Nnamdi Iregbulem
InvestorPartner at Lightspeed Venture Partners
San Francisco, California
Writes $3M – $20M checks · typically $15M
Experience
- Lightspeed Venture PartnersPartnercurrent2020 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- GoodfireBoard Membercurrent2024 — present
- Patronus AIBoard Membercurrent2023 — present
- ExaBoard Observercurrent2024 — present
- Redpanda DataBoard Observercurrent2021 — present
- TanaBoard Observercurrent2022 — present
- Snorkel AIBoard Observercurrent2020 — present
- MaterializeBoard Observercurrent2020 — present
- Polar SignalsSeed Investorcurrent2021 — present
- Select StarBoard Member2023 — 2025
- PonderSeed Investor2021 — 2023
- ConfluentProduct Manager2019San Francisco Bay Area
- GitLab Inc.Investor / CEO Shadow2018 — 2019San Francisco Bay Area
- ICONIQ CapitalTechnology Investor2014 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
- Epic GamesInvestor2018
- AlteryxInvestor2015 — 2018
- FastlyInvestor2015 — 2018
- J.P. MorganInvestment Banking Analyst2013 — 2014New York City Metropolitan Area
- J.P. MorganInvestment Banking Summer Analyst2012New York City Metropolitan Area
- McKinsey & CompanySummer Business Analyst2011New York City Metropolitan Area
Education
- Stanford University Graduate School of BusinessMaster of Business Administration - MBA
- Yale UniversityBachelor of Arts (B.A.), Economics
- Chadwick School
Skills & more
Financial ModelingResearchData AnalysisMergers & AcquisitionsEditingInformation TechnologyStatisticsFinanceEconomicsAdvertisingFinancial AnalysisInvestments
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Investment BankingStart-upsBusiness DevelopmentPublic SpeakingLeadershipAnalysisStrategySpanishMicrosoft ExcelPowerPointStataPythonFrom Nnamdi's professional profile.
Deals · 3
Nuance Labs, Inc.Board seat
via Lightspeed Venture Partners · filed Mar 2026 · $60.8M raise
GoodfireBoard seat
via Lightspeed Venture Partners · filed Feb 2026 · $161.7M raise
Patronus AIBoard seat
via Lightspeed Venture Partners · filed Jun 2024 · $20.6M raise
Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.
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
Network2
Akshay Bhushan
Venture Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners
Gokul Rajaram
DoorDash, Coinbase, Square at Good AI Capital
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Nnamdi Iregbulem?
- Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners
- Where does Nnamdi Iregbulem work?
- Nnamdi Iregbulem is Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners.
- What check size does Nnamdi Iregbulem write?
- Nnamdi Iregbulem typically writes checks of $3M – $20M.
- What boards does Nnamdi Iregbulem sit on?
- Nnamdi Iregbulem holds tracked board seats at Goodfire, Nuance Labs, Inc., Patronus AI.
- Where did Nnamdi Iregbulem go to school?
- Nnamdi Iregbulem studied at Stanford University Graduate School of Business (Master of Business Administration - MBA); Yale University (Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Economics); Chadwick School.
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Shared employers
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