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Dev Khare

Investor

Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners

India

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About

Dev Khare is a partner at Lightspeed who joined in 2011, focusing on consumer and enterprise companies with low-friction, software-based models. Before Lightspeed he was a VP at Venrock and previously founded Covigo, a mobile app developer platform later sold to Symbol Technologies; he holds an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Invests in

ConsumerEnterprise Software

Experience

  1. Lightspeed IndiaPartnercurrent2011 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
  2. Bridgetown ResearchInvestorcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  3. CoralInvestorcurrent2025 — presentNew York, New York, United States
  4. PW (PhysicsWallah)Investorcurrent2024 — presentNoida, Uttar Pradesh, India
  5. Qure.aiBoard Membercurrent2024 — presentMumbai, Maharashtra, India
  6. ZluriBoard Membercurrent2023 — presentBengaluru, Karnataka, India
  7. TriomicsBoard Membercurrent2022 — presentNew York, NY
  8. UnstractInvestorcurrent2022 — presentChennai, Tamil Nadu, India
  9. RazorpayInvestorcurrent2022 — presentBengaluru, Karnataka, India
  10. Scrut AutomationBoard Membercurrent2022 — presentBengaluru, Karnataka, India
  11. GeniebookBoard Membercurrent2021 — presentSingapore, Singapore
  12. Pepper ContentBoard Membercurrent2020 — presentMumbai, Maharashtra, India
  13. Yellow.aiBoard Membercurrent2019 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  14. AcceldataBoard Membercurrent2018 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  15. Pocket FMInvestorcurrent2018 — presentBengaluru
  16. DarwinboxBoard Membercurrent2017 — presentHyderabad, Telangana, India
  17. ShareChatBoard Membercurrent2016 — presentBengaluru, Karnataka, India
  18. Portkey.aiInvestor2023 — 2026Bengaluru
  19. InnovaccerInvestor2016 — 2024San Francisco Bay Area
  20. RevvSales Inc.Board Member2018 — 2022Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Education

  1. Harvard Business SchoolMBA, Business Administration and Management1996 — 1998
  2. The Wharton SchoolBS, Economics (Finance)1990 — 1994
  3. University of PennsylvaniaBS, Computer Science & Engineering1990 — 1994

Skills & more

Languages English · Hindi

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Deals · 1

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via Lightspeed Venture Partners · filed Nov 2018 · $2.1M raise

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