About
Partner at Khosla Ventures focused on early-stage investments. Previously a Partner at Lightspeed investing across early and late-growth stages, and began his career in investment banking at Qatalyst Partners in London advising on VC-backed M&A deals.
Beyond investing
- Education
- Studied at Imperial College Business School, London (Master's, Investment and Wealth Management) Studied at University of Southampton (Bachelor's, Economics)
- Family
- Radu is the son of Romanian immigrants who moved to England after the revolution seeking greater opportunity for their family. Radu's father worked in the satellite industry, which sparked his early interest in technology.
From Adrian's own website — common ground for a warm intro.
Experience
- Khosla VenturesPartnercurrent2025 — presentNew York, United States
- Lightspeed Venture PartnersPartner2021 — 2025
- Qatalyst PartnersQatalyst Partners2017 — 2021London, England, United Kingdom
Education
- Imperial Business School2016 — 2017
- University of Southampton2012 — 2015
Skills & more
Economics5Management4Sales8Analysis12Teamwork19Finance5Market Research3Problem Solving8Analytics4Customer Service13Investments3Time Management7
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Microsoft OfficeMicrosoft ExcelPresentationsPowerPointLeadershipData AnalysisPublic SpeakingMicrosoft WordCommunicationAnalytical SkillsResearchPresentation SkillsLanguages English · French (conversational) · Romanian
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Investments
Per the firm's website.
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Anne Foor
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Austin Hay
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Avisha Mehra Naganath
Investor at Khosla Ventures
Brett Browman
Investor at Khosla Ventures
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Brian HollinsScout
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Chase Ross EmanuelScout
Investor at Expa
Chris AltchekScout
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Guru ChahalScout
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Aaron Batalion
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Adam Goldberg
Investments at Standard Crypto
Alexander Schmitt
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Anoushka Vaswani
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Antoine Moyroud
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Arsham Memarzadeh
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Barry Eggers
Co-Founder, Lightspeed at Giant Ventures Global Llp
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Bejul SomaiaBipul SinhaBucky MooreConnor LoveDavid GussarskyFaraz FatemiGalym ImanbayevGaurav Gupta
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Adrian Radu?
- Partner at Khosla Ventures focused on early-stage investments. Previously a Partner at Lightspeed investing across early and late-growth stages, and began his career in investment banking at Qatalyst Partners in London advising on VC-backed M&A deals.
- Where does Adrian Radu work?
- Adrian Radu is Investor at Khosla Ventures.
- What companies has Adrian Radu invested in?
- Investments tracked here include Anduril, ClickUp, Flex, Lightyear, Moment, Payhawk, Stripe, Wiz.
- Where did Adrian Radu go to school?
- Adrian Radu studied at Imperial Business School; University of Southampton.
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