Lasse Olesen Overview

  • Primary Position
  • Co-Founder, Co-O...

  • Primary Industry
  • Information Technology

  • Active Board Seats
  • 1

Lasse Olesen General Information

Biography

Mr. Lasse Olesen is a Co-Founder & Co-Owner and serves as Board Member at Kontrast. Mr. Olesen served as Managing Partner at Morph Capital. He founded Bitcoin Nordic in the spring of 2012. He has had two feature articles on Bitcoin published in Weekendavisen and Børsen and gave a talk on Bitcoin at TEDx Copenhagen 2012 and Dansk IT to an audience with members from the Danish national bank, Ministry of Defense, TDC, Nets, and Nykredit. He has also aided the Danish Bankers Association with a description of Bitcoin in material intended for the Danish national bank and introduced Bitcoin to the Danish tax council. He is a B.Eng from the Technical University of Denmark

Contact Information

Primary Position
Co-Founder, Co-Owner & Board Member, Kontrast
Education
Technical University of Denmark, BE (Bachelor of Engineering)
National University of Singapore, Degree
Gender
Male
Phone
+45 21
Address
  • Vestergade 18C
  • 1456 Copenhagen K.
  • 1306 Copenhagen
  • Denmark
+45 21

Lasse Olesen Positions (1)

Firm name Firm type Title Location Industry Since
Kontrast Company Co-Founder, Co-Owner & Board Member Copenhagen, Denmark Publishing

Lasse Olesen Board Seats (1)

Company Industry Ownership Status Financing Status Location Since
Kontrast Publishing Privately Held (backing) Venture Capital-Backed Copenhagen, Denmark

Lasse Olesen Lead Partner on Deals (2)

Lasse Olesen has been the lead partner on 2 deals. Their latest deal was with Kontrast, a publishing company. The deal was made on 01-Jan-2020.

Company Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Deal Status Industry Location
Kontrast 01-Jan-2020 Early Stage VC Completed Publishing Copenhagen, Denmark
Bitcoin-Internet Payment System (Payment Gateway Technology) 11-May-2015 Completed Financial Software Copenhagen, Denmark

Lasse Olesen Network (5)

Board Members (3)

Name Company Representing Location From
Kontrast Self Copenhagen, Denmark
Kontrast Self Copenhagen, Denmark

Portfolio Executives (2)

Name Company Role Deal date Location
Kontrast Executive 01-Jan-2020 Copenhagen, Denmark
Kontrast Chief Editor 01-Jan-2020 Copenhagen, Denmark

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