Investing Profile

Anand Iyer

CEO

Venture Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners

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Current Investing Position

Kamanu Ventures & Lightspeed Venture Partners Scout Venture Partner

Investment Range

$100K - $5.0M

Sweet Spot

$1.5M

Investments On Record

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Anand Iyer's Investments On Record (9)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
Mesta	SeedSep 2025$6M Pre SeedJan 2025$2M	$8M
Co-investors: Jacob Mullins (Shasta Ventures), Scott Hartley (Everywhere Ventures (The Fund)), Anna Barber (Everywhere Ventures (The Fund)), Jenny Fielding (Everywhere Ventures (The Fund))
Phantom	Series CJan 2025$150M	$290M
Co-investors: Fred Ehrsam (Paradigm), Arjun Balaji (Paradigm), Andrew Reed (Sequoia Capital), John Thompson (Moving Capital), Theodore Schlein (Ballistic Ventures), Robert Leshner (Robot Ventures), Alex Adelman (TBD Angels), Garry Tan (Y Combinator), James Flynn (Deerfield Management), Ravi Mhatre (Kamanu Ventures & Lightspeed Venture Partners Scout), Jason Haider
Chaos Labs	Series AAug 2024$55M SeedFeb 2023$20M	$95M
Co-investors: Diogo Monica (Haun Ventures), Balaji Srinivasan (Andreessen Horowitz), Mike Giampapa (Galaxy Interactive), Michael Shaulov (Cyberstarts VC), Kevin Weil (Council on Foreign Relations), Guru Chahal (Kamanu Ventures & Lightspeed Venture Partners Scout), Simon Chan (Firsthand.vc), Paul Veradittakit (Saison Capital / Bessemer Ventures (Intern) / Pantera Capital), Alex Marinier (New Form Capital), Tze Donn Ng (Tioga Capital Partners), Naval Ravikant (Sm4rt Predictive Systems), Amman Bhasin
Blackwing	SeedMar 2024$5M	$5M
Co-investors: Julian Koh (Ribbon Finance), Miko Matsumura (Gumi Cryptos Capital)
Jia	SeedApr 2023$4M	$7M
Co-investors: Jared Hecht (Union Square Ventures), Nisa Amoils (A100x Ventures), Kinjal Shah (Broadway Angels), Packy McCormick (Not Boring Capital)
Sentio	SeedFeb 2023$6M	$6.1M
Co-investors: Sundeep Ahuja (Climate Capital), Ravi Mhatre (Kamanu Ventures & Lightspeed Venture Partners Scout), Carmen Palafox (MiLA Capital)
Meso	SeedMay 2022	$10M
Co-investors: Justin Saslaw (Social Capital LP)
Alchemy	Series CFeb 2022$200M	$580M
Co-investors: Ali Yahya (Andreessen Horowitz), Reid Hoffman (Greylock), Jerry Yang (AME Cloud Ventures), Andy McLoughlin (Uncork Capital), Joey Krug (Pantera Capital), Julie Yoo (Andreessen Horowitz), Jay Rughani (Andreessen Horowitz), Kevin Hartz (Founders Fund), Balaji Srinivasan (Andreessen Horowitz), Matt Ocko (DCVC (Data Collective)), Emilie Choi (Coinbase Ventures), Peter Thiel (The Founders Fund), Patrick Chang (The Alchemy Fund), Najam Kidwai (Frontier Ventures), Ben Orthlieb (Blue Moon), David Mes (Off The Grid Ventures), Eric Kwan (Locus Ventures), John Hennessy (Unknown Ventures), Shawn (Jay-Z) Carter (Roc Nation), Paul Veradittakit (Saison Capital / Bessemer Ventures (Intern) / Pantera Capital), Jerry Yang (Hardware Club), Kris Fredrickson (Verified Capital), Randy Glein (DFJ Growth), Ravi Mhatre (Kamanu Ventures & Lightspeed Venture Partners Scout), Amy Wu (The Alchemy Fund), Thomas Glocer (Communitas Capital Partners, LLC), Will Smith (Dreamers VC), Keisuke Honda (KSK ANGEL FUND), Jay Brown (Marcy Venture Partners), Chi-Hua Chien (Goodwater Capital), Chris Kelly (Matrix Partners India), Ruchi Sanghvi (South Park Commons), Navin Chaddha (Mayfield Fund), James Hong (NewCo), Shervin Pishevar (ACME Capital), Naval Ravikant (Sm4rt Predictive Systems), Jay Z, Jeff Seibert, Jared Leto

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Anand Iyer's Experience

CTO & Co-Founder Office of US Senator Daniel Patrick MoynihanPresent

Managing General Partner Office of US Senator Daniel Patrick MoynihanPresent

Investor NEYON AIPresent

Investor ChipSage LabsPresent

CTO & Co-Founder Merrill Lynch & CoPresent

CTO & Co-Founder Still Water DesignPresent

Managing General Partner Merrill Lynch & CoPresent

Managing General Partner Still Water DesignPresent

CTO & Co-Founder BlueStone Capital Partners, L.P.Present

Managing General Partner BlueStone Capital Partners, L.P.Present

Dad + IT Technician + Tech Customer Support Hitpost, Inc. (acquired by Yahoo!)Present

Managing General Partner Hitpost, Inc. (acquired by Yahoo!)Present

Co-Founder Stealth Company (Anand Iyer)Present

Investor RAINPresent

Investor Sentient LabsPresent

Investor EXO LabsPresent

Software Development Engineer CiscoPresent

Senior Developer Evangelist MicrosoftPresent

Senior Product Manager MicrosoftPresent

CTO & Co-Founder Top-PatentsPresent

Chief Product Officer & Co-Founder trstdlyPresent

CEO & Founder Trusted Child CarePresent

Dad + IT Technician + Tech Customer Support Top-PatentsPresent

Investor Virtuals ProtocolPresent

Managing General Partner CanonicalPresent

Senior Developer Evangelist Microsoft CorporationPresent

Senior Product Manager Microsoft CorporationPresent

CTO & Co-Founder Hitpost, Inc. (acquired by Yahoo!)Present

Chief Product Officer & Co-Founder ThreadflipPresent

CEO & Founder Trusted Child Care (acq by Care.com)Present

Visiting Partner Pear VCPresent

Venture Partner Lightspeed Venture PartnersPresent

Investor EXO Labs (We're hiring)Present

Dad + IT Technician + Tech Customer Support The Iyer FamPresent

Investor StacksPresent

Investor TRM LabsPresent

Investor thirdwebPresent

Investor FarcasterPresent

Investor GensynPresent

Investor Thala LabsPresent

Investor RitualPresent

Board Member FarawayPresent

Investor Sahara AIPresent

Investor Tensorplex LabsPresent

Investor SentientPresent

Anand Iyer's Education

Purdue University BSc Eta Kappa Nu

Purdue University BSc Computer Engineering

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