Overview
Jonah Cader is a Partner at Lightspeed as of September 2025[1][2]. Cader previously held the position of Principal at Valor Equity Partners from February to August 2025, and served as Vice President there from July 2023 to February 2025[3][4]. Earlier experience at Valor included a role in Growth Fund Investing from June 2022 to July 2023[5]. Cader completed concurrent graduate degrees at Stanford University, earning an MBA from the Graduate School of Business and an MS in Computer Science from the School of Engineering, both completed by 2023[10][11]. During graduate studies, Cader worked as a Special Projects Researcher and Industry Brief Editor at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence from 2021 to 2023[6][7]. Cader holds a Bachelor of Science in Computational Neuroscience with Honors from Brown University, completed in 2016[12].
Career history
- PartnerSep 2025 to presentLightspeed
- PrincipalFeb 2025 to Aug 2025Valor Equity Partners
- Vice PresidentJul 2023 to Feb 2025Valor Equity Partners
- Growth Fund InvestingJun 2022 to Jul 2023Valor Equity Partners
- Special Projects ResearcherMar 2022 to Jun 2023Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI)
- Industry Brief EditorJul 2021 to Jun 2023Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI)
- Business Strategy, Robotics and AI - MBA InternJun 2021 to Sep 2021X, the moonshot factory
- Engagement ManagerOct 2019 to May 2020McKinsey & Company
Education
Master of Business Administration (MBA)2020 - 2023Stanford University Graduate School of Business
Master of Science (MS), Computer Science2021 - 2023Stanford University School of Engineering
Bachelor of Science (ScB), Computational Neuroscience (Honors)2012 - 2016Brown University
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