James Ephrati
InvestorPartner at Lightspeed Venture Partners
San Francisco, California
Writes $3M – $20M checks · typically $15M
About
James Ephrati is a Growth Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners, where he focuses on software and consumer businesses with category-defining potential.
Experience
- Lightspeed Venture PartnersGrowth Partnercurrent2019 — presentManhattan, NY
- MistralBoard Membercurrent2026 — present
- CyeraInvestorcurrent2025 — present
- Grafana LabsBoard Observercurrent2024 — present
- GleanBoard Observercurrent2022 — present
- ThoughtSpotBoard Membercurrent2023 — present
- YugabyteBoard Observercurrent2023 — present
- ExabeamBoard Membercurrent2023 — present
- Aqua SecurityBoard Membercurrent2023 — present
- Battery VenturesGrowth & Private Equity2017 — 2019San Francisco Bay Area
- Moelis & CompanyInvestment Banking2014 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area
- CitiRisk2013Greater New York City Area
- Bedrock GroupAsset Management2012London, United Kingdom
Education
- University of California, BerkeleyB.A. Economics, Industrial Engineering Minor
Skills & more
Languages French
From James's professional profile.
Deals · 1
Excalibur CombineCoBoard seat
via Lightspeed Venture Partners · filed Feb 2025
Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.
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
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is James Ephrati?
- James Ephrati is a Growth Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners, where he focuses on software and consumer businesses with category-defining potential.
- Where does James Ephrati work?
- James Ephrati is Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners.
- What check size does James Ephrati write?
- James Ephrati typically writes checks of $3M – $20M.
- What boards does James Ephrati sit on?
- James Ephrati holds tracked board seats at Excalibur CombineCo.
- Where did James Ephrati go to school?
- James Ephrati studied at University of California, Berkeley (B.A. Economics, Industrial Engineering Minor).
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