Brad Twohig

Co-Founder | Managing Partner at Smash Capital

Brad has been leading investment teams focused on growth stage consumer internet and software companies for over a decade.

Over a period of more than 15 years, Brad Twohig has led, co-led, and served on investment teams that have made 50+ investments into scaling technology companies deploying $1.75B+. Further, at least 15 of the investment companies have realized successful exits of either an IPO or acquisition.

Most recently, Brad co-led growth stage investing at Lightspeed Venture Partners (LSVP) in Menlo Park, CA. At LSVP, he led and co-led investments in such companies as Epic Games, Grafana, Vinted, ezCater, Carta, and Personio. He additionally served on the firm’s Investment Committee, and contributed to the firm’s growth team, strategy, investment focus, and data science efforts.

Prior to joining LSVP, Brad was a managing director at Insight Venture Partners (Insight) in New York City. During his 12 years at Insight, Brad was involved in investing $1B+ of capital. His role and contributions were diverse and impactful – from sourcing new opportunities to leading/co-leading investments to serving on the board of directors for numerous Insight portfolio companies.

Brad received his B.S. from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania with an emphasis in Finance and Management.

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