Lars Leckie, Aspenwood Ventures: Early-Stage Enterprise Software VC
Episode description
Lars Leckie is a Managing Director at Aspenwood Ventures. Prior to his career in venture capital, Lars was a co-founder of AutoFarm (now Novariant), a company focused on GPS and robotics. Lars was in charge of strategy, product marketing, business development, and building the sales team across three continents. While Lars spends less time programming now, he started his technical career coding and hacking computer games. He is the holder of several US patents. Lars has a Masters of Science (Engineering) from Stanford University and an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of business. He also holds an Engineering Physics degree from Queen’s University (with Honors). Lars previously sat on the board of the SIIA (Software Information Industry Association) Piston, and PLUMgrid, and is a founding charter member and previous co-chair of the C100 (Canadians in the Silicon Valley).Topics:
- Investing in GPS, robotics, and automation
- The patent portfolio game
- Building sales teams across three continents