Anders Lassen

CEO and Co-Founder, Fuse · 1 appearance on the record.

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Anders Lassen co-founded Fuse, an Oslo-based app and UX development software company that raised over $18 million from backers including Northzone and Alliance Venture. Prior to founding Fuse, he worked on mobile GPU technology at Falanx.

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2 supported 0 partly supported 0 contradicted 6 not checkable as stated how the 8 claims stand · each chip opens the sources

2 predictions · 6 assertions · 1 opinion · every statement was checked. The predictions and assertions are the 8 claims: statements the public record can support or contradict. 2 are resolved, and 6 name no date, number or outcome precise enough to check. Everything else (opinions, insights, what ifs, disclosures) can never be settled by the record, so it carries no assessment.

The record, in short

What the tape says about how Anders argues and how the claims held up. Everything they said, and everything said about them, is in the tabs below.

Their most notable supported claim

Assertion Supported
Lassen: Fuse raised over $18M across six pre-revenue years
“We raised over eighteen million dollars in that timeframe.”
Anders Lassen Jan 6, 2018 ▶ 5:34 896 How Fuse Plans to Introduce Paid Product to Free Community Built Over 5+ Years

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Everything Anders Lassen said on Top Founders that made the record, most notable first. Filter by type, assessment or year in the ledger →

Prediction Not checkable as stated
Lassen: Native apps with superior UX will ultimately win the platform war
“Native apps is the, like, and the best user experience is what's gonna win in the end.”
Anders Lassen Jan 6, 2018 ▶ 3:32 896 How Fuse Plans to Introduce Paid Product to Free Community Built Over 5+ Years
Opinion
Lassen: Swift and Java app development is almost identical to 1990s workflows
“If you look at Swift and Java, they're almost identical to the way apps were built in the nineties. Like not much has changed.”
Anders Lassen Jan 6, 2018 ▶ 9:19 896 How Fuse Plans to Introduce Paid Product to Free Community Built Over 5+ Years
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Lassen: Fuse built a 70,000-user community before generating any revenue
“So up until that, we didn't sell anything. We were building a user community. So we built a community of 70,000 users.”
Anders Lassen Jan 6, 2018 ▶ 5:25 896 How Fuse Plans to Introduce Paid Product to Free Community Built Over 5+ Years
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Lassen: Fuse's stretch goal is several million ARR by late 2017
“A stretch goal would be a few million dollars.”
Anders Lassen Jan 6, 2018 ▶ 15:34 896 How Fuse Plans to Introduce Paid Product to Free Community Built Over 5+ Years
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Lassen: Paying Fuse customers average $125 per month
“They're paying a 125.”
Anders Lassen Jan 6, 2018 ▶ 2:51 896 How Fuse Plans to Introduce Paid Product to Free Community Built Over 5+ Years
Assertion Supported
Lassen: Fuse raised over $18M across six pre-revenue years
“We raised over eighteen million dollars in that timeframe.”
Anders Lassen Jan 6, 2018 ▶ 5:34 896 How Fuse Plans to Introduce Paid Product to Free Community Built Over 5+ Years
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Lassen: Fuse currently has fewer than 100 paying customers
“That's right. We just launched.”
Anders Lassen Jan 6, 2018 ▶ 8:12 896 How Fuse Plans to Introduce Paid Product to Free Community Built Over 5+ Years
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Lassen: Fuse raised $12M in December and retains most of it
“We actually raised twelve million dollars in December last year. So most of the money is still sitting in the bank.”
Anders Lassen Jan 6, 2018 ▶ 13:01 896 How Fuse Plans to Introduce Paid Product to Free Community Built Over 5+ Years
Assertion Supported
Lassen: Falanx technology acquired by ARM became the top mobile GPU
“This company was acquired by Arm in 2006, and this is now the most used graphics processor for cell phones.”
Anders Lassen Jan 6, 2018 ▶ 3:58 896 How Fuse Plans to Introduce Paid Product to Free Community Built Over 5+ Years

Appearances (1)

EpisodeDateSpeaking time
896 How Fuse Plans to Introduce Paid Product to Free Community Built Over 5+ Years Jan 6, 2018 9m
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