# Claire Zau at Lightspeed Venture Partners

> Claire Zau, Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners. The rounds they were named in and the filings that name them, each with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/person/claire-zau (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

New York City, US · Partner

# Claire Zau

Partner at [GSV](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gsv)

Profile summary

- **Rounds named:** - none observed
- **Filings:** - with regulators
- **Podcasts:** 3 mentions

What this record rests on

- **Named in rounds** No round names them yet
- **On filings** No filing names them
- ✓ **Linked to a firm** At GSV
- **Claimed** Not claimed yet

Titles come from the investor lists this database was built from, so read them as of their date.

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## The firm

[**GSV** VC firm · US **0** cheques in 12 months **3** all time **0** led quiet](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gsv)

## Also at GSV

- [**Deborah Quazzo** Managing Partner *20 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/deborah-quazzo)
- [**Jason Horne** Chief Strategy & Transformation Officer *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/jason-horne)

## Hear them before you pitch them

### Mentioned in

Episodes that name Claire Zau in their description, which is not the same as being on them.

- [Equity](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/equity) · 5 Aug 2026 · 32 min Why Lightspeed is going all-in on creator-led venture capital Mentions [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed-venture-partners)[Claire Zau](https://millionrounds.com/person/claire-zau)[Erik Torenberg](https://millionrounds.com/person/erik-torenberg)[Josh Machiz](https://millionrounds.com/person/josh-machiz) About this episode Venture firms are turning to creators to build trust with the next generation of founders before a check is ever written. It's a trend that's been building with a16z's acquisition of Erik Torenberg’s Turpentine podcast and OpenAI's acquisition of TBPN. Lightspeed Venture Partners just made its own… Listen on Apple Podcasts
- [Sourcery](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/sourcery) · 15 Jun 2026 · 49 min TBPN, Jack Altman, a16z, Now It’s Lightspeed's Media Move Mentions [Jack Altman](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jack-altman)[Claire Zau](https://millionrounds.com/person/claire-zau)[Erik Torenberg](https://millionrounds.com/person/erik-torenberg)[Josh Machiz](https://millionrounds.com/person/josh-machiz) About this episode Claire Zau is a pre-seed and seed investor at Lightspeed and co-host of Lightwork, Lightspeed's new weekly AI podcast with CMO Josh Machiz. She also runs Zauey Talks, where she reaches 350K+ people and 10M+ monthly impressions explaining AI and startups to an audience that mostly does not work in… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [Term Sheet](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/term-sheet) · 13 May 2026 · 36 min This Creator Investor On The Truth About The AI Gold Rush | Term Sheet Mentions [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed-venture-partners)[Claire Zau](https://millionrounds.com/person/claire-zau) About this episode Claire Zau spent six years in venture capital and became the youngest investor to make partner at GSV. Then she did something very few other VCs were doing: she started posting social media videos about AI to inform the general public. A year, 337,000 followers and 1.6 million likes later,… Listen on Apple Podcasts

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