Lydia Jett
American venture capitalist
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Lydia Jett (born 1980) is an American venture capitalist and former executive at SoftBank Vision Fund.[1] Ms. Jett is an independent board member at Walmart-owned Flipkart,[2] Fanatics,[3] Veho[4] and Vimeo (Nasdaq: VMEO).[5]
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| Born | November 1980 (age 45) |
| Citizenship | United States of America |
| Alma mater | Stanford Graduate School of Business, London School of Economics and Political Science, Smith College, Mountain View High School |
| Occupations | Venture capitalist, Investor, Board Member |
| Known for | Businessperson |
Jett has also held executive positions at Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan Securities, Inc. and M/C Partners.
Career
In 2015, Jett joined SoftBank Group to launch their growth equity efforts. In 2017, Jett was a founding member of the Softbank Vision Fund, where she became Managing Partner and Head of the Consumer Internet Sector. Jett was the first woman named to Investing Managing Partner,[6] and Investing Partner[7] at Softbank Vision Fund.
Jett led investments in and represented Softbank on the Board of Directors of the firm’s global eCommerce investments including:[8] Coupang,[9] Fanatics,[10] Flipkart,[11] GoTo,[12] and Klook, collectively the top returning portfolio for Softbank Vision Fund I.[13]
Additionally, Jett and her team led investments into and represented SBIA[14] on the Board of Directors several companies including: Andela, Embark, Klook,[15] LTK,[16] Pacaso, Weee!,[17] Bytedance,[18] ezCater,[19] Aleo,[20] and Quantstamp[21] amongst other investments. Bloomberg reported Jett was departing Softbank in 2024.[22]
Prior to launching SBIA, Jett was a senior member of the investment team at Softbank Group Corporation International (SBGI) where she helped lead SBGI’s Series D investments in Guardant Health,[23] 10x Genomics[24] and Series A investment into Fetch Robotics[25] (sold to Zebra).[26]
Jett served as an Independent Board Member on the Board of Directors of Coupang (NYSE: CPNG), Fanatics,[27] Flipkart, Ozon (Nasdaq: OZON), Veho and Vimeo (Nasdaq: VMEO).
Jett has been recognized by Forbes as “generating one of the largest cash generating returns ever for a start-up investor,[28] published work in Fast Company,[29] been recognized as one of Fortune’s “Most Powerful Women.[30]
Previously, Jett worked as an investment banking analyst at JPMorgan in New York, before working at Goldman Sachs in the Principal Investment Area and M/C Partners.