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Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
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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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- Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
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- 51-200 employees
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- Menlo Park, California
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- 2000
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- Consumer internet, Enterprise, Virtual Infrastructure, Venture Capital, Cloud Computing, e-commerce, gaming, mobile, Infrastructure, Big Data, Fintech, Healthcare, and Crypto
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In just one year, Lightspeed-backed Mistral AI has already reached a €6 billion valuation, proving to be a leading force in the AI landscape in Europe. As one of the first AI companies in the European market, founders Arthur Mensch, Timothee Lacroix, and Guillaume Lample are developing sophisticated large-language models and open-source AI tools. Open-source technology has been a significant benefit for Mistral, allowing their product to continually improve and transform industries such as finance, technology, and the public sector. We’re proud to have backed Mistral early on, recognizing the founders’ unparalleled expertise and vision. Learn more about how Mistral is leading AI innovation via The Times: https://lnkd.in/eybzRCYQ cc: Antoine Moyroud, Paul Murphy
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Submissions are still open for Cyber 60, our annual list of the most exciting cybersecurity companies. We’ve partnered with Fortune for the second year in a row to identify leading early, mid, and late-stage companies experiencing rapid growth and bringing unprecedented value to the cybersecurity sector. Complete the survey to submit your application today: https://lnkd.in/guWSChrN
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Browsers have been around almost as long as the internet itself. Despite the ways the internet has evolved, the browser has remained relatively unchanged over the last 25 years — but Josh Miller, Co-Founder and CEO of The Browser Company, is looking to change that by creating a browser that gives users an end-to-end experience powered by AI. On the latest episode of our Generative Now Podcast, Josh spoke with Lightspeed Partner Michael Mignano and shared insights on the future of Arc, the challenges AI is facing, the competitive dynamics in the space, and how regulation could change the future of AI. Watch the full episode on these platforms: Spotify: https://spoti.fi/4diQSzO Apple: https://apple.co/4d7M5RP YouTube: https://bit.ly/3AbIbcg
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Ask any CEO about the biggest risks to their business, and #cybersecurity is sure to be near the top of the list. Industry research firm IDC estimates that spending on security products and services will total $212 billion this year, and reach $330 billion in 2027. That's why Fortune teamed up with Lightspeed Venture Partners to identify the fastest-growing startups in this critical field with the #FortuneCyber60. ➡ Submit your cybersecurity startup by August 2, 2024 in order to be considered: https://lnkd.in/guWSChrN
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Are you looking to work for a company that is at the forefront of AI innovation? From software engineer to community lead, swipe to check out current opportunities at several Lightspeed-backed companies: → Abridge, uses AI to record and summarize medical conversations, helping patients better understand and engage with their healthcare. → Glean, an enterprise AI platform that collects, manages, and analyzes data to help organizations make informed decisions and improve productivity. → Suno, a generative AI music creation program building a future where anyone can make great music. → Typeface, leverages AI to automate and enhance the creation and management of digital content, focusing on improving text generation and language-related tasks. Check out the full list here: https://jobs.lsvp.com/jobs
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Lightspeed-backed Pika is using AI to change the creative industry for good – making it even easier for creators to be more efficient and bring ideas to life using their advanced AI video model. While video tools are abundant, the ability to create professional grade films or animation is out of reach for most. Pika's changing that. Co-Founder and CEO Demi G. spoke about the importance of creating the most clever and easy to use AI applications to make creative development more accessible at our #GenNYC Summer Event last week. Listen to her share the inspiration behind building Pika and her belief in AI's potential.
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Congratulations Team Clutch Security and thank you for your partnership with Lightspeed! Clutch is taking on an urgent and unaddressed issue in cybersecurity - the need to secure non-human/workload identities. With increasing automation, which will only increase with AI, understanding and securing what machines and workloads are doing is an urgent priority for enterprises. Clutch is a Universal Non-Human Identity Security Platform, built for enterprises and covering all NHIs. The Co-Founders Ofir Har-Chen Sagi Haas and Tal Kimhi have extensive expertise in enterprise security, and have put together an amazing team to take on this challenge and bring this platform to early customers rapidly. This is just the beginning - looking forward to working with the team to build the next big cybersecurity company! Nir Polak, Ravi Mhatre, Shlomo Kramer, Merlin Ventures
We have some big news to share: we are officially out of stealth! 🎉 Now, we can finally shed some light on our universal NHI security platform, set to revolutionize the way enterprises secure and manage their Non-Human Identities (NHIs). Our platform covers all NHIs across all landscapes, designed to make NHI security simple, efficient, informed, and frictionless. Our comprehensive platform offers a unique set of capabilities: complete visibility through contextualized inventory, streamlined lifecycle management, efficient risk remediation, swift detection and response, and advanced NHI Zero Trust protections. We are here to help enterprise security teams navigate the stormy NHI water. So proud of the entire team at Clutch. Hold tight, we are just getting started! 🚀 Check out our website to learn more about our groundbreaking solution at: https://lnkd.in/eJmJk3nQ Ofir Har-Chen Sagi Haas Tal Kimhi Merlin Ventures Lightspeed Nir Polak Guru Chahal Stav P. Renan Feldman Shlomo Kramer Armon Dadgar #nonhuman #nonhumanidentity #nonhumanidentities #NHI #cybersecurity #cyber #security #zerotrust #context #launch #investment
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Big congratulations to Lightspeed-backed Cato Networks and their team for reaching two new major milestones! Cato is changing the IT security market as the category creator and leader in SASE. A special shoutout to Co-Founders Shlomo Kramer, Gur Shatz, and the entire Cato team—your hard work and vision are helping your customers succeed, while driving major company growth.
On target! 🎯 We’ve hit two incredible milestones, and we couldn’t be prouder! Cato Networks just surpassed $200 million in ARR, doubling ARR in under 2 years. And our customer base has surged to over 2,500 global enterprises. Thank you to all our customers and partners who trust the Cato SASE Cloud Platform to transform and grow their businesses, and to our Catonians for your commitment to delivering the ultimate SASE experience since day one. We’re just getting started! Read more 👉 https://bit.ly/4fh6XaV #WeAreSASE #IT #cybersecurity
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AI has seemingly slipped into our daily lives, changing how we work, play, and connect. It's reshaping the world from the doctor's office to our social feeds. On the latest episode of the Generative Now Podcast, AI Editor of the Financial Times and 'Code-Dependent' author Madhumita Murgia joined Lightspeed Partner Michael Mignano to discuss her studies on the effect of AI in different cultures around the world and the impact it’s making on ordinary people. Watch the full episode on these platforms: Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3WCQRAY Apple: https://apple.co/4cTPNyd YouTube: https://bit.ly/4cUCwFT