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Katherine Zhang

Investor

Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners

San Francisco, California

Writes $500K – $10M checks · typically $3M

Experience

  1. LightspeedPartnercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. Upfront VenturesInvestor2022 — 2024
  3. Upfront VenturesInvestor l MBA Intern2022
  4. Upfront VenturesInvestor l MBA Intern2021
  5. Boston Consulting Group (BCG)Consultant2021San Francisco Bay Area
  6. Federal Reserve Bank of New YorkCapital Markets Associate | Complex Financial Institutions Supervision2019 — 2020New York, New York, United States
  7. Federal Reserve Bank of New YorkSenior Analyst | Complex Financial Institutions Supervision2016 — 2018New York, New York, United States
  8. Federal Reserve Bank of New YorkFinancial Institutions Analyst | Supervision2014 — 2016New York, New York, United States
  9. UCSFFinance2014San Francisco, California, United States
  10. Federal Reserve Bank of New YorkMarkets Analyst2013
  11. TriNetBusiness Development2011
  12. Insight Wealth StrategiesMarketing2009 — 2010

Education

  1. The University of Chicago Booth School of BusinessMaster of Business Administration - MBA2020 — 2022
  2. University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of BusinessBachelor of Science (BS), Business Administration2010 — 2014
  3. University of California, BerkeleyBachelor's Degree, Political Science and Government2010 — 2014
  4. The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)2012

Skills & more

Leadership5Data Analysis6Research2Customer Service2Investments2Risk ManagementFinancial RiskInternational RelationsMicrosoft Excel8Microsoft Office6PowerPoint5Microsoft Word3
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Languages Chinese · English

  • Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) — CFA Institute

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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

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); University of California, Berkeley (Bachelor's Degree, Political Science and Government).

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