Lightspeed Venture Partners

San Francisco, California

Lightspeed Venture Partners is a venture capital firm specializing in early stage and expansion stage investments. The firm structures and participates in equity and debt financing for start-up and growth companies and also provides incubation services. The firm focuses on early-stage investments in the U.S., Asia, and Israel in a broad range of sectors, which include: Cleantech, Communications, Digital Media & Wireless, Enterprise Automation, Enterprise Infra-structure, Internet Media & Commerce, and Semiconductors. In China, the firm seeks to invest in early stage and late stages businesses. It prefers to make investments in mobile, social media, commerce, gaming, consumer web services, datacenter infrastructure, enterprise automation, digital media and consumer electronics, communications infrastructure technologies, networking, wireless, internet media & commerce, internet and e-commerce, semiconductors, cleantech, and other services. In India, the firm seeks to invest in advertising & media, business services, financial services, healthcare, education, and retail. The firm is currently investing out of Lightspeed IX, a $675 million fund. The firm invests between $10 million to $25 million in growth stages in India, and invests between $2 million to $10 million in early stages in India. Lightspeed Venture Partners was founded in 1971 is based in Menlo Park with additional offices in Beijing, China; Shanghai, China; New Delhi, India; and Herzelia Pituach, Israel.

Founded:1971

Firm Location:San Francisco, California • Seattle, Washington • Menlo Park, California • Tel Aviv, Israel • San Francisco Bay Area

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Lightspeed Venture Partners Team

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VCs	SWEET SPOT (RANGE)	INVESTMENT LOCATIONS	TOP INVESTMENT CATEGORIES
Aaron BatalionLightspeed Venture PartnersAngel	$50k ($20k - $100k)	Investors in San Francisco (CA)	Investors in Advertising, Investors in Consumer products, Investors in Cryptocurrency, Investors in E-commerce, Investors in Enterprise, Investors in Games, Investors in Hardware, Investors in SaaS, Investors in San Francisco Bay Area (Other Lists), Investors in Social commerce, Investors in Social mobile
SC Sudan ChakrabartiLightspeed Venture PartnersPartner	$8.0m ($2.0m - $25.0m)	Edit	Investors in San Francisco Bay Area (Other Lists)
Yoni CheifetzLightspeed Venture PartnersPartner	$8.0m ($2.0m - $25.0m)	Investors in Tel Aviv (Israel)	Investors in Clean tech / environment, Investors in Clean tech / environment, Investors in Material science, Investors in Material science, Investors in Media/content, Investors in Media/content, Investors in Messaging, Investors in Messaging, Investors in Social mobile, Investors in Social mobile
David ChenLightspeed Venture PartnersPartner	$8.0m ($2.0m - $25.0m)	Edit	Investors in AI, Investors in AI, Investors in Analytics, Investors in Analytics, Investors in Biotech, Investors in Biotech, Investors in Consumer health & fitness, Investors in Consumer health & fitness, Investors in Cryptocurrency, Investors in Cryptocurrency, Investors in Education, Investors in Education, Investors in Health & hospital services, Investors in Health & hospital services, Investors in Health IT, Investors in Health IT, Investors in Marketplaces, Investors in Marketplaces, Investors in SaaS, Investors in SaaS, Investors in Seattle / Portland (Other Lists)
Barry EggersLightspeed Venture PartnersPartner	$8.0m ($2.0m - $25.0m)	Edit	Investors in Cloud infrastructure, Investors in Cloud infrastructure, Investors in Data services, Investors in Data services, Investors in IoT, Investors in IoT, Investors in Network infrastructure, Investors in Network infrastructure, Investors in San Francisco Bay Area (Other Lists)
David GussarskyLightspeed Venture PartnersPartner	$8.0m ($2.0m - $25.0m)	Investors in Israel	Investors in Enterprise, Investors in Enterprise, Investors in Material science, Investors in Material science, Investors in Messaging, Investors in Messaging, Investors in Social mobile, Investors in Social mobile
Raviraj JainLightspeed Venture PartnersPartner	$10.0m ($1m - $100.0m)	Investors in United States	Investors in AI, Investors in AI, Investors in Analytics, Investors in Analytics, Investors in Blockchain, Investors in Blockchain, Investors in Cars / autonomous vehicles, Investors in Cars / autonomous vehicles, Investors in Cloud infrastructure, Investors in Cloud infrastructure, Investors in Data services, Investors in Data services, Investors in Developer tools, Investors in Developer tools, Investors in Enterprise, Investors in Enterprise, Investors in San Francisco Bay Area (Other Lists)
Arif JanmohamedLightspeed Venture PartnersPartner	$8.0m ($2.0m - $25.0m)	Investors in Menlo Park (CA)	Investors in AI, Investors in AI, Investors in Analytics, Investors in Analytics, Investors in Cloud infrastructure, Investors in Cloud infrastructure, Investors in Data services, Investors in Data services, Investors in Developer tools, Investors in Developer tools, Investors in Enterprise, Investors in Enterprise, Investors in Network infrastructure, Investors in Network infrastructure, Investors in Payments, Investors in Payments, Investors in SaaS, Investors in SaaS, Investors in Social mobile, Investors in Social mobile
Will KohlerLightspeed Venture PartnersPartner	$8.0m ($2.0m - $25.0m)	Edit	Investors in Cloud infrastructure, Investors in Cloud infrastructure, Investors in Enterprise, Investors in Enterprise, Investors in SaaS, Investors in SaaS, Investors in San Francisco Bay Area (Other Lists), Investors in Social mobile, Investors in Social mobile
Jeremy LiewLightspeed Venture PartnersManaging Partner	$8.0m ($2.0m - $25.0m)	Edit	Investors in E-commerce, Investors in E-commerce, Investors in Fintech, Investors in Fintech, Investors in Games, Investors in Games, Investors in Local commerce, Investors in Local commerce, Investors in Media/content, Investors in Media/content, Investors in Retail, Investors in Retail, Investors in San Francisco Bay Area (Other Lists), Investors in Social commerce, Investors in Social commerce, Investors in Social mobile, Investors in Social mobile
JM Jonathan MacQuittyLightspeed Venture PartnersVenture Partner	$8.0m ($2.0m - $25.0m)	Edit	Investors in San Francisco Bay Area (Other Lists)
Nakul MandanLightspeed Venture PartnersPartner	$10.0m ($1m - $25.0m)	Investors in SF Bay Area (CA)	Investors in AI, Investors in AI, Investors in Data services, Investors in Data services, Investors in Developer tools, Investors in Developer tools, Investors in Enterprise, Investors in Enterprise, Investors in Fintech, Investors in Fintech, Investors in Human capital, Investors in Human capital, Investors in Marketplaces, Investors in Marketplaces, Investors in SaaS, Investors in SaaS, Investors in Sales and CRM, Investors in Sales and CRM, Investors in San Francisco Bay Area (Other Lists), Investors in SMB software, Investors in SMB software
Ravi MhatreLightspeed Venture PartnersManaging Partner	$8.0m ($2.0m - $25.0m)	Edit	Investors in Cloud infrastructure, Investors in Cloud infrastructure, Investors in Enterprise, Investors in Enterprise, Investors in Health & hospital services, Investors in Health & hospital services, Investors in San Francisco Bay Area (Other Lists), Investors in Social mobile, Investors in Social mobile
Tal MorgensternLightspeed Venture PartnersPartner	$5.0m ($200k - $20.0m)	Investors in London, Investors in Valencia (Spain), Investors in Germany, Investors in Israel, Investors in Tel Aviv (Israel)	Investors in AI, Investors in Blockchain, Investors in Education, Investors in Enterprise, Investors in Fintech, Investors in Israel (Other Lists), Investors in Marketplaces, Investors in SaaS, Investors in Social mobile
Peter NiehLightspeed Venture PartnersPartner	$8.0m ($2.0m - $25.0m)	Edit	Investors in Clean tech / environment, Investors in Clean tech / environment, Investors in San Francisco Bay Area (Other Lists), Investors in Social mobile, Investors in Social mobile
Nicole QuinnLightspeed Venture PartnersPartner	$10.0m ($2.0m - $30.0m)	Investors in London, Investors in New York (NY), Investors in California	Investors in Consumer health & fitness, Investors in Consumer health & fitness, Investors in Consumer products, Investors in Consumer products, Investors in Diverse VCs (Other Lists), Investors in E-commerce, Investors in E-commerce, Investors in Entertainment & sports, Investors in Entertainment & sports, Investors in Fashion, Investors in Fashion, Investors in Female VCs (Other Lists), Investors in Local commerce, Investors in Local commerce, Investors in Marketplaces, Investors in Marketplaces, Investors in Media/content, Investors in Media/content, Investors in Retail, Investors in Retail
Chris SchaepeLightspeed Venture PartnersManaging Partner	$8.0m ($2.0m - $25.0m)	Edit	Investors in Cloud infrastructure, Investors in Cloud infrastructure, Investors in Data services, Investors in Data services, Investors in Network infrastructure, Investors in Network infrastructure, Investors in SaaS, Investors in SaaS, Investors in San Francisco Bay Area (Other Lists), Investors in Social mobile, Investors in Social mobile
Bipul SinhaLightspeed Venture PartnersVenture Partner	$8.0m ($2.0m - $25.0m)	Edit	Investors in Cloud infrastructure, Investors in Cloud infrastructure, Investors in Enterprise, Investors in Enterprise, Investors in Media/content, Investors in Media/content, Investors in SaaS, Investors in SaaS, Investors in San Francisco Bay Area (Other Lists), Investors in Social mobile, Investors in Social mobile
Ajay SudanLightspeed Venture PartnersPartner	$8.0m ($2.0m - $25.0m)	Edit	Investors in Cloud infrastructure, Investors in Cloud infrastructure, Investors in Data services, Investors in Data services, Investors in Enterprise, Investors in Enterprise, Investors in Security, Investors in Security
Alex TaussigLightspeed Venture PartnersPartner	$8.0m ($1m - $50.0m)	Investors in Menlo Park (CA), Investors in Los Angeles (CA), Investors in New York (NY), Investors in San Francisco (CA)	Investors in AR/VR, Investors in AR/VR, Investors in Consumer health & fitness, Investors in Consumer health & fitness, Investors in Consumer products, Investors in Consumer products, Investors in E-commerce, Investors in E-commerce, Investors in Education, Investors in Education, Investors in Gaming/eSports, Investors in Gaming/eSports, Investors in Marketplaces, Investors in Marketplaces, Investors in Media/content, Investors in Media/content, Investors in San Francisco Bay Area (Other Lists), Investors in Social commerce, Investors in Social commerce, Investors in Social mobile, Investors in Social mobile
Luke BesedaLightspeed Venture Partners		Edit
Natalie LiuLightspeed Venture PartnersPartner		Investors in Menlo Park (CA)
Natalie LuuLightspeed Venture Partners		Edit
Jay MadheswaranLightspeed Venture Partners		Edit
Rachel MansonLightspeed Venture Partners		Edit