Lars Jörnow

Lars Jörnow General Information

Biography

Mr. Lars Jörnow served as Board Member at Min Doktor. He serves as Partner & Head of EQT Ventures Advisory Team at EQT Ventures. He serves as Partner & Head of EQT Ventures Advisory Team at EQT. He serves as Board Member at OWWN. He serves as a Board Member at Natural Cycles, Playsome, and Hiber. He served as a Board Member at Reworks (Game Developer). He joined King in 2009 and spent his first year playing more than 10,000 flash games. Testing and deciphering what game mechanics and characteristics work for a mass audience helped him produce King's first Facebook games and then, later on, set up the company's mobile games division. As VP of Mobile, he led the team that went on to develop and launch the global, cross-platform phenomenon Candy Crush Saga - the most downloaded and top-grossing mobile game in history. At King, he was also responsible for starting the company's Growth team as VP of Growth and heading up King's experimentation unit, King Labs. With his track record, he has been at the forefront of the casual gaming revolution, opening up gaming to people who had never played (or even thought of playing) games. As a founding partner at EQT Ventures, he is passionate about ideas and products that have mass-market appeal and is always on the lookout for the next generation of consumer-centric companies. Having joined King at the start-up phase - with around 50 employees - and supported its growth into a global industry giant with more than 2,000 people, he can share his learnings from the journey. At EQT Ventures, he has partnered with the Small Giant Games team and continues to work closely with Warbucks, Popcorn, Natural Cycles, and Holidu, among others. He served as a Board Member at Dolly. He serves as a Board Member at OWN.