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Sebastian Duesterhoeft

Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners

San Francisco Bay Area

Overview 

Sebastian Duesterhoeft is a Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners in the San Francisco Bay Area, with a background in private equity, mergers & acquisitions, and venture capital. He has successfully invested in companies like Abridge (Series C) and GitLab (Series E), showcasing his expertise in growth equity and investment banking.

Work Experience 

  • Partner

    2023 - Current

    Lightspeed Venture Partners is a conviction-based venture capital firm. I'm a partner on our Growth Team, which has led investments in companies like Abridge, Affirm, Arctic Wolf, Axonius, BetterUp, Carta, Cato Networks, ClickUp, Faire, Grafana, Offchain Labs, Personio, TripActions, Vinted, Wiz and many more.

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

  • General Partner

    2021 - 2023

    Investments: Airtable, UiPath, Databricks, Confluent, Snowflake, Gitlab, Kustomer, Snyk, Cato Networks, Lacework

  • Partner

    2019 - 2020

  • Principal

    2018 - 2018

  • Principal

    2013 - 2018

  • Investment Banking Analyst

    2012 - 2013

    Analyst in the Technology Investment Banking group.

  • Investment Banking Analyst

    2010 - 2012

    Analyst in the M&A group.

Morgan Stanley Venture Partners is a private equity firm that invests in high-growth companies in the technology and healthcare industries.

  • Investment Banking Summer Analyst

    2009 - 2009

    Summer Analyst in the M&A group.

Morgan Stanley Venture Partners is a private equity firm that invests in high-growth companies in the technology and healthcare industries.

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