Mr. Ravi Mhatre
Founding General Partner
Lightspeed Venture Partners

   Ravi is a founding partner of Lightspeed, and primarily focuses on internet, digital media and software investments. He has twelve years of venture capital experience and six years of operating experience.

Before joining Lightspeed, Ravi was with Bessemer Venture Partners, and invested in NetGenesis Software (Nasdaq: NTGX), Verio (Nasdaq: VRIO), VIA-Networks (Nasdaq: VNWI), Webspective Software (acquired by Inktomi) and InCert Software (acquired by Geodesic).

Before entering the venture capital industry, Ravi was with Silicon Graphics, where he was a product manager and later directed the company's workstation market development efforts. Previously, he spent time in Lehman Brothers' technology investment banking group and in management consulting with Booz Allen Hamilton. Ravi began his career as a software engineer at BDIS, a Silicon Valley-based, analytical instrument manufacturer.

Ravi has served on the Board of Directors for The Indus Entrepreneurs Group (TiE) in Silicon Valley and has been recognized as a Top 100 dealmaker on Forbes' Annual VC Midas List and has served as a judge for the prestigious Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Competition.

He holds a BS in electrical engineering, a BA in economics and an MBA from Stanford University.