Ravi Mhatre — Co-Founder
Ravi Mhatre is a founder, investor and key start-up advisor at Lightspeed Venture Partners. At Lightspeed, Ravi has been focused on backing early and growth stage technology companies for over 20 years. Prior to joining Lightspeed, Ravi was a product management executive at Silicon Graphics and a consultant at Booz Allen Hamilton. Ravi earned his MBA, Electrical Engineering, and Economics degrees from Stanford University. Ravi’s goal is to meet and work with exceptional people (entrepreneurs, founders, executives with strong track records) who are passionate about turning their unique ideas into high impact businesses. Ravi specializes on investments in the Internet/cloud-based services and next-generation AI and IT infrastructure space.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Venture Capitalist with a strong focus on technology investments.
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Experience: 34 yrs 6 mos
Skills
- Venture Capital
- Start-ups
Career Highlights
- Over 20 years of experience in venture capital.
- Specializes in early and growth stage technology investments.
- Strong background in product management and strategic partnerships.
Work Experience
Anthropic
Investor (2 yrs 2 mos)
Cato Networks
Board Member (2 yrs 9 mos)
Glean
Founding Investor, Director (7 yrs 2 mos)
Stanford University Graduate School of Business
Advisory Board Member (4 yrs)
Clever Inc.
Investor, Board of Directors (6 yrs 11 mos)
Rubrik, Inc.
Founding Investor, Director (NYSE: RBRK) (12 yrs 3 mos)
ThoughtSpot
Founding Investor, Board of Directors (13 yrs 5 mos)
Zscaler
Early Investor, Board Observer (NASD: ZS) (4 yrs 5 mos)
Nutanix
Lead investor, Series A, Board of Directors (NASD: NTNX) (10 yrs 11 mos)
EdgeSpring (acquired by Salesforce.com)
Founding investor, Board of Directors (3 yrs 2 mos)
Natera (NASD:NTRA)
Early investor, Board Observer (6 yrs 9 mos)
AppDynamics
Founding investor, Board of Directors (acq CSCO) (9 yrs 4 mos)
MuleSoft
Early Investor, Board of Directors (NYSE: MULE) (11 yrs)
Mercantila (acquired by Google)
Board of Directors (3 yrs 4 mos)
TutorVista Global Pvt Ltd (acquired by Pearson PLC)
Early investor, Board of Directors (5 yrs)
SailPoint Technologies (NYSE: SAIL)
Early investor, Board of Directors (9 yrs)
Kosmix (acquired by Walmart)
Early investor, Board of Directors (6 yrs)
TheFind.com (Acquired by Facebook)
Early investor, Board of Directors (10 yrs 2 mos)
Virsa Systems (acquired by SAP)
Early investor, Board of Directors (2 yrs 8 mos)
TiE
Board Of Directors (2 yrs)
Riverbed Technology (NYSE: RVBD)
Early investor, Board Observer (3 yrs 11 mos)
Waveset Technologies (acquired by Oracle)
Board of Directors (2 yrs 9 mos)
Lightspeed Venture Partners
Founder, Managing Director (27 yrs 2 mos)
Verio (NASD:VRIO)
Board Observer (2 yrs)
NetGenesis (NASD:NGEN)
Board Observer (2 yrs 10 mos)
Bessemer Venture Partners
Investor (3 yrs 6 mos)
Silicon Graphics
Product Management (2 yrs 2 mos)
Booz Allen Hamilton
Management Consultant (2 yrs)
Education
Master of Business Administration (MBA) at Stanford University Graduate School of Business
BS at Stanford University
