Investing Profile

Aaron Batalion(2)

Investor

General Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners

aaronbatalion.comSan Francisco Bay Area

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NewCo Network

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Top-Patents Network

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University of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory Network

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BlueStone Capital Partners, L.P. Network

428 CONNECTIONS

Microsoft Network

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Current Investing Position

Lightspeed Venture Partners General Partner

Investment Range

$20K - $100K

Sweet Spot

$50K

Investments On Record

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Aaron Batalion's Investments On Record (7)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
XMTP	Series AAug 2021$20M	$45M
Co-investors: Jason Warner (Redpoint Ventures), Diogo Monica (Haun Ventures), Fred Wilson (Union Square Ventures), Paul Veradittakit (Pantera Capital), Michael Mignano (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Ali Yahya (Andreessen Horowitz), Joseph Lau (Alchemy Ventures), Sriram Krishnan (Andreessen Horowitz), Chris Kurdziel (Samsung NEXT Ventures), Robert Leshner (Robot Ventures), Kneeland Youngblood (Pharos Capital Group), Martin Green (HawksHead Capital), Guy Oseary (Sound Ventures), Rahul Vohra (Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund), Joshua Baer (iCiDIGITAL), Ethan Beard (Piazza Venture Labs), Narendra Rocherolle (The Start Project), Ashton Kutcher (Sound Ventures), Bobby Goodlatte (Notable Capital (formerly GGV Capital)), Ben Huh (Y Combinator), Alexis Ohanian (Curated), Naval Ravikant (Sm4rt Predictive Systems), Maaria Bajwa (Timespan Ventures), Joe Lallouz (Ambush Capital), Scott Belsky (capitalB), Joe Gerber (IDEO CoLab Ventures), Fiona Kelly (Baseline Community + Fund), Linda Xie (Scalar Capital), Itamar Lesuisse (Ready (formerly Argent)), Eamon Leonard (Broadstone), William Boebel (Capital Factory), Nikil Viswanathan (The Alchemy Fund), Julia Lipton (Awesome People Ventures), Packy McCormick (Not Boring Capital), Josh Williams (Form Capital), Jess Sloss, Balaji Srinivasan, Paul Stamatiou, Anthony Pompliano, Fernando Martinelli, Shishir Mehrotra, Tegan Kline, Reggie James, Ricky Engelberg, Joe Stump, Stani Kulechov, Michael Dunworth, Courtney Guertin
MovieBot	Convertible NoteAug 2017$100K	$2.3M
Co-investors: Leif Danielsen (Acequia Capital), Hank Vigil (Acequia Capital), Marc Jalabert (Acequia Capital), Peter Rojas (Betaworks Ventures), Molly Fowler (Dorm Room Fund), Logan Lorenz
Back to the Roots	SeedJun 2015$2M	$27M
Co-investors: Lucas Mann (Acre Venture Partners), Kennie Blanco (L'ATTITUDE Ventures), Carmelo Anthony (Melo7 Tech Partners, LLC), Gareth Asten (Acre Venture Partners), Jonathan Keidan (Torch Capital), Shamin Walsh (BAM VENTURES LLC), Blake Mycoskie, Gary Hirshberg
HONK	SeedNov 2014$2M	$32M
Co-investors: Mark Mullen (Bonfire Ventures), Clark Landry (CESPPA), Jillian Manus (Structure Capital), Ben Huh (Y Combinator), Rick Marini (Catapult Capital), Mike Walsh (Structure Capital), Paige Craig (Outlander VC), Naval Ravikant (Sm4rt Predictive Systems)
Teachable	SeedAug 2014$1M	$14M
Co-investors: Bill Liao (SOSV), Naval Ravikant (Sm4rt Predictive Systems), Sterling Witzke (Winklevoss Capital), Billy Draper (Path Ventures), Kamal Ravikant (Evolve VC), Adam Foroughi, Matt Brezina, Ding Zhou
Walker & Company Brands	SeedDec 2013$2M	$33M
Co-investors: Jeff Jordan (Andreessen Horowitz), Somesh Dash (IVP), Charles King (MaC Venture Capital), Scott Stanford (ACME Capital), Nasir Jones (QueensBridge Venture Partners), Anthony Saleh (Photo Workshop), Shervin Pishevar (Craft Ventures), Andre Iguodala, John Legend
Shyp	SeedSep 2013$2M	$62M
Co-investors: Kevin Rose (True Ventures), Dan Rose (Coatue), Brian McClendon (UP.Partners), Pascal Levy-Garboua (Checkr, Inc.), Tim Ferriss (Angel investor), Scott Belsky (capitalB), Lee Linden (Quiet Capital), Shervin Pishevar (Craft Ventures), Naval Ravikant (Sm4rt Predictive Systems), Scott Stanford (ACME Capital), John Doerr (Kleiner Perkins), David Spector (ThirdLove), Daymond John (Fubu), Sterling Witzke (Winklevoss Capital), Hunter Walk (Homebrew (Seed Stage Venture Capital)), David Marcus (Lightspark), Kamal Ravikant (Evolve VC), Kintan Brahmbhatt, Shri Ganeshram, Joshua Schachter, Osama Bedier