Investing Profile

Guru Chahal

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Founder, Enterprise Partner at Lightspeed

guruchahal.comSan Francisco Bay Area

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Current Investing Position

Lightspeed Venture Partners Partner

Investment Range

$3.0M - $20.0M

Sweet Spot

$15.0M

Investments On Record

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Guru Chahal's Investments On Record (31)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
Nexthop AI	Series BMar 2026$500M Series AMar 2025$110M	$610M
Nominal	Series BMar 2026$80M Series BJun 2025$75M	$190M
Co-investors: Trae Stephens (Founders Fund), Ravi Mhatre (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Alfred Lin (Sequoia Capital), Bilal Zuberi (Lux Capital), Kyle Lui (Bling Capital), Matthew Cowan (Next47)
Anthropic	Series GFeb 2026$30B Series FSep 2025$13B Series EMar 2025$3.5B Series DJan 2024$750M	$50B
Co-investors: Hemant Taneja (General Catalyst), Sebastian Duesterhoeft (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Ravi Mhatre (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Matt Murphy (Menlo Ventures), Sahin Boydas (Angel investor), Siddharth Singhal (trilitech), Brennda Reis (Friedom Partners), Vikas Sabnani (Stealth Company (Vikas Sabnani)), Jack Leeney (7GC & Co), Anis Uzzaman (Pegasus Tech Ventures), Jack Campbell (Signal Bay Capital), Aatish Patel (Other Ventures), Trevor Paladino (Lakeside Capital), Bernard Moon (SparkLabs Global Ventures), Adeel Hussain, Ishani Patel, Jason Haider
Ricursive Intelligence	Series AJan 2026$300M	$340M
Co-investors: Stephanie Zhan (Sequoia Capital), Ravi Mhatre (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Brian Zhan (Striker Venture Partners)
Cyera	Series FDec 2025$400M Series EJun 2025$540M	$1.7B
Co-investors: Alex Bard (Redpoint Ventures), Douglas Leone (Sequoia Capital), Sharin Fisher Dibrov (Fort Ross Ventures), Lior Simon (Cyberstarts VC), Philippe Botteri (Accel Partners)
Unconventional AI	SeedDec 2025$480M	$480M
Co-investors: Ravi Mhatre (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Jeff Bezos
Descope	SeedSep 2025$35M SeedFeb 2023$53M	$88M
Co-investors: Ravi Mhatre (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Bipul Sinha (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Anshu Sharma
Eve	Series BSep 2025$100M Series AJan 2025$47M SeedOct 2023$14M	$170M
Co-investors: Chris Dixon (Andreessen Horowitz), Ravi Mhatre (Lightspeed Venture Partners)