Christopher Schaepe Overview

  • Primary Industry
  • Information Technology

  • Active Board Seats
  • 4

  • Med. Deal Size

  • Med. Valuation

Christopher Schaepe General Information

Biography

Mr. Christopher Schaepe served as Director at Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment. He is a Board Member at Tintri. He was a Board Member at Aerohive Networks. He also serves as Board Member at Personalis. He served as Board Member at Delphix. He Co-Founded & served as a Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners. He also serves as Advisor at Harpoon. He has several years of venture capital experience and four years of operating experience. Prior to Lightspeed, he served in corporate finance and capital markets roles at Goldman, Sachs & Co. Previously, he was a software engineer at IBM. Schaepe has frequently been named to the Forbes Midas List of top venture capital investors for investments including Avamar, Brocade, Ciena, Quantum Effect Devices, and Riverbed Technology. Mr. Schaepe holds BS and MS degrees in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering from MIT and an MBA from Stanford University.

Contact Information

Education
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), BS (Bachelor of Science)
Stanford Graduate School of Business, MBA (Master of Business Administration)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), MS (Master of Science)
Gender
Male
Total Investments
Exits
Phone
+1 (650)
Address
  • 9351 Deering Avenue
  • Chatsworth, CA 91311
  • United States
+1 (650)

Christopher Schaepe Board Seats (4)

Company Industry Ownership Status Financing Status Location Since
Aqua Security Network Management Software Privately Held (backing) Venture Capital-Backed Ramat Gan, Israel
Cohere Technologies Business/Productivity Software Privately Held (backing) Venture Capital-Backed San Jose, CA
Elementum Business/Productivity Software Privately Held (backing) Venture Capital-Backed Salt Lake City, UT
Tintri Business/Productivity Software Publicly Held Formerly VC-backed Chatsworth, CA

Christopher Schaepe Lead Partner on Deals (62)

Company Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Deal Status Industry Location
Flux (Software Development Applications) 13-Oct-2021 Seed Round Completed Business/Productivity Software San Francisco, CA
Rethink (Business/Productivity Software) 15-Nov-2019 Completed Business/Productivity Software Los Angeles, CA
Forty Seven 17-Oct-2017 Completed Drug Discovery Menlo Park, CA
Vitrisa Therapeutics 20-Jul-2017 Completed Biotechnology Larkspur, CA
Personalis 18-Jul-2017 Completed Drug Discovery Fremont, CA
Elementum 01-Jul-2017 Completed Business/Productivity Software Salt Lake City, UT
Guardant Health 11-May-2017 Completed Diagnostic Equipment Palo Alto, CA
Evariant 09-Mar-2017 Completed Enterprise Systems (Healthcare) Farmington, CT
Kenandy 28-Oct-2016 Later Stage VC (Series B2) Completed Systems and Information Management Redwood City, CA
Guardant Health 24-Mar-2016 Later Stage VC (Series D) Completed Diagnostic Equipment Palo Alto, CA

Christopher Schaepe Network (614)

Board Members (190)

Name Company Representing Location From
Paul Milbury Aerohive Networks Self Milpitas, CA
Bill Chambers Avere Systems Self Pittsburgh, PA
ehealth Self Austin, TX
Virtana HighBar Partners Palo Alto, CA
Elementum Self Salt Lake City, UT

Portfolio Executives (379)

Name Company Role Deal date Location
Lance Cassidy Flux (Software Development Applications) Co-Founder & Chief Experience Officer and CDO 13-Oct-2021 San Francisco, CA
Christian Blank Flux (Software Development Applications) Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer 13-Oct-2021 San Francisco, CA
Flux (Software Development Applications) Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer 13-Oct-2021 San Francisco, CA
Rethink (Business/Productivity Software) Founder & Chief Executive Officer 15-Nov-2019 Los Angeles, CA
Forty Seven Executive 17-Oct-2017 Menlo Park, CA

Christopher Schaepe Affiliated Funds (9)

Fund Investor Fund Type Status Vintage Size Dry Powder IRR IRR Quartile
Lightspeed Venture Partners V Lightspeed Venture Partners Venture - General Closed 1999
Lightspeed Venture Partners VII Lightspeed Venture Partners Venture Capital - Early Stage Closed 2006
Lightspeed Venture Partners X Lightspeed Venture Partners Venture - General Closed 2014
Lightspeed Venture Partners VIII Lightspeed Venture Partners Venture Capital - Early Stage Closed 2008
Lightspeed Venture Partners XI Lightspeed Venture Partners Venture - General Closed 2016

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    Christopher Schaepe holds 4 board seats including Aqua Security, Cohere Technologies, Elementum, and Tintri.

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