Nate Leung
InvestorPartner at Sapphire Ventures
San Francisco, California
Writes $10M – $100M checks · typically $25M
Experience
- LGT Capital PartnersManaging Directorcurrent2026 — present
- Sapphire PartnersPartnercurrent2019 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- OpenLPCo-Foundercurrent2019 — present
- Industry VenturesVice President2016 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
- OptimizelyPartnerships2014 — 2016
- NuORDER Inc.Operations2013 — 2014
- Rent The RunwayMarketing and Operations2010 — 2011
- Bain Capital VenturesAssociate2009 — 2011
- The Boston Consulting GroupAssociate2007 — 2009
- Stanford UniversityResearch Assistant2006 — 2007
Education
- Harvard Business SchoolMaster of Business Administration (M.B.A.)
- Stanford UniversityBachelor's Degree, Management Science and Engineering
- Bellarmine College PreparatoryHigh School
Skills & more
Financial Modeling12Strategy16Entrepreneurship15Business Strategy9Management Consulting3Valuation1Analytics6Venture Capital1Due Diligence1Start-ups8Management6Business Development3
From Nate's professional profile.
Colleagues at Sapphire Ventures
Abigail Johnson
Partner, Chief Operating Officer at Sapphire Ventures
Adam Liu
Vice President at Sapphire Ventures
Aditya Reddy
Vice President at Sapphire Ventures
Adrian Kania
Senior Associate at Sapphire Ventures
Alex Lehman
Vice President at Sapphire Ventures
Allison Lee
Investor at Sapphire Ventures
Anders Ranum
Partner at Sapphire Ventures
Andrea Scholz
Senior Executive Assistant at Sapphire Ventures
Network2
Andreas Weiskam
Partner and Co-Founder of Sapphire Ventures, focused on European investments
Dan Siroker
Angel
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Nate Leung?
- Partner at Sapphire Ventures
- Where does Nate Leung work?
- Nate Leung is Partner at Sapphire Ventures.
- What check size does Nate Leung write?
- Nate Leung typically writes checks of $10M – $100M.
- Where did Nate Leung go to school?
- Nate Leung studied at Harvard Business School (Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)); Stanford University (Bachelor's Degree, Management Science and Engineering); Bellarmine College Preparatory (High School).
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Also attended Stanford University2,000
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Shared employers
Also worked at Optimizely29
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Also worked at NuORDER Inc.2
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Also worked at Bain Capital Ventures113
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