Where does Drew Lanza work?

Drew Lanza is Founding Partner at Berkeley Catalyst and Board director at Valitor and Board director at Resilient Biotics.

What check size does Drew Lanza write?

Drew Lanza typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.

Where did Drew Lanza go to school?

Drew Lanza studied at Stanford University (BS, Electrical Engineering); Stanford University (MS, Electrical Engineering); Harvard Business School (MBA).

Drew Lanza

Investor

Founding Partner at Berkeley Catalyst · Board director at Valitor · Board director at Resilient Biotics

California

Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M

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184 people in our graph share verified history with Drew — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Kyle DohertyunlockedDrew: together at Morgenthaler (2010)

×4Drew: together at Harvard Business School

×5Drew: together at Stanford University

×2Drew: together at Morgenthaler

About

Founding Partner with deep operating experience who founded and ran five companies before joining Morgenthaler Ventures. Known for scaling early-stage companies from few founders into large multinational corporations. Holds BSEE and MSEE degrees from Stanford and an MBA from Harvard.

Board director at Valitor

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Valitor's investors · 7

Angel Physicians Fund Berkeley CatalystBerkeley ExSightNew York · since 2022 ExSight VenturesNew York · since 2022 First Spark Ventures, LlcMenlo Park · since 2022 National Institutes of Health (NIH)since 2014 Pandect BioventuresWoodside · since 2022

Board director at Resilient Biotics

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Resilient Biotics's investors · 2

Berkeley CatalystBerkeley · since 2020 Fulcrum Global CapitalKansas City · since 2020

Experience

Smart Coast CaliforniaBoard Membercurrent2023 — present
Berkeley Catalyst FundFounding Partnercurrent2015 — present
Santa Catalina Island CompanyBoard Membercurrent2006 — present
PAJARO DUNES ASSOCIATIONBoard Member and Treasurercurrent2017 — presentWatsonville, CA
San Jose Police and Fire Retirement FundChairman of the Board of Trusteescurrent2011 — presentSan Jose
Ayla networksChairman Emeritus2010 — 2016
Morgenthaler VenturesGeneral Partner2000 — 2010
Brion TechnologiesBoard Member2002 — 2007
E/O NetworksFounder and VP of Engineering1993 — 1998
Lightwave MicrosystemsFounder, CEO, and Board Member1993 — 1998
Ericsson - Raynet Corp.Founder and VP of Marketing1986 — 1993

Skills & more

Venture Capital67Start-ups60Business Development13Corporate Development10Product Management18Go-to-market Strategy9Cleantech2Strategic Partnerships19Investments2Marketing3Product Marketing7Executive Management13

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Mergers & AcquisitionsWirelessAngel InvestingMobile DevicesSemiconductorsCloud ComputingEntrepreneurshipProduct DevelopmentSaaSEnterprise SoftwareStrategyStrategic Planning

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Colleagues at Berkeley Catalyst

Laura Smoliar

Investor at Berkeley Catalyst

Ted Hou

Managing Partner at Berkeley Catalyst

Frequently asked questions

Who is Drew Lanza?: Founding Partner with deep operating experience who founded and ran five companies before joining Morgenthaler Ventures. Known for scaling early-stage companies from few founders into large multinational corporations. Holds BSEE and MSEE degrees from Stanford and an MBA from Harvard.
Where does Drew Lanza work?: Drew Lanza is Founding Partner at Berkeley Catalyst and Board director at Valitor and Board director at Resilient Biotics.
What check size does Drew Lanza write?: Drew Lanza typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.
Where did Drew Lanza go to school?: Drew Lanza studied at Stanford University (BS, Electrical Engineering); Stanford University (MS, Electrical Engineering); Harvard Business School (MBA).

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Peter ThielCo-founder & Partner at Founders Fund Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at Greylock David SacksCo-founder & General Partner at Craft Ventures; former White House AI & Crypto Czar Keith RaboisManaging Director at Khosla Ventures Garry TanPresident & CEO of Y Combinator Alfred LinPartner at Sequoia Capital

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Also attended Harvard Business School2,000

Brad GerstnerFounder & CEO of Altimeter Capital Aileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy Ventures Jim BreyerFounder & CEO of Breyer Capital Tim DraperFounder of Draper Associates Mike Maples JrCo-founding Partner at Floodgate Mamoon HamidPartner at Kleiner Perkins

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Shared employers

Also worked at Ayla networks7

Jim McLeanInvestor at Silicon Valley Data Capital Ankur SaxenaInvestment Director at TDK Ventures Anshul AgarwalPartner at LG Technology Ventures Thomas OhPartner at Arrowroot Capital Curtis FeenySenior Advisor at Peterson Venture Partners Phillip ChangVenture Advisor at AI Fund

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Also worked at Morgenthaler Ventures13

Kyle DohertyInvestment Team at General Catalyst Rebecca LynnManaging Director at Canvas Ventures Gary LittleOperating Partner at Canvas Ventures Itamar NovickManaging Partner at Recursive Ventures Juan-Pablo MasPartner at Action Potential Venture Capital Ltd.Nader VasseghiVenture Partner at Candou Ventures

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Also worked at Brion Technologies21

Himanshu GuptaCo-founder at WeRize at PICUS CAPITAL Dan BrunnerAdvisor, Co-Founder and former CTO, Commonwealth Fusion Systems and Partner, Future Tech Partners at Overture Climate Erwin DassenVenture Partner at Frachtis Richard LiPresident at Legend Capital Jurgen van EckSenior Investment Manager at BOM Vincent KamphorstInvestment Director at Innovation Industries

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Also worked at E/O Networks3

Borys MusielakManaging Partner at SMOK Ventures Marek RogozińskiFounder at Authologic Stefan BatoryFounder at Booksy