Investing Profile

Anand Iyer

CEO
Venture Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners
canonical.ccSan Francisco, California
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Networks Anand is a member of
Top-Patents Network
1032 CONNECTIONS
Top-Patents Network
1032 CONNECTIONS
Microsoft Network
517 CONNECTIONS
Microsoft Network
517 CONNECTIONS
BlueStone Capital Partners, L.P. Network
514 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
Kamanu Ventures & Lightspeed Venture Partners Scout Venture Partner
Investment Range
$100K - $5.0M
Sweet Spot
$1.5M
Investments On Record
11

Anand Iyer is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Anand Iyer's Investments On Record (9)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Mesta
SeedSep 2025$6M
Pre SeedJan 2025$2M
$8M
Co-investors: Jacob Mullins (Shasta Ventures), Scott Hartley (Everywhere Ventures (The Fund)), Jenny Fielding (Everywhere Ventures (The Fund)), Anna Barber (Everywhere Ventures (The Fund))
Phantom
Series CJan 2025$150M
$290M
Co-investors: Andrew Reed (Sequoia Capital), Fred Ehrsam (Paradigm), Garry Tan (Initialized Capital), Arjun Balaji (Paradigm), John Thompson (Moving Capital), Theodore Schlein (Ballistic Ventures), Robert Leshner (Robot Ventures), Alex Adelman (TBD Angels), James Flynn (Deerfield Management), Ravi Mhatre (Kamanu Ventures & Lightspeed Venture Partners Scout), Jason Haider
Chaos Labs
Series AAug 2024$55M
SeedFeb 2023$20M
$95M
Co-investors: Guru Chahal (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Diogo Monica (Haun Ventures), Paul Veradittakit (Pantera Capital), Michael Shaulov (Cyberstarts VC), Kevin Weil (Council on Foreign Relations), Simon Chan (Firsthand.vc), Alex Marinier (New Form Capital), Naval Ravikant (Sm4rt Predictive Systems), Tze Donn Ng (Tioga Capital Partners), Amman Bhasin, Balaji Srinivasan, Mike Giampapa
Blackwing
SeedMar 2024$5M
$5M
Co-investors: Julian Koh (Ribbon Finance), Miko Matsumura (Gumi Cryptos Capital)
Jia
SeedApr 2023$4M
$7M
Co-investors: Jared Hecht (Union Square Ventures), Kinjal Shah (Blockchain Capital), Nisa Amoils (A100x Ventures), Packy McCormick (Not Boring Capital)
Sentio
SeedFeb 2023$6M
$6.1M
Co-investors: Sundeep Ahuja (Climate Capital), Ravi Mhatre (Kamanu Ventures & Lightspeed Venture Partners Scout), Carmen Palafox (MiLA Capital (Make in LA))
Meso
SeedMay 2022
$10M
Co-investors: Justin Saslaw (Ribbit Capital)
Alchemy
Series CFeb 2022$200M
$580M
Co-investors: Paul Veradittakit (Pantera Capital), Joey Krug (Founders Fund), Jerry Yang (AME Cloud Ventures), Ali Yahya (Andreessen Horowitz), Andy McLoughlin (Uncork Capital), Reid Hoffman (Greylock), Kevin Hartz (Founders Fund), Peter Thiel (Founders Fund), Julie Yoo (Andreessen Horowitz), Jay Rughani (Andreessen Horowitz), Matt Ocko (DCVC (Data Collective)), Emilie Choi (Coinbase Ventures), Ben Orthlieb (Blue Moon), David Mes (Off The Grid Ventures), Eric Kwan (Locus Ventures), John Hennessy (Stanford University), Shawn (Jay-Z) Carter (Marcy Venture Partners), Jerry Yang (Hardware Club), Kris Fredrickson (Verified Capital), Randy Glein (DFJ Growth), Ravi Mhatre (Kamanu Ventures & Lightspeed Venture Partners Scout), Amy Wu (The Alchemy Fund), Thomas Glocer (Communitas Capital Partners, LLC), Will Smith (Dreamers VC), Keisuke Honda (Dreamers VC), Jay Brown (Marcy Venture Partners), Chi-Hua Chien (Goodwater Capital), Ruchi Sanghvi (South Park Commons), Navin Chaddha (Mayfield Fund), James Hong (NewCo), Shervin Pishevar (ACME Capital), Naval Ravikant (Sm4rt Predictive Systems), Patrick Chang (The Alchemy Fund), Najam Kidwai (Frontier Ventures), Jay Z, Jared Leto, Balaji Srinivasan, Chris Kelly, Jeff Seibert

Anand Iyer's Experience

CTO & Co-Founder Office of US Senator Daniel Patrick MoynihanPresent
Managing General Partner Office of US Senator Daniel Patrick MoynihanPresent
Investor NEYON AIPresent
Investor ChipSage LabsPresent
CTO & Co-Founder Merrill Lynch & CoPresent
CTO & Co-Founder Still Water DesignPresent
Managing General Partner Merrill Lynch & CoPresent
Managing General Partner Still Water DesignPresent
CTO & Co-Founder BlueStone Capital Partners, L.P.Present
Managing General Partner BlueStone Capital Partners, L.P.Present
Dad + IT Technician + Tech Customer Support Hitpost, Inc. (acquired by Yahoo!)Present
Managing General Partner Hitpost, Inc. (acquired by Yahoo!)Present
Co-Founder Stealth Company (Anand Iyer)Present
Investor RAINPresent
Investor Sentient LabsPresent
Investor EXO LabsPresent
Software Development Engineer CiscoPresent
Senior Developer Evangelist MicrosoftPresent
Senior Product Manager MicrosoftPresent
CTO & Co-Founder Top-PatentsPresent
Chief Product Officer & Co-Founder trstdlyPresent
CEO & Founder Trusted Child CarePresent
Dad + IT Technician + Tech Customer Support Top-PatentsPresent
Investor Virtuals ProtocolPresent
Managing General Partner CanonicalPresent
Senior Developer Evangelist Microsoft CorporationPresent
Senior Product Manager Microsoft CorporationPresent
CTO & Co-Founder Hitpost, Inc. (acquired by Yahoo!)Present
Chief Product Officer & Co-Founder ThreadflipPresent
CEO & Founder Trusted Child Care (acq by Care.com)Present
Visiting Partner Pear VCPresent
Venture Partner Lightspeed Venture PartnersPresent
Investor EXO Labs (We're hiring)Present
Dad + IT Technician + Tech Customer Support The Iyer FamPresent
Investor StacksPresent
Investor TRM LabsPresent
Investor thirdwebPresent
Investor FarcasterPresent
Investor GensynPresent
Investor Thala LabsPresent
Investor RitualPresent
Board Member FarawayPresent
Investor Sahara AIPresent
Investor Tensorplex LabsPresent
Investor SentientPresent

Anand Iyer's Education

Purdue University BSc Eta Kappa Nu
Purdue University BSc Computer Engineering

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