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488 people in our graph share verified history with Victor — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
James DetweilerunlockedVictor: together at Mercor (2024–2026)
×4Victor: together at Mercor
×2Victor: together at Decart
Victor: together at Applied Compute
About
Victor Lazarte co-founded and scaled Wildlife Studios, a mobile gaming company that he bootstrapped into the largest gaming company in Latin America with roughly 4 billion downloads and an estimated $3 billion valuation in 2020. He later moved into venture capital, joining Benchmark as a General Partner in August 2023. During roughly two years at the firm, he led deals into companies including HeyGen and Mercor and invested in AI infrastructure company Decart AI. Earlier, as an angel investor, he was the first investor and a board member of Brex. In July 2025 he announced he was leaving Benchmark to build his own investment practice. His investing focus centers on AI, including opportunities he describes as replacing human labor.
Contact· self-published, not guessed
Beyond investing
- Founded
- Victor Lazarte co-founded mobile gaming company Wildlife Studios, which was last valued at an estimated $3 billion in 2020. He bootstrapped Wildlife Studios into the largest gaming company in Latin America, reaching about 4 billion downloads.
- More
- As an angel investor, he was the first investor and a board member of Brex.
Mentioned above: the Brex mafia →
From published sources — common ground for a warm intro.
Experience
- Co-Foundercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Applied ComputeBoard Membercurrent2025 — present
- DecartBoard Membercurrent2024 — present
- MercorLead series A investor & board observercurrent2024 — present
- MercorBoard Member2024 — 2025
- HeyGenBoard Membercurrent2024 — present
- BrexBoard Membercurrent2018 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Escola AbertaFoundercurrent2017 — presentSão Paulo, Brazil
- BenchmarkGeneral Partner2023 — 2025San Francisco Bay Area
- Wildlife StudiosChairman of the Board2023 — 2025
- Wildlife StudiosCofounder and CEO2010 — 2023San Francisco Bay Area
- JPMorganCredit trader2009 — 2010
Investments
Per curated public sources.
Colleagues at Benchmark
Alex Balkanski
General Partner at Benchmark
Alexander Bruehl
Investor at Point Nine Capital
An-Yen Hu
General Partner at Benchmark
Bruce Dunlevie
Benchmark co-founder, long-duration board investor and CarbonDrop chief executive
Chetan Puttagunta
General Partner at Benchmark
Eric Vishria
General Partner at Benchmark
Ev Randle
Partner at Kleiner Perkins
George Hu
Venture Partner at Benchmark
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Victor Lazarte?
- Victor Lazarte co-founded and scaled Wildlife Studios, a mobile gaming company that he bootstrapped into the largest gaming company in Latin America with roughly 4 billion downloads and an estimated $3 billion valuation in 2020. He later moved into venture capital, joining Benchmark as a General Partner in August 2023. During roughly two years at the firm, he led deals into companies including HeyGen and Mercor and invested in AI infrastructure company Decart AI. Earlier, as an angel investor, he was the first investor and a board member of Brex. In July 2025 he announced he was leaving Benchmark to build his own investment practice. His investing focus centers on AI, including opportunities he describes as replacing human labor.
- Where does Victor Lazarte work?
- Victor Lazarte is General Partner at Benchmark.
- What boards does Victor Lazarte sit on?
- Victor Lazarte holds tracked board seats at Brex.
- What companies has Victor Lazarte invested in?
- Investments tracked here include HeyGen, Mercor, Decart AI.
- Where did Victor Lazarte go to school?
- Victor Lazarte studied at CentraleSupélec (Bachelor of Engineering - BE); USP - Universidade de São Paulo (Bachelor of Science (BSc), Industrial Engineering).
- Does Victor Lazarte lead rounds?
- Yes — Victor Lazarte has led 2 tracked investments.
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CentraleSupélec mafia94
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USP - Universidade de São Paulo mafia58
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Brex mafia48
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Henrique DubugrasCo-CEOFounded StoneRitik MalhotraDirector, Product ManagementFounded Savvy +2Tanooj LuthraSenior Engineering Manager, Foundation Platform + ObservabilityFounded Elph +1Cullen WilsonProduct Design LeadFounded WP Engine +1Keenan D. WilliamsRelationship ManagerFounded Rezi +1Asa MillerDesign EngineerFounded Pre +1
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Benchmark mafia24
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Mercor mafia16
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Zachary YuEngineeringFounded Belvedir +1John HealyLead series A investor & board observerFounded WildlifeRobbie KhazanGrowthFounded PayvmentZee SchwabIndependent Finance Expert - AI Evaluation & TrainingFounded ColumnTaylor FairbankSenior Domain ExpertFounded ReSchedule MedChirag MahapatraHead of Applied AI + GM, Code EvalsFounded Blaze
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Same school
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Also attended USP - Universidade de São Paulo163
Cristina JunqueiraCo-founder of NubankAlexandra DubarInvestor at DaphniMichel AbadiManaging Partner at Maverick Ventures IsraelBruno YoshimuraCo-founder and General Partner at Onevc Venture Partners LlcGustavo RibasInvestor at KfundPaulo VerasInvestor at MatterScale Ventures
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Shared employers
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Also worked at Applied Compute11
Josephine ChenInvestor at Sequoia CapitalElizabeth WeilFounder of Paperwheel Press, a letterpress print studioLeigh Marie BraswellPartner at KPCBAngela ZhangCampus Lead at The MBA FundJohn HealySenior Associate at BPOCAndrei KozyrevPartner at Abstract Ventures
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Also worked at Decart11
Georgia StevensonInvestor at Index VenturesDean MeyerInvestor at Sequoia CapitalGal GitterPartner at Alpha PartnersVin SachidanandaPartner at Radical Ventures investing in AI, Deeptech, Apps and Infra from Pre-seed to Series DJohn HealySenior Associate at BPOCDavid KwonPartner at Abstract Ventures
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Also worked at Brex64
Henrique DubugrasCo-founder & former chairman of BrexPedro FranceschiCo-founder & CEO of BrexKatie BiberChief Operating Officer at ParadigmMatt MocharyInvestor at Fortius VenturesCarmen CollynsHead of Investor Relations at CAVU Consumer PartnersHadley CallawaySoftware Engineer at Asymmetric Capital Partners
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