Faraz Fatemi
InvestorPartner at Lightspeed Venture Partners
Los Angeles
Writes $1M – $30M checks · typically $10M
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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
Skills & more
Microsoft Office28Social Media12
Languages English · Persian
From Faraz's professional profile.
Investments
Board seats
IRIS Inc.
Investor
NominalRubrik
Sources: SEC Form D filings · the firm's website.
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Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners
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Anand Iyer
Investor and founder in San Francisco
Anoushka Vaswani
Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners
Antoine Moyroud
Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners
Arif Janmohamed
Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners
Banafsheh Fathieh
General Partner at Faction
Barry Eggers
Co-Founder, Lightspeed at Giant Ventures Global Llp
Network10
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
Fei-Fei Li
Co-founder & CEO of World Labs; Sequoia Professor of Computer Science at Stanford
Adam Goldberg
Investments at Standard Crypto
Adrian Radu
Investor at Khosla Ventures
Alexander Schmitt
Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Faraz Fatemi?
- 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.
- 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.
- What boards does Faraz Fatemi sit on?
- Faraz Fatemi holds tracked board seats at IRIS Inc..
- What companies has Faraz Fatemi invested in?
- Investments tracked here include Nominal, Rubrik.
- Where did Faraz Fatemi go to school?
- Faraz Fatemi studied at University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business (Bachelor of Science (BS), Business Administration and Management, General).
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