Dr. Lars Frolund is a Deep Tech Investment expert and executive. His expertise lies at the intersection of mission-driven innovation (incl. defense and security), grant & venture capital investments into deep tech ventures, and the geopolitical/strategic aspects of technological capacity building at the national and international level.  Currently, he is a Lecturer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he formerly was a Research Director, Visiting Fellow, and a Fulbright Scholar.

In 2021-2022, he was Special Advisor at NATO HQ for the creation of the Defense Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA) and NATO’s One Billion EUR Innovation Fund.

He is Vice-chair of the Board of Directors of the European Innovation Council (Europe’s largest investor into deep tech ventures). Most recently, he was Special Advisor for Digital and Technological Sovereignty to Margrethe Vestager, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission.

On October 8 at Rigshospitalet, Lars will participate in the panel discussion Turbocharging the European Ecosystem in Life Sciences – Innovation District Europe.