Moritz Baier-Lentz

Moritz Baier-Lentz is a Partner and the Head of Gaming at Lightspeed Venture Partners, a globally leading venture capital firm with over $18 billion in capital under management and more than 500 investments across the U.S., Europe, and Asia—including Epic Games, Stability AI, and Snap. As an investor and board director, he helps emerging game studios and interactive technology companies with everything from strategy to hiring, sales and marketing, and financing. Moritz loves to partner with exceptional entrepreneurs, many of whom have been leading the creation of games like Fortnite, Call of Duty, League of Legends, Apex, Overwatch, Valorant, StarCraft II, and Warcraft III. Moritz is a former professional gamer and #1 ranked player of Diablo II and was recognized among the ‘30 Under 30’ (Forbes) and ‘40 Under 40’ (Capital). He is a founding member of the World Economic Forum's Metaverse Initiative to build equitable, interoperable, and safe virtual worlds. His recent speaking engagements include the World Economic Forum, Forbes, New York Times, Harvard, Stanford, M.I.T., Goldman Sachs, and J.P. Morgan. Moritz holds an M.B.A. and M.A. from Stanford University.