Kat Zhang is a partner at Lightspeed, where she partners with early-stage fintech founders reimagining the financial services stack. She was drawn to Lightspeed’s thesis-driven approach and commitment to long-term partnerships, and quickly found alignment with the firm’s fintech vision and founder-first culture.

Before joining Lightspeed, Kat was an investor at Upfront Ventures, where she spent four years investing in early-stage companies across fintech and vertical AI. She began her career at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, where she led annual stress tests and analyzed systemic risk across major financial institutions.

Kat holds a B.S. from the University of California, Berkeley, and an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago.