Lightspeed Venture Partners Fund XV

Lightspeed Venture Partners

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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

AI
Generative AI
Enterprise Software
Cybersecurity
Fintech
Health Tech
Consumer Products
Energy
Defense Tech

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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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

Founded in 2000 by Barry Eggers, Christopher Schaepe, Ravi Mhatre, and Peter Nieh, who worked at Weiss, Peck & Greer and met as Stanford classmates. Eggers (Co-Founder), Nieh (Co-Founder), and Mhatre (Partner and Co-Founder) remain on the team page, which lists more than 40 Partners including Bejul Somaia, Bucky Moore, Alexander Schmitt, Antoine Moyroud, Amber Yang, Dev Khare, Gaurav Gupta, Nnamdi Iregbulem, and Justin Overdorff. Funds include Fund XIV ($1.98B), Select Fund V ($2.26B), and Opportunity Fund II ($2.36B) from 2022. Portfolio includes Anthropic, Wiz, Rubrik, Navan, Faire, Netskope, ThoughtSpot, Mistral AI, Glean, xAI, Snap, and Affirm. Headquartered in Menlo Park, with Europe, U.S., and Israel operations under Lightspeed Management Company and India and Southeast Asia under the separate Lightspeed India Partners. Invests from seed to Series F and beyond.