Lightspeed India Partners

Lightspeed India Partners is the India-focused arm of Lightspeed Venture Partners. It has backed Indian companies, directly and across borders, since 2007, and it works through an advisory team based in the country.

What Lightspeed India Partners offers

• Early and growth-stage investment — funding for technology companies with a strong operating base in India.
• First institutional money — the team often acts as the first professional investor at seed or Series A, after founders and angels.
• Advice for entrepreneurs — guidance for founders building consumer and enterprise businesses.

Who it works with

Technology start-ups aimed at India, at global markets, or both, in consumer and enterprise areas. The team says its shift toward being first institutional capital began in 2011 and that about half its deals since then were seed rounds.

Key facts

• Based in: New Delhi and Bangalore, with a Mumbai entity
• Investing in India since: 2007
• Other offices: Singapore and Mauritius are listed among its addresses
• Team: partners plus an India advisory team