Joe is a Partner at Lightspeed, where he focuses on capital formation and firmwide strategy. His work supports the firm’s relationships with the global investment community and helps guide Lightspeed’s long-term growth.

Joe’s venture career began in New York City, where he helped launch Sequoia’s first global growth fund. That experience deepened his interest in venture capital as an ecosystem — one defined not only by returns, but by long-term partnerships, patient capital, and the builders shaping the future. His move west soon followed, driven by, in his words, “great fortune and exceptional people.” 

Joe also spent time as a partner at Debevoise & Plimpton, supporting clients across a range of fund formation strategies. He credits that experience with strengthening his appreciation for thoughtful, commercially grounded advice and the role it plays in building durable investment platforms.

At Lightspeed, Joe approaches his role with a service mindset: his goal is to help, to give more than he receives, and to leave partners — founders and LPs alike — better positioned than he found them. He believes durable firms are built not just on insight and timing, but on trust, generosity, and consistency over time —  a perspective shaped by mentors, his upbringing, and becoming a parent.

Outside of work, Joe enjoys music, meaningful conversations, and time with family and close friends, often accompanied by guitar sessions in an Oakland garage. And if you ask what he’d be without the Jordan Bulls? Don’t.