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Nnamdi Iregbulem
InvestorPartner. Menlo Park. AI. at Lightspeed Venture Partners
US
Writes $3M – $20M checks · typically $15M
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About
Nnamdi Iregbulem is an investor at Lightspeed Venture Partners, which he joined in 2020 to focus on technical enterprise software including developer tools, application infrastructure, and machine learning. A self-taught programmer, he studied economics and computer science at Yale before joining the technology, media, and telecommunications investment banking group at J.P. Morgan in New York, where he advised clients such as EMC and Comcast. He later moved to the investment team at ICONIQ Capital, where he deployed more than $500 million into high-growth technology companies including GitLab, Fastly, Alteryx, ezCater, Uber, SurveyMonkey, and Epic Games. He subsequently earned an MBA from Stanford, taking additional coursework in the university's computer science department on topics like natural language processing and neural networks. During business school he worked in product roles at developer-focused companies GitLab and Confluent. He emphasizes product and technical innovation over pure traction and writes essays and software published on his personal site.
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Beyond investing
- Education
- Studied at Yale University (undergraduate degree, economics and computer science) Studied at Stanford (MBA)
- Hobbies
- Nnamdi enjoys writing essays and software, published on his personal site whoisnnamdi.com. He enjoys reading economics and machine learning papers and dancing to hip-hop, afrobeats, and electronic dance music. Growing up he learned to build desktop computers and websites for fun.
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Deals · 2
Nuance LabsBoard seat
via Lightspeed Venture Partners · filed Mar 2026 · $60.8M raise
Patronus AIBoard seat
via Lightspeed Venture Partners · filed Jun 2024 · $20.6M raise
Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.
Other disclosed investments
Board seats
Investor
AlteryxAstroEpic GamesExaExaEzcaterFastlyGitLabGoodfireMaterializeMatillionPolar SignalsPonderRedpanda DataSelect StarSnorkel AISubstrateSurveyMonkeyTanaUberVoltron DataZo
Sources: SEC Form D filings · curated public sources.
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- Who is Nnamdi Iregbulem?
- Nnamdi Iregbulem is an investor at Lightspeed Venture Partners, which he joined in 2020 to focus on technical enterprise software including developer tools, application infrastructure, and machine learning. A self-taught programmer, he studied economics and computer science at Yale before joining the technology, media, and telecommunications investment banking group at J.P. Morgan in New York, where he advised clients such as EMC and Comcast. He later moved to the investment team at ICONIQ Capital, where he deployed more than $500 million into high-growth technology companies including GitLab, Fastly, Alteryx, ezCater, Uber, SurveyMonkey, and Epic Games. He subsequently earned an MBA from Stanford, taking additional coursework in the university's computer science department on topics like natural language processing and neural networks. During business school he worked in product roles at developer-focused companies GitLab and Confluent. He emphasizes product and technical innovation over pure traction and writes essays and software published on his personal site.
- Where does Nnamdi Iregbulem work?
- Nnamdi Iregbulem is Partner. Menlo Park. AI. 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, Patronus AI.
- What companies has Nnamdi Iregbulem invested in?
- Investments tracked here include Alteryx, Astro, Epic Games, Exa, Exa, Ezcater, Fastly, GitLab, Goodfire, Materialize, Matillion, Nuance Labs, and 12 more.
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