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.
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.
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.
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.
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