Guru Chahal
InvestorPartner at Lightspeed Venture Partners · Director; Lightspeed Partner at Exa Labs · Board director at Hubilo · Board director at Arrcus
San Francisco Bay Area
Writes $3M – $20M checks · typically $15M
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About
Guru Chahal is a Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners focusing on early-stage investments in cybersecurity, cloud, DevOps, and infrastructure. He co-founded Avi Networks, a network security and services company that was acquired by VMware. Chahal has held product management and marketing roles at multiple startups and public companies.
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- g•••@lsvp.comreveal100% confident
Beyond investing
- Founded
- Guru Chahal co-founded Avi Networks in 2013, a company that grew to serve 20% of Fortune 50 companies and was later acquired by VMware.
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Director; Lightspeed Partner at Exa Labs
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Exa Labs's investors · 8
Co-founders at Exa Labs
Board director at Hubilo
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Hubilo's investors · 4
Co-founders at Hubilo
Board director at Arrcus
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Arrcus's investors · 7
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Co-founders at Arrcus
Experience
- Lightspeed Venture PartnersPartnercurrent2019 — presentMenlo Park, CA
- AnthropicInvestorcurrent2023 — present
- ExaInvestorcurrent2023 — present
- CyeraInvestorcurrent2024 — present
- ChainguardInvestorcurrent2024 — present
- Ricursive IntelligenceInvestorcurrent2025 — present
- NominalInvestorcurrent2025 — present
- EveInvestorcurrent2021 — present
- SandstoneInvestorcurrent2026 — present
- A SecurityInvestorcurrent2025 — present
- Nexthop AIInvestorcurrent2024 — present
- Unconventional AIInvestorcurrent2025 — present
- Unsloth AIInvestorcurrent2024 — present
- ngrokInvestorcurrent2022 — present
- DrawbridgeInvestorcurrent2025 — present
- SquashInvestorcurrent2026 — present
- Virtue AIInvestorcurrent2025 — present
- Clutch SecurityInvestorcurrent2024 — present
- DescopeInvestorcurrent2022 — present
- ZiplineInvestorcurrent2024 — present
Skills & more
From Guru's professional profile.
Deals · 3
Exa LabsBoard seat
via Lightspeed Venture Partners · filed Mar 2026 · $92M raise
KetryxBoard seat
via Lightspeed Venture Partners · filed Sep 2025 · $37.5M raise
ArrcusBoard seat
via Lightspeed Venture Partners · filed Oct 2021 · $28.4M raise
Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.
Other disclosed investments
Board seats
Investor
Avere SystemsAvi NetworksHubiloInfiotNgrokNonamePensandoZscaler
Sources: SEC Form D filings · curated public sources.
Colleagues at Lightspeed Venture Partners
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Guru Chahal?
- Guru Chahal is a Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners focusing on early-stage investments in cybersecurity, cloud, DevOps, and infrastructure. He co-founded Avi Networks, a network security and services company that was acquired by VMware. Chahal has held product management and marketing roles at multiple startups and public companies.
- Where does Guru Chahal work?
- Guru Chahal is Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners and Director; Lightspeed Partner at Exa Labs and Board director at Hubilo and Board director at Arrcus.
- What check size does Guru Chahal write?
- Guru Chahal typically writes checks of $3M – $20M.
- What boards does Guru Chahal sit on?
- Guru Chahal holds tracked board seats at Arrcus, Exa Labs, Hubilo, Ketryx.
- What companies has Guru Chahal invested in?
- Investments tracked here include Avere Systems, Avi Networks, Hubilo, Infiot, Ngrok, Noname, Pensando, Zscaler.
- Where did Guru Chahal go to school?
- Guru Chahal studied at Purdue University (Electrical Engineering).
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Also worked at Ricursive Intelligence7
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