Address
Lightspeed Management Company LLC
2200 Sand Hill Road
Menlo Park, CA 94025
United States
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Recent investment activity
KANDO id: 30095
Corporate information
Founders
Official name
Lightspeed Management Company, L.L.C.
Also known as
Lightspeed Venture Partners
LSVP
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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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99bill Corp | Provider of secure online payment platform services to facilitate financial transactions and e-commerce in China. | Series B | |||
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Adatao Inc | Analytics platform that allows data scientists and business users to collaborate and view query results in a user-friendly format. | Series A Initial investment led the round Lyon Wong | |||
| Adolor Corp | N/A | |||||
| Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment Inc (AMEC Inc) | Semiconductor manufacturing equipment in China | Series B | ||||
| Aerohive Networks Inc | Network company with cloud-enabled, distributed Wi-Fi, and routing solutions for enterprises and medium sized companies. | Series A | ||||
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Affirm Inc | Provider of consumer loans. | Series F Initial investment | |||
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Affirm Inc | Provider of consumer loans. | Series E Initial investment | |||
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Affirm Inc | Provider of consumer loans. | Series D Initial investment | |||
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Affirm Inc | Provider of consumer loans. | Series B Initial investment | |||
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Affirm Inc | Provider of consumer loans. | Series A Initial investment | |||
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AppDynamics Inc | Application performance management company for modern application architectures in the cloud and the data center. | Series B | |||
| Apptera Inc | Mobile communications & advertising company that enhances mobile phone connections with multimedia content, personalization, interactivity, & sharing. | Series D | ||||
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Appzen Inc | Artificial intelligence solution for back-office automation. | Series C | |||
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Appzen Inc | Artificial intelligence solution for back-office automation. | Series B led the round | |||
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Aprius Inc | Developer of shared I/O gateway systems for data centers. | N/A | |||
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Aquantia Corp | Developer of a low-cost and energy efficient 10G Ethernet ICs to connect multi-core data centers, workgroup computing and virtual server networks. | Series A | |||
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Arbor Networks Inc | DDoS attack prevention, network security and visibility solutions company. | N/A Initial investment | |||
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Avamar Technologies Inc | Enterprise data protection software company for corporations, medium to large-sized businesses, and multinational enterprises. | N/A | |||
| Avere Systems Inc | Series C | |||||
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Barefoot Networks Inc | Series C Initial investment | ||||
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Barefoot Networks Inc | Series B Initial investment | ||||
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Barefoot Networks Inc | Series A Initial investment led the round | ||||
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Basis Science Inc | Manufacturer of easy to wear watch that continuously measures heart rate and other vital signs directly from the wrist. | Venture | |||
| Beijing Digital Grid Technology Co Ltd (Snail Mobile), (Haolianluo) | Innovative company with a leading mobile Internet technology. | N/A | ||||
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BetterUp Inc | Series C led the round |
Team
| Employee | Position | ||
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| Mark Anderson | Venture Partner
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| Ajit Deora | |||
| Barry Eggers | Founding Partner
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| Adam Goldberg | Venture Partner
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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 | ||
| Jonathan MacQuitty | |||
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Jana Messerschmidt | Partner
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| Ravi Mhatre | |||
| Michael Mignano | |||
| Andrew Moley | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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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| Tony Wang | 3i China |