WK

Will Kohler

Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners

San Francisco Bay Area

Overview 

Will Kohler is a Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners in the San Francisco Bay Area, specializing in start-ups, angel investing, venture capital, and mergers & acquisitions. He has made significant investments in companies like Semgrep, BetterUp, and Handshake, playing a key role in their growth and success. With an educational background from Harvard University and MIT Sloan School of Management, Will has a strong track record of investing in successful Series C and Series E companies and has expertise in sectors such as Media/Content, Cloud Infrastructure, and SaaS.

Work Experience 

  • Investor

    2024 - Current

Flex enables people to pay bills on a schedule that fits their personal finances.

Raised $5,800,000.00 from Matrix, Camber Creek and Coatue.

  • Partner

    2014

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

  • Investor

    2023

  • Investor

    2023

Profoundly improving software security and reliability

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

  • Investor

    2019

Carta is a global ownership management platform that helps companies, investors, and employees manage equity and ownership.

Raised $1,157,600,000.00 from 8090 Partners, Unanimous Capital, Sand Hill Angels, Vetamer, GS Growth, Step Ahead Capital, Massive, Silver Lake, Moonshots Capital and Launchbay Capital.

  • Investor

    2017

BetterUp develops an AI-driven platform that helps people and businesses grow personally and professionally through coaching.

Raised $570,014,699.00 from Mubadala Capital Ventures, Morningside Venture Investments, Sapphire Ventures, Wellington Management, SV Angel, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Salesforce Ventures, Plus Capital and ICONIQ Growth.

  • Investor

    2015

Handshake is a college career network that helps students and recent graduates find their next opportunity.

Raised $434,000,000.00 from Spark Capital, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, Emerson Collective, Coatue, EQT Ventures, Valiant Peregrine Fund, True Ventures, Base10’s Advancement Initiative, Kleiner Perkins and Notable Capital.

  • Investor

    2023

Rippling is the workforce management platform that unifies HR, IT, finance, and more.

Raised $1,987,000,000.00 from Dragoneer Investment Group, Coatue, Greenoaks, Founders Fund and Bossa Invest.

  • Investor

    2020

Arctic Wolf is a cyber security company that provides cloud-native security operations technology to reduce cyber risks.

Raised $899,200,000.00 from Neuberger Berman, Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, Viking Global Investors and Owl Rock Capital.

  • Investor

    2021

Articles About Will

Relevant Websites