Ravi Mhatre is a founding partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners and focuses primarily on software/cloud infrastructure, applications and Internet investments. He has over 23 years of venture capital experience and six years of operating experience. Before starting Lightspeed, he was an investor with Bessemer Venture Partners and before entering the venture capital industry, he was with Silicon Graphics, where he was a product manager and later directed the company’s workstation market development efforts.

Previously, Mhatre spent time in management consulting with Booz Allen Hamilton and he began his career as a software engineer at BDIS, a Silicon Valley-based analytical instrument manufacturer. He has served on the Board of Directors for WAVC (Western Association of Venture Capitalists) and The Indus Entrepreneurs Group (TiE) in Silicon Valley and has been recognized multiple times a top dealmaker on Forbes’ annual VC Midas List. Mhatre holds a BS in Electrical Engineering, a BA in Economics, and an MBA from Stanford University.

This appearance by Ravi Mhatre is part of the Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders series. Join us virtually at youtube.com/ecorner as we bring founders, investors and industry influencers to center stage and invite them to share what it takes to become a disruptor.