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Anoushka Vaswani

Investor

Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners

San Francisco Bay Area

Writes $3M – $20M checks Β· typically $15M

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Anoushka Vaswani @anoushkavaswani

$1B ARR. More than 43 trillion tokens per day. Companies deserve to "own" their intelligence and are turning to Fireworks to build, serve, and scale the models that matter most to their business. Congratulations @lqiao and team @FireworksAI_HQ on yet another milestone!

Jul 16, 2026 Β· β™₯ 35 Β· ⇄ 2

Anoushka Vaswani @anoushkavaswani

Incredible to be at @temporalio’s Replay2026 user conference which brought over 2000 developers to the Moscone Center. Great to see @SamarAtTemporal kick it off and @iamveeve discuss the tremendous scale OpenAI has achieved on Temporal. From a scrappy startup to the de facto https://t.co/DDXNcWKW7W

May 7, 2026 Β· β™₯ 13 Β· ⇄ 1

Anoushka Vaswani @anoushkavaswani

Could not be more *fired* up to have George Hu on board. It’s been remarkable to see this team execute and @FireworksAI_HQ is only getting started ! https://t.co/X1PwJZ4B1c

Apr 22, 2026 Β· β™₯ 8

Experience

  1. Lightspeed Venture PartnersPartnercurrent2019 β€” presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. Temporal TechnologiesInvestorcurrent2026 β€” present
  3. Fireworks AIBoardcurrent2025 β€” presentRedwood City, California, United States
  4. LightSourceBoardcurrent2025 β€” presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  5. SemgrepBoardcurrent2023 β€” presentSan Francisco, California, United States
  6. RipplingInvestorcurrent2023 β€” presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  7. FullviewInvestorcurrent2022 β€” presentCopenhagen Metropolitan Area
  8. 1PasswordBoardcurrent2022 β€” presentToronto, Ontario, Canada
  9. OsmosBoardcurrent2021 β€” presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  10. Vinted / KleiderkreiselInvestorcurrent2019 β€” present
  11. MasterClassProduct Manager2017San Francisco Bay Area
  12. Matrix PartnersInvestor2015 β€” 2017San Francisco Bay Area
  13. McKinsey & CompanySenior Associate2013 β€” 2015San Francisco Bay Area
  14. Goldman SachsAnalyst2012 β€” 2013New York, NY

Education

  1. Harvard Business SchoolMaster of Business Administration - MBA
  2. Columbia UniversityBachelor of Arts (B.A.), Economics - Behavioral Economics

Skills & more

Start-ups48Venture Capital39Entrepreneurship16Business Development16Product Management13Economics12Valuation13Data Analysis12Product Development9Econometrics5Emerging Markets4Mobile Applications2
+5 moreStrategic PartnershipsMergers & AcquisitionsStrategySpanishSoftware as a Service (SaaS)

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Same school

Also attended Harvard Business School1,818

Brad GerstnerFounder & CEO of Altimeter CapitalAileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy VenturesJim BreyerFounder & CEO of Breyer CapitalTim DraperFounder of Draper AssociatesMike Maples JrCo-founding Partner at FloodgateMamoon HamidPartner at Kleiner Perkins

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Also attended Columbia University552

Ben HorowitzCo-founder & General Partner at Andreessen HorowitzDoug LeonePartner at Sequoia Capital; former Global Managing PartnerChris DixonFounder & Managing Partner of a16z crypto at Andreessen HorowitzGabriella GiglioHR & Executive Talent at General CatalystScott BillerInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Erica VanInvestment Director at Intel Capital

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Shared employers

Also worked at Semgrep5

Aydin SenkutFounder & Managing Partner at FelicisBob WoodCo-Manager at Wisconsin Investment PartnersMatt MurphyPartner at Menlo VenturesErik BuchananPartner at C3 VenturesCathy PolinskyInvestor at Operator Collective

Also worked at Rippling27

Mamoon HamidPartner at Kleiner PerkinsAlex NicholsInvestor at CapitalGMelike Abacioglu GunesVP of Marketing at Asymmetric Capital PartnersGeoff LewisFounder & Managing Partner at BedrockIlya FushmanPartner at KPCBSue XuManaging Partner at Amino Capital

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Also worked at 1Password7

Nancy WangInvestor at Felicis VenturesJohn TorreyVenture Partner at Madrona Venture GroupAdam JarczynInvestor at Ripple VenturesAntoine NivardFounder at Blank VenturesHannah ChelkowskiInvestor at Blank VenturesEthan ChoiPartner at Accel

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Also worked at Matrix Partners9

Shirish SathayePartner at Cervin VenturesShilpa MaheshwariManaging Director, Investments at Aavishkaar Venture Management Services Private LimitedYan-David ErlichGeneral Partner at B Capital GroupTasneem DohadwalaManaging Partner at Golden SeedsHardi MeybaumGeneral Partner at MatrixSheila Lirio MarceloVenture Partner at New Enterprise Associates (NEA)

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Colleagues at Lightspeed Venture Partners

Aaron Batalion
General Partner 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
Antoine Moyroud
Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners
Anuvrat Jain
Vice President, Growth Investments at Lightspeed Venture Partners
Arif Janmohamed
Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners

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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
Justin OverdorffScout
Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners
Aaron Batalion
General Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners
Adam Goldberg
Investments at Standard Crypto
Adrian Radu
Investor at Khosla Ventures
Alexander Schmitt
Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners
Andrew Jones
Chief Risk Officer at Apex Group
Antoine Moyroud
Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners
Barry Eggers
Co-Founder, Lightspeed at Giant Ventures Global Llp
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