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Lightspeed
Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
Menlo Park, California 140,087 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
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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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2200 Sand Hill Road
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Menlo Park, California 94025, US
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ICYMI, Game Changers is Lightspeed and GamesBeat’s annual list celebrating startups in gaming and interactive media. Two of last year’s winners, Ido Yablonka, CEO at Kooply, and Siddharth Dhulipalla, CEO at Hathora, shared their experiences and discussed the impact of being a part of the community in this video. Like last year, 25 companies will be recognized as 2025 Game Changers. The winners will receive widespread media coverage through GamesBeat and access to 1:1 mentoring and interactions with top industry leaders across gaming, technology, and interactive media. Submissions are open until September 15th – check out the criteria and submit your applications and nominations here: https://lnkd.in/gtVsN_-N cc: Moritz Baier-Lentz 🎮, Dean Takahashi
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Thank you to Fortune and Allie Garfinkle for hosting Lightspeed Partner Guru Chahal at #BrainstormTech last week for a deep dive discussion on where AI value is—and isn't. Swipe to see highlights from the day and watch the full session here: https://bit.ly/3S9IJoP
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Lightspeed-backed company Mistral AI announced two new research models – MathΣtral and Codestral Mamba – both AI models with reasoning capabilities. MathΣtral is solving complex math problems through logical reasons that allow scientists and researchers to come to faster conclusions with more accurate results. Codestral Mamba is a code generator designed to handle complex instructions and deliver precise outputs, allowing developers to be more efficient and productive. These two releases from Mistral AI are one more step towards advancing technology and providing innovative tools for the AI community.
Today we are proud to release two new research models: MathΣtral and Codestral Mamba. https://lnkd.in/gMy2aepz https://lnkd.in/gchwK-9D
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AI-integrated writing tools are emerging as more than just a technical solution. They are now hyper intelligent collaborators in the writing process. Lex is one of the companies leading this development by enhancing the writing process to improve workflows and provide feedback the same way a human collaborator would. Nathan Baschez, the Founder and CEO of Lex, joined Lightspeed Partner Michael Mignano on the Generative Now Podcast to discuss how his “side project” became a leading AI company and how AI advancements will continue to improve team workflows. Watch the full episode on these platforms: Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3zQ0fII Apple: https://apple.co/3y2H1yV Youtube: https://bit.ly/4fcAl23
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Cyber 60, our annual list of the most exciting cybersecurity companies, is back for its second year with our partner Fortune. The list includes the leading early, mid, and late-stage companies experiencing rapid growth and bringing unprecedented value to the cybersecurity sector. This year we’re opening submissions so every promising cybersecurity startup gets a shot. Complete the survey to submit your application today: https://lnkd.in/guWSChrN
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Lightspeed-backed company 1047 Games just released the trailer for their new game, Splitgate 2, coming out in 2025. Congratulations Team. 🚀
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🌀🔫 Lightspeed portfolio company 1047 Games just dropped their epic cinematic announcement trailer for Splitgate 2—coming out in 2025. Congratulations to Ian Proulx, Nicholas Bagamian, and the global team! 📢 X: https://lnkd.in/e5hGyne2 🎥 YouTube: https://lnkd.in/ePk5F-Xg 🎮 Splitgate 2 is a multiplayer, portal-based first-person shooter made in Unreal Engine 5. It’s free-to-play, has a faction system, and you can now wishlist it today across platforms (PS, Xbox, and PC) at https://www.splitgate.com/. 📈 This completely reimagined AAA title builds on top of the success of the company's first flagship game, Splitgate—a viral arena shooter for PC and consoles, which had been on a meteoric rise during the second half of 2021: hitting 2 million daily active users and over 15 million downloads total! 🚀 The original Splitgate blew up far beyond what the company ever expected or what the (former) indie team was ready to handle. Back then, 1047 consisted of less than 20 people, and only 4 engineers. Now, with a crew of over 150, the team is coming out of the gate with an experience built on strong live ops rails and a content roadmap for the next 2 years! 🫱🏼🫲🏼 At Lightspeed, we've been proud supporters since 2021. I recently joined the board and had the chance to work more closely with Ian, Nicholas, and the team. Seeing the raw talent, grind, and love they put into everything they do, I couldn't be more excited for what's ahead for this incredible team—which has already proven it's second to none. 📰 Many, many articles today, so here are a few select ones: Engadget: https://lnkd.in/gGvxT8_K IGN: https://lnkd.in/ggzKW4Bu PC Gamer: https://lnkd.in/gcDwk5SX PlayStation: https://lnkd.in/gudiYuS3 The Verge: https://lnkd.in/guXCeqnp cc: Paul Murphy, Faraz Fatemi, Alex Taussig, Nicole Quinn, Jeremy Liew, Amy Wu, Shan Shan
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Yesterday at Fortune #BrainstormTech, Lightspeed Partner Guru Chahal joined a discussion led by Allie Garfinkle on the current AI landscape. Key takeaways: when we look back at early digital evaluations and the current value of those companies, it’s staggering. In the future, the same will be true about AI and we’re seeing that shift in a short period of time. While some valuations might seem high now, they may not seem high in the next few years because the value and need for AI continues to grow quickly. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/gth5D8Cv
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Lightspeed-backed company Typeface is changing businesses with its unique multimodal strategy, extensive content customization, and AI-driven workflows across marketing platforms. Congratulations to Abhay Parasnis and the entire Typeface team for being featured in the first Gartner Cool Vendors in Generative AI for Marketing.
We are beyond excited to share Typeface is featured in the first ever Gartner® Cool Vendors™ in Generative AI for Marketing. This recognition from Gartner builds on the widespread momentum we've gained from our customers and partners. We love delivering a platform uniquely ~ cool ~ with our: 🧊 One multimodal platform (text, images, video, etc) 🧊 Deep content personalization 🧊 Unmatched enterprise integrations and partnerships 🧊 Enterprise-safe AI trusted by the Fortune 500 Get your complimentary copy of the report: https://bit.ly/3zScaWc Read more on the blog: https://bit.ly/4d6KoUx Thank you Nicole (Denman) Greene & Mike Froggatt for the great conversations and insights! #GartnerCoolVendor #GenerativeAI #AIforMarketing
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Last month, Lightspeed hosted over 200 people at Velocity NYC 2024, our flagship event for enterprise IT and innovation leaders. On the agenda? Learn about trends and insights driving disruption and shaping the future of enterprise technology, with a focus on enterprise AI. Our own Lisa Han led a fireside chat with Arvind Jain, Co-Founder and CEO of Glean, Alexander Ratner, Co-Founder and CEO of Snorkel AI, and Bhavin Shah, Co-Founder and CEO of Moveworks about trends and insights driving disruption in enterprise technology startups. Here are a few key takeaways: → Experimentation is key. → AI needs to be specialized. → Startups offer independence. → AI’s value can be measured, but most companies aren’t doing that yet. → One model cannot solve all problems. In addition, 12 Lightspeed-backed enterprise startups – including Blink Ops, Descope, Endor Labs, Fiddler AI, Mistral AI, Patronus AI, P0 Security, Observo AI, Redpanda Data, ScaleOps - Cloud-Native Optimization, and Tessell – presented their products and solutions at an Innovation Showcase. Check out the blog for more highlights from the event plus information on how to join the next Velocity: https://lnkd.in/gqyirjaU
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