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Kresten Thorup
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Kresten Thorup

Super founder

A computer science PhD and co-founder/CTO with deep expertise in scalable data systems. A serial entrepreneur with over $573M raised and multiple successful company exits. Now building a schemaless observability database for petabyte-scale AI telemetry and log data.

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Companies backed
3
Companies founded
$32M
Total funding raised
4 schools
Education

Investments 1

Companies backed, as recorded by Dealroom. Highest company valuations first.

Cernel
1 recorded funding round · Latest in 2024

Companies founded

Currently

Active roles, board seats and partnerships.

Cernel
Investor · 2024 – present

Work history

Past roles by Dealroom records.

Chainalysis
Consulting Architect · 2014 – 2015
Qconsf
Executive Editor · 2007 – 2013
Ryerson University
2007 – 2013
GOTO
Chief Editor · 2000 – 2018
Gotopia
2000 – 2018

Education

Danish School of Media and Journalism
2023 – present
The University of Tokyo
Computer Science · 1998
Aarhus University
PhD · Computer Science · 1997 – 2000
Aalborg University
Bachelor · Computer Science · 1989 – 1993
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