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(1998 - 1999)
(1997 - 1998)
Total Funding: $6M
Total Funding: $180M
Total Funding: $95M
Total Funding: $170M
Total Funding: $26M
Total Funding: $15M
Total Funding: $26M
Total Funding: $68M
Total Funding: $150M
Total Funding: $640M
2008
Contact me at arif@lsvp.com I focus on early stage enterprise investing, with a focus on companies that are at the intersection of cloud, data, and AI. I'm currently working closely with the teams at Alif Semiconductor, Appzen, Celona, Cycognito, Moveworks, Navan, Netskope, Normalyze, PredictHQ, RedPanda, Resilience, Theta Lake, Thoughtspot, and Zocks. I was also involved in several Lightspeed investments which have had successful exits including Nutanix (IPO: NTNX), Avi Networks (acquired by VMware), Blend (IPO: BLND), Mist Systems (Acquired by Juniper), LeapYear (acquired by Snowflake), Split Software (acquired by Harness), Qubole (acquired by Idera), Highfive (acquired by Dialpad), Edgespring (acquired by Salesforce.com), Heighten (acquired by LinkedIn), Pertino Networks (acquired by Cradlepoint), IO Turbine (acquired by Fusion-io), RAPsphere (acquired by AppSense), Memoir Systems (acquired by Cisco), and StreamOnce (acquired by Jive Software).
2009
2009
The C100 is a non-profit, member-driven organization that supports Canadian technology entrepreneurship through mentorship, partnership and investment.
2006 - 2008
2006 - 2008
Mergers, Acquisitions, Investments, and Strategy in Unified Communications, Collaboration and SaaS. Transaction Leadership and execution on: WebEx ($3.3B), Latigent, Securent ($100M), Postpath ($200M), Jabber
2005 - 2006
2005 - 2006
I founded, built and ran WVP Ventures while in Business School. WVP Ventures is a student-run venture capital organization, whose mission is: - to train and position Wharton students to enter the venture capital and entrepreneurial communities. - to invest in entrepreneurs and mentor them through the funding process
2005 - 2005
2005 - 2005
2003 - 2004
2003 - 2004
2000 - 2003
2000 - 2003
1999 - 2000
1999 - 2000