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Nathan Wu

Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners

San Francisco, California

Overview 

Nathan Wu is a Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners in San Francisco, with a background in economics and fluency in Mandarin. He has made significant investments in various companies, including Chainguard and Semgrep, and specializes in sectors like Web3/Crypto and Consumer Internet. Wu's career highlights include his role as a Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners and his involvement in investments in companies such as Chainguard and Semgrep. He brings a strong analytical skill set and expertise in sectors like Web3/Crypto and Consumer Internet to his current role.

Work Experience 

  • Investor

    2024 - Current

Chainguard provides low-to-zero CVE container images that provide a secure software foundation for building and running applications.

Raised $256,000,000.00 from Amplify Partners, MANTIS Venture Capital, Spark Capital, Redpoint, Lightspeed Venture Partners, IVP and Sequoia Capital.

  • Partner

    2022

Lightspeed Venture Partners is a venture capital firm that engages in consumer, enterprise, technology, and cleantech markets.

  • Board Observer

    2023

  • Investor

    2023

Profoundly improving software security and reliability

Raised $93,000,000.00 from Lightspeed Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital, Redpoint and Felicis.

  • Investor

    2023

Tome radically changes the way sales teams get deals done, with custom LLMs that assist reps throughout every stage of the sales process.

Raised $75,300,000.00 from Audacious Ventures, Wing Venture Capital, Greylock, Bipul Sinha, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Eric Schmidt, Coatue, 8VC, David Luan and Emad Mostaque.

  • Investor

    2021 - 2023

  • Investor - ICONIQ Growth

    2021 - 2022

    https://iconiqcapital.com/growth/

ICONIQ Capital is a privately-held investment firm that serves some influential families and organizations.

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