Address
Lightspeed Management Company LLC
2200 Sand Hill Road
Menlo Park, CA 94025
United States
Phone
Website
Recent investment activity
KANDO id: 30095
Corporate information
Founders
Official name
Lightspeed Management Company, L.L.C.
Also known as
Lightspeed Venture Partners
LSVP
Registration country
Previously known as
Company type
Multi-stage venture capital firm focused on accelerating disruptive innovations and trends in the enterprise and consumer sectors.Overview
Lightspeed Venture Partners is a multi-stage venture capital firm focused on accelerating disruptive innovations and trends in the Enterprise and Consumer sectors. Over the past two decades, the Lightspeed team has backed hundreds of entrepreneurs and helped build more than 350 companies globally, including Snap, Nest, Nutanix, AppDynamics, MuleSoft, OYO, Guardant, StitchFix, and GrubHub. Lightspeed currently manages $7.9B across the global Lightspeed platform, with investment professionals and advisors in Silicon Valley, Israel, India, and China.
Funds managed
| Fund | Type | Vintage | Currency | Committed capital |
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| Lightspeed SPV I-B | Venture | 2019 | USD | 120,000,000 |
| Lightspeed Venture Partners Select III | Venture | 2019 | USD | 1,362,000,000 |
| Lightspeed Venture Partners XII | Venture | 2019 | USD | 752,000,000 |
| Lightspeed India Partners II | Venture | 2018 | USD | 175,000,000 |
| Lightspeed Venture Partners Select II LP | Venture | 2016 | USD | 500,000,000 |
| Lightspeed Venture Partners XI LP | Venture | 2016 | USD | 715,000,000 |
| Lightspeed India Partners I LLC | Venture | 2015 | USD | 135,000,000 |
| Lightspeed Venture Partners Select | Venture | 2014 | USD | 430,000,000 |
| Lightspeed Affiliates X LP | Venture | 2014 | USD | 13,775,000 |
| Lightspeed Venture Partners X LP | Venture | 2014 | USD | 635,000,000 |
| Lightspeed Venture Partners IX LP | Venture | 2012 | USD | 675,000,000 |
| Lightspeed Venture Partners VIII | Venture | 2008 | USD | 800,000,000 |
| Lightspeed Venture Partners VII | Venture | 2006 | USD | 475,000,000 |
| Lightspeed Venture Partners VI | Venture | 2000 | ||
| Weiss Peck & Greer Venture Associates V LP |
Funding rounds
Investment preferences
Minimum investment (USD)
2,000,000
Maximum initial investment (USD)
25,000,000
Investment size comment
USD 8 million sweet spot.
Focus countries
France
Stage focus
Investment activity status
Active investor
Selected investments
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Avere Systems Inc | Series C | ||||
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Beijing Digital Grid Technology Co Ltd (Snail Mobile), (Haolianluo) | Innovative company with a leading mobile Internet technology. | N/A | |||
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Cerent Corp | Provider of network solutions and manufactures networking equipment. | N/A | |||
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China Vocational Training Holdings Co Ltd | Vocational training company for auto repair. | N/A | |||
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Conexant Systems Inc | A leading provider of semiconductor devices for imaging and embedded modem applications | N/A | |||
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Cyras Systems Inc | N/A | ||||
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DoubleClick Inc | Provider of a digital marketing and technology services. | N/A | |||
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DynaChip Corp | Electronics/Chips & Semiconductors company based in Sunnyvale, California. | N/A | |||
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EAT Club Inc | Online food company offering affordable lunch delivery for offices from local restaurants, with no minimum orders, taxes, or fees. | N/A | |||
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Exemplary Software Inc | Procurement software company. | N/A | |||
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Filanet Corp | N/A | ||||
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Flixster Inc | Online movie community company. | Series A | |||
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Four Interactive Pvt Ltd (asklaila.com), (AskLaila), (Laila) | Online local information company offering information about business establishments, events, movies, lifestyle, wine and dine, & shopping in India. | Series B | |||
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Fusion-io Inc | Series C | ||||
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Fusion-io Inc | Series B | ||||
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Galileo Technology Ltd | Semiconductor company providing complex, high-performance, integrated circuit devices serving the needs of the LAN, MAN, and WAN markets. | N/A | |||
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Gmedia Corp | Mobile marketing platform. | N/A | |||
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Grande Communications Networks LLC | Broadband communications company that provides Internet, TV, and phone services for residential and business customers in Texas. | N/A | |||
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Greentech Media Inc | Cleantech media and research company. | Series A | |||
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GrubHub Inc | N/A | ||||
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Guangxi Kaiyuan Machinery Manufacturing Co Ltd (Kaiyuan Machinery), (KAIYUAN) | Manufacturer of mini hydraulic excavators, mini rice harvester, mini coal-boring machine, etc. | N/A | |||
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IceBreaker US Inc (Ice Breaker US Inc), (IceBreaker) | Mobile game software company. | Series B | |||
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Identity Engines Inc | Series A | ||||
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IGN Entertainment Inc (IGN) | N/A | ||||
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Ihaveu.com Inc | Luxury goods ecommerce company. | N/A |
Team
| Employee | Position | |||
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| Mark Anderson | Venture Partner
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| Ajit Deora | [email protected] | |||
| Barry Eggers | Founding Partner
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| Adam Goldberg | Venture Partner
From Responsibilities: Investments in Blockchain, enterprise IT, big Data/analytics, AI & frontier technologies |
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Merci Grace | Partner
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| David Gussarsky | Partner
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| Arif Janmohamed | Partner
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| Will Kohler | Partner
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Jeremy Liew | [email protected] | ||
| Jonathan MacQuitty | ||||
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Jana Messerschmidt | Partner
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| Ravi Mhatre | [email protected] | |||
| Michael Mignano | Partner
Responsibilities: Consumer investments |
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| Andrew Moley | [email protected] | |||
| Peter Nieh | Founding Partner
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| Nicole Quinn | Partner
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| Semil Shah | Venture Partner
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| Bipul Sinha | [email protected] | |||
| Alex Taussig | Partner
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| Brad Twohig |
Former team members
| Employee | Company | Position | |||
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| Peter Nieh (founder) | Lightspeed Management Co LLC | Founding Partner
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Andrew Chung | 1955 Capital | Managing Partner
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| Dev Ittycheria | MongoDB Inc | ||||
| Dev Ittycheria | BladeLogic Inc | ||||
| Tony Wang | 3i China |