Lightspeed Venture Partners

Lightspeed Venture Partners is a global venture capital firm that backs startups across enterprise software, consumer technologies, fintech, healthtech, and cleantech from seed through growth stages. Founded in 2000 and headquartered in Menlo Park, California, it maintains offices in Beijing, Shanghai, New Delhi, and Herzliya to engage markets in the United States, Asia, and Israel. The firm focuses on technology-enabled businesses and has supported companies across software, mobile, data, e-commerce, and services, spanning early-stage to expansion rounds. It offers strategic guidance, network access, and capital, and has historically included debt financing as part of its investment approach. With a multi-region footprint and a broad multi-stage mandate, Lightspeed seeks to partner with entrepreneurs to scale innovative companies globally.

Shaurya Aggarwal

Partner

Vaibhav Agrawal

Associate Partner

James Alcorn

Partner

Moritz Baier-Lentz

Partner and Head of Gaming

Mercedes Bent

Partner

Past deals in Commodities

Wheelocity

Series A in 2024
Wheelocity is an Indian supply chain network that aims to reduce malnutrition by minimizing food waste through technology-enabled fresh-commerce networks. It operates an integrated ecosystem of collection centers, distribution centers, dark stores, and first- and mid-mile logistics to move fresh produce such as fruits, vegetables, dairy, poultry, and meat efficiently. By leveraging AI and IoT, Wheelocity enhances transparency, efficiency, and inventory control across its nationwide network, delivering faster, more reliable access from farm to plate. Founded in 2021, the company seeks to reshape India’s fresh produce market with an innovative, tech-powered approach to supply chains, ultimately lowering costs, preserving quality, and reducing waste.

Wheelocity

Series A in 2022
Wheelocity is an Indian supply chain network that aims to reduce malnutrition by minimizing food waste through technology-enabled fresh-commerce networks. It operates an integrated ecosystem of collection centers, distribution centers, dark stores, and first- and mid-mile logistics to move fresh produce such as fruits, vegetables, dairy, poultry, and meat efficiently. By leveraging AI and IoT, Wheelocity enhances transparency, efficiency, and inventory control across its nationwide network, delivering faster, more reliable access from farm to plate. Founded in 2021, the company seeks to reshape India’s fresh produce market with an innovative, tech-powered approach to supply chains, ultimately lowering costs, preserving quality, and reducing waste.

Bijak

Seed Round in 2019
Bijak operates a B2B trade platform for India's agricultural sector. It connects traders, wholesalers, and food processors, offering transparent pricing, optimized logistics, and improved working capital cycles through digital transaction ledgers.

LedgerX

Series A in 2014
LedgerX LLC is a developer of an institutional derivatives exchange platform specifically for digital currencies. Founded in 2014 and based in Vail, Colorado, the company operates as a subsidiary of NYBX LLC. LedgerX has applied for registration with the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission to function as a swap execution facility and derivatives clearing organization. The platform is designed to facilitate smooth trading in cryptocurrency futures and options, offering features such as physical settlement of contracts, block trading, and algorithmic trading. This enables both individual traders and institutions to transact in cryptocurrencies with increased efficiency and regulatory oversight.

ChemConnect

Private Equity Round in 2000
ChemConnect, Inc. functions as an electronic exchange specializing in the trading of midstream energy, feedstocks, chemicals, and related products. Established in 1995 and headquartered in Houston, Texas, the company provides a platform for the trading of natural gas liquids, refined fuels, aromatics, olefins, and commodity polymers. In addition to its exchange services, ChemConnect offers auction services, bulletin-board functionality, back-end fulfillment solutions, and market information resources. The company also delivers supply chain solutions, which include negotiation tools and collaboration hubs, facilitating efficient transactions for its clients. ChemConnect has operational reach in North America, the United Kingdom, and Belgium.
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