Arif Janmohamed
InvestorPartner at Lightspeed Venture Partners · Board director at Zocks Communications · Board director at Celona · Board director at Alifsemi
San Francisco Bay Area
Writes $3M – $20M checks · typically $15M
About
Arif Janmohamed is a Venture Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners, where he spent 18 years as a Partner focusing on enterprise investments in cloud, AI, and data technologies. His portfolio includes investments in companies such as Netskope, Navan, Nutanix, and Blend, many of which achieved successful exits through IPOs or acquisitions. Prior to Lightspeed, he held positions in corporate business development at Cisco Systems, early-stage venture capital at Novitas Capital, and technical and product roles at WebTV, Andes Networks, and Sun Microsystems. Janmohamed holds an MBA from the Wharton School and a BSc in Computer Engineering from the University of Waterloo, and serves as a founding board member of the C100, an organization supporting Canadian technology entrepreneurship.
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Board director at Zocks Communications
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Zocks Communications's investors · 2
Co-founders at Zocks Communications
Board director at Celona
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Celona's investors · 6
Co-founders at Celona
Board director at Alifsemi
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In turn, Arif can intro founders to Alifsemi's investors below.
Alifsemi's investors · 6
Co-founders at Alifsemi
Experience
- LightspeedVenture Partnercurrent2026 — present
- LightspeedPartner2008 — 2026Menlo Park, CA
- C100Founding Charter Member and Early Board Membercurrent2009 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Cisco SystemsManager, Corporate Business Development2006 — 2008
- WVP VenturesFounder2005 — 2006
- Novitas CapitalAssociate2005
- Sun MicrosystemsChief Technology Office2003 — 2004
- Andes NetworksProduct Manager / Sr. Hardware Engineer2000 — 2003
- WebTVHardware Engineer1999 — 2000
Skills & more
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StrategyBusiness DevelopmentSalesforce.comMobile DevicesStrategic PartnershipsSoftware as a Service (SaaS)Languages English · French
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Deals · 3
AppZenBoard seat
via Lightspeed Venture Partners · filed Oct 2018 · $35M raise
Mist Systems, Inc.Board seat
via Lightspeed Venture Partners · filed Apr 2018 · $45.6M raise
Heighten SoftwareBoard seat
via Lightspeed Venture Partners · filed Sep 2015 · $7.4M raise
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Arif Janmohamed?
- Arif Janmohamed is a Venture Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners, where he spent 18 years as a Partner focusing on enterprise investments in cloud, AI, and data technologies. His portfolio includes investments in companies such as Netskope, Navan, Nutanix, and Blend, many of which achieved successful exits through IPOs or acquisitions. Prior to Lightspeed, he held positions in corporate business development at Cisco Systems, early-stage venture capital at Novitas Capital, and technical and product roles at WebTV, Andes Networks, and Sun Microsystems. Janmohamed holds an MBA from the Wharton School and a BSc in Computer Engineering from the University of Waterloo, and serves as a founding board member of the C100, an organization supporting Canadian technology entrepreneurship.
- Where does Arif Janmohamed work?
- Arif Janmohamed is Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners and Board director at Zocks Communications and Board director at Celona and Board director at Alifsemi.
- What check size does Arif Janmohamed write?
- Arif Janmohamed typically writes checks of $3M – $20M.
- What boards does Arif Janmohamed sit on?
- Arif Janmohamed holds tracked board seats at AppZen, Heighten Software, Mist Systems, Inc..
- Where did Arif Janmohamed go to school?
- Arif Janmohamed studied at The Wharton School (MBA, Finance); University of Waterloo (BSc, Computer Engineering); EPFL (Computer Engineering, VLSI).
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Also attended University of Waterloo359
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Also worked at Lightspeed116
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Also worked at C10028
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