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Lightspeed Venture Partners

Status
ACTIVE
Global HQ
Menlo Park, United States
Countries of investment
  • United States
  • India
  • China
  • Israel
  • Singapore
  • United Kingdom
  • Germany
Investment stages
  • Pre-Seed
  • Seed
  • Series A
  • Series B
  • Series C
  • Growth
Industries
  • Enterprise Software
  • Consumer Tech
  • Healthcare
  • Fintech
About
Lightspeed Venture Partners is a global, multi-stage venture capital firm focused on backing exceptional entrepreneurs and accelerating disruptive trends. They invest across various technology sectors, providing capital and strategic support to help build legendary companies from seed to growth stages.
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$500K
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Investment Thesis

Lightspeed Venture Partners is a multi-stage venture capital firm investing globally across Enterprise, Consumer, Health, and Fintech sectors. They partner with founders from inception through their growth stages, leveraging a global platform and deep domain expertise to accelerate disruptive innovations. Their unique approach combines a vast network with hands-on operational support to help build enduring, category-defining companies.
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Manager's Experience

The leadership team includes co-founders and partners with extensive backgrounds as operators, engineers, and investors. Key partners have experience from major tech and finance firms like Cisco and Morgan Stanley, with expertise spanning enterprise software, fintech, and consumer technology. Several partners are consistently recognized on the Forbes Midas List, reflecting a strong track record of successful investments in category-defining companies.

Lightspeed Venture Partners Contacts Information

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Team

Ravi Mhatre - Partner

Nicole Quinn - Partner

Arif Janmohamed - Partner

Will Kohler - Partner

Mercedes Bent - Partner

Justin Overdorff - Partner

Guru Chahal - Partner

James Ephrati - Partner & Head of Finance

Amy Wu - Partner

Michael Mignano - Partner

Portfolio

Epic Games

Nest

GrubHub

Snap

The Honest Company

Affirm

Cato Networks

Grafana

Navan

Rubrik

ThoughtSpot

Zscaler

MuleSoft

AppDynamics

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