Jake Seid

Who is Jake Seid?

Jake has over seven years of

venture capital experience and has helped complete more than 20

investments at Lightspeed across mobile (Rhythm New Media, Icebreaker),

Internet (Kosmix, TheFind, TutorVista, StyleHive), systems (Aerohive,

Identity Engines), software (Personeta, Sailpoint, Skybox) and

components (SiPort, Unity). Jake also co-leads Lightspeed's India

initiative and the firm's involvement in the Lightspeed-Gemini Internet

Lab. Prior to Lightspeed, Jake was a product line manager for Cisco

Systems. He was responsible for launching and managing the industry's

first DOCSIS-based cable modems and routers which won "Best of Show"

and "Best Networking Hardware" at Comdex'99. Jake was with Cisco's

Cable BU from $1M/yr run rate to $1B/yr run rate.

Jake serves on the Board of the MIT-Stanford Venture Lab and the

Advisory Board of Nexus India Capital, an India-focused venture capital

firm. He holds a BS in Electrical Engineering and a M. Eng. in

Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT.