Key Takeaways
- • Lightspeed has named Adil Haque as Partner and Head of Capital Partnerships, tasking him with leading the firm's relationships with institutional investors and other capital partners.
- • Haque's remit covers deeper client relationships, sharing deal, sector and geographic insights across the firm, and partnering on funds, co-investments and bespoke venture solutions.
- • Haque's investor relationships span pensions for teachers, firefighters and police, public and corporate employee plans, endowments, foundations, sovereign wealth funds and family offices.
- • According to Lightspeed-related coverage, Haque previously worked at EQT, where he took part in growth of the firm's assets under management from roughly $25B to more than $300B, and he is reported to manage a team of 10.
Summary
Venture firm Lightspeed has added Adil Haque as Partner and Head of Capital Partnerships, a move intended to strengthen its relationships with institutional investors and other capital partners, according to Pulse 2.0. Haque will lead the firm's capital partnerships organization, which is responsible for developing deeper relationships with existing and prospective clients and for sharing insights from across Lightspeed's investments, sectors and geographic markets.
In the role, Haque will partner with investors on fund commitments, co-investments and bespoke venture solutions. His professional network spans institutions that manage capital for teachers, firefighters, police officers, public and corporate employees, as well as endowments, foundations, sovereign wealth funds and families.
Haque first became familiar with Lightspeed in the early 2000s while working as a venture investor at Apax. More than two decades later, discussions with Lightspeed partner Bejul Somaia led to broader engagement with Ravi Mhatre, Rob Horton and other members of the investment team. Haque said he was drawn to Lightspeed's focus on backing ambitious founders capable of generating power-law returns and its systems-oriented approach to venture investing. In his words, "We think about things similarly: back the most ambitious founders to deliver power-law returns and operate with systems-led thinking."
Trade coverage cited in the publisher's context describes Haque as managing a team of 10, and a Korean-language report states he joined from EQT, where he took part in growth of that firm's assets under management from about $25 billion to more than $300 billion. These details come from secondary coverage and were not confirmed in the primary announcement.
In the role, Haque will partner with investors on fund commitments, co-investments and bespoke venture solutions. His professional network spans institutions that manage capital for teachers, firefighters, police officers, public and corporate employees, as well as endowments, foundations, sovereign wealth funds and families.
Haque first became familiar with Lightspeed in the early 2000s while working as a venture investor at Apax. More than two decades later, discussions with Lightspeed partner Bejul Somaia led to broader engagement with Ravi Mhatre, Rob Horton and other members of the investment team. Haque said he was drawn to Lightspeed's focus on backing ambitious founders capable of generating power-law returns and its systems-oriented approach to venture investing. In his words, "We think about things similarly: back the most ambitious founders to deliver power-law returns and operate with systems-led thinking."
Trade coverage cited in the publisher's context describes Haque as managing a team of 10, and a Korean-language report states he joined from EQT, where he took part in growth of that firm's assets under management from about $25 billion to more than $300 billion. These details come from secondary coverage and were not confirmed in the primary announcement.
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