Lars Rasmussen
Google Maps Co-Founder | Tech Angel Investor | Kite Surfing & Coffee Enthusiast
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BIO
Lars Rasmussen is an angel investor and early-stage startup advisor based in Athens. Lars holds a PhD in theoretical computer science from UC Berkeley. In 2004, Lars and his brother Jens sold their mapping startup Where 2 Tech to Google. Lars became the lead engineer on the team that created Google Maps from Where 2’s technology. Lars was next a director of engineering at Facebook in Menlo Park and London. He was also, the co-founder and CTO of Weav Music, a music tech startup that released the running music app Weav Run.
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