Ravi is a founding partner of Lightspeed Venture Partners, and primarily focuses on enterprise software and IT services investments. He has seven years of venture capital experience and six years of operating experience. Before joining Weiss, Peck & Greer Venture Partners in 1999, Ravi was with Bessemer Venture Partners, and invested in NetGenesis Software [NTGX], Verio [VRIO], VIA-Networks [VNWI], Webspective Software (acquired by Inktomi) and E-steel. Previously, Ravi ran market development efforts for the engineering workstation division of Silicon Graphics, and also worked at Lehman Brothers and Booz Allen Hamilton. He holds a BS degree in Electrical Engineering, an AB in Economics, and an MBA from Stanford University .