From the earliest age, Ashley has been fascinated by the process of developing new products, services, and business models. Today, while Ashley has pivoted away from architecture, she is at the forefront of architecting the future of business. As an integral member of the investing team at Lightspeed, one of the most broadly diversified venture capital firms in the world, Ashley gets to use both her extensive knowledge and deep love for creating new products every day. As a partner with Lightspeed Venture Partners, Ashley has brought her unique perspective and striking knack for both spotting and creating trends to bear. Although modest about her accomplishments, Ashley has worked for a veritable whos-who list of power players in the world of cutting-edge tech finance.
Ashley Brasier
Growing up, Ashley wanted to be an architect like her dad. She loved sitting together at the drafting table in their garage sketching ideas and building things. In other words, prototyping. She later learned in her coursework at Duke and studying abroad in Copenhagen, that she much prefers prototyping business ideas to actual buildings. Shortly after graduating, she kickstarted a consulting career at Bain. After several years at Bain, Ashley had a hankering to do more operational work and wanted to explore the world of Silicon Valley.
Lightspeed Venture Partners, one of the best-performing VC firms in Silicon Valley, is closing out with a slew of new hires. Neetzan Zimmerman, a former senior editor at Gawker, has also joined as vice president of growth, as first reported by Forbes. The additions are 50 percent female, a good move for Lightspeed, which like many VC firms, has been long short on female partners. Founded in , Lightspeed has had just two female partners, Nicole Quinn and Natalie Luu, who joined in and , respectively.
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