Rebecca Lynn
Partner
Rebecca joined Morgenthaler's Menlo Park office in 2007, and she focuses on early-stage investments in mobile, health 2.0, Internet services and financial services. She serves on the boards of Lending Club and Practice Fusion, and she is second on the boards of OpinMind and Autonet.
Rebecca began her career at Procter and Gamble's corporate headquarters where she worked in international new product market entry. She spent time in both Cincinnati and Mexico City developing new products for the market and launching a new category in Latin America. She then joined NextCard as an early employee and spent four years at the company. At NextCard, she led product development efforts and later served as the Vice President of Marketing where she managed one of the top five largest online marketing efforts. NextCard was the first online credit card company, and it went public in 2000 with a $1.3B market cap. After NextCard, she ran her own consulting business focusing on online marketing for financial services and affiliate marketing.
Rebecca passed the California State Bar and has a focus on intellectual property litigation and corporate law. Rebecca is an inventor on several issued patents, and she was published in the Berkeley Law and Technology Journal.
Education:
JD/MBA degree from the Haas School of Business and U.C. Berkeley School of Law at the University of California at Berkeley. B.S. in chemical engineering from the University of Missouri in 1996.
Board Seats:
Portfolio News:
- Super Angels Alight
- When Not to Take VC Money
- Rebecca Lynn Speaks at SDForum's Consumer Internet Breakfast
- Partner Rebecca Lynn Serves as Visiting Advisor to Women 2.0
- Increasing Web Focus, Morgenthaler Promotes Rebecca Lynn to Partner
- Rebecca Lynn to Judge at Founder Showcase
- What's in your VC plea?
- LendingClub Scores $24.5M Series C
- Venture Shakeout
- Meltdown Gives Consumers a New Money Mindset
- Lester Center Assembles over 300 Experts to Support its 2008-2009 Programs
- LendingClub Scores Venture Financing
- VCs Ask Starts to Prepare for Worst Case Scenario