# Arsham Memarzadeh

> Arsham Memarzadeh is a General Partner at Meritech Capital in Palo Alto, where he leads enterprise software and infrastructure growth investments. He arrived in early 2025 after six years at Lightspeed Venture Partners, where he helped lead the growth practice and backed Wiz, Chainguard, Verkada, ClickUp, Axonius, Personio, Enable, Payhawk, and Spiff.

- **Role:** General Partner at Meritech Capital
- **Organizations:** Meritech Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, OpenView Venture Partners, Cornell University Entrepreneurship Advisory Council
- **Education:** B.S., Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University
- **Known for:** Helped lead Lightspeed's growth investing practice across six years., Backed Wiz before its rapid ascent in cloud security., Early growth-stage check into Chainguard.

## Career timeline

- **pre-2019** — Sourced and executed enterprise software investments at OpenView Venture Partners in Boston.
- **2019** — Joined Lightspeed Venture Partners as part of the growth practice.
- **2019-2024** — Led or co-led Lightspeed growth investments including Wiz, Chainguard, Verkada, ClickUp, Axonius, Personio, Enable, Payhawk, and Spiff.
- **2025** — Joined Meritech Capital as General Partner in Palo Alto.

## Achievements

- Helped lead Lightspeed's growth investing practice across six years.
- Backed Wiz before its rapid ascent in cloud security.
- Early growth-stage check into Chainguard.
- Board exposure across ClickUp, Personio, Verkada, Axonius, Enable, Payhawk, and Spiff (acquired by Salesforce).
- Named General Partner at Meritech Capital in early 2025.
- Active member of Cornell University's Entrepreneurship Advisory Council.

## Latest updates

- **2025-02** — Meritech publicly announced Arsham as a new General Partner.
- **2025** — Joined growth boards across Meritech's current portfolio including ClickUp, fal, n8n, Owner, Personio, True Anomaly, and Verkada.

## Links

- Website: https://www.meritechcapital.com/team/arsham-memarzadeh
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/arshammemarzadeh/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/arshammem

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