Ravi Mhatre — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Founder and Managing Director at Lightspeed Venture Partners since 1999.
Founding Investor and Director at Rubrik, Inc. (NYSE: RBRK) since 2013.
Founding Investor and Director at Glean since 2019.
Board Member at Cato Networks since 2023.
Specializes in investments in internet/cloud-based services and next-generation AI and IT infrastructure.
Earned MBA, Electrical Engineering, and Economics degrees from Stanford University.

Biography

Ravi Mhatre is the Founder and Managing Director at Lightspeed Venture Partners, a role he has held since 1999. At Lightspeed, he focuses on backing early and growth stage technology companies, with a tenure spanning over 20 years.

Mhatre specializes in investments within the Internet/cloud-based services and next-generation AI and IT infrastructure sectors. His investment portfolio includes being an investor at Anthropic since 2024, a founding investor and director at Rubrik, Inc.