Lars Dalgaard

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About Investor

Lars Dalgaard is a software entrepreneur and investor best known for founding SuccessFactors and later joining Andreessen Horowitz. His operating career gives him deep experience in enterprise software, SaaS, human-capital technology, sales, and company scaling. He has also invested independently and through family-office activity in addition to his a16z relationship. Their experience is particularly relevant to enterprise software, SaaS, cloud infrastructure, developer tools, and other business-to-business technology companies. They understand the importance of technical differentiation, product reliability, enterprise adoption, sales execution, and long-term customer retention. Their background can help founders think through go-to-market strategy, organizational scaling, product-market fit, technical hiring, and building durable competitive advantages. For founders, this combination of operating and investing experience can be valuable when turning a technically strong product into a repeatable enterprise business.