Venture Capital Gravitational Physics (with Ravi Mhatre)
NewcomerMarch 29, 202300:43:15

Venture Capital Gravitational Physics (with Ravi Mhatre)

Ravi Mhatre co-founded Lightspeed Venture Partners just before the technology industry unraveled in the dot-com bust. Lightspeed weathered the dot-com crash and became one of Silicon Valley’s top venture capital firms, known for many of its enterprise software investments. Over his two decades at Lightspeed, Mhatre has invested in Nutanix, MuleSoft, AppDynamics, Zscaler, and Rubrik to name a few.

Mhatre and I talked about Silicon Valley after the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank. We discussed whether the rules of venture capital gravitation physics has changed.

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