Dev Khare

Dev Khare

Partner atLightspeed Venture PartnersFirm active Oct 14India

Dev Khare is a partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners in India. He was a founder of Covigo, which was sold to Symbol Technologies, and later a VP at Venrock before joining Lightspeed in 2011.

What Dev can write

Writes checks of$1M to $30M+
Comes in atSeed, Series A, Series BCan lead the round
Ownership target7-10%At first check
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Lightspeed Venture Partners writes $1M to $30M+ checks, larger than 83% of firms in the atlas.

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Career

  1. Covigo · founder
  2. Symbol Technologies
  3. Venrock · VP
  4. Symbol Technologies
  5. Lightspeed · Partner
    Now

Companies founded

Covigo

Investments named in public bios

InrixRedbeaconSlidesharePhysicsWallahQure

Focus

consumerenterprisesoftware-based modelssoftware

Education

Harvard Business School, MBA

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Questions

Who is Dev Khare?

Dev Khare is a partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners in India. He was a founder of Covigo, which was sold to Symbol Technologies, and later a VP at Venrock before joining Lightspeed in 2011.

How much does Dev Khare invest?

Dev Khare invests through Lightspeed Venture Partners, which writes checks of $1M to $30M+ at seed, series a, series b.

How do I pitch Dev Khare?

Email [email protected], the firm's inbox for founders, and name Dev in the subject. A warm intro from a founder Lightspeed Venture Partners backed works better.

What did Dev Khare do before Lightspeed Venture Partners?

founder at Covigo; Symbol Technologies; VP at Venrock; Symbol Technologies.

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