Lee Hower

Lee Hower, Co-Founder & Partner at NextView Ventures

Lee Hower is a co-founder and Partner at NextView Ventures, a thematic, seed stage venture capital firm with offices in Boston and New York.12 He has spent his entire career as an entrepreneur and investor in early-stage software and internet startups.2

Career Highlights

• Started his career as an early employee of PayPal in product and business development roles, through the company's 2002 IPO and sale to eBay24
• Co-founded LinkedIn (NYSE: LNKD) and served as head of corporate development during the company's early years124
• Began his VC career at PJC, a Boston-based early-stage VC firm, where he was a Principal and led investments in Multiply (acq. by Naspers) and FanIQ24
• Co-founded NextView Ventures in 2010 with partners Rob Go and David Beisel34

Education

• Graduated from the University of Pennsylvania's Management & Technology program, with a BAS in Systems Engineering and a BS Economics from the Wharton School24
• Selected as Wharton's Commencement Speaker in 20002

Lee lives with his wife and small daughter and splits his time between Boston and San Francisco.24 He is active on Twitter as @leehower.5