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Rytis Vitkauskas

Investor and Board Member with extensive experience in venture capital

Rytis Vitkauskas, Partner at Dig Ventures

Rytis Vitkauskas is a Partner at Dig Ventures, a London-based investment firm that invests in early-stage SaaS and fintech companies across Europe and the United States.4 He joined Dig Ventures in 2022 after a three-year stint as a Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners.3

Professional Experience

  • Partner at Dig Ventures (2022 - present)23
  • Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners (2019 - 2022)13
  • Investor at various companies including Tripledot Studios, Matillion, Zapp, Personio, Vinted, Student.com, ROLI, and more (2014 - 2022)1
  • Founder & CEO of YPlan, an event booking service (2012 - 2017)1
  • Vice President at Summit Partners (2008 - 2011)1

Education

  • MBA with distinction from Harvard Business School (2006 - 2008)1
  • BA with distinction in Integrated Social Sciences (Economics) from Jacobs University Bremen (2003 - 2006)1
  • International Baccalaureate from Vilnius Lyceum (2001 - 2003)1

Social Media

  • Twitter: @RytisVit5
  • LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/rvitkauskas16

Rytis Vitkauskas brings a wealth of experience as an investor, entrepreneur, and executive to his role as Partner at Dig Ventures. His background includes founding a successful startup, investing in numerous early-stage companies, and working at top-tier venture capital firms.

Highlights

Apr 2 · linkedin

Mentorship alert to my Lithuanian friends:

Jei esi didelio potencialo studentas ar jaunas profesionalas - arba toki pazisti - LT Big Brother projektas ir 300+ pasaulinio lygio mentoriu (tame tarpe ir yours truly) laukia Tavo paraiskos!

Registracija baigiasi rytoj Balandzio 3d, tad nedelsk: https://lnkd.in/eQMPRcja

Aug 3 · linkedin

After three terrific years, I am leaving Lightspeed Venture Partners to start something new. It has been an honour and a privilege to support so many outlier entrepreneurs in Europe and to learn from world class investor colleagues. As Lightspeed continues to redefine the venture landscape with the new $7B fund family, it’s a perfect time to go back to my entrepreneurial roots and create something unique in Europe... more on which coming soon.

Matthew Scullion at Matillion, Thomas Plantenga and Mantas Mikuckas at Vinted, Hanno Renner at Personio, Navid Hadzaad Javaherian and Joe Falter at Zapp, Lior Shiff and Akin Babayigit at Tripledot Studios, Patrick Reich and Eliot Makabu at Bonnet, Firaas Rashid at Hook, and everyone else I’d had the good fortune of working with - a deep thank you for your trust, your unending creativity and for being an inspiration to so many around you!

Thank you Nicole Quinn, Paul Murphy, Ravi Mhatre, Bejul Somaia, Will Kohler and many others for your partnership, mentorship and support as we set out to build Lightspeed in Europe together, and become friends with so many along the way. I am excited to continue collaborating in the future!

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Experience

Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners (Sep 2019 - Sep 2022)
Founder & CEO at YPlan (Feb 2012 - May 2017)

Education

MBA with distinction, Harvard Business School (2006 - 2008), BA with distinction, Integrated Social Sciences (Economics), Jacobs University Bremen (2003 - 2006)

Location

London, England, United Kingdom