Where does Ravi Mhatre work?

Ravi Mhatre is Founder and Managing Director at Lightspeed Venture Partners and Board director at Typeface and Board director at Heighten Software and Board director at AppDynamics.

What check size does Ravi Mhatre write?

Ravi Mhatre typically writes checks of $25K – $20M.

What boards does Ravi Mhatre sit on?

Ravi Mhatre holds tracked board seats at AppDynamics, Heighten Software, MuleSoft, Nutanix, Nutanix, Rubrik.

What companies has Ravi Mhatre invested in?

Investments tracked here include Anthropic.

Where did Ravi Mhatre go to school?

Ravi Mhatre studied at Stanford University Graduate School of Business (Master of Business Administration (MBA), Business Administration and Management); Stanford University (BS, BA).

Ravi Mhatre

InvestorFounder

Founder and Managing Director at Lightspeed Venture Partners · Board director at Typeface · Board director at Heighten Software · Board director at AppDynamics

San Francisco Bay Area

Writes $25K – $20M checks

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About

Ravi Mhatre is a long-cycle investor who backs infrastructure companies like Nutanix and Rubrik from early to scale, serves decade-long board roles, and deeply focuses on a few founders.

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Invests in

AI & Machine LearningConsumerEnterprise SoftwareFintechHealthtech

Beyond investing

Founded: Ravi Mhatre co-founded Lightspeed Venture Partners.

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Board director at Typeface

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Typeface's investors · 7

GV (Google Ventures)Mountain View · $250K – $50M checks · since 2023 HomebrewBurlingame · $100K – $500K checks · since 2023 Lightspeed Venture PartnersMenlo Park · $1.7M – $87M checks · since 2023 M12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)Seattle · $100K – $10M checks · since 2023 Madrona Venture GroupSeattle · $2M – $10M checks · since 2023 Menlo VenturesSan Francisco · $1M – $20M checks · since 2023 Salesforce VenturesSan Francisco · $5M – $50M checks · since 2023

Co-founders at Typeface

Abhay ParasnisFounder and CEO

Board director at Heighten Software

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Heighten Software's investors · 1

Lightspeed Venture PartnersMenlo Park · $1.7M – $87M checks · since 2015

Board director at AppDynamics

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AppDynamics's investors · 12

Battery VenturesBoston · $500K – $100M checks · since 2015 ClearBridge InvestmentsNew York · since 2015 Cross Creek AdvisorsSalt Lake City · since 2015 Founders Circle CapitalSan Francisco · since 2015 General AtlanticNew York · $10M – $1B checks · since 2015 Goldman SachsNew York · since 2015 Greylock PartnersSan Francisco · $100K – $200M checks · since 2015 Harmony PartnersNew York · since 2015 IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)San Francisco · $15M – $75M checks · since 2015 Kleiner PerkinsMenlo Park · $500K – $15M checks · since 2015 Lightspeed Venture PartnersMenlo Park · $1.7M – $87M checks · since 2015 Sands Capital VenturesArlington · $10M – $30M checks · since 2015

Co-founders at AppDynamics

Jyoti BansalCo-Founder & Chief Executive Officer (2008–2015); Founder & Chairman (2015–2017)

Bhaskar SunkaraCo-Founder & Director of Engineering (2008–2014); Chief Technology Officer (2014–2019)

Experience

Lightspeed Venture PartnersFounder, Managing Directorcurrent1999 — present
AnthropicInvestorcurrent2024 — present
Rubrik, Inc.Founding Investor, Director (NYSE: RBRK)current2013 — presentpalo alto california
GleanFounding Investor, Directorcurrent2019 — presentPalo Alto, California, United States
Cato NetworksBoard Membercurrent2023 — present
ThoughtSpotFounding Investor, Board of Directorscurrent2012 — present
Stanford University Graduate School of BusinessAdvisory Board Member2018 — 2022Stanford, CA
Clever Inc.Investor, Board of Directors2014 — 2021San Francisco Bay Area
NutanixLead investor, Series A, Board of Directors (NASD: NTNX)2010 — 2021
MuleSoftEarly Investor, Board of Directors (NYSE: MULE)2007 — 2018
AppDynamicsFounding investor, Board of Directors (acq CSCO)2008 — 2017
ZscalerEarly Investor, Board Observer (NASD: ZS)2012 — 2017
TheFind.com (Acquired by Facebook)Early investor, Board of Directors2005 — 2015
Natera (NASD:NTRA)Early investor, Board Observer2008 — 2015
SailPoint Technologies (NYSE: SAIL)Early investor, Board of Directors2005 — 2014
EdgeSpring (acquired by Salesforce.com)Founding investor, Board of Directors2010 — 2013
Kosmix (acquired by Walmart)Early investor, Board of Directors2005 — 2011
TutorVista Global Pvt Ltd (acquired by Pearson PLC)Early investor, Board of Directors2006 — 2011
Mercantila (acquired by Google)Board of Directors2006 — 2010
Virsa Systems (acquired by SAP)Early investor, Board of Directors2004 — 2006
Riverbed Technology (NYSE: RVBD)Early investor, Board Observer2002 — 2006
TiEBoard Of Directors2003 — 2005
Waveset Technologies (acquired by Oracle)Board of Directors2001 — 2003
NetGenesis (NASD:NGEN)Board Observer1997 — 1999
Bessemer Venture PartnersInvestor1995 — 1999
Verio (NASD:VRIO)Board Observer1997 — 1999
Silicon GraphicsProduct Management1993 — 1995
Booz Allen HamiltonManagement Consultant1989 — 1991

Education

Stanford University Graduate School of BusinessMaster of Business Administration (MBA), Business Administration and Management1991 — 1993
Stanford UniversityBS, BA1985 — 1989

Skills & more

Strategy15Management9Start-ups67Product Management32Venture Capital28Strategic Partnerships25Entrepreneurship37Business Development10Product Marketing5Mergers & Acquisitions10Go-to-market Strategy12E-commerce6

+5 more

Mobile DevicesExecutive ManagementCloud ComputingSaaSEnterprise Software

From Ravi's professional profile.

Deals · 4

NutanixBoard seat

via Lightspeed Venture Partners · filed Sep 2016 · $6.5M raise

AppDynamicsBoard seat

via Lightspeed Venture Partners · filed Oct 2015 · $150M raise

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Heighten SoftwareBoard seat

via Lightspeed Venture Partners · filed Sep 2015 · $7.4M raise

MuleSoftBoard seat

via Lightspeed Venture Partners · filed May 2015 · $128.3M raise

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Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.

Other disclosed investments

Board seats

Rubrik

Investor

Anthropic

Sources: SEC Form D filings · curated public sources.

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

Network10

Theresia GouwScout

Founding Partner at Acrew Capital

Aaron ApplbaumScout

Partner at MizMaa Ventures

Ajay RoyanScout

Investor at Mithril Capital Management

Anand IyerScout

Investor and founder in San Francisco

Arjun BalajiScout

Partner, Investing & Research at Paradigm

Bennett CohenScout

Partner at Piva Capital

Bill FordScout

Founder Emeritus at Fontinalis Partners

Brandon ReevesScout

Partner at Lux Capital

Carter CallawayScout

Associate at Ultratech Capital Partners

Dustin MoskovitzScout

Investor at Good Ventures

Investors connected to Ravi in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Ravi Mhatre?: Ravi Mhatre is a long-cycle investor who backs infrastructure companies like Nutanix and Rubrik from early to scale, serves decade-long board roles, and deeply focuses on a few founders.
Where does Ravi Mhatre work?: Ravi Mhatre is Founder and Managing Director at Lightspeed Venture Partners and Board director at Typeface and Board director at Heighten Software and Board director at AppDynamics.
What does Ravi Mhatre invest in?: Ravi Mhatre invests in AI & Machine Learning, Consumer, Enterprise Software, Fintech, Healthtech.
What check size does Ravi Mhatre write?: Ravi Mhatre typically writes checks of $25K – $20M.
What boards does Ravi Mhatre sit on?: Ravi Mhatre holds tracked board seats at AppDynamics, Heighten Software, MuleSoft, Nutanix, Nutanix, Rubrik.
What companies has Ravi Mhatre invested in?: Investments tracked here include Anthropic.
Where did Ravi Mhatre go to school?: Ravi Mhatre studied at Stanford University Graduate School of Business (Master of Business Administration (MBA), Business Administration and Management); Stanford University (BS, BA).