Alex Taussig
Board Partner
Lightspeed Venture Partners
Lightspeed board partner and former consumer co-head backing marketplaces and software.
Bio
Professional summary
Dan Grunfeld is Vice President of Business Development at Lightspeed, where he helps portfolio companies connect with global enterprise business leaders interested in emerging technology. He previously joined a virtual reality startup while at Stanford GSB and later connected with Lightspeed through that network. Earlier, he played professional basketball for eight seasons in Germany, Spain and Israel, and he is the author of By the Grace of the Game.
Background
Career, education, and skills
Career history
- Lightspeed Venture PartnersVice President, Business Development2022 – Present
- Lightspeed Venture PartnersDirector2019 – 2022
- STRIVREnterprise Sales and Strategic Development2015 – 2019
- National Basketball AssociationProgramming Coordinator2014 – 2015
- Professional leagues in Germany, Spain and IsraelProfessional Basketball Player
Education
- Stanford Graduate School of BusinessMBA2015-2017
- Stanford UniversityUndergraduate degree2002-2006
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