Managing Director at Lightspeed Venture Partners
San Francisco Bay Area
- Current
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- Director at MailExpress
- Director at Bling Nation
- Director at PCH International
- Director at Evolv On-Demand
- Director at Lucky Pai
- Director at Exclara
- Director at Aquantia
- Director at Pivot 3
- Vice Chairman at Partners in School Innovation
- Managing Director at Lightspeed Venture Partners
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Eric O'Brien’s Summary
At Lightspeed, Eric focuses on investment opportunities in digital media, datacenter infrastructure, and semiconductors. He is also the point person from the US on Lightspeed's investment efforts in China. He has nine 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. He holds an AB magna cum laude in Economics from Harvard and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Eric O'Brien’s Specialties:
Digital media, enterprise data center infrastructure, semiconductors. Investments in the US and China.
Eric O'Brien’s Experience
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Director
MailExpress
(Privately Held; Logistics and Supply Chain industry)
June 2009 — Present (7 months)
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Director
Bling Nation
(Privately Held; Financial Services industry)
September 2008 — Present (1 year 4 months)
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Director
PCH International
(Privately Held; Logistics and Supply Chain industry)
September 2008 — Present (1 year 4 months)
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Director
Evolv On-Demand
(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)
January 2008 — Present (2 years )
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Director
Lucky Pai
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Online Media industry)
December 2006 — Present (3 years 1 month)
Lucky Pai is an auction-based TV home shopping network serving the China market.
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Director
Exclara
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Semiconductors industry)
August 2006 — Present (3 years 5 months)
Exclara is designing products to help bring LED light fixtures into the general lighting industry. The company hopes its products will help convert every incandescent and flourescent bulb in the world into an energy saving and environmentally-friendly LED-based lightsource.
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Director
Aquantia
(Semiconductors industry)
December 2004 — Present (5 years 1 month)
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Director
Pivot 3
(Computer Software industry)
May 2003 — Present (6 years 8 months)
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Vice Chairman
Partners in School Innovation
(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
June 2002 — Present (7 years 7 months)
Member of the Board of Directors of Partners In School Innovation, a non-profit service organization that enables public schools in high-poverty Bay Area communities -- serving primarily students of color and English-language learners -- to achieve educational equity through school-based reform.
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Managing Director
Lightspeed Venture Partners
(Partnership; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)
February 2000 — Present (9 years 11 months)
Responsible for making early stage venture capital investments in a broad range of entrepreneurial start-ups.
