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Nate Leung

Partner at Sapphire Ventures

San Francisco, California

Overview 

Nate Leung is a Partner at Sapphire Partners in San Francisco, California, with a background in financial modeling, strategy, and management consulting. With a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School and experience at firms like Bain Capital Ventures and The Boston Consulting Group, he specializes in venture capital, due diligence, and business development. Highlights of Nate's career include his role as a Partner at Sapphire Ventures, LLC, and his expertise in investing in Series A and seed stage companies in sectors like Consumer Internet and Enterprise.

Work Experience 

  • Partner

    2019 - Current

    Sapphire Partners is a Limited Partner (LP) seeking to invest in elite early-stage venture capital funds, across the U.S., Europe, and Israel. Sapphire Partners is the LP arm of Sapphire Ventures.

  • Co-Founder

    2019

    OpenLP is an LP-curated resource from Sapphire Partners for the venture community to stay on top of the latest industry insights and maximize their potential. By sharing content from across the VC ecosystem, we help GPs, LPs, entrepreneurs, and stakeholders develop a greater understanding of the venture market and the technology startup ecosystem.

  • Vice President

    2016 - 2018

    Industry Ventures manages over $3 billion and has structured flexible liquidity solutions for entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and limited partners and helped pioneer a new market along the way. Worked on Partnership Holdings hybrid fund of funds focused on primary and secondary investments in venture capital funds, and direct co-investments in growth-stage companies.

Industry Ventures is an investment firm that makes venture capital investments and manages over $3.5 billion of institutional capital.

  • Partnerships

    2014 - 2016

Optimizely is a digital experience platform for unlocking digital potential, content, commerce, and optimization.

Raised $251,200,000.00 from Bridge Bank.

  • Operations

    2013 - 2014

NuORDER is a cloud and mobile B2B eCommerce platform empowering brands and retailers to streamline their business operations.

Raised $81,900,000.00 from Brighton Park Capital and Imaginary Ventures.

  • Marketing and Operations

    2010 - 2011

    Portfolio

Rent the Runway is an online e-commerce website that allows women to rent designer apparel and accessories.

Raised $626,149,985.00 from Ares Management.

  • Associate

    2009 - 2011

Bain Capital is an alternative investment firm specializing in private equity, venture capital, and credit products.

  • Associate

    2007 - 2009

BCG Securities focuses on wealth management with high net worth individuals.

  • Research Assistant

    2006 - 2007

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