Investing Profile

Aaron Batalion(2)

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General Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners

aaronbatalion.comSan Francisco Bay Area

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Current Investing Position

Lightspeed Venture Partners General Partner

Investment Range

$20K - $100K

Sweet Spot

$50K

Investments On Record

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Aaron Batalion's Investments On Record (7)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
XMTP	Series AAug 2021$20M	$45M
Co-investors: Sriram Krishnan (Andreessen Horowitz), Ali Yahya (Andreessen Horowitz), Paul Veradittakit (Pantera Capital), Diogo Monica (Haun Ventures), Jason Warner (Redpoint Ventures), Rahul Vohra (Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund), Ethan Beard (Piazza Venture Labs), Narendra Rocherolle (The Start Project), Ashton Kutcher (Sound Ventures), Bobby Goodlatte (Notable Capital (formerly GGV Capital)), Ben Huh (Y Combinator), Alexis Ohanian (Curated), Naval Ravikant (Sm4rt Predictive Systems), Maaria Bajwa (Timespan Ventures), Joe Lallouz (Ambush Capital), Robert Leshner (Robot Ventures), Guy Oseary (Sound Ventures), Scott Belsky (A24), Joe Gerber (IDEO CoLab Ventures), Fred Wilson (Flatiron Partners), Packy McCormick (Breather), Josh Williams (Form Capital), Chris Kurdziel (Samsung NEXT Ventures), Kneeland Youngblood (Pharos Capital Group), Martin Green (HawksHead Capital), Joshua Baer (Capital Thought), Balaji Srinivasan, Courtney Guertin, Shishir Mehrotra, Michael Dunworth, Jess Sloss, Anthony Pompliano
MovieBot	Convertible NoteAug 2017$100K	$2.3M
Co-investors: Peter Rojas (Betaworks Ventures), Molly Fowler (Dorm Room Fund), Logan Lorenz
Back to the Roots	SeedJun 2015$2M	$27M
Co-investors: Lucas Mann (Acre Venture Partners), Carmelo Anthony (Melo7 Tech Partners, LLC), Shamin Walsh (BAM VENTURES LLC)
HONK	SeedNov 2014$2M	$32M
Co-investors: Mark Mullen (Bonfire Ventures), Clark Landry (CESPPA), Jillian Manus (Structure Capital), Ben Huh (Y Combinator), Rick Marini (Catapult Capital), Mike Walsh (Structure Capital), Paige Craig (Outlander VC), Naval Ravikant (Sm4rt Predictive Systems)
Teachable	SeedAug 2014$1M	$14M
Co-investors: Bill Liao (SOSV), Naval Ravikant (Sm4rt Predictive Systems), Sterling Witzke (Winklevoss Capital), Billy Draper (Path Ventures), Kamal Ravikant (Evolve VC), Adam Foroughi, Matt Brezina, Ding Zhou
Walker & Company Brands	SeedDec 2013$2M	$33M
Co-investors: Jeff Jordan (Andreessen Horowitz), Somesh Dash (IVP), Charles King (MaC Venture Capital), Scott Stanford (ACME Capital), Nasir Jones (QueensBridge Venture Partners), Anthony Saleh (Photo Workshop), Shervin Pishevar (ACME Capital), Andre Iguodala
Shyp	SeedSep 2013$2M	$62M
Co-investors: Kevin Rose (True Ventures), Dan Rose (Coatue), Hunter Walk (Homebrew), Tim Ferriss (Angel investor), Scott Belsky (A24), Lee Linden (Quiet Capital), Shervin Pishevar (ACME Capital), Naval Ravikant (Sm4rt Predictive Systems), Scott Stanford (ACME Capital), John Doerr (Kleiner Perkins), Sterling Witzke (Winklevoss Capital), Kamal Ravikant (Evolve VC), Brian McClendon (UP.Partners), Pascal Levy-Garboua (Checkr, Inc.), Joshua Schachter, Osama Bedier, Shri Ganeshram, David Marcus, Kintan Brahmbhatt