Catherine Lu Overview

  • Primary Position
  • Managing Partner

  • Primary Industry
  • Information Technology

  • Med. Deal Size

  • Med. Valuation

Catherine Lu General Information

Biography

Ms. Catherine Lu served as Managing Partner at Basecamp Fund (Seed Fund) at Alumni Ventures. She serves as a Managing Partner at Basecamp Fund. She also served as Executive of product Development at Palantir Technologies. She was also the Co-Founder of FT Technologies. She was Director of Product at NEA-backed DataVisor, an enterprise company offering an unsupervised machine learning fraud solution. Prior to DataVisor, she co-founded the retail analytics company Fancy That, which Palantir acquired in 2015. She graduated from Stanford with a BS and MS in Computer Science, focusing on artificial intelligence.

Contact Information

Primary Position
Managing Partner, Basecamp Fund
Education
Stanford University, MS (Master of Science)
Stanford University, BS (Bachelor of Science)
Gender
Female

Catherine Lu Lead Partner on Deals (46)

Catherine Lu has been the lead partner on 46 deals. Their latest deal was with UserHub, a business/productivity software company. The deal was made for on 24-Apr-2024.

Company Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Deal Status Industry Location
UserHub 24-Apr-2024 Seed Round Completed Business/Productivity Software New York, NY
SigNoz 28-Sep-2023 Completed Software Development Applications San Francisco, CA
TeachMe.To 25-Sep-2023 Completed Educational and Training Services (B2C) San Diego, CA
Humanly (Business/Productivity Software) 14-Jun-2023 Completed Business/Productivity Software Seattle, WA
Minoa (Business/Productivity Software) 01-May-2023 Completed Business/Productivity Software Wilmington, DE
Breach Insurance 10-Apr-2023 Completed Other Insurance Suwanee, GA
Parallel Markets 07-Apr-2023 Completed Financial Software New York, NY
Multiple 14-Mar-2023 Completed Business/Productivity Software San Francisco, CA
Bundle (Business/Productivity Software) 28-Feb-2023 Seed Round Completed Business/Productivity Software Oakland, CA
PrivacyHawk 28-Feb-2023 Seed Round Completed Network Management Software Los Angeles, CA

Catherine Lu Network (199)

Portfolio Executives (162)

Name Company Role Deal date Location
Patrick Rafferty UserHub Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer 24-Apr-2024 New York, NY
Silas Sewell UserHub Co-Founder 24-Apr-2024 New York, NY
SigNoz Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer 28-Sep-2023 San Francisco, CA
SigNoz Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer 28-Sep-2023 San Francisco, CA
TeachMe.To Co-Founder, Chief Operating Officer & President 25-Sep-2023 San Diego, CA

Fund Team Members (37)

Name Investor Fund Fund Location
Lauren Kolodny Alumni Ventures AVG Anti Bias Fund I Manchester, NH
Laura Rippy Alumni Ventures AVG B-School Fund Manchester, NH
Alumni Ventures Manchester, NH
Alumni Ventures Manchester, NH
Alumni Ventures Manchester, NH

Catherine Lu Affiliated Funds (9)

Fund Investor Fund Type Status Vintage Size Dry Powder IRR IRR Quartile
AVG B-School Fund Alumni Ventures Venture - General Fully Invested 2019
AVG Anti Bias Fund I Alumni Ventures Venture - General Closed 2021
AVG Basecamp 2021 Alumni Ventures Venture Capital - Early Stage Fully Invested 2020
AVG Seed Fund 5 Alumni Ventures Venture Capital - Early Stage Fully Invested 2021
AVG 2021 Total Access Funds Alumni Ventures Venture - General Closed 2021

Catherine Lu FAQs

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    Ms. Catherine Lu served as Managing Partner at Basecamp Fund (Seed Fund) at Alumni Ventures.

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  • What is Catherine Lu’s main position?

    Catherine Lu’s primary position is Managing Partner.

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