Bucky Moore
InvestorPartner at Lightspeed Venture Partners Β· Partner at Kleiner Perkins
San Francisco, California, United States
Writes $500K β $75M checks
About
Bucky Moore is a partner at Kleiner Perkins, where he invests in software and infrastructure companies at the early stage. He has backed and serves or has served on the boards of companies including Netlify, Materialize, Labelbox, Teleport, Rudderstack, Open Raven, Prisma, Calixa, and Codesandbox. Before moving into venture capital in 2014, he worked on Cisco's Corporate Development team handling M&A, investments, and partnerships for its Data Center and Cloud business units, and he earned a B.S. in Business Administration and Finance from the University of Southern California.
Invests in
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingConsumerCrypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareFintechFuture of WorkGamingHealthtechLogistics & Supply ChainSaaS
Experience
- LightspeedPartnercurrent2025 β present
- AnderaInvestorcurrent2026 β present
- Temporal TechnologiesInvestorcurrent2026 β present
- InferactInvestorcurrent2025 β present
- ReactorInvestorcurrent2025 β present
- RaindropInvestorcurrent2025 β present
- Unconventional AIInvestorcurrent2025 β present
- SphinxInvestorcurrent2025 β present
- ArenaInvestorcurrent2025 β present
- Nexthop AIInvestorcurrent2025 β present
- TraversalInvestorcurrent2025 β present
- CartesiaInvestorcurrent2024 β present
- BrowserbaseInvestorcurrent2024 β present
- Together AIInvestorcurrent2023 β present
- AlliumInvestorcurrent2022 β present
- ModalInvestorcurrent2022 β present
- PlanetScaleInvestorcurrent2021 β present
- WindsurfInvestorcurrent2021 β present
- MaterializeInvestorcurrent2020 β present
- TeleportInvestorcurrent2019 β presentSan Francisco Bay Area
Education
- University of Southern CaliforniaBachelor of Science (BS), Business Administration
Skills & more
From Bucky's professional profile.
Investments
Board seats
CalixaCodesandboxLabelboxMaterializeNetlifyOpen RavenPrismaRudderstackTeleport
Investor
LabelboxMaterializeNetlifyTectonTeleport
Per curated public sources.
Colleagues at Lightspeed Venture Partners
Network11
Investors connected to Bucky in public investor directories β a warm-intro map.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does Bucky Moore work?
- Bucky Moore is Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners.
- What does Bucky Moore invest in?
- Bucky Moore invests in AI & Machine Learning, Cloud Computing, Consumer, Crypto & Web3, Data & Infrastructure, Developer Tools, Enterprise Software, Fintech, Future of Work, Gaming, Healthtech, Logistics & Supply Chain, SaaS.
- What check size does Bucky Moore write?
- Bucky Moore typically writes checks of $500K β $75M.
Same school
Also attended University of Southern California475
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Shared employers
Also worked at Andera4
Also worked at Raindrop3
Also worked at Browserbase10
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