Julie Kainz
InvestorPartner at Lightspeed Venture Partners
London
Writes $3M – $20M checks · typically $15M
Experience
- Lean TechnologiesCorp Dev & Strategycurrent2025 — presentDubai, Vereinigte Arabische Emirate
- Lightspeed Venture PartnersPartner2022 — 2025London, England, United Kingdom
- Dawn CapitalVice President2020 — 2022London, England, United Kingdom
- SalesforceVC Investor - Salesforce Ventures2018 — 2020London, United Kingdom
- Founders Factory LtdInvestor2016 — 2018London, Großbritannien
- Pioneers HQSenior Analyst2014 — 2016Vienna
Education
- CEMS - The Global Alliance in Management EducationCEMS MIM Master in International Management2014 — 2016
- WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business)CEMS MIM Master in International Management2014 — 2016
- Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus UniversityCEMS MIM Master in International Management
- WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business)Bachelor of Science, Major in International Business Administration2009 — 2013
- University of OtagoInternational Business2012
Skills & more
Intercultural Skills13International Business22Market Research11Marketing Strategy12Innovation Management14Patents6Customer Acquisition6Entrepreneurship Education5Direct Marketing4Marktforschung6Internationaler Geschäftsverkehr6Human Resource Development3
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InnovationsmanagementOpen InnovationStart-upsBusiness StrategyUnternehmensstrategieMarketingstrategieStrategisches ManagementUnternehmertumEntrepreneurshipBusiness EnglishSpanishBusiness DevelopmentFrom Julie's professional profile.
Same school
Also attended CEMS - The Global Alliance in Management Education75
Celine XiaoInvestor at DN CapitalMarie BardinetInvestor at DaphniFrancesco MoroPrincipal at Burda Principal InvestmentsPedro AlmeidaPrincipal at Armilar Venture PartnersMaciej MałyszInvestor at Inovo VCPauliina MartikainenManaging Partner at Maki.vc
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Also attended WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business)118
Patrick NorrisGeneral Partner at Notion CapitalEkkehardInvestor at Eudemian VenturesJanelle GoulardPartner at Pangaea Ventures Us Inc.Tomasz SwiebodaInvestor at Inovo VCAndreas SchwarzenbrunnerGeneral Partner at SpeedinvestAlexander GruberSenior Legal Counsel at Speedinvest
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Also attended Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University171
Julian LuttermanInvestor at DN CapitalWouterHead of Nomads (Fund-of-Fund) at Hummingbird VenturesNoah FreyFinance Analyst at Emerald Technology Ventures AgJeroen PlinkVenture Partner at LegalTechCraig CimoroniHead of Business Development and Investor Relations at BTECH CONSORTIUMYang TranPartner at Zero Prime Ventures
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Shared employers
Also worked at Lean Technologies7
Ayman BabikirAssociate at VIEWPOINT VENTURESOmar AlmajdouieFounding Partner at RAED VenturesMohammed AlmeshekahFounder & General Partner at Outliers VCJannat RajanPrincipal at Forestay CapitalNezar AlhaidarInvestment Committee Member at ESFF at Equivator®Tala Al JabriPartner at HOF Capital
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Also worked at Lightspeed Venture Partners109
Jeremy LiewPartner at Lightspeed Venture PartnersKishen PatelInvestor at GreycroftSemil ShahInvestor at HaystackMark XuInvestor at Index VenturesAdrian RaduInvestor at Khosla VenturesAndy ChuDirector of Tax at CapitalG
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Also worked at Dawn Capital41
Jimena NowackInvestor at Index VenturesAndrea OliverPrincipal at Nauta CapitalElaine GohInvestor at 13books CapitalJosh CliftHead of Fund Finance at RTP GlobalKyriakos SouroullaPortfolio Reporting Manager at RTP GlobalSeyon IndranPrincipal at Concept Ventures
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Also worked at Salesforce232
Mark SusterManaging Partner at Upfront VenturesViviana FagaGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesJob SimonVenture Partner and CTO at Monta Vista CapitalWesley BarrowPartner at Correlation VenturesAlex BardManaging Director at Redpoint VenturesKarthik ChakkarapaniInvestor at Foundation Capital
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General Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners
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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
Anuvrat Jain
Vice President, Growth Investments at Lightspeed Venture Partners







































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