Katherine Zhang
InvestorPartner at Lightspeed Venture Partners
San Francisco, California
Writes $500K – $10M checks · typically $3M
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517 people in our graph share verified history with Katherine — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
Yibo NianunlockedKatherine: together at University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business (2011–2013)
Katherine: together at University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business
×3Katherine: together at The University of Chicago Booth School of Business
×2Katherine: together at Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Experience
- LightspeedPartnercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Upfront VenturesInvestor2022 — 2024
- Upfront VenturesInvestor l MBA Intern2022
- Upfront VenturesInvestor l MBA Intern2021
- Boston Consulting Group (BCG)Consultant2021San Francisco Bay Area
- Federal Reserve Bank of New YorkCapital Markets Associate | Complex Financial Institutions Supervision2019 — 2020New York, New York, United States
- Federal Reserve Bank of New YorkSenior Analyst | Complex Financial Institutions Supervision2016 — 2018New York, New York, United States
- Federal Reserve Bank of New YorkFinancial Institutions Analyst | Supervision2014 — 2016New York, New York, United States
- UCSFFinance2014San Francisco, California, United States
- Federal Reserve Bank of New YorkMarkets Analyst2013
- TriNetBusiness Development2011
- Insight Wealth StrategiesMarketing2009 — 2010
Skills & more
Microsoft Excel8Data Analysis6
Languages Chinese · English
- Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) — CFA Institute
From Katherine's professional profile.
Colleagues at Lightspeed Venture Partners
Alexander Schmitt
Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners
Amber Yang
Investor at Bloomberg Beta
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
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Katherine Zhang?
- Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners
- Where does Katherine Zhang work?
- Katherine Zhang is Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners.
- What check size does Katherine Zhang write?
- Katherine Zhang typically writes checks of $500K – $10M.
- Where did Katherine Zhang go to school?
- Katherine Zhang studied at The University of Chicago Booth School of Business (Master of Business Administration - MBA); University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business (Bachelor of Science (BS), Business Administration).
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Also attended The University of Chicago Booth School of Business942
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Also attended University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business974
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Shared employers
Also worked at Upfront Ventures18
Mark SusterManaging Partner at Upfront VenturesAditi MaliwalGeneral Partner at Upfront VenturesKyle TaylorDirector of Product at LowercarbonBrian McLoughlinPartner and Co-Founder at MTECH CAPITALMichael CarneyManaging Director at Starshot VenturesNiko WaeschePartner and Co-Founder at German Media Pool
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Also worked at Boston Consulting Group (BCG)1,467
Cristina JunqueiraCo-founder of NubankMassimo PrelzInvestor at DN CapitalRasmus AreskougInvestor at DN CapitalRiccardo MontiOperating Advisor at P101 VenturesAntonio TurroniOperating Advisor at P101 VenturesLuca RossettoOperating Advisor at P101 Ventures
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Also worked at Federal Reserve Bank of New York24
Jeremy KaufmannPartner at Scale Venture PartnersSallie KimInvestor at 8VCJack LutkewittePrincipal at Orkila CapitalPhilip KalikmanAssistant Professor of Real Estate, Finance, & Economics at Joyance PartnersLauren DanielChief Compliance Officer and General Counsel at 5AM VenturesAndrei VrabieCOO & General Counsel at Parameter Ventures
+ 18 more
Also worked at UCSF179
Logan HilleLife Sciences Analyst at CincyTechPaul JennyBoard Chair at CincyTechFrancisco GimenezInvestment Team at 8VCUlrik B. NielsenGeneral Partner at Mission BiocapitalHani GoodarziFounder, Tahoe Therapeutics at Amplify PartnersCharles White, Ph.D.Principal at Illumina Ventures
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