Chris Schaepe
Angel
San Francisco Bay Area
Writes $3M β $20M checks Β· typically $15M
Midas 2014 Β· #66Midas 2013 Β· #55Midas 2012 Β· #63Midas 2011Midas 2007Midas 2006Midas 2005Midas 2004Midas 2003Midas 2002Midas 2001
About
Chris Schaepe co-founded Lightspeed Venture Partners in 2000 and spent nearly two decades there backing enterprise and consumer technology companies before continuing to invest independently as an angel.
Experience
- Lightspeed Venture PartnersCo-Foundercurrent2000 β present
- Weiss, Peck & Greer Venture PartnersGeneral Partner1991 β 2000
- Goldman, Sachs & Co.Associate1986 β 1989New York, NY
- IBMsoftware engineer1985 β 1986Kingston, NY
Skills & more
Venture CapitalStart-upsInvestmentsPrivate EquityMergersEntrepreneurship
From Chris's professional profile.
Network8
Jeff HoringScout
Co-founder & Managing Director at Insight Partners
Ajay AgarwalScout
Partner at Bain Capital Ventures
Amit A. PatelScout
Co-founder and Managing Partner at Owl Ventures
Andrew BermanScout
Investor at Glade Brook Capital Partners
Andrew ChungScout
Investor at 1955 Capital
Daniel V. LeffScout
Managing Partner at Waverley Capital
Galym Imanbayev
Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners
Rona Segev
Co-Founder and Managing Partner at TLV Partners
Investors connected to Chris in public investor directories β a warm-intro map.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Chris Schaepe?
- Chris Schaepe co-founded Lightspeed Venture Partners in 2000 and spent nearly two decades there backing enterprise and consumer technology companies before continuing to invest independently as an angel.
- What check size does Chris Schaepe write?
- Chris Schaepe typically writes checks of $3M β $20M.
- Where did Chris Schaepe go to school?
- Chris Schaepe studied at Stanford University Graduate School of Business (Master of Business Administration (MBA)); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Master of Science (MS), Computer Science); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science).
Same school
Also attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business1,384
Roelof BothaAdvisor & former Steward at Sequoia Capital; SpaceX board memberPeter FentonGeneral Partner at BenchmarkSteve JurvetsonCo-founder of Future VenturesDavid SzeAdvisory Partner at GreylockKatherine BoyleGeneral Partner at Andreessen Horowitz (American Dynamism)Hunter WalkCo-founder & Partner at Homebrew
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Also attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology1,387
Fred WilsonCo-founder & Partner at Union Square VenturesElad GilSolo general partner investing through Gil CapitalAileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy VenturesHemant TanejaCEO & Managing Director of General CatalystNat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDGBrad FeldCo-founder of Foundry and Techstars
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Shared employers
Also worked at Goldman, Sachs & Co.1,505
Josh KushnerFounder & CEO of Thrive CapitalSarah GuoFounder & General Partner of ConvictionFred EhrsamCo-founder and Senior Advisor at Paradigm; founder of NudgeMatt HuangCo-founder and Managing Partner at ParadigmDavid VΓ©lezFounder & CEO of NubankTarek MansourCo-founder & CEO of Kalshi
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Also worked at IBM710
Brian ArmstrongCo-founder & CEO of CoinbaseOlivier PomelCo-founder & CEO of DatadogAlexis Le-QuocCo-founder & CTO of DatadogKen ChenaultInvestment Team at General CatalystRoger KrakoffGeneral Partner at Monta Vista CapitalAvi BharadwajInvestment Director at Intel Capital
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