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Will Kohler

Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners

San Francisco Bay Area

VC
Investor

Invests in

  • Min Investment:

    $3,000,000.00

  • Max Investment:

    $20,000,000.00

  • Target Investment:

    $15,000,000.00

Skills

Start-ups
Angel Investing
Venture Capital
Mergers & Acquisitions
Entrepreneurship
Management Consulting
Corporate Development
Financial Modeling
Private Equity
Leadership
Strategy
Business Strategy
Leadership Development
Product Management
Strategic Partnerships
Mergers
SaaS
Business Planning
Business Development
Due Diligence

Education

Lists including Will

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Based in SF

3077 people

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All Series A Investors

14748 people

Investments

Semgrep

Series C

Total Funding: $93M

BetterUp

Series B

Total Funding: $570M

Handshake

Seed

Total Funding: $460M

Mynd

Series A

Total Funding: $78M

C2FO

Series A

Total Funding: $370M

Percolate

Series C

Total Funding: $110M

Receivables Exchange

Series A

Total Funding: $40M

Six Degrees Games

Series A

Total Funding: $14M

Work Experience

LV
Lightspeed Venture Partners

2014

  • Partner

    2014

R
Ramp

2025

  • Investor

    2025

P
Payhawk

2025

  • Investor

    2025

F
Flex

2024

  • Investor

    2024

AI
Aledade, Inc.

2023

  • Investor

    2023

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Semgrep

2023

  • Investor

    2023

C
Carta

2019

  • Investor

    2019

B
BetterUp

2017

  • Investor

    2017

H
Handshake

2015

  • Investor

    2015

R
Rippling

2023

  • Investor

    2023

Latest Articles

Medium•Jun. 2022

The Creators, Part 2: The rewards of resilience

entrepreneurship
high-growth companies
resilience
market opportunities
relationship building
Medium•Jun. 2021

Meet the newest member of our Fintech team: Justin Overdorff

Fintech
Venture Capital
Entrepreneurship
Founders
Justin Overdorff
Medium•Feb. 2021

BetterUp, your personal dojo for how to live your best life.

Venture Capital
Mental Health
Startup
Technology
BetterUp
Medium•Aug. 2020

Why software companies will need to become payments companies — and how Finix is leading the charge.

software companies
payments industry
Finix
payments infrastructure
embedded payments technology
Medium•Nov. 2019

Enterprise Scale Summit: Q&A with Henry Ward

Startup
cap table management
private equity distribution
wealth inequality
startup challenges
Medium•Jun. 2019

Scaling Lightspeed’s Growth Investment Practice.

Startup
Venture Capital
Entrepreneurship
Growth
Lightspeed growth investment practice
Medium•Jun. 2019

BetterUp — Transforming Organizations from the Inside Out

Leadership
BetterUp
personalized coaching
human capital optimization
work-life blend
Medium•May 2019

Carta’s Henry Ward says it’s time for investors to share the wealth (and he’s right)

Venture Capital
Technology
Finance
Entrepreneurship
Carta
Medium•May 2019

Our Investment in Carta

Venture Capital
equity management
wealth distribution
Carta
private markets
Medium•Dec. 2018

A Seismic Opportunity

Sales
Seismic
Lightspeed
Sales Enablement
enterprise software
Medium•May 2018

Welcoming Natalie Luu as an Investing Partner at Lightspeed.

Startup
Venture Capital
Entrepreneurship
Enterprise Technology
Ycombinator
Medium•Mar. 2018

BetterUp — Career development for modern teams, and this venture capitalist!

Leadership
Venture Capital
Entrepreneurship
HR
Startup
Medium•Jan. 2017

Re-imagining Life Insurance — Introducing Ladder

Insurance
Life Insurance
Venture Capital
Technology
Entrepreneurship
Medium•Nov. 2016

Raise the Roof

Real Estate
Investing
Venture Capital
Startup
Tech