Roy L.

Roy L.

5.0

Pivot into VC | ex-Lightspeed ex-Antler | Form Thesis Get Deals from 0 to 1

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Studied at Stanford Graduate School of Business

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Worked at Lightspeed Venture Partners

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Roy's Venture Capital Qualifications

Experience level: Partner

30+ people coached for Venture Capital

- I leveraged my pre-MBA summer internship at Lightspeed Venture Partners to pivot into VC, with my background as biotech researcher, self-taught coder at a unicorn, and AI founder - During Stanford GSB, I ran and won the bid to become a Co-President of the Stanford Venture Capital Club - During and after Stanford, I worked in venture capital, product management (Amazon AWS), startup advising, speechwriting, MBA admissions, angel investing, and SPV formations. - Co-President of Stanford VC Club, helping classmates pivot into VC through 50+ consulting sessions, mock interviews and resume reviews, candidates were successfully selected into Primary Ventures, CRV, and Norwest

Roy also coaches for Blockchain, Crypto, & Web3 and MBA. View all.

About Roy

- Stanford GSB Alum, Class of 2022 - 5 for 5 admissions into GSB, Wharton, Kellogg, Haas and Yale SOM, full ride scholarships from Wharton and Kellogg. - 4+ years experience working with >25 individuals from US, China, Australia, Taiwan, and Singapore on essay writing, application strategy for top MBA programs with successful placements into GSB, HBS, Kellogg, Wharton and Haas - Prior to Stanford, leveraged my GSB admission to pivot into VC, working at Lightspeed Venture Partners on its growth equity team, drawing from its $1.5B opportunity fund and $1B growth fund, focused on web3, AI, and robotics. - Joined as Partner at a Web3 Fund with $1B AUM post-MBA (announce soon) - Before venture capital, worked on my startup in enterprise AI, with funding from Softbank and grew the team to 20+ people. - During and after Stanford, worked in venture capital, product management, startup advising, speechwriting, MBA admissions, angel investing, and SPV formations. - Co-President of Stanford VC Club, helping classmates pivot into VC through 50+ consulting sessions, mock interviews and resume reviews, candidates were successfully selected into Primary Ventures, CRV, and Norwest

Work Experience

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Product Manager

Amazon

June 2021 - August 2021

MBA PMT

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Senior Associate

Lightspeed Venture Partners

May 2020 - September 2020

MBA Investor on the growth equity team.

Education

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Stanford Graduate School of Business

MBA

2020 - 2022

Roy was also personally admitted to

  • The Wharton School (UPenn) Logo

    The Wharton School (UPenn)

  • Haas School of Business (Berkeley) Logo

    Haas School of Business (Berkeley)

  • Kellogg School of Management (Northwestern) Logo

    Kellogg School of Management (Northwestern)

  • Yale School of Management Logo

    Yale School of Management

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Roy L.

Roy L.

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