Lightspeed Venture Partners

Lightspeed Venture Partners is a multi-stage venture capital firm that backs founders from seed rounds through to Series F and beyond. It says it has been an early backer of well-known companies for over twenty years. Its stated approach is depth: staying closely involved rather than funding from a distance.

What Lightspeed Venture Partners does

• Multi-stage investing: The firm helps at each stage of company growth.
• Crypto investing: An independent team called Lightspeed Faction was set up for blockchain.
• Insights: Perspectives on technology, culture, business and venture capital.
• Investment notes: It publishes notes explaining why it backed companies such as Pie, Reactor and Temporal.

Who it works with

Founders in software, security, health, consumer and fintech. The site says it has partnered with more than 400 companies, and examples include Snap, Rubrik, Guardant Health, OYO, ShareChat and Wiz.

Key facts

• Stage focus: Seed to Series F and beyond
• Portfolio: More than 400 companies
• Offices: Includes a New York City office