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Arif Janmohamed

Venture Partner at Lightspeed

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Overview

Arif Janmohamed is a Venture Partner at Lightspeed[1]. Janmohamed joined Lightspeed in 2008 and served as Partner for 18 years, focusing primarily on enterprise investments at the intersection of Cloud, AI and Data[2][4]. During this tenure, Janmohamed worked closely with portfolio companies including Netskope, Navan, and PredictHQ, among others[2]. Janmohamed holds a BSc in Computer Engineering from the University of Waterloo[12] and an MBA in Finance from The Wharton School[11]. Prior to joining Lightspeed, Janmohamed held positions at Cisco Systems as Manager of Corporate Business Development[6], at Sun Microsystems in the Chief Technology Office[9], and at Andes Networks as Product Manager and Senior Hardware Engineer[10]. Janmohamed is also a Founding Charter Member and Early Board Member of C100[5].

Profile introduction
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After 18 yrs as a Partner at Lightspeed, I’m setting off to build something new. I will remain as a Venture Partner at Lightspeed. I joined Lightspeed in 2008 and focused primarily on enterprise investments at the intersection of Cloud, AI and Data. I worked closely with the teams at Alif Semiconductor, Appzen, Avarra, Celona, Cycognito, Endor Labs, Navan (NAVN), Netskope (NTSK), PredictHQ, RedPanda, Resilience, Straiker, Theta Lake, Thoughtspot, and Zocks. I was also involved in several Lightspeed investments which have had successful exits including Netskope (NTSK), Navan (NAVN), Movew…

Career history

  1. Venture PartnerJul 2026 to presentLightspeed
  2. PartnerJun 2008 to Jun 2026Lightspeed
  3. Founding Charter Member and Early Board Member2009 to presentC100
  4. Manager, Corporate Business Development2006 to 2008Cisco Systems
  5. Founder2005 to 2006WVP Ventures
  6. Associate2005 to 2005Novitas Capital
  7. Chief Technology Office2003 to 2004Sun Microsystems
  8. Product Manager / Sr. Hardware Engineer2000 to 2003Andes Networks

Education

  1. MBA, Finance2004 - 2006The Wharton School
  2. BSc, Computer Engineering1994 - 2000University of Waterloo
  3. Computer Engineering, VLSI1998 - 1999EPFL

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