About Eric Lagier

Eric Lagier is Managing Partner at byFounders, the New Nordic seed stage venture fund investing in the next generation of founders with global ambitions. byFounders is backed by some of the most accomplished founders from the Nordics. He Is an successful tech entrepreneur, with more than 20 years of GM, BD and Product experience from leading tech companies Oracle, Skype and Tradeshift. Eric Lagier co-founded Internet Social Media startup Memolane. He raised funding from major VC's in Silicon Valley, Asia and Europe. After 3 years Memolane was successfully acquired by HP. Based in San Francisco, Eric Lagier has since long advised and supported other entrepreneurs on early stage ventures. Leveraging his many years of experience to help bring scale and growth to Seed and Series A companies. Eric Lagier believes that nurturing long-term success goes far beyond an idea that will disrupt a market, but rather deep into team dynamics and operational experience. By providing the next generation of founders with the support and network they need to succeed is key and it’s exciting that they’ve been able to set up a unique fund that does just that. He is based in the Copenhagen office.