Amber joined Lightspeed in 2025 as an Enterprise Partner, where she backs highly technical founders working to build the next generation of enterprise software and infrastructure, particularly in markets that we believe will either be created by, or rapidly automated through, AI.

Amber began her career in venture at Bloomberg Beta, then invested in post-product-market-fit companies at CRV before joining Lightspeed. Long-standing friendships with partners Bucky Moore, Raviraj Jain, and Taggart Bonham – and respect for the firm’s depth of thought on emerging markets – made the decision straightforward.

Growing up near Florida’s Kennedy Space Center, Amber spent weekends studying rocket launches and, by high-school sophomore year, was training a neural network to predict orbital-debris collisions for satellites. Her original love was physics academia, but one month into Stanford, she incorporated a company to sell that predictive data to satellite operators, since she preferred the real-time impact of entrepreneurship to the longer arc of academia. That builder’s mindset led her into a career in venture.

When meeting teams exploring how AI will reshape enterprise software, Amber looks for founders who combine impeccable technical chops with distinct taste in product, design, or culture. She takes a highly agentic approach to investing and is known for rolling up her sleeves – whether that means prototyping a dev tool or calling potential customers – to help entrepreneurs pressure-test ideas early and build independent conviction in markets that can outlast hype cycles.

Raised by Taiwanese-immigrant parents, who are both engineers, Amber learned to notice people who break the mold and bring fresh perspectives that complement Silicon Valley’s innovation culture. When not working, Amber loves to travel and plans her trips around galleries and restaurants, seeking out the stories behind an artist or a chef. “Great companies and great art share a throughline,” she notes. “Both start with a creator who sees the world differently and insists on making that vision real.”