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Aaron Batalion

Investor

General Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners

San Francisco Bay Area

Writes $20K – $100K checks · typically $50K

FoundedR2 Air Transportation Systems

Experience

  1. Batalion CapitalAngel Investorcurrent2013 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. Lightspeed Venture PartnersVenture Partner2018 — 2019San Francisco Bay Area
  3. Lightspeed Venture PartnersGeneral Partner2015 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
  4. Pencils of PromiseAdvisory Board Member2015 — 2017
  5. South Park CommonsFounding Member2015 — 2016San Francisco
  6. Spencer StuartTechnology Advisory Board Member2013 — 2016
  7. LivingSocialCo-Founder & CTO2007 — 2013Washington, DC
  8. Revolution Health GroupArchitect2006 — 2007
  9. AccentureSoftware Architect2003 — 2005
  10. Microsoft.NET Evangelist2002 — 2003
  11. Hewlett PackardSoftware Developer2001 — 2003

Education

  1. Stanford University Graduate School of BusinessInterpersonal Dynamics Program2016
  2. Lehigh UniversityBS / BA, Computer Science1998 — 2003
  3. Kansai Gaidai UniversityJapanese Language and East Asian Philosophy2000 — 2001

Skills & more

Product Management28Scalability16Start-ups96Agile Methodologies24Strategic Partnerships23Web Applications34Software Development76User Experience22Software Deployment2Web Development17E-commerce2Entrepreneurship2
+12 moreMobile ApplicationsRuby on RailsRubyRESTJavaScriptJavaMySQLApacheOpen SourceGitTeam LeadershipStrategy

Languages Japanese

From Aaron's professional profile.

Deals · 2

R2 Air Transportation SystemsBoard seat

via Lightspeed Venture Partners · filed Sep 2017 · $8.5M raise

Clark, Inc.Board seat

via Lightspeed Venture Partners · filed Apr 2017 · $3.3M raise

Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.

Colleagues at Lightspeed Venture Partners

Adam Goldberg
Investments at Standard Crypto
Aditya Sharma
Partner, Growth Equity - India & Asia - Pacific at Lightspeed Venture Partners
Akshay Bhushan
Venture Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners
Alexander Schmitt
Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners
Anoushka Vaswani
Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners
Antoine Moyroud
Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners
Arif Janmohamed
Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners
Arsham Memarzadeh
Partner at Meritech Capital Partners

Network23

Arif JanmohamedScout
Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners
Brian HollinsScout
Founder at Collide Capital
Chase Ross EmanuelScout
Investor at Expa
Chris AltchekScout
Scout at Lightspeed Venture Partners
Guru ChahalScout
Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners
Adam Goldberg
Investments at Standard Crypto
Adrian Radu
Investor at Khosla Ventures
Alexander Schmitt
Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners
Anoushka Vaswani
Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners
Antoine Moyroud
Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners
Arsham Memarzadeh
Partner at Meritech Capital Partners
Barry Eggers
Co-Founder, Lightspeed at Giant Ventures Global Llp
▶11 more connections

Bejul SomaiaBilly DraperBipul SinhaBucky MooreConnor LoveDavid GussarskyEamon LeonardFaraz FatemiFiona KellyGalym ImanbayevGaurav Gupta

Investors connected to Aaron in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.

Frequently asked questions

Where does Aaron Batalion work?
Aaron Batalion is General Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners.
What check size does Aaron Batalion write?
Aaron Batalion typically writes checks of $20K – $100K.
What companies did Aaron Batalion found?
Aaron Batalion founded R2 Air Transportation Systems.

Founder mafias

Stanford University Graduate School of Business mafia252

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Steve JurvetsonMaster of Business Administration (MBA)Founded Mojo VisionIanMaster of Business Administration (M.B.A.)Founded Immunity Project +2Mikhail KokorichStanford Executive ProgramFounded Destinus +2Matt RouifStanford Ignite (Summer Institute for Entrepreneurship)Founded Photoroom +2Jesse BuckinghamMaster of Business Administration (M.B.A.)Founded Vooma +2Don MuirMaster of Business Administration - MBAFounded Arc +2

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South Park Commons mafia37

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Kanjun QiuMemberFounded Kanjun +2Samantha WhitmoreInvestorFounded Southparkcommons +1Sam OdioHusband, Father, and SPC MemberFounded Divvyshot +1Sheridan ClayborneMemberFounded Lendtable +1Atray DixitMemberFounded Oncko +1Chase AdamMemberFounded Watsi

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Southparkcommons mafia35

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Kanjun QiuMemberFounded Kanjun +2Sam OdioHusband, Father, and SPC MemberFounded Divvyshot +1Atray DixitMemberFounded Oncko +1Chase AdamMemberFounded WatsiJosh AlbrechtMemberFounded SourceressDavid KossnickAlum and Angel InvestorFounded Latent Space

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Lehigh University mafia18

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Eric HeilBSE CandidateFounded Ladderbio +1Dalton CombsBachelor's degreeFounded Boundless Mind +1Joseph R. SavianoBachelor of Science - BSFounded DotcapitalDavid MandellFounded PivotDeskJon HallettB.S.Founded GridlineJeffrey SternbergBachelor of Science (BS)Founded Huntclub

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Lightspeed Venture Partners mafia16

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Semil ShahVenture PartnerFounded HaystackJohn VrionisGeneral PartnerFounded Resolve AIGuru ChahalPartnerFounded Avi NetworksNnamdi IregbulemPartnerFounded GitLabEduardo AbeliukFellowFounded TeselaGenDavid WadhwaniCEO CouncilFounded AppDynamics

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Same school

Also attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business1,291

Roelof BothaAdvisor & former Steward at Sequoia Capital; SpaceX board memberPeter FentonGeneral Partner at BenchmarkSteve JurvetsonCo-founder of Future VenturesDavid SzeAdvisory Partner at GreylockKatherine BoyleGeneral Partner at Andreessen Horowitz (American Dynamism)Hunter WalkCo-founder & Partner at Homebrew

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Also attended Lehigh University74

Joseph R. SavianoFounder and Managing Member at Dot CapitalStuart SchnabolkChief Financial Officer at Ibex InvestorsEric HeilManaging Partner at Medical Excellence CapitalJay FraserInvestor at Side Door VenturesMegan CainPrincipal at The Westly GroupSam GerouxAnalyst, Data at Stripes

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Also attended Kansai Gaidai University4

Mie TamakiExecutive Assistant at Samsung Catalyst FundRobert SiglerSenior Advisory Board at IronGate Capital AdvisorsIsabella OrduzInvestor at Marathon VenturesJason CarterPartner at Workshop Venture Partners

Shared employers

Also worked at Lightspeed Venture Partners108

Jeremy LiewPartner at Lightspeed Venture PartnersKishen PatelInvestor at GreycroftSemil ShahInvestor at HaystackMark XuInvestor at Index VenturesAdrian RaduInvestor at Khosla VenturesAndy ChuDirector of Tax at CapitalG

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Also worked at South Park Commons57

Chase AdamPartner at Very Serious VenturesAndrew ParkerGeneral Partner at Spero VenturesKelsey FloresChief Financial Officer at Slipstream InvestorsJaclyn Rice NelsonCo-founder and part-time GP at Coalition OperatorsBala ChandrasekaranPartner at Alt CapitalRuchi SanghviPartner and Founding Member at South Park Commons

+ 51 more

Also worked at Spencer Stuart24

Sara DeAmicisInvestor at Third Rock VenturesElçinTalent Team at Hummingbird VenturesLauren IllovskyTalent Partner at CapitalGStephanie PassosTalent & Portfolio Partnership at NXTPRob Schoder, Jr.Venture Partner at Barrel VenturesSarah ShackeltonAdvisor at Delin Ventures

+ 18 more

Also worked at Accenture703

Mark SusterManaging Partner at Upfront VenturesViviana FagaGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesJulie YangVice President at InvestcorpAmira OujiVice President of Platform & Portfolio Success, Rise of the Rest at RevolutionAntonio GrifoniAssociate at P101 VenturesWendy XiaoPartner at Northzone

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