 

Lars Rasmussen is a co-founder and 'Chief Espresso Officer' at Weav Music, Inc in Brooklyn, New York. Formerly, he was a director of engineer at Facebook London where he headed up the Facebook Workplace team. Formerly, he was a member of Google's technical staff, based in the Sydney office, and with his brother Jens is co-founder of

the Google Wave effort. In early 2003, the brothers co-founded a mapping start-up, Where 2 Technologies, which was acquired by Google in October of 2004. Lars joined Google and worked as one of the lead engineers in the team that turned this acquisition into Google Maps, now used by more than a billion people around the world. Lars holds a Ph.D. in theoretical computer science from the University of California at Berkeley. He has possibly the world's least developed sense of direction, and consistently types faster than he can spell.

Number of Investments 21
Lars Rasmussen has made 21 investments. Their latest investment was Pre Seed Round - Neptyne on Mar 27, 2023, when Neptyne raised
$2M
.
Announced Date  
Organization Name  
Lead Investor  
Funding Round  
Money Raised  
Mar 27, 2023
Neptyne
Pre Seed Round - Neptyne
$2M
Feb 1, 2023
Fingerprint For Success
No
Seed Round - Fingerprint For Success
A$6.5M
Jan 5, 2023
OneRoof
No
Seed Round - OneRoof
$3.2M
Jul 11, 2022
Protio
Pre Seed Round - Protio
€2M
May 11, 2022
LawAdvisor
Seed Round - LawAdvisor
A$7.2M
Apr 13, 2022
The Joy Club
Pre Seed Round - The Joy Club
£1.1M
Apr 11, 2022
Alyte
Yes
Pre Seed Round - Alyte
$3M
Dec 23, 2019
Fingerprint For Success
No
Seed Round - Fingerprint For Success
A$1.6M
Jul 24, 2018
SpotAngels
Yes
Venture Round - SpotAngels
$2.3M
Sep 17, 2017
Alii.care
Angel Round - Alii.care
$250K
Number of Exits 
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Lars Rasmussen has exit - Posse.
  • Posse Posse is a social search engine.
Number of Current Jobs 1
Number of Past Jobs 3
Lars Rasmussen is the Cofounder & Chief Espresso Officer at Weav. Additionally, Lars Rasmussen has had 3 past jobs including Director of Engineering at Meta.
  • Weav Cofounder & Chief Espresso OfficerMay 2015
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
Meta
Director of EngineeringDec 2010May 2015
Google
Engineering ManagerJun 2004Oct 2010
Google
Member of Technical StaffJun 2004Oct 2010
Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 1
Number of Past Board & Advisor Roles 1
Lars Rasmussen is the Advisor at Pnoe.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
Doobiz
Board of Advisors
Number of Events 2
Lars Rasmussen has participated in 2 events. They most recently attended, or will attend, SF MusicTech Summit 2017 on Oct 17, 2017.
Number of News Articles 207
Funding RoundMar 27, 2023
Neptyne raised $2,000,000 / Pre Seed from Gabor Cselle and 5 other investors
Funding RoundFeb 1, 2023
Fingerprint For Success raised A$6,500,000 / Seed from Cameron Adams and 11 other investors
Funding RoundJan 5, 2023
OneRoof raised $3,200,000 / Seed from Chamaeleon and 6 other investors
Funding RoundJul 11, 2022
Protio raised €2,000,000 / Pre Seed from Genesis Ventures and 3 other investors
Funding RoundMay 11, 2022
LawAdvisor raised A$7,180,000 / Seed from Ben Davey and 4 other investors
Funding RoundApr 13, 2022
The Joy Club raised £1,100,000 / Pre Seed from Alexander Asseily and 4 other investors
Funding RoundApr 11, 2022
Alyte raised $3,000,000 / Pre Seed from Chris Hadley and 3 other investors
Funding RoundDec 23, 2019
Fingerprint For Success raised A$1,600,000 / Seed from Cameron Adams and 9 other investors