Peter Nieh
Founder of Lightspeed Venture Partners
San Francisco Bay Area
Overview
Work Experience
Co-Founder & Partner
1995 - Current
Global venture capital firm that has backed disruptive companies like Snap, Affirm, Nest, Nutanix, Mulesoft, Rubrik, Zscaler, Navan (TripActions),, QuantumScape, Guardant Health, and Forty Seven. Website: lsvp.com
Lightspeed Venture Partners is a venture capital firm that engages in consumer, enterprise, technology, and cleantech markets.
Business Development & Product Marketing
1992 - 1995
Start up that developed an operating system for mobile devices (precursor to the smartphone) and a software platform to enable electronic marketplaces (content, commerce, community) before the Web existed. IPO in Feb 1995. One of the first 30 employees and helped strike corporate partnerships.
Product Manager
1990 - 1991
Leading PC manufacturer based in Taiwan. Launched Acer's first laptop computer into the U.S. market. Assisted in the spec & design of Acer's first notebook computer.
Consultant / Associate Consultant
1987 - 1990
Strategy consulting firm. Client engagements included computer subsystems manufacturer, programmable logic chips, property & casualty insurance provider.
Engineer
1985 - 1987
Developed firmware that enabled the sleep mode and laid out the printed circuit board for Apple's first laptop (Apple Portable). Helped enable Apple's first external hard drive (HD20) to be daisy chained.
Apple is a corporation that designs, manufactures, and markets consumer electronics, personal computers, and software.
Raised $1,170,230,000.00 from KB Securities, Berkshire Hathaway and Microsoft.