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 • Sunnyvale, California • San Mateo, California • Redwood City, California • Palo Alto, California • Menlo Park, California • London • Singapore • San Francisco Bay Area • Los Angeles / Southern California • Israel
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Lightspeed Venture Partners Team
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Mark Anderson
Sweet spot: $15.0M
Range: $3.0M - $20.0M
Investors in Menlo Park (CA)
Investors in AI (Seed), Investors in BioTech (Seed), Investors in Cloud Infrastructure (Seed), Investors in Consumer Internet (Seed), Investors in Data Services (Seed), Investors in E-commerce (Seed), Investors in EnergyTech (Seed), Investors in Enterprise (Seed), Investors in Marketplaces (Seed), Investors in Security (Seed), Investors in AI (Series A), Investors in BioTech (Series A), Investors in Cloud Infrastructure (Series A), Investors in Consumer Internet (Series A), Investors in Data Services (Series A), Investors in E-commerce (Series A), Investors in EnergyTech (Series A), Investors in Enterprise (Series A), Investors in Marketplaces (Series A), Investors in Security (Series A), Investors in San Francisco Bay Area (Other Lists), Investors in San Francisco Bay Area (Other Lists)
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Moritz Baier-Lentz
Sweet spot: $10.0M
Range: $2.0M - $50.0M
Investors in Global
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Mercedes Bent
Sweet spot: $15.0M
Range: $3.0M - $20.0M
Investors in LatAm (Latin America), Investors in SF Bay Area (CA), Investors in San Francisco (CA)
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Luke Beseda
Sweet spot: $15.0M
Range: $3.0M - $20.0M
Investors in San Mateo (CA)
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Akshay Bhushan
Sweet spot: $15.0M
Range: $3.0M - $20.0M
Investors in Global
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Guru Chahal
Sweet spot: $15.0M
Range: $3.0M - $20.0M
Investors in SF Bay Area (CA), Investors in Menlo Park (CA)
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Yoni Cheifetz
Sweet spot: $15.0M
Range: $3.0M - $20.0M
Investors in Tel Aviv (Israel)
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Barry Eggers
Sweet spot: $15.0M
Range: $3.0M - $20.0M
Investors in Menlo Park (CA)
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Sam Eisler
Sweet spot: $2.0M
Range: $500K - $10.0M
Investors in United States
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Chase Emanuel
Sweet spot: $25K
Range: $25K - $50K
Investors in New York
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James Ephrati
Sweet spot: $15.0M
Range: $3.0M - $20.0M
Investors in Europe, Investors in India, Investors in Israel, Investors in China, Investors in San Francisco (CA), Investors in Menlo Park (CA)
Photo of Faraz Fatemi, Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners
Faraz Fatemi
Sweet spot: $10.0M
Range: $1M - $30.0M
Investors in United States
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Adam Goldberg
Sweet spot: $15.0M
Range: $3.0M - $200.0M
Investors in Menlo Park (CA)
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Gaurav Gupta
Sweet spot: $10.0M
Range: $3.0M - $20.0M
Investors in SF Bay Area (CA), Investors in Menlo Park (CA), Investors in San Francisco (CA)
Investors in AI (Seed), Investors in Data Services (Seed), Investors in Developer Tools (Seed), Investors in Enterprise (Seed), Investors in Generative Tech/AI (Seed), Investors in MarketingTech (Seed), Investors in Marketplaces (Seed), Investors in SaaS (Seed), Investors in Security (Seed), Investors in AI (Series A), Investors in Data Services (Series A), Investors in Developer Tools (Series A), Investors in Enterprise (Series A), Investors in Generative Tech/AI (Series A), Investors in MarketingTech (Series A), Investors in Marketplaces (Series A), Investors in SaaS (Series A), Investors in Security (Series A), Investors in AI (Series B), Investors in Data Services (Series B), Investors in Developer Tools (Series B), Investors in Enterprise (Series B), Investors in Generative Tech/AI (Series B), Investors in MarketingTech (Series B), Investors in Marketplaces (Series B), Investors in SaaS (Series B), Investors in Security (Series B), Investors in San Francisco Bay Area (Other Lists), Investors in San Francisco Bay Area (Other Lists), Investors in San Francisco Bay Area (Other Lists), Investors in San Francisco Bay Area (Other Lists)
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David Gussarsky
Sweet spot: $15.0M
Range: $3.0M - $20.0M
Investors in Israel
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Lisa Han
Sweet spot: $15.0M
Range: $3.0M - $20.0M
Investors in San Francisco (CA)
Investors in Enterprise (Seed), Investors in FinTech (Seed), Investors in IoT (Seed), Investors in SaaS (Seed), Investors in SMB Software (Seed), Investors in Enterprise (Series A), Investors in FinTech (Series A), Investors in IoT (Series A), Investors in SaaS (Series A), Investors in SMB Software (Series A), Investors in San Francisco Bay Area (Other Lists), Investors in San Francisco Bay Area (Other Lists)
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Galym Imanbayev
Sweet spot: $15.0M
Range: $3.0M - $20.0M
Investors in SF Bay Area (CA), Investors in Palo Alto (CA)
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Nnamdi Iregbulem
Sweet spot: $15.0M
Range: $3.0M - $20.0M
Investors in SF Bay Area (CA), Investors in San Francisco (CA)
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Raviraj Jain
Sweet spot: $15.0M
Range: $3.0M - $20.0M
Investors in SF Bay Area (CA), Investors in San Francisco (CA)
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Arif Janmohamed
Sweet spot: $15.0M
Range: $3.0M - $20.0M
Investors in SF Bay Area (CA), Investors in Mountain View (CA), Investors in Menlo Park (CA)
Photo of Ansaf Kareem, Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners
Ansaf Kareem
Sweet spot: $15.0M
Range: $3.0M - $20.0M
Investors in Israel, Investors in India, Investors in Europe, Investors in China, Investors in SF Bay Area (CA), Investors in Menlo Park (CA)
Photo of Will Kohler, Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners
Will Kohler
Sweet spot: $15.0M
Range: $3.0M - $20.0M
Investors in Menlo Park (CA)
Photo of Noura Liben, Scout at Lightspeed Venture Partners
Noura Liben
Sweet spot: $50K
Range: $25K - $100K
Investors in Menlo Park (CA)
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Jeremy Liew
Sweet spot: $15.0M
Range: $3.0M - $20.0M
Investors in Menlo Park (CA)
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Natalie Luu
Sweet spot: $15.0M
Range: $3.0M - $20.0M
Investors in SF Bay Area (CA)
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Jonathan MacQuitty
Sweet spot: $15.0M
Range: $3.0M - $20.0M
Investors in Sunnyvale (CA)
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Jay Madheswaran
Sweet spot: $15.0M
Range: $3.0M - $20.0M
Investors in Palo Alto (CA)
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Rachel Manson
Sweet spot: $15.0M
Range: $3.0M - $20.0M
Investors in San Francisco (CA)
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Arsham Memarzadeh
Sweet spot: $15.0M
Range: $3.0M - $20.0M
Investors in Israel, Investors in India, Investors in China, Investors in Menlo Park (CA)
Photo of Ravi Mhatre, Managing Director at Lightspeed Venture Partners
Ravi Mhatre
Lightspeed Venture Partners·Managing Director
Sweet spot: $15.0M
Range: $3.0M - $20.0M
Investors in Menlo Park (CA)
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Tal Morgenstern
Sweet spot: $15.0M
Range: $3.0M - $20.0M
Investors in Tel Aviv (Israel), Investors in Israel
Investors in AI (Seed), Investors in Education (Seed), Investors in Enterprise (Seed), Investors in FinTech (Seed), Investors in Gaming/eSports (Seed), Investors in Marketplaces (Seed), Investors in Payments (Seed), Investors in SaaS (Seed), Investors in SMB Software (Seed), Investors in Social Networks (Seed), Investors in AI (Series A), Investors in Education (Series A), Investors in Enterprise (Series A), Investors in FinTech (Series A), Investors in Gaming/eSports (Series A), Investors in Marketplaces (Series A), Investors in Payments (Series A), Investors in SaaS (Series A), Investors in SMB Software (Series A), Investors in Social Networks (Series A), Investors in AI (Series B), Investors in Education (Series B), Investors in Enterprise (Series B), Investors in FinTech (Series B), Investors in Gaming/eSports (Series B), Investors in Marketplaces (Series B), Investors in Payments (Series B), Investors in SaaS (Series B), Investors in SMB Software (Series B), Investors in Social Networks (Series B), Investors in Israel (Other Lists), Investors in Israel (Other Lists), Investors in Israel (Other Lists), Investors in Investors who were founders (Other Lists)
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Paul Murphy
Sweet spot: $15.0M
Range: $3.0M - $20.0M
Investors in Europe, Investors in London
Photo of Charles Naut, Scout at Lightspeed Venture Partners
Charles Naut
Sweet spot: $50K
Range: $25K - $100K
Investors in Menlo Park (CA)
Investors in AI (Pre-seed), Investors in Developer Tools (Pre-seed), Investors in Enterprise (Pre-seed), Investors in FinTech (Pre-seed), Investors in Future of Work (Pre-seed), Investors in Impact (Pre-seed), Investors in Marketplaces (Pre-seed), Investors in Payments (Pre-seed), Investors in SaaS (Pre-seed), Investors in SMB Software (Pre-seed), Investors in AI (Seed), Investors in Developer Tools (Seed), Investors in Enterprise (Seed), Investors in FinTech (Seed), Investors in Future of Work (Seed), Investors in Impact (Seed), Investors in Marketplaces (Seed), Investors in Payments (Seed), Investors in SaaS (Seed), Investors in SMB Software (Seed), Investors in Diverse Investors (Other Lists), Investors in New York City (Other Lists), Investors in San Francisco Bay Area (Other Lists), Investors in Investors who were founders (Other Lists)
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Peter Nieh
Sweet spot: $15.0M
Range: $3.0M - $20.0M
Investors in Menlo Park (CA)
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Justin Overdorff
Sweet spot: $15.0M
Range: $3.0M - $20.0M
Investors in Philadelphia (PA), Investors in SF Bay Area (CA), Investors in New York (NY)
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Nicole Quinn
Sweet spot: $15.0M
Range: $3.0M - $20.0M
Investors in California, Investors in New York (NY), Investors in London
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Chris Schaepe
Sweet spot: $15.0M
Range: $3.0M - $20.0M
Investors in San Francisco (CA)
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Shan Shan
Sweet spot: $15.0M
Range: $3.0M - $20.0M
Investors in SF Bay Area (CA), Investors in San Francisco (CA)
Photo of Bipul Sinha, Venture Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners
Bipul Sinha
Sweet spot: $15.0M
Range: $3.0M - $20.0M
Investors in SF Bay Area (CA), Investors in San Francisco (CA), Investors in Palo Alto (CA)
Photo of Sydney Sykes, Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners
Sydney Sykes
Sweet spot: $1M
Range: $100K - $10.0M
Investors in SF Bay Area (CA)
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Alex Taussig
Sweet spot: $15.0M
Range: $3.0M - $20.0M
Investors in SF Bay Area (CA), Investors in San Francisco (CA), Investors in Menlo Park (CA)
Photo of John Thompson, Venture Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners
John Thompson
Sweet spot: $15.0M
Range: $3.0M - $20.0M
Investors in Redwood City (CA), Investors in Menlo Park (CA)
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Anoushka Vaswani
Sweet spot: $15.0M
Range: $3.0M - $20.0M
Investors in SF Bay Area (CA)
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Yonit Wiseman
Sweet spot: $15.0M
Range: $3.0M - $20.0M
Investors in Israel
Investors in Cybersecurity (Seed), Investors in Cybersecurity (Series A), Investors in Israel (Other Lists), Investors in Israel (Other Lists)