Lightspeed Venture Partners
2200 Sand Hill RoadMenlo Park, CA 94025
Firm Size
- Assets Under Management (AUM):$26 Billion
- Number of Funds:38
- Employees:
- Firm Type:Venture Capital
- Focus Areas:
Software & Technology
Healthcare
Consumer
Description
Lightspeed Venture Partners is a prominent venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California. Founded in 2000, the firm has established itself as a leader in investing in early-stage technology companies. With a focus on industries like enterprise, consumer, and health sectors, Lightspeed aims to support ventures that have the potential to disrupt and transform their respective industries. Lightspeed's investment philosophy revolves around partnering with exceptional entrepreneurs and providing them with both capital and strategic guidance to accelerate their growth. The firm prides itself on its hands-on approach, actively collaborating with the companies it invests in to help them navigate various challenges and seize opportunities. Having made over 400 investments globally, Lightspeed has an extensive portfolio that includes some of the fastest-growing and most influential companies in the technology landscape. Some notable investments include Snapchat, Nest, Affirm, Stitch Fix, and AppDynamics, among many others. In addition to their investment activities, Lightspeed also offers various resources to their portfolio companies, such as talent management, business development, and operational support. They have a dedicated team of experts with deep industry knowledge, enabling them to provide valuable insights and connections to their portfolio companies. Overall, Lightspeed Venture Partners stands as a prominent player in the venture capital industry, known for its successful investments and commitment to supporting innovative startups in achieving their maximum potential.Latest News
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Jun 17, 2024: Finaloop Secures $35 Million in Series A Investment Led by Lightspeed Venture Partners
Today, Finaloop , the real-time e-commerce accounting platform, announced it has raised a $35 million Series A round. Lightspeed Venture Partners led the round with participation from Vesey Ventures , Commerce Ventures , and existing investors, Accel and Aleph . The latest funding round, which brings Finaloop's total funding to $55 million , will be used to further invest in its AI-driven e-commerce accounting software automation, its inventory management capabilities, as well as to expand its go-to-market and partnership efforts with accounting firms and data-driven marketing agencies.
Jun 10, 2024: Nexus Closes $25M Series A to Enable Verifiable Computation via Zero-Knowledge Cryptography
Nexus Laboratories, Inc. (Nexus), a zero-knowledge cryptography company, today announced it secured $25 million in Series A financing co-led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and Pantera Capital. The round included participation from Dragonfly Capital, Faction Ventures, and Blockchain Builders Fund. Nexus' initial $2.2 million seed funding was led by Dragonfly in late 2022, and included Alliance, SV Angel, and Blockchain Builders Fund. This latest investment brings the company's total funding to $27.2 million and underscores the growing interest in verifiable computation and zero-knowledge cryptography. The funds will help accelerate the company's go-to-market efforts and expand its engineering team.
May 22, 2024: Patronus AI Raises $17 million To Detect LLM Mistakes at Scale
Today, Patronus AI announced it is raising a $17 million Series A round, bringing the total amount raised to $20 million . The financing was led by Glenn Solomon at Notable Capital with participation from Lightspeed Venture Partners, Datadog, Gokul Rajaram , Factorial Capital, and several leading software and AI executives.
May 21, 2024: Pheon Therapeutics announces $120m Series B financing to fund development of its differentiated ADC pipeline
Pheon Therapeutics (Pheon), a leading Antibody-Drug Conjugate (ADC) specialist developing next generation ADCs for a wide range of hard-to-treat cancers, today announces the completion of a $120m Series B financing to fund the development of its pipeline of differentiated ADCs. The financing was led by TCGX with participation from other new investors BVF Partners, Lightspeed and Perceptive Advisors, alongside existing investors Atlas Venture, Brandon Capital, Forbion, and Research Corporation Technologies.
Dec 22, 2023: Aviatrix Secures a Spot on Fortune's Inaugural Cyber 60 List
Aviatrix , a leader in Secure Cloud Networking, today announced it was named to the Fortune Cyber 60 , a new listing of the most important venture-backed startups that offer enterprise-grade cybersecurity solutions. Fortune teamed up with Lightspeed Venture Partners to identify the fastest-growing startups in this critical field.
Dec 19, 2023: ScaleOps Raises $21.5M to Automate Cloud Resource Management
ScaleOps , a startup specializing in cloud resource management, announced today $21.5M in funding for the first fully-automated cloud-native resource orchestration platform. The Seed and Series A funding rounds announced today were led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, NFX , and Glilot Capital Partners . ScaleOps has attracted a large and dedicated customer base of companies that use the platform to fully automate their production environments, achieving up to 80% cloud cost savings and delivering better-running applications.
Dec 14, 2023: Isovalent Recognized as One of Cybersecurity's Fastest-Growing Companies in Fortune Cyber 60
Isovalent , the creators of the rapidly growing open source technologies Cilium and eBPF, today announced the company has been recognized in the inaugural Fortune Cyber 60 awards ( https://fortune.com/ranking/cyber/ ) -- Fortune and Lightspeed Venture Partners' list of the fastest-growing startups in the critical field of cybersecurity.
Dec 13, 2023: Gem Included in the Inaugural Fortune Cyber 60 List of the Fastest-Growing Companies in Cybersecurity
Gem Security , the cloud detection and response (CDR) company, today announced that it was recognized in the inaugural Fortune Cyber 60 list of the fastest-growing companies in the cyber space.
Dec 05, 2023: Ketryx raises $14M in Series A funding led by Lightspeed Venture Partners
Ketryx , provider of the first and only connected application lifecycle management software for the life sciences industry, today announced that it has raised $14 Million in Series A funding. The round was led by investor Lightspeed Venture Partners, with participation from existing investors including MIT's E14 Fund and Ubiquity Ventures, bringing the total funding raised to date to over $18 Million . Lightspeed partner Guru Chahal will join the board. The new funds will be used to accelerate product development and commercial expansion.
Nov 14, 2023: Oisin Hanrahan and Umang Dua Announce $18 million in Seed Funding to Build International Platform for CPG Manufacturing
Keychain, a manufacturing platform for the packaged goods industry, today announced that it has raised $18 million in seed funding in a round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, with participation from BoxGroup, Afore Capital, SV Angel, and over 20 CPG industry professionals.
Oct 25, 2023: Eve Unveils Industry-First Personalized AI Assistant to Transform the Law Profession
Today Eve officially launched the industry's first personalized AI legal assistant fully trainable to suit the specific needs of a law practice. Powered by the latest large language models (LLMs) and pre-built legal "skills," Eve automates away tasks such as document review, case analysis and legal research, enabling teams to focus on more strategic, high-value initiatives.
Oct 17, 2023: Nirvana Secures $57M in Series B Funding to Expand Its IoT-based Commercial Insurance Platform and AI-Powered Safety Program for Fleets
Nirvana Insurance , provider of modern insurance for physical operations, today announced a $57 million Series B funding round. Lightspeed Venture Partners reaffirmed its commitment to Nirvana by returning to lead the round, with additional participation from General Catalyst and Valor Equity Partners. The new funding positions Nirvana to continue helping fleets utilize their IoT and sensor data to access insurance cost savings and customized risk management solutions.
Oct 10, 2023: Naval Maritime Autonomy Company Raises $55 Million in Series A Fundraise
Saronic , a maritime autonomy company focused on surface vessels, announced today a $55 million Series A funding round led by Caffeinated Capital, with participation from 8VC, U.S. Innovative Technology Fund, Andreessen Horowitz, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Point72 Ventures, Silent Ventures, Overmatch Ventures, Ensemble VC, and Cubit Capital. This significant investment underscores Saronic's commitment to addressing critical capability gaps at sea through attritable, autonomous platforms. With this raise, Saronic will accelerate research and development while expanding in-house manufacturing capacity for rapid production.
Sep 19, 2023: Cato Networks Raises $238M in Equity Investment at Over $3B Valuation
Cato Networks, provider of the world's leading single-vendor SASE platform , announced that it raised $238M in equity investment, bringing total funding to $773M . The largest financing round to date was led by LightSpeed Venture Partners with the participation of Adams Street Partners , Softbank Vision Fund 2 , Sixty Degree Capital , and Singtel Innov8 . The round comes just weeks after adding Carlsberg as a major enterprise customer, Cato's recognition as a ZTE/SASE Leader by Forrester Research , and as a Challenger in Gartner's Magic Quadrant for Single-vendor SASE . This up-round's valuation underscores investor confidence in Cato's massive market opportunity and its SASE platform's disruptive and transformative power.
Jul 27, 2023: coherence Announces Collaboration With Multi-Million Dollar RPG From Ex-Journey Developer
coherence are pleased to announce their collaboration with game developer Gardens, who recently revealed that they received $31.3 million in funding on the back of an impressive playable demo shown behind closed doors at GDC. Multiplayer is a fundamental part of Gardens' in-development ARPG and the team have been using coherence's revolutionary network engine from the outset, allowing what began as a small team to create a multiplayer RPG experience that wowed investors like Lightspeed Venture Partners and Krafton.