George Whitehead

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Partner Mark Xu, 24,founded his own student startup incubator while attending Harvard; a polymath who has studied violin at Juilliard and worked on drug discovery, he spent time at a hedge fund and blockchain startup before joining Lightspeed Venture Partners. At another large firm, NEA, Alex Sharata, 29, cofounded mobile app security startup, Fractal, which was acquired while still in his early 20s. And Scribble Ventures partner John Smothers, 28, once cofounded an ecommerce business that reached millions in revenue. [...] ### 30 UNDER 30 RELATED ARTICLES Forbes Inside Alex Cooper’s $125 Million Deal To Grow Her Multimedia Empire By Alexandra YorkForbes Coders Worry The AI From This $2 Billion Startup Could Replace Their Jobs By Rashi ShrivastavaForbes Fracking Hot Rocks Could Revolutionize Clean Energy—If Trump Doesn’t Get In The Way By Christopher HelmanForbes Under 30 2025 Social Impact: Meet The Young Leaders Building New Businesses For A Better World By Jena McGregorForbes 30 Under 30 Education 2025: The Ones To Watch In AI Tutoring, Education Nonprofits, School Boards And More By Katherine Love Got a tip? Share confidential information with Forbes. Editorial StandardsReprints & Permissions Image 3: Alex Konrad ByAlex Konrad [...] At Bain Capital Ventures, partner Rak Garg, 28, launched BCV Labs, an AI-focused accelerator behind six startups including Contextual AI, which provides tools for improving the use of large language models, and Prophet Security, building