Lightspeed Israel

Lightspeed Israel, established in 2006, is a venture capital firm based in Tel Aviv, Israel. It invests in seed, early, and later-stage companies across the information technology and TMT sectors. The firm focuses on supporting innovative Israeli startups, providing capital and strategic guidance to accelerate their growth. Lightspeed Israel typically invests between $2 million to $25 million per company, with a particular interest in enterprise, health, fintech, and consumer sectors. It manages multiple funds, including Lightspeed Venture Partners IX and Lightspeed India Partners I & II, to support its investment activities in Israel and India.

Shaurya Aggarwal

Partner

Vaibhav Agrawal

Venture Partner

James Alcorn

Partner

Saqib Awan

Partner

Moritz Baier-Lentz

Partner and Head of Gaming

Mercedes Bent

Partner

Luke Beseda

Partner

Akshay Bhushan

Venture Partner

Taggart Bonham

Partner

Ashley Brasier

Partner

Wei Cai

Partner

Guru Chahal

Partner

Yoni Cheifetz

Partner

Yoni Cheifetz

Partner

Sun Daniel

Partner

Amish Desai

Partner

Sebastian Duesterhoeft

Partner

Barry Eggers

Co-Founder and Partner

Sam Eisler

Partner

James Ephrati

Partner

Faraz Fatemi

Partner, Consumer

Jack Fowler

Partner

Aaron Frank

Venture Partner

Merci Grace

Partner

Globin Guo

Executive Director

Gaurav Gupta

Partner

David Gussarsky

Partner

Herry Han

Co-Founder and Partner

Lisa Han

Partner

Rob Horton JD

COO

Galym Imanbayev MD

Partner

Galym Imanbayev

Partner

Nnamdi Iregbulem

Partner

Raviraj Jain

Partner

Arif Janmohamed

Partner

Julie Kainz

Partner

Francis Kao

Partner

Ansaf Kareem

Partner

Alex Kayyal

Partner

Issac Kim

Partner

Will Kohler

Partner

Harsha Kumar

Associate Partner

Pachara Lawjindakul

Partner

Pachara Lawjindakul

Partner

Pinn Lawjindakul

Partner

Will Leas

Partner

Jeremy Liew

Partner

Connor Love

Partner

John Luongo

Venture Partner

Natalie Luu

Partner

Naveed Matinfar

Partner

Ravi Mhatre

Co-Founder and Partner

James Mi

Founding Partner

Andrew Moley

Operating Partner and CFO

Tal Morgenstern

Partner

Peter Nieh

Co-Founder and Partner, Enterprise

Justin Overdorff

Partner

Zac Pan

Associate Partner

Apoorva Pandhi

Associate

Krish Parikh

Partner of Business Services

Nicole Quinn

Partner

Adrian Nicholas Radu

Partner

Alexander Schmitt

Partner

Shan Shan

Partner

Justin Shen

Partner

Justin Shen

Partner

Shuvi Shrivastava

Partner

Ishaan Preet Singh

Investor

Ajay Sudan

Venture Partner

Sydney Sykes

Partner

John Thompson

Venture Partner

Anoushka Vaswani

Partner

Jason Wang

Partner

Nathan Wang

Vice President

Nathan Wu

Partner, Growth

Mark Xu

Partner

Cici Yang

Vice President

Jerry Ye

Partner, Data Platform

Haowei Zhai

Vice President

Ju Zhang

Executive Director

Issac Zhang

Vice President

Gavin Zhu

Partner

Hu Peipei

Investment Manager

Past deals in Collectibles

Whatnot

Series E in 2025
Whatnot Inc., established in 2019 and headquartered in Marina Del Rey, California, operates an online marketplace for buying, selling, and discovering a wide array of products, with a focus on authenticated Funkos and collectibles. The company's platform facilitates live shopping experiences, combining community engagement with entertainment to create a unique shopping environment. It verifies every product sold to ensure authenticity, fostering trust among collectors and enthusiasts who use the platform to safely buy, sell, and connect with one another.

Joopiter

Seed Round in 2022
Joopiter operates an online auction platform that focuses on high-end curated goods, providing a space for collectors, curators, and creators. The platform features rare cultural artifacts, emphasizing their provenance and intrinsic significance through carefully curated auctions. Joopiter enhances the experience with bespoke video content that immerses viewers in the narratives surrounding the auctioned items, supported by original editorial and archival imagery. This approach allows users to discover and explore a diverse array of cultural items while fostering a sense of community among enthusiasts.

Arena Club

Venture Round in 2022
Arena Club is a company that operates at the intersection of physical and digital card collecting. It provides a platform for hobbyists to sell, trade, and invest in real, physical sports cards while integrating digital features. The company's innovative approach facilitates seamless transactions, allowing collectors to engage in buying, selling, and trading with ease. Arena Club enhances the collecting experience through advanced technologies, including computer vision and machine learning, which assist in the grading of cards. By bridging the gap between the physical and digital realms, Arena Club caters to the evolving needs of collectors and the broader sports card market.

Unblockable

Venture Round in 2018
Unblockable, Inc. is a company based in Manhattan Beach, California, founded in 2018. It operates a platform that allows sports fans to buy, sell, and utilize blockchain-based digital collectibles. The company aims to bring prestigious intellectual property to the blockchain by collaborating with major sports leagues, player associations, and entertainment and gaming brands. Unblockable is positioned as a leader in the non-fungible digital collectibles market, blending traditional sports collectibility with the utility of virtual goods and elements of gameplay from fantasy sports and strategy games. Each athlete's likeness and performance are converted into unique tokens that can be traded on Unblockable's platform or other crypto collectible exchanges. Additionally, owning a collection of these tokens unlocks various functionalities within Unblockable's applications.

Flip

Seed Round in 2017
FLIP is everyone’s sneaker connect — the premier specialty destination where people find and sell hard to find, rare, limited edition sneakers. They have created a community where their members can buy and sell with confidence and ease. Never miss out on an opportunity to place your bid on hard to find sneakers in 90 minutes from a curated list of quality sellers who really care. Their mobile only platform is currently available for your iPhone and coming soon to Android. They strive to keep an open and trusted environment for their community.
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