Faraz Fatemi
InvestorPartner at Lightspeed Venture Partners
Los Angeles
Writes $1M – $30M checks · typically $10M
About
Faraz Fatemi joined Lightspeed as a Partner in 2022, focusing on AI applications and consumer platforms. He was previously an early operator at Clubhouse and Wave, where he led monetization and growth efforts, and worked on the investing team at Bain Capital Ventures covering consumer internet and marketplaces. He is a graduate of UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business.
Invests in
AI & Machine LearningConsumerMarketplaces
Experience
- Lightspeed Venture PartnersPartnercurrent2022 — presentLos Angeles Metropolitan Area
- On DeckLA Chapter Lead2021 — 2022Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
- On DeckFellow2020 — 2021
- ClubhouseBusiness Operations2021 — 2022Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
- WAVE.tvHead Of Corporate Development2020 — 2021Santa Monica, California
- Bain Capital VenturesAssociate2018 — 2020San Francisco, California
- Bain & CompanyAssociate Consultant2016 — 2018San Francisco, California
Education
- University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of BusinessBachelor of Science (BS), Business Administration and Management, General
Skills & more
Public Speaking35Management14Strategy21Leadership4Social Media12Social Networking22Marketing26Business Planning5Business Development8Office Management6Data Entry6Sales12
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ConsultingInvestmentsMarket ResearchData AnalysisMicrosoft OfficePowerPointMicrosoft ExcelMicrosoft PowerPointLanguages English · Persian · Spanish
From Faraz's professional profile.
Investments
Investor
CameoRubrik
Per the firm's website.
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
Network11
Arif JanmohamedScout
Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners
Brian HollinsScout
Founder at Collide Capital
Chase Ross EmanuelScout
Investor at Expa
Chris AltchekScout
Scout at Lightspeed Venture Partners
Guru ChahalScout
Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners
Daniel Gross
Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDG and Safe Superintelligence
Aaron Batalion
General Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners
Adam Goldberg
Investments at Standard Crypto
Adrian Radu
Investor at Khosla Ventures
Alexander Schmitt
Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners
Fei-Fei Li
Angel at AI4ALL
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Frequently asked questions
- Where does Faraz Fatemi work?
- Faraz Fatemi is Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners.
- What does Faraz Fatemi invest in?
- Faraz Fatemi invests in AI & Machine Learning, Consumer, Marketplaces.
- What check size does Faraz Fatemi write?
- Faraz Fatemi typically writes checks of $1M – $30M.
Same school
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Shared employers
Also worked at On Deck156
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Also worked at WAVE.tv2
Also worked at Bain Capital Ventures68
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