# Lars Bakke Krogvig

> Lars Bakke Krogvig is a co-founder and Director of Engineering at Nansen, specializing in blockchain data analytics.

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- Created: 2024-11-14T09:42:39.948Z
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**Lars Bakke Krogvig** is a Co-founder and Director of Engineering at [Nansen ](https://iq.wiki/wiki/nansen)\- a [blockchain](https://iq.wiki/wiki/blockchain) data analytics company that provides a platform for users to utilize tools and dashboards to gain access to in-depth, on-chain information. [\[1\]](#cite-id-qr4b92m095)[\[2\]](#cite-id-g2koc90vwpw)  
  
  
# Education  
  
Lars Bakke Krogvig attended the University of Twente as an exchange student in applied Mathematics, from 2012 to 2013. Afterward, he earned a Master of Science degree in Applied Maths from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), 2009 to 2014. [\[1\]](#cite-id-qr4b92m095)  
  
# Career  
  
Lars Bakke Krogvig started out with his summer job as a research assistant at Norsk Regnesentral. He was also a teaching assistant at NTNU in 2013. [\[3\]](#cite-id-ekgb5we6cye)  
  
In August 2014, he joined BearingPoint as a Senior Technology Analyst and then he moved to the role of a Tech. Consultant in 2016. From 2016 to 2019, he served as a Senior Data Engineer at Unacast. He was also a Data Engineer at D5 - The Data Science DAO prior to co-founding Nansen. [\[4\]](#cite-id-pfif07af0q)  
  
## Nansen  
  
Lars Bakke Krogvig co-founded [Nansen](https://iq.wiki/wiki/nansen) alongside [Alex Svanevik](https://iq.wiki/wiki/alex-svanevik) and [Evgeny Medvedev](https://iq.wiki/wiki/evgeny-medvedev) in October 2020 and he serves as the VP of Engineering of the company. [\[2\]](#cite-id-g2koc90vwpw)[\[3\]](#cite-id-ekgb5we6cye)  
  
Nansen is a [blockchain](https://iq.wiki/wiki/blockchain) analytics platform whose main offering is its ability to surface signals in blockchain data, made possible by the platform's use of on-chain analysis and millions of labeled wallets. This allows traders to gain a deeper understanding of the crypto ecosystem and make real-time decisions based on the data that truly matters. [\[2\]](#cite-id-g2koc90vwpw)  
  
On why Nansen was built, the team stated:  
  
> "After years of working with blockchain data, we found that many of our clients wanted the same thing: to know more about the wallets that are transacting on-chain. So we started building Nansen in 2019 to address this need, and have quickly become a leading provider of data and analytics for Ethereum."  
  
In 2020, Nansen raised $1.2 million in a seed round led by Mechanism Capital and Skyfall Ventures. In 2021, a Series A round led by [Andreessen Horowitz](https://iq.wiki/wiki/andreessen-horowitz) (a16z) secured $12 million, with participation from previous investors like Skyfall Ventures, [Coinbase Ventures](https://iq.wiki/wiki/coinbase), and new backers. [\[2\]](#cite-id-g2koc90vwpw)  
  
Nansen acquired [staking](https://iq.wiki/wiki/staking) platform StakeWithUs in September 2024, for an undisclosed price as the CEO, [Alex Svanevik](https://iq.wiki/wiki/alex-svanevik) looks to expand beyond data provision into offering investment services for institutions and retail traders. StakeWithUs, which is backed by the Singapore government's innovation project SGinnovate, provides staking across multiple [blockchains](https://iq.wiki/wiki/blockchain). [\[5\]](#cite-id-m9ymejnnhp)  
  
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