Investing Profile

Chris Schaepe

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Founding General Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners

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Networks Chris is a member of
IBM Network
43 CONNECTIONS
MIT Network
35 CONNECTIONS
MIT Network
35 CONNECTIONS
Lightspeed Venture Partners Network
28 CONNECTIONS
Lightspeed Venture Partners Network
28 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
Lightspeed Venture Partners General Partner
Investment Range
$3.0M - $20.0M
Sweet Spot
$15.0M
Investments On Record
52

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Chris Schaepe's Investments On Record (18)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Flux
Seed RoundOct 2021$12M
$15M
Co-investors: Seth Bannon (Fifty Years), Lenny Rachitsky (AirAngels), Tom Preston-Werner (Preston-Werner Ventures), Sriram Krishnan (Kearny Jackson), Ellen Levy (Silicon Valley Connect), Sukhinder Singh Cassidy (aCrew Capital), Stephanie Palmeri (NextView Ventures), Mike Dauber (Amplify Partners), Andrew Berman
Aqua Security
Series EMar 2021$140M
Series DMay 2020$30M
Series CApr 2019$62M
Series BSep 2017$25M
$250M
Co-investors: Shlomo Kramer (Cyberstarts VC), Ron Rymon
Rethink
Seed RoundJun 2020$1.1M
Seed RoundNov 2019$2.2M
$3.6M
Co-investors: Rob May (PJC), Glen Anderson (Monta Vista Capital), Giuseppe Stuto (186 Ventures), Rahul Prakash (NOMO Ventures)
Pulsar AI
Pre Seed RoundNov 2019$1.2M
$1.2M
Guardant Health
Series EMay 2017$360M
Series DJan 2016$100M
Series CFeb 2015$50M
$550M
Co-investors: Pejman Nozad (Pear VC), Samir Kaul (Khosla Ventures), Bobby Yazdani (Cota Capital), Kyle Kurpinski (Tencent Holdings), John Lee (Jazz Venture Partners), David Chen, Laszlo Bock, Farzad Nazem
Avere Systems
Series EMar 2017$14M
Series DJul 2014$20M
Series CJul 2012$20M
$71M
Co-investors: Brian Paul (Tenaya Capital), John Jarve (Sierra Point Ventures), Matthew Howard (Norwest Venture Partners)
Evariant
Series CMay 2016
Series CNov 2015$42M
Series BMay 2014$18M
$61M
Co-investors: David Chen
Kenandy
Series BMar 2016$12M
Series BJun 2013$33M
$45M

Chris Schaepe's Experience

Founder, Managing Director Lightspeed Venture PartnersPresent
Co-Founder Lightspeed Venture Partners2000 - Present
General Partner Weiss, Peck & Greer Venture Partners1991 - 2000
Associate Goldman, Sachs & Co.1986 - 1989
software engineer IBM1985 - 1986

Chris Schaepe's Education

Stanford Graduate School of Business Master of Business Administration (MBA)
MIT Master of Science (MS) Computer Science
MIT Bachelor of Science (BS) Computer Science