Raj Kapoor

Studied Mech Eng/Robotics at Carnegie Mellon University, helped create first interactive networked media applications at Bell Atlantic in early 90s (including VOD and interactive TV), joined @Home when it was a startup and ended managing e-commerce product and sales for the public company Excite@Home. Cofounded and ran Snapfish as CEO from 1999-2005. It's now one of the largest online photo services in the world with over 80M members & peaked over $300M revenue. The company was profitable and growing faster than the market. We sold Snapfish to HP in April 2005 for $300M.

Became a Managing Director at Mayfield Fund in August 2005 - a top silicon valley venture capital fund with over $3B under management. I invested in 14 companies over 7 years in consumer internet/mobile, e-commerce, SMB, online adtech, social, and marketplaces - including early rounds in Lyft, Rubicon Project, Qunar, Fivestars, and Red Beacon. I also sourced Moat.

In 2012, I started a new vehicle to cofound companies alongside awesome founders (cofounder.co) and then started and ran one of the companies in 2013 - fitmob - which grew into one of the largest fitness networks in the US in 8 cities. Fitmob joined forces with market leader ClassPass in May 2015 to create the worlds largest fitness marketplace and subscription service operating across 40 cities and 4 countries - I ran international and new supply. I then was a Board Advisor at ClassPass and Venture Advisor at Mayfield Fund.

In 2016, I joined Lyft as Chief Strategy Officer. I was responsible for evaluating new business areas outside of the core including our expansion into a Mobility As A Service provider and thenspent most of my time leading the business of Autonomous (self driving) - moving us from a human, gas powered network of cars to a self driving, electric shared fleet. Created the largest self driving service in terms of paid rides, the most partnerships with leaders in the industry, and culminated my tenure with the sale of our self driving R&D division to Toyota for $550M.

Now I have created a stealth VC fund focused entirely on addressing planetary challenges including climate change, resource sustainability and a more circular economy.

Specialties: Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Strategy, Product Management, Venture Capital investing, General Management, Financing, Marketing, Business Development, & Financial Analysis.