Connor Love

Menlo Park, California, United States

Bio

Professional summary

Connor Love is a Partner at Lightspeed focused on frontier technology, especially defense, space, manufacturing and autonomous systems. He is a former active-duty Captain in the U.S. Army and served in Northern Iraq, in the Office of Chief Legislative Liaison in Washington, D.C., and as strategic advisor and speechwriter to General Robert Brown. He joined Lightspeed after a military career and graduate study at Oxford and Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Notable companies

Selected portfolio companies the partner has backed

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Background

Career, education, and skills

Career history

Lightspeed Venture PartnersPartnerPresent
U.S. ArmyCaptain
Office of Chief Legislative LiaisonArmy Liaison Officer
U.S. Army PacificStrategic Advisor and Speechwriter

Education

Stanford Graduate School of BusinessGraduate degree
University of OxfordMaster's degree
United States Military Academy at West PointUndergraduate degree

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