Andrew is a Partner at Khosla Ventures and focuses on developing leading companies in cleantech, information technology, and personalized medicine. He seeks to work with exceptional entrepreneurs in building the world's most innovative companies and changing the world for the better. He is one of six investing Partners at the firm. Prior to Khosla Ventures, Andrew spent five years at Lightspeed Venture Partners and helped to build the firm's cleantech practice. He helped drive and manage Lightspeed's investments in Solazyme (NASDAQ: SZYM, biofuel), Stion (solar), LS9 (biofuel), Coaltek (clean coal), Leyden Energy (energy storage), Orbis Education (nursing education), and Personalis (genome interpretation). In addition to assisting his portfolio companies, Andrew is a frequent speaker at industry events, was Founding Chair of the Cleantech Board for The Indus Entrepreneurs Group (TiE), and is a long-time advisor to the Cleantech Open. Andrew has also advised various government officials, including the California Commission for Economic Development, on cleantech-related policy issues. Prior to joining Lightspeed, Andrew was an investor at Bain Capital and TL Ventures, where he supported buyout and venture investments in healthcare, software and semiconductors. Previously, he was a management consultant with Bain & Company in Greater China and co-founded UberWorks, an Internet startup incubated at Trilogy that was later acquired by a public company. Andrew is an avid musician and nearly pursued a singing career several times in his life, once after reaching the finals in Hong Kong’s version of American Idol. He has performed as a vocalist and conductor at the Lincoln Center, the Kennedy Center, the Shanghai Conservatory and an off-Broadway musical theatre. Andrew graduated Phi Beta Kappa in Applied Mathematics from Harvard University and holds an MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Specialties Venture capital, cleantech (bioenergy, solar, storage, smart grid, efficiency, LED lighting, clean coal), greentech, Greater China market, Mandarin, Cantonese, education, nursing, genomics, bioinformatics, healthcare, software, Internet (social gaming, social media, e-commerce), digital media, consumer electronics, music, management consulting, product management, leveraged buyoutsread more ...read less ...
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