Eric O'Brien

Who is Eric O'Brien?

At Lightspeed, Eric

focuses on investments in digital media, datacenter infrastructure, and

semiconductors. Additionally, he helps oversee Lightspeed's investment

efforts in China. He has ten years of venture capital experience and

two years of industry experience.

Previously, he worked in product management at Ciena (formerly

Lightera Networks). Prior to Ciena, Eric served as an Associate at

InterWest Partners, an early-stage venture capital firm, where he

focused on communications and software investments and as an Analyst at

Morgan Stanley in the telecom mergers and acquisitions group.

Eric holds an AB magna cum laude in Economics from Harvard

University and an MBA from Stanford University. He is a member of the

Advisory Board of DT Capital, a Shanghai-based venture capital firm of

which Lightspeed is a limited partner. He is also Vice Chairman of

Partners in School Innovation, an educational nonprofit working to

improve student learning in low-income Bay Area public schools.Investements: Aquantia, Exclara, Gmedia, Lucky Pai, Pivot3, SemEquip.