Lightspeed Venture Partners
Venture Capital Est. 2000
- Type
- Venture Capital
- HQ
- Menlo Park, CA, United States
- Founded
- 2000
- Last fundraise
- 2022 (USD 2.3B)
About
Lightspeed Venture Partners is a venture capital firm that focuses on enterprise and consumer technology investments. Lightspeed invests in the USA and abroad, with offices in Silicon Valley, Israel, India and China, and a preference for investments in these countries. Since its founding in October 2000, Lightspeed has invested in more than 300 companies, along with numerous exits. Lightspeed prefers to take a board seat in portfolio companies and is usually the first institutional investor.
Strategies
Venture Capital
Sources
Recent venture activity
- May 2026 · Reported 8 more venture funds to the SEC (51 in total) in its Form ADV filed 2026-05-06 · SEC Form ADV
Locations & investment markets
Office · Menlo Park, United States
Office · San Francisco, United States
Office · New York, United States
Office · Israel
Headquarters · Menlo Park, United States
Capital and location details checked 2026-10-12.
Investment Focus
Investment size
USD 1M - USD 25M
Reported investment size. Actual commitments may vary by stage, ownership and follow-on participation.
Investment Stages
Stages
Seed Series A Series B
Investment Geographies
Primary Markets
United States China India Israel
Coverage
Global Regions
North America Asia Middle East
Coverage is a guide only.
Location
Office Presence
4 countries
United States China India Israel
6 known offices
Menlo Park, CA, United States (HQ)
Shanghai Shi, China
Beijing Shi, China
New Delhi, DL, India
Bengaluru, KA, India
Herzliya, Tel Aviv District, Israel
Fundraising
Lightspeed Venture Partners Select V
2022
USD 2.3B
source Lightspeed Venture Partners XIV-A/B
2022
USD 2B
source Lightspeed India Partners Fund IV
2022
USD 500M
source Lightspeed Venture Partners Select IV
2020
USD 1.8B
source Lightspeed Opportunity Fund
2020
USD 1.5B
source Lightspeed Venture Partners XIII
2020
USD 890M
source Lightspeed Venture Partners Select III
2018
USD 1.1B
source Lightspeed Venture Partners XII
2018
USD 750M
source Deals & Activity
Tracked Deals
7
Most common deal types
Unknown (3) Growth (2) Series A (1) Seed (1)
Recent tracked deals
Profound
Series D - 2026
Profound
2026
$96M
Helsing
2026
$1.8B
Neko Health
Series C - 2026
$700M
Modus
2026
$85M
Sycamore
Seed - 2026
$65M
Notch
Series A - 2026
$30M
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