Mark Anderson
InvestorVenture Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners
San Francisco Bay Area
Writes $3M β $20M checks Β· typically $15M
About
Mark Anderson is a board member at Verkada with experience in investment and leadership. He has worked with teams across a two-decade career.
Experience
- VerkadaBoard Membercurrent2025 β present
- 1PasswordBoard Membercurrent2024 β presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- CloudflarePresident, Revenuecurrent2024 β presentUnited States
- CloudflareBoard Member2019 β 2024
- Lightspeed Venture PartnersVenture Partner2020 β 2025Menlo Park, California, United States
- AlteryxChief Executive Officer2020 β 2024United States
- AlteryxBoard Member2018 β 2024
- neosec.comFounding Investor and Executive Chair of the Board2020 β 2023
- TPG GlobalSenior Advisor2019 β 2021San Francisco Bay Area
- AnaplanAdvisor2020San Francisco Bay Area
- AnaplanChief Growth Officer2019 β 2020San Francisco, California
- Boys & Girls Clubs of Silicon ValleyBoard Member2017 β 2020
- Avi NetworksExecutive Chairman2015 β 2019Silicon Valley
- Mist SystemsAdvisor To The Board2017 β 2019Cupertino, California
- Palo Alto NetworksPresident2016 β 2018Santa Slara, CA
- Palo Alto NetworksExecutive Vice President2012 β 2016Santa Clara, California
- ExtraHopMember Board of Directors2016 β 2018Greater Seattle Area
- f5 NetworksEVP Worldwide Sales2004 β 2012Greater Seattle Area
- Lucent TechnologiesEVP, Wireless Sales, North America2003 β 2004
- RadioFrame NetworksVP Sales, Marketing and Business Development2001 β 2003
Education
- York UniversityB.A., Economics and Business
Skills & more
Solution Selling99Go-to-market Strategy99Partner Management34Network Security75Strategic Partnerships62Direct Sales27Sales Enablement55Sales Process18Security54Sales Management28Pre-sales23Sales99
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Sales OperationsResellersNetworkingCloud ComputingStart-upsChannel PartnersWirelessF5 BigIPChannelSaaSManagementEnterprise SoftwareLanguages French
From Mark's professional profile.
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
Network6
Arif JanmohamedScout
Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners
Barry EggersScout
Co-Founder, Lightspeed at Giant Ventures Global Llp
Bipul SinhaScout
Venture Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners
Bucky MooreScout
Partner at Kleiner Perkins
David FairmanScout
Venture Partner and CISO-in-Residence at SixThirty Ventures
Gavin ChristensenScout
Founder & General Partner at Kickstart Fund
Investors connected to Mark in public investor directories β a warm-intro map.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does Mark Anderson work?
- Mark Anderson is Venture Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners.
- What check size does Mark Anderson write?
- Mark Anderson typically writes checks of $3M β $20M.
Same school
Also attended York University57
Ken TesliaFounding Partner, Chairman at Extreme Venture PartnersAdiam BerhaneAccounting Manager at QED InvestorsMark HatfieldInvestor at Ten ElevenNathanielHead of Operations at BoxOne VenturesLeonardo CozPrincipal at Hi VenturesSteve GreenfieldGeneral Partner at Automotive Ventures Mobility
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Shared employers
Also worked at Verkada30
Micah RosenbloomGeneral Partner at Founder CollectiveKonstantine BuhlerInvestor at Sequoia CapitalMark XuInvestor at Index VenturesDerek ZanuttoInvestor at CapitalGCatherine McClureTalent at AudaciousLak AnanthGlobal Managing Partner at Next47
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Also worked at TPG Global106
Georgia StevensonInvestor at Index VenturesElena SakachInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Tsendai ChagwederaPartner at EchoVC PartnersKayla HinderscheidHead of Network Development at Menlo VenturesStephen CondonFinance/Legal/IR at 8VCSonya HuangPartner at Sequoia Capital
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Also worked at Lucent Technologies164
Viswa SankaranarayananVenture Partner at Monta Vista CapitalAdamAdvisor at Clear VenturesSamir MatkiInvestor at DaphniTony NystenPartner at OpenOceanTimo AhopeltoSerial tech entrepreneur and early-stage investor running Lifeline VenturesJyri EngestrΓΆmPartner at Lifeline Ventures
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