Erik Nordlander

Erik Nordlander

General Partner atGVNew York

Erik Nordlander is a general partner at GV investing in enterprise software and frontier technology, focusing on developer tools, cloud infrastructure, and machine learning. He manages GV's New York operations and leads the firm's technical team.

What Erik can write

Writes checks of$10M to $30M+
Comes in atSeed, Series A, Series BCan lead the round
Ownership target7-10%At first check
Best routeA short note on LinkedInA warm intro from a founder they backed works better.

GV writes $10M to $30M+ checks, larger than 97% of firms in the atlas.

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Career

  1. Google · developer for core infrastructure
  2. Google · led development of next-generation display ad serving system
  3. GV · General Partner
    Now
  4. Google

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Focus

enterprise softwarefrontier technologydeveloper toolscloud infrastructuremachine learningEnterprise

Education

MIT, computer science and engineering

Also at GV

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Who is Erik Nordlander?

Erik Nordlander is a general partner at GV investing in enterprise software and frontier technology, focusing on developer tools, cloud infrastructure, and machine learning. He manages GV's New York operations and leads the firm's technical team.

How much does Erik Nordlander invest?

Erik Nordlander invests through GV, which writes checks of $10M to $30M+ at seed, series a, series b.

How do I pitch Erik Nordlander?

A warm intro from a founder GV backed works best. A short LinkedIn note with one line on traction is the next best route.

What did Erik Nordlander do before GV?

developer for core infrastructure at Google; led development of next-generation display ad serving system at Google; Google.

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