Wendell Su

Wendell Su is a Principal at Lightspeed Venture Partners based in San Francisco, California, where he invests in early-stage technology startups. Before joining the venture capital firm in June 2023, he worked as an investor at Initialized Capital and held software engineering positions at companies including Cruise and Webflow. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Stanford University, providing a technical foundation for his subsequent transition into institutional investing. Su currently manages a portfolio of over twenty companies and has directed capital into prominent technology firms such as Retool, Supabase, and Weights & Biases. Notably, he led the $62.7 million Series B funding round for Perplexity AI in January 2024. His current investment focus centers on Seed to Series B transactions within the enterprise software, artificial intelligence, and developer tool sectors.