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Jeremy Liew

Investor

Managing Director at Lightspeed Venture Partners

San Francisco, CA

Writes $3M – $20M checks · typically $15M

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About

Jeremy Liew wrote the first venture check into Snapchat and backed Affirm and The Honest Company as Lightspeed's original consumer specialist, having joined the firm in 2006. He stepped back from making new investments in 2021 and remains a partner, focused on supporting his existing portfolio and mentoring Lightspeed's next generation of consumer investors.

Experience

  1. LightspeedPartnercurrent2021 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
  2. LightspeedPartner2006 — 2021Menlo Park, CA
  3. National Venture Capital AssociationBoard Membercurrent2023 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
  4. San Francisco Housing Accelerator FundBoard Membercurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
  5. Terner LabsBoard Membercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
  6. Presidio Knolls SchoolCo-Chair of the Board of Trustees2011 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
  7. Netscape (a division of AOL)General Manager2004 — 2005
  8. AOLSVP, Corporate Development and Office of the Chairman2002 — 2003
  9. Interactive Corp (previously USA Interactive)VP Strategic Planning1999 — 2002
  10. CitySearchVarious including Director of New Market Sales, Manager of Strategic Planning1996 — 1998
  11. McKinsey & CoBusiness Analyst1994 — 1996

Education

  1. Stanford UniversityMBA1998 — 2000
  2. The Australian National UniversityBA/BSC(Hons), Linguisitics1989 — 1993

Skills & more

Consumer Internet12Mergers10Investments27Television7Venture Capital93Start-ups75Corporate Development10Finance3Management Consulting7Entrepreneurship9Mergers & Acquisitions25Strategic Partnerships24
+12 moreBusiness StrategyBusiness DevelopmentValuationInvestment BankingDue DiligenceP&L ManagementProduct ManagementDigital MediaStrategyLeadershipManagementSaaS

From Jeremy's professional profile.

Same school

Shared employers

Deals · 6

Arenaclub.com, Inc.Board seat

via Lightspeed Venture Partners · filed Feb 2025 · $6.5M raise

United Dwelling HoldingsBoard seat

via Lightspeed Venture Partners · filed Jan 2023 · $8.6M raise

LivdayBoard seat

via Lightspeed Venture Partners · filed Sep 2022 · $2M raise

Rothy’sBoard seat

via Lightspeed Venture Partners · filed Jul 2022 · $473.2M raise

Small Homes HoldingsBoard seat

via Lightspeed Venture Partners · filed Aug 2021 · $3.3M raise

AOS Group Inc.Board seat

via Lightspeed Venture Partners · filed Dec 2020 · $18.9M raise

Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.

Podcasts & interviews

featuring Jeremy Liew

Inside the Mind of Jeremy Liew, Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners.

Growth Hacker TV

Jeremy Liew, Managing Director, Lightspeed Venture Partners

Shoptalk

Startup UCLA Accelerator: Jeremy Liew, Lightspeed Venture Partners

Startup UCLA

Colleagues at Lightspeed Venture Partners

Network1

Investors connected to Jeremy in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.

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