Cameron Lester

Active Investor

Vice Chairman of Technology, Media and Telecom Investment Banking at Jefferies

San Francisco, California

Cameron Lester, Vice Chairman of Technology, Media and Telecom Investment Banking at Jefferies is an active investor based in San Francisco, California. This profile covers what Cameron Lester backs, at which stage, and how founders can reach out in 2026.

Mr. Cameron Lester serves as Managing Director and Co-Head of Global Technology Investment Banking at Jefferies Group. Previously, he served as a Founding General Partner at Azure Capital Partners. His current board memberships include Convercent, Get Satisfaction, SilkRoad Technology, K2, KISSmetrics, Switchfly, Telly, and Zend Technologies. Other successful investments include TopTier Software (acquired by SAP), VMware (acquired by EMC), Interwoven (IPO in 1999), PSS Systems (acquired by IBM), and Salesforce.com (IPO in 2004). prior to Azure, he was a Managing Director and the Group Head of the Software Investment Banking Group at Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB). Prior to CSFB, he was a Director and the Group Head of the Software Investment Banking Group at Deutsche Bank Securities. Prior to Deutsche Bank, he was a Vice President at PaineWebber, focused on software. Over the course of his career, he has provided strategic and investment advice to numerous leading private and public software companies. Notable firms include Advent Software, Baan, BEA Systems, Brio Technology, BSQUARE, Citrix Systems, Cygnus, DigitalThink, E.piphany, HNC Software, i2 Technologies, Infinity Financial, Informatica, Interwoven, JD Edwards, Liberate Technologies, NetDynamics, NetIQ, Onyx Software, PLATINUM technology, Pure Atria, Retek, Salesforce.com, Think Systems, Vantive, VERITAS Software, and Vitria Technology. Prior to investment banking, he worked for Markowitz and McNaughton, a consulting firm specializing in competitive analysis, market opportunity assessment, strategic decision support, benchmarking, acquisition buy-side search, and due diligence services. he received his B.A. degree in Economics from the University of Virginia and his M.B.A. in Finance from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School.

Investor type: AngelPEInvestment Bank
Stages: Early Stage VentureLate Stage Venture
Invests in: WealthTechHealthcare & BiotechSaaS & EnterpriseClimate & EnergyPropTech & Real EstateLegalTech
Location: San Francisco, California
Typical check: $3.8M
Past investments: 5

Notable investments

Credit SuisseCSFB Technology GroupKissmetricsTengahDeutshe Bank Technology Group

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