Chris Altchek
InvestorScout at Lightspeed Venture Partners
Los Angeles, California
Writes $25K – $100K checks · typically $50K
Experience
- CadenceFounder & CEOcurrent2020 — presentCalifornia, United States
- Bustle Digital GroupEVP Corporate Development (following acquisition of Mic)2018 — 2020New York, New York, United States
- MicCEO & co-founder2011 — 2018New York, NY
- Goldman SachsInvestment Banking Group Analyst2009 — 2011New York, NY
- The White HouseNational Economic Council, Policy Intern2007Washington DC-Baltimore Area
Education
- Harvard UniversityB.A., Social Studies2005 — 2009
Skills & more
EntrepreneurshipSocial EntrepreneurshipDigital StrategyInvestment BankingStart-upsFinancial ModelingPolitical CampaignsForeign PolicyStrategic CommunicationsSocial Media MarketingValuationSocial Media Strategist
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Digital MarketingJournalismGrassroots OrganizingCapital RaisingMillennialsBranded ContentSponsorship SalesGrowth StrategiesOnline NewsNewsLanguages French
From Chris's professional profile.
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
Anoushka Vaswani
Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners
Antoine Moyroud
Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners
Arif Janmohamed
Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners
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Aaron BatalionScout
General Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners
Adam DemuyakorScout
Founder & Managing Partner at Wilshire Lane Capital
Adam GoldbergScout
Investments at Standard Crypto
Adrian RaduScout
Investor at Khosla Ventures
Alexander SchmittScout
Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners
Anoushka VaswaniScout
Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners
Antoine MoyroudScout
Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners
Arif JanmohamedScout
Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners
Arsham MemarzadehScout
Partner at Meritech Capital Partners
Barry EggersScout
Co-Founder, Lightspeed at Giant Ventures Global Llp
Bejul SomaiaScout
Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners
Bipul SinhaScout
Venture Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners
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Frequently asked questions
- Where does Chris Altchek work?
- Chris Altchek is Scout at Lightspeed Venture Partners.
- What check size does Chris Altchek write?
- Chris Altchek typically writes checks of $25K – $100K.
Same school
Also attended Harvard University1,457
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Shared employers
Also worked at Cadence4
Also worked at Bustle Digital Group5
Also worked at Mic5
Also worked at Goldman Sachs1,436
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