Alex Taussig
Board Partner
Lightspeed Venture Partners
Lightspeed board partner and former consumer co-head backing marketplaces and software.
Bio
Professional summary
Nnamdi Iregbulem joined Lightspeed in 2020 and focuses on technical enterprise software, including developer tools, application infrastructure and machine learning. He previously worked on the investment team at ICONIQ Capital, where he deployed more than $500 million into high-growth technology companies including GitLab, Fastly, Alteryx, ezCater, Uber, SurveyMonkey and Epic Games. Earlier, he worked in J.P. Morgan's technology, media and telecommunications investment banking group and later earned an MBA from Stanford.
Notable companies
Selected portfolio companies the partner has backed
MaterializeRedpandaMatillionSnorkel AI
Background
Career, education, and skills
Career history
- Lightspeed Venture PartnersPartner2020 – Present
- ICONIQ CapitalInvestment Team
- J.P. MorganTechnology, Media and Telecommunications Investment Banking
Education
- Stanford Graduate School of BusinessMBA
- Yale UniversityUndergraduate degree in Economics and Computer Science
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