Depth is our center of gravity. Complete immersion is the heart of our philosophy on investing - dedicating ourselves to our Founders’ businesses and growing with them means we can build something truly impactful. Because possibility grows the deeper you go. https://lsvp.com/
Lightspeed
Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
Menlo Park, California 143,383 followers
Possibility grows the deeper you go. Serving bold builders of the future.
About us
Lightspeed Venture Partners is a multi-stage venture capital firm focused on accelerating disruptive innovations and trends in the Enterprise, Consumer, Health, and Fintech sectors. Over the past two decades, the Lightspeed team has backed hundreds of entrepreneurs and helped build more than 500 companies globally including Affirm, Carta, Cato Networks, Epic Games, Faire, Forty Seven, Guardant Health, Mulesoft, Navan, Netskope, Nutanix, Rubrik, Sharechat, Snap, Udaan, Ultima Genomics and more. Lightspeed and its global team currently manage $28B in AUM across the Lightspeed platform, with investment professionals and advisors in the U.S., Europe, India, Israel, and Southeast Asia. www.lsvp.com
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https://lsvp.com/
External link for Lightspeed
- Industry
- Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
- Company size
- 51-200 employees
- Headquarters
- Menlo Park, California
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- Partnership
- Founded
- 2000
- Specialties
- Consumer internet, Enterprise, Virtual Infrastructure, Venture Capital, Cloud Computing, e-commerce, gaming, mobile, Infrastructure, Big Data, Fintech, Healthcare, and Crypto
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2200 Sand Hill Road
Suite 100
Menlo Park, California 94025, US
Employees at Lightspeed
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Securing product distribution is a big challenge for most consumer startups. To help our founders overcome this hurdle, we’re thrilled to welcome Nikita Bier to our partnership as a Product Growth Partner. As a leading expert in consumer, social, and growth strategies, Nikita will leverage his experience with startups and angel investing to help our portfolio companies grow and scale their businesses. We first met Nikita during his founder journey, when he was building and growing his own consumer apps: tbh which sold to Meta in 2018, and Gas which sold to Discord. After more than a decade of perfecting the art of viral product growth, Nikita has been using his experiences and lessons learned to support founders and startups as an angel investor and advisor. He is now joining us to share his expertise in growing consumer social apps and will work directly with our portfolio companies across sectors like Consumer, Enterprise, Healthcare, Fintech, and more. We’re excited to welcome him to the team! Read more about Nikita here: https://lnkd.in/gP27Jwes Cc: Michael Mignano
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Every year, the #SMBTech50 List is handpicked by 30+ VC firms to celebrate software companies that build solutions with small and medium-sized businesses in mind. Congratulations to Lightspeed-backed 1Password, EvenUp, Rippling, and Stripe for being recognized on this year’s list. https://smbtech50.com/ cc: Notable Capital Nasdaq Fenwick & West Stifel Bank
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In the world of AI, specialization is key. While big generalist models are gaining mass-market attention, the real value lies in models tailored to unique business needs. At Velocity NYC 2024, Alexander Ratner, Co-founder and CEO of Lightspeed-backed Snorkel AI highlighted how startups can gain a competitive edge through a focused approach, unlike large companies that often concentrate on generalist AI models to appeal to a broad audience. He emphasized that the businesses poised for success "focus on models that are accurate, efficient, and cost-effective for their specific use cases." Think of it like this: Generalist AI is like a Swiss Army knife—handy for many things. But for real success, you need a precise tool, like a scalpel—perfect for the job. Check out more insights from Velocity NYC 2024: https://lnkd.in/gAsXbqrc #startups #AI #strategy
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While it feels like an overnight sensation, the AI boom has been years in the making. And, like most technological advances, it is evolving rapidly and will continue to do so. It’s likely that some of the formative startups in AI may not even exist yet. With that, we dove into the AI Enterprise Market to analyze what it looks like currently and to outline the factors that will shape where this market is headed in the long term. Today, there are 200+ AI startups that fall into one of three layers of the AI stack (featured below ⬇ with key startups making headlines today): foundation models, enablement platforms, and applications. However, here are our predictions for the future of enterprise AI: 1️⃣ Knowledge retrieval will kickstart productivity gains, but thoughtful UI will send it into overdrive. 2️⃣ Tech-averse industries will begin to adopt AI. 3️⃣ Vertical apps offer the most immediate impact, but the real long-term benefits lie in system integration. 4️⃣ Startups lead now, but incumbents are rising. 5️⃣ The disruption has only just begun, and the best ideas have yet to emerge. Read more about our Enterprise AI Market Map findings here: https://lnkd.in/gAKeM4Vj
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Imagine if streaming music wasn’t just a passive listening experience and you could collaborate with artists and create a remix in real time. Companies like Lightspeed-backed Suno are rethinking the future of social and sharing dynamics within the music industry by leveraging Generative AI, making this reality closer than you think. This week, we’re taking it back to the beginning of Season 2 of the Generative Now Podcast with Lightspeed Partner Michael Mignano and Suno Co-Founder and CEO Mikey Shulman for a discussion on what this AI technology could mean for music and much more. Watch the full episode here: Spotify: https://spoti.fi/4a2wbq1 Apple: https://apple.co/49JxN8e YouTube: https://bit.ly/3TaSkvx
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T-minus two weeks until Game Changers 2025 submissions close! Don’t miss an opportunity to nominate your start-up for this annual list. In partnership with GamesBeat, we are recognizing 25 of the most innovative startups across gaming and interactive media. The winners will get the opportunity to receive widespread media coverage through GamesBeat and 1:1 mentoring and interactions with top industry leaders. Submissions are open through September 15th. Apply and nominate your favorite gaming and media startups here: https://lnkd.in/gtVsN_-N cc: Dean Takahashi, Moritz Baier-Lentz 🎮
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🔈 Calling all developers in NYC! On Wednesday, September 4th, Lightspeed-backed DataStax is hosting a RAG++ AI Hack Night in NYC in partnership with unstructured.io, Lightspeed-backed Glean, LangChain, Amazon Web Services (AWS), and Microsoft. Connect with over 500 developers & executives, experience live product demos, and learn how to build AI applications from idea to production. Request your invitation here: https://lnkd.in/gAfTCKMG
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Lightspeed portfolio companies are scaling rapidly in various industries, including Enterprise, Consumer, Health, and Fintech. From IT to Communications, if you’re looking to join a company that's pushing the boundaries of AI and other transformative technologies, check out current job opportunities at several Lightspeed-backed companies: → Axonius: a cybersecurity asset management platform. → Faire: an online wholesale marketplace connecting independent retailers and brands around the world. → Found: delivers an all-in-one banking, bookkeeping, and taxes solution. → Grafana Labs: leading open source software for visualizing operational data. Check out the full list here: https://jobs.lsvp.com/jobs
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Congratulations to the team at EvenUp for making the Forbes 2024 Next #BillionDollarStartup list. Their AI-driven tool is bringing efficiencies to the legal industry, which has previously lacked in technology advancements. We love to see this acknowledgment of their growth.
🚀 EvenUp Featured in Forbes’ Next Billion-Dollar Startups of 2024! 🚀 We’re thrilled to be recognized by Forbes as one of the Next Billion-Dollar Startups of 2024! Our mission? To help injury law firms across America deliver consistent, high-quality representation, ensuring every victim receives a fair resolution 💼✨ At EvenUp, we're dedicated to closing the justice gap and transforming the legal landscape. Explore the future of legal tech with us. ⭐We are hiring! ⭐ #LegalTech #AI #Startups #Innovation 👉Check out the full Forbes feature here: https://lnkd.in/eADCXisD 👉Take a look at the Forbes Editor’s pick here: https://lnkd.in/diqxqtZf
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