Lightspeed Venture Partners
New York, New York
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:New York, New York • Los Angeles, California • San Francisco, California • Palo Alto, California • Menlo Park, California • San Francisco Bay Area • Israel
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Lightspeed Venture Partners Team
Investors in SF Bay Area (CA)
Investors in Enterprise (Seed), Investors in Consumer Internet (Series B), Investors in San Francisco Bay Area (Other Lists), Investors in Enterprise (Series B), Investors in Consumer Internet (Seed), Investors in Enterprise (Series B), Investors in Consumer Internet (Seed), Investors in Enterprise (Seed), Investors in Enterprise Applications (Series B), Investors in Enterprise Applications (Seed), Investors in Enterprise Infrastructure (Series B), Investors in Enterprise Infrastructure (Seed), Investors in Enterprise Applications (Series B), Investors in Enterprise Applications (Seed), Investors in Consumer Internet (Series B), Investors in Enterprise Infrastructure (Series B), Investors in Enterprise Infrastructure (Seed)
Investors in New York
Investors in Human Capital/HRTech (Seed), Investors in Analytics (Seed), Investors in IoT (Seed), Investors in Diverse Investors (Other Lists), Investors in Investors who were founders (Other Lists), Investors in Investors who invested in female founders (Other Lists), Investors in Investors who invested in diverse founders (Other Lists), Investors in New York City (Other Lists), Investors in Future of Work (Seed), Investors in Angel, Scout, and Solo-Capitalists (Other Lists), Investors in Human Capital/HRTech (Pre-seed), Investors in Analytics (Pre-seed), Investors in IoT (Pre-seed), Investors in Future of Work (Pre-seed), Investors in Digital Health (Pre-seed), Investors in Enterprise (Pre-seed), Investors in SaaS (Pre-seed), Investors in FinTech (Pre-seed), Investors in Digital Health (Seed), Investors in FinTech (Seed), Investors in SaaS (Seed), Investors in Enterprise (Seed)
Investors in United States
Investors in Social Commerce (Seed), Investors in AI (Series B), Investors in Gaming/eSports (Seed), Investors in Entertainment & Sports (Seed), Investors in Entertainment & Sports (Series B), Investors in E-commerce (Series B), Investors in Entertainment & Sports (Series A), Investors in Social Networks (Seed), Investors in E-commerce (Series A), Investors in Gaming/eSports (Series B), Investors in Consumer Internet (Series B), Investors in Gaming/eSports (Series A), Investors in Marketplaces (Series B), Investors in Social Commerce (Series B), Investors in Social Commerce (Series A), Investors in Social Networks (Series B), Investors in AI (Seed), Investors in AI (Series A), Investors in Marketplaces (Series A), Investors in Investors who invested in female founders (Other Lists), Investors in Investors who invested in diverse founders (Other Lists), Investors in E-commerce (Seed), Investors in Los Angeles / Southern California (Other Lists), Investors in Consumer Internet (Seed), Investors in Creator/Passion Economy (Series A), Investors in Creator/Passion Economy (Seed), Investors in Creator/Passion Economy (Series B), Investors in Generative Tech/AI (Series A), Investors in Generative Tech/AI (Series B), Investors in Generative Tech/AI (Seed), Investors in Social Networks (Series A), Investors in Consumer Internet (Series A), Investors in Marketplaces (Seed)
Investors in San Francisco (CA)
Investors in SMB Software (Seed), Investors in IoT (Seed), Investors in IoT (Series A), Investors in SMB Software (Series A), Investors in Enterprise (Series A), Investors in FinTech (Seed), Investors in Enterprise (Seed), Investors in IoT (Seed), Investors in SaaS (Seed), Investors in San Francisco Bay Area (Other Lists), Investors in SMB Software (Seed), Investors in Enterprise (Series A), Investors in FinTech (Series A), Investors in IoT (Series A), Investors in SMB Software (Series A), Investors in SaaS (Series A), Investors in SaaS (Series A), Investors in FinTech (Series A), Investors in FinTech (Seed), Investors in SaaS (Seed), Investors in Enterprise (Seed)
Investors in Menlo Park (CA)
Investors in GovTech (Seed), Investors in GovTech (Series A), Investors in Real Estate/PropTech (Seed), Investors in Insurance (Seed), Investors in San Francisco Bay Area (Other Lists), Investors in Insurance (Series A), Investors in Real Estate/PropTech (Series A), Investors in GovTech (Seed), Investors in Insurance (Seed), Investors in GovTech (Series A), Investors in SaaS (Series A), Investors in SaaS (Seed), Investors in SaaS (Seed), Investors in Real Estate/PropTech (Seed), Investors in SaaS (Series A), Investors in Real Estate/PropTech (Series A), Investors in Insurance (Series A)
Investors in Analytics (Series A), Investors in Developer Tools (Series A), Investors in Developer Tools (Seed), Investors in Security (Seed), Investors in Analytics (Seed), Investors in Cloud Infrastructure (Series A), Investors in Cloud Infrastructure (Seed), Investors in Security (Series A), Investors in AI (Seed), Investors in AI (Seed), Investors in AI (Seed), Investors in Investors who invested in female founders (Other Lists), Investors in Analytics (Seed), Investors in Israel (Other Lists), Investors in Analytics (Seed), Investors in AI (Series A), Investors in Investors who invested in diverse founders (Other Lists), Investors in Cloud Infrastructure (Seed), Investors in Cloud Infrastructure (Seed), Investors in Analytics (Seed), Investors in Developer Tools (Seed), Investors in Developer Tools (Seed), Investors in Enterprise (Seed), Investors in Developer Tools (Seed), Investors in Enterprise (Seed), Investors in Enterprise (Series A), Investors in Enterprise (Seed), Investors in SaaS (Seed), Investors in SaaS (Seed), Investors in Security (Seed), Investors in Security (Seed), Investors in San Francisco Bay Area (Other Lists), Investors in SaaS (Seed), Investors in AI (Series A), Investors in Analytics (Series A), Investors in Analytics (Series A), Investors in AI (Series A), Investors in Analytics (Series A), Investors in Cloud Infrastructure (Series A), Investors in Cloud Infrastructure (Series A), Investors in Developer Tools (Series A), Investors in Developer Tools (Series A), Investors in Enterprise (Series A), Investors in Security (Seed), Investors in AI (Series A), Investors in Enterprise (Series A), Investors in Cloud Infrastructure (Series A), Investors in Developer Tools (Series A), Investors in Enterprise (Series A), Investors in SaaS (Series A), Investors in SaaS (Series A), Investors in Security (Series A), Investors in Security (Series A), Investors in SaaS (Series A), Investors in Security (Series A), Investors in Canada (Other Lists), Investors in Cybersecurity (Seed), Investors in Cybersecurity (Series A), Investors in Cybersecurity (Series A), Investors in Cybersecurity (Seed), Investors in Cybersecurity (Series A), Investors in Cybersecurity (Seed), Investors in Cybersecurity (Seed), Investors in Enterprise Infrastructure (Series A), Investors in Enterprise Infrastructure (Series A), Investors in Cybersecurity (Series A), Investors in Enterprise Infrastructure (Seed), Investors in Enterprise Infrastructure (Seed), Investors in Enterprise Infrastructure (Seed), Investors in Enterprise Infrastructure (Series A), Investors in Enterprise Infrastructure (Seed), Investors in Enterprise Infrastructure (Series A), Investors in Generative Tech/AI (Seed), Investors in Generative Tech/AI (Series A), Investors in Generative Tech/AI (Seed), Investors in Generative Tech/AI (Series A), Investors in Generative Tech/AI (Series A), Investors in Generative Tech/AI (Seed), Investors in Generative Tech/AI (Seed), Investors in Generative Tech/AI (Series A), Investors in Cloud Infrastructure (Seed), Investors in SaaS (Series A), Investors in AI (Seed), Investors in SaaS (Seed), Investors in Enterprise (Seed)
Investors in Menlo Park (CA)
Investors in AI (Series B), Investors in ClimateTech/CleanTech (Series B), Investors in Cloud Infrastructure (Series B), Investors in Cloud Infrastructure (Series A), Investors in ClimateTech/CleanTech (Series A), Investors in Marketplaces (Series B), Investors in Social Networks (Series B), Investors in AI (Series A), Investors in Marketplaces (Series A), Investors in SaaS (Series B), Investors in San Francisco Bay Area (Other Lists), Investors in AI (Series A), Investors in ClimateTech/CleanTech (Series A), Investors in Cloud Infrastructure (Series A), Investors in Social Networks (Series A), Investors in Marketplaces (Series A), Investors in SaaS (Series A), Investors in AI (Series B), Investors in ClimateTech/CleanTech (Series B), Investors in Cloud Infrastructure (Series B), Investors in Marketplaces (Series B), Investors in SaaS (Series B), Investors in Social Networks (Series B), Investors in Social Networks (Series A), Investors in SaaS (Series A)
Investors in SF Bay Area (CA), Investors in San Francisco (CA)
Investors in Games (Series B), Investors in Gaming/eSports (Series B), Investors in Consumer Internet (Series B), Investors in San Francisco Bay Area (Other Lists), Investors in Games (Series B), Investors in Consumer Internet (Series B), Investors in Gaming/eSports (Series B)
Investors in Cloud Infrastructure (Series B), Investors in Cloud Infrastructure (Series A), Investors in Enterprise (Series B), Investors in Media/Content (Series B), Investors in Social Networks (Series B), Investors in Media/Content (Series A), Investors in SaaS (Series B), Investors in Enterprise (Series A), Investors in San Francisco Bay Area (Other Lists), Investors in Cloud Infrastructure (Series A), Investors in Enterprise (Series A), Investors in Social Networks (Series A), Investors in Media/Content (Series A), Investors in SaaS (Series A), Investors in Enterprise (Series B), Investors in Cloud Infrastructure (Series B), Investors in Media/Content (Series B), Investors in SaaS (Series B), Investors in Social Networks (Series B), Investors in Social Networks (Series A), Investors in SaaS (Series A)
Investors in AR/VR (Series B), Investors in AR/VR (Series A), Investors in Social Commerce (Seed), Investors in AR/VR (Seed), Investors in Consumer Health (Series B), Investors in Gaming/eSports (Seed), Investors in Education (Series B), Investors in E-commerce (Series B), Investors in Media/Content (Seed), Investors in Consumer Health (Series A), Investors in Education (Series A), Investors in Social Networks (Seed), Investors in E-commerce (Series A), Investors in Gaming/eSports (Series B), Investors in Consumer Internet (Series B), Investors in Gaming/eSports (Series A), Investors in Marketplaces (Series B), Investors in Education (Seed), Investors in Media/Content (Series B), Investors in Social Commerce (Series B), Investors in Consumer Health (Seed), Investors in Social Commerce (Series A), Investors in Social Networks (Series B), Investors in Media/Content (Series A), Investors in Marketplaces (Series A), Investors in E-commerce (Seed), Investors in AR/VR (Seed), Investors in Consumer Health (Seed), Investors in Consumer Internet (Seed), Investors in E-commerce (Seed), Investors in Education (Seed), Investors in Consumer Internet (Seed), Investors in Gaming/eSports (Seed), Investors in Media/Content (Seed), Investors in Marketplaces (Seed), Investors in San Francisco Bay Area (Other Lists), Investors in Social Networks (Seed), Investors in Social Commerce (Seed), Investors in AR/VR (Series A), Investors in Consumer Internet (Series A), Investors in Consumer Health (Series A), Investors in Education (Series A), Investors in E-commerce (Series A), Investors in Gaming/eSports (Series A), Investors in Social Networks (Series A), Investors in Media/Content (Series A), Investors in Marketplaces (Series A), Investors in Social Commerce (Series A), Investors in Consumer Internet (Series B), Investors in Consumer Health (Series B), Investors in Education (Series B), Investors in AR/VR (Series B), Investors in E-commerce (Series B), Investors in Gaming/eSports (Series B), Investors in Marketplaces (Series B), Investors in Media/Content (Series B), Investors in Social Networks (Series B), Investors in Social Commerce (Series B), Investors in Social Networks (Series A), Investors in Consumer Internet (Series A), Investors in Marketplaces (Seed)
Investors in SF Bay Area (CA)
Investors in Consumer Internet (Series B), Investors in Enterprise (Series B), Investors in Marketplaces (Series B), Investors in SMB Software (Series B), Investors in FinTech (Series B), Investors in San Francisco Bay Area (Other Lists), Investors in FinTech (Series B), Investors in Consumer Internet (Series B), Investors in Enterprise (Series B), Investors in Marketplaces (Series B), Investors in SMB Software (Series B)
Investors in Israel
Investors in Israel (Other Lists), Investors in Cybersecurity (Series A), Investors in Cybersecurity (Seed), Investors in Cybersecurity (Series A), Investors in Cybersecurity (Seed)
Investors in SF Bay Area (CA)
Investors in SaaS (Series A), Investors in Enterprise (Pre-seed), Investors in Enterprise (Seed), Investors in AI (Pre-seed), Investors in SaaS (Pre-seed), Investors in AI (Seed), Investors in Enterprise (Seed), Investors in Enterprise Applications (Series A), Investors in AI (Pre-seed), Investors in FinTech (Pre-seed), Investors in AI (Series A), Investors in Enterprise (Series A), Investors in AI (Seed), Investors in Enterprise (Series A), Investors in FinTech (Series A), Investors in SaaS (Seed), Investors in FinTech (Seed), Investors in SaaS (Seed), Investors in AI (Series A), Investors in SaaS (Series A), Investors in Enterprise Applications (Series A), Investors in Enterprise Applications (Seed), Investors in Enterprise Applications (Seed), Investors in FinTech (Series A), Investors in Enterprise Applications (Pre-seed), Investors in FinTech (Pre-seed), Investors in SaaS (Pre-seed), Investors in Enterprise Applications (Pre-seed), Investors in Enterprise (Pre-seed), Investors in San Francisco Bay Area (Other Lists), Investors in FinTech (Seed)