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About
Whitney Lemmon is a Principal at Next Legacy Partners, where she works on venture capital fund investing across the firm's Flagship and Emerging Leaders strategies. Before joining in 2018, she was an analyst at Portola Partners, a Menlo Park wealth management firm, and served on its Impact Investing Committee. She holds a BA in Economics and an MBA from Stanford University, and previously spent time at legal-tech AI startup Formally, seed-stage fund Pear VC, and the GSB Impact Fund.
Experience
- Next Legacy PartnersPrincipalcurrent2024 — presentPalo Alto, California, United States
- Pear VCMBA Intern2023Palo Alto, California, United States
- FormallyMBA Intern2023
- Legacy VentureSenior Investment Associate2021 — 2022
- Legacy VentureInvestment Associate2019 — 2021
- Legacy VentureInvestment Analyst2018 — 2019Palo Alto, California
- Portola PartnersFinancial Analyst2016 — 2018Menlo Park
- Makena Capital Management, LLCSummer Analyst2015Menlo Park, CA
- Stanford University Haas Center For Public ServiceStudent Assistant2014 — 2015Postgraduate Fellowship Department
- Omidyar NetworkSand Hill Summer Philanthropy Fellow2014
- Village Enterprise FundMarketing & Development Intern2012 — 2013San Mateo, CA & Hoima, Uganda
- NikeSales Associate2012Stanford, California
Skills & more
Languages English · Italian
From Whitney's professional profile.
Colleagues at Next Legacy Partners
Alan Marty
Investor at Next Legacy Partners
Amber Puebla
Sr. Experience Manager at Next Legacy Partners
Ben Choi
Managing Partner at Next Legacy Partners
Bradley Fishman
Managing Partner & General Partner at Manhattan Venture Partners
Brendon Ayanbadejo
Investor at Next Legacy Partners
Caleagh Creech
Principal at Next Legacy Partners
Caleagh Creech
Investor at NEXT PLAY CAPITAL
Chris Cassidy
NASA Astronaut and former Navy SEAL at NEW VISTA CAPITAL
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Whitney Lemmon?
- Whitney Lemmon is a Principal at Next Legacy Partners, where she works on venture capital fund investing across the firm's Flagship and Emerging Leaders strategies. Before joining in 2018, she was an analyst at Portola Partners, a Menlo Park wealth management firm, and served on its Impact Investing Committee. She holds a BA in Economics and an MBA from Stanford University, and previously spent time at legal-tech AI startup Formally, seed-stage fund Pear VC, and the GSB Impact Fund.
- Where does Whitney Lemmon work?
- Whitney Lemmon is Principal at Next Legacy Partners.
- Where did Whitney Lemmon go to school?
- Whitney Lemmon studied at Stanford University Graduate School of Business (Master of Business Administration - MBA); Stanford University (Bachelor’s Degree, Economics); Menlo School (High School).
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Also attended Menlo School74
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Shared employers
Also worked at Pear VC77
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Also worked at Formally1
Also worked at Legacy Venture16
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Also worked at Stanford University Haas Center For Public Service1,149
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