Lightspeed Venture Partners

Venture Capital Est. 2000

USD 4B

Estimated FUM

Type: Venture Capital
HQ: Menlo Park, CA, United States
Founded: 2000
Focus: Generalist Tech

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.

Investment Focus

Investment size

USD 1M - USD 25M

Reported investment size. Actual commitments may vary by stage, ownership and follow-on participation.

Focus Areas

Stages

Seed Series A Series B

Focus

Generalist Tech

Investment Geographies

Primary Markets

United States China India Israel

Coverage

Global

Regions

North America Asia Middle East

Coverage is a guide only.

Location

Headquarters

Menlo Park, CA, United States

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

Deals & Activity

Tracked Deals

Most common deal types

Series A (1) Seed (1) Unknown (1)

Recent tracked deals

Modus

2026

$85M

Sycamore

Seed - 2026

$65M

Notch

Series A - 2026

$30M