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

Venture Partner

Moritz Baier-Lentz

Partner

Mercedes Bent

Partner

Luke Beseda

Partner

Akshay Bhushan

Partner

Taggart Bonham

Partner

Ashley Brasier

Partner

Cai Wei

Partner

Guru Chahal

Partner

Yoni Cheifetz

Partner

Yoni Cheifetz

Partner

Amish Desai

Partner

Sebastian Duesterhoeft

Partner

Barry Eggers

Partner

Sam Eisler

Partner

Sam Eisler

Partner

James Ephrati

Partner

Faraz Fatemi

Partner

Jack Fowler

Partner

Aaron Frank

Venture Partner

Adam Goldberg

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

Hu Peipei

Investment Manager

Galym Imanbayev MD

Partner

Galym Imanbayev

Partner

Nnamdi Iregbulem

Partner

Arif Janmohamed

Partner

Julie Kainz

Partner

Francis Kao

Partner

Ansaf Kareem

Partner

Alex Kayyal

Partner

Dev Khare

Partner

Issac Kim

Partner

Will Kohler

Partner

Harsha Kumar

Associate Partner

Pachara Lawjindakul

Partner

Pachara Lawjindakul

Partner

Will Leas

Partner

Jeremy Liew

Partner

Connor Love

Partner

John Luongo

Venture Partner

Natalie Luu

Partner

Jonathan MacQuitty

Partner

Naveed Matinfar

Partner

Ravi Mhatre

Managing Director

James Mi

Partner

Hemant Mohapatra

Partner

Andrew Moley

Operating Partner and CFO

Tal Morgenstern

Partner

Antoine Moyroud

Partner

Paul Murphy

Partner

Justin Overdorff

Partner

Zac Pan

Associate Partner

Apoorva Pandhi

Associate

Krish Parikh

Partner of Business Services

Nicole Quinn

General Partner

Adrian Nicholas Radu

Partner

Chris Schaepe

Co-Founder

Alexander Schmitt

Partner

Semil Shah

Venture Partner

Shan Shan

Partner

Justin Shen

Partner

Justin Shen

Partner

Shuvi Shrivastava

Partner

Ishaan Preet Singh

Investor

Bipul Sinha

Venture Partner

Bejul Somaia

Partner

Ajay Sudan

Venture Partner

Sun Daniel

Partner

Sydney Sykes

Partner

Alex Taussig

Partner

John Thompson

Venture Partner

John Thompson

Venture Partner

Anoushka Vaswani

Partner

Jason Wang

Partner

Nathan Wang

Vice President

Nathan Wu

Partner

Mark Xu

Partner

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

Past deals in Computer Vision

Dexterity

Venture Round in 2025
Dexterity Inc develops robot dexterity solutions for logistics, warehousing, and supply chain applications. The company offers a robotics as a service model that enables businesses to integrate robotics into their operations. Its flagship DexR is a two-armed robot designed for tasks such as truck loading and material handling, equipped with machine vision and force sensing. The company combines artificial intelligence, software, and hardware in a platform to deliver high productivity, precision, and safety in industrial environments, allowing clients to delegate repetitive tasks to robots and augment human potential.

Reflection.Ai

Series A in 2025
Reflection.AI is a start-up that develops artificial intelligence solutions, focusing on computer vision. The company provides tools to create personalized AIs that can interact and chat just like real people, using cutting-edge technology.

X Square

Seed Round in 2025
X Square is a company focused on developing universal embodied large models for robots, aiming to create a universal brain-cerebellum system that offers comprehensive capabilities from perception to action.

Intenseye

Series B in 2024
Intenseye Inc. is a technology company based in San Jose, California, specializing in an AI-powered video analytics platform designed to enhance health and safety in workplace environments. Founded in 2018, Intenseye's platform utilizes advanced computer vision and machine learning to analyze real-time video feeds from existing cameras, enabling clients to monitor workplace conditions continuously. The system provides automated inspections and immediate notifications of safety violations, such as improper use of personal protective equipment or hazardous behaviors. By focusing on privacy, Intenseye ensures that the visual data processed does not include personally identifiable information. The company's solutions are particularly beneficial for large enterprises seeking to improve employee safety while minimizing accidents and operational errors.

Sarvam AI

Seed Round in 2023
Sarvam AI specializes in developing an artificial intelligence platform tailored to India's diverse linguistic landscape. The platform aims to enhance the robustness, performance, and cost-effectiveness of generative AI app development, deployment, and distribution.

Sarvam AI

Series A in 2023
Sarvam AI specializes in developing an artificial intelligence platform tailored to India's diverse linguistic landscape. The platform aims to enhance the robustness, performance, and cost-effectiveness of generative AI app development, deployment, and distribution.

Tavus

Seed Round in 2023
Tavus is an AI research company that specializes in creating immersive digital experiences that parallel face-to-face interactions. The company develops a video personalization platform that leverages advanced artificial intelligence to generate realistic video content featuring digital avatars. These avatars can mimic customers' gestures and voices, allowing for the creation of personalized videos that enhance outreach efforts for sales teams. Tavus's technology enables clients to record once and subsequently generate customized videos with a single click, streamlining communication and engagement in both asynchronous and real-time settings.

DAISCH

Series A in 2022
DAISCH, established in 2015 and headquartered in Shanghai, China, specializes in high-precision motion and position sensing systems and tool chains for autonomous driving. The company offers industrial unmanned aerial vehicles and autonomous vehicles, leveraging technologies such as carrier phase differential, inertial navigation, and machine vision to provide precise positioning and environmental information for self-driving vehicles across varied road conditions.

Smartex.ai

Series A in 2022
Smartex focuses on addressing significant challenges in the textile industry by leveraging advanced AI technology, specifically machine learning and computer vision. The company has developed a hardware-enabled software solution that detects textile defects and irregularities in real time. By implementing this innovative system, Smartex can halt production when defects are identified, thereby minimizing defective output and reducing textile waste. This proactive approach not only enhances production efficiency but also contributes to sustainability by lowering carbon dioxide emissions, energy consumption, and water usage. Moreover, Smartex provides factories with a user interface to monitor production statistics, further improving operational insights and decision-making capabilities.

Kodiak Robotics

Series B in 2021
Founded in 2018, Kodiak Robotics specializes in developing autonomous technology for long-haul trucking. Headquartered in Mountain View, California, the company focuses on creating safe and efficient self-driving trucks equipped with advanced sensor fusion systems.

Dexterity

Series B in 2021
Dexterity Inc develops robot dexterity solutions for logistics, warehousing, and supply chain applications. The company offers a robotics as a service model that enables businesses to integrate robotics into their operations. Its flagship DexR is a two-armed robot designed for tasks such as truck loading and material handling, equipped with machine vision and force sensing. The company combines artificial intelligence, software, and hardware in a platform to deliver high productivity, precision, and safety in industrial environments, allowing clients to delegate repetitive tasks to robots and augment human potential.

Snorkel AI

Series C in 2021
Snorkel AI, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in developing an end-to-end machine-learning platform designed to facilitate the creation, management, and monitoring of AI applications. Founded in 2016 and based in Palo Alto, California, the company offers Snorkel Flow, a platform that enables programmatic data labeling, augmentation, and curation. This platform supports the clean integration and management of data for AI, as well as the training and deployment of various models. Snorkel AI's technology is particularly adept at extracting entities, relationships, and structured information from complex documents and forms, while also ranking content based on relevance and other factors. The company serves diverse sectors, including finance, government, telecommunications, insurance, healthcare, and e-commerce, and is recognized for its contributions to AI research through peer-reviewed publications.

Oosto

Series C in 2021
Oosto provides real-time threat analysis for enhanced security and safety, using AI-powered visual recognition technology. It helps enterprises protect customers, employees, and guests while maintaining ethical standards.

Snorkel AI

Series B in 2021
Snorkel AI, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in developing an end-to-end machine-learning platform designed to facilitate the creation, management, and monitoring of AI applications. Founded in 2016 and based in Palo Alto, California, the company offers Snorkel Flow, a platform that enables programmatic data labeling, augmentation, and curation. This platform supports the clean integration and management of data for AI, as well as the training and deployment of various models. Snorkel AI's technology is particularly adept at extracting entities, relationships, and structured information from complex documents and forms, while also ranking content based on relevance and other factors. The company serves diverse sectors, including finance, government, telecommunications, insurance, healthcare, and e-commerce, and is recognized for its contributions to AI research through peer-reviewed publications.

Rephrase.ai

Seed Round in 2020
Rephrase.ai develops AI-powered video creation technology. It transforms any given text into photorealistic videos of people speaking that content, enabling clients to produce training videos, personalized sales videos, AR/VR characters, and digital assistants.

Oosto

Series B in 2020
Oosto provides real-time threat analysis for enhanced security and safety, using AI-powered visual recognition technology. It helps enterprises protect customers, employees, and guests while maintaining ethical standards.

Dexterity

Series A in 2020
Dexterity Inc develops robot dexterity solutions for logistics, warehousing, and supply chain applications. The company offers a robotics as a service model that enables businesses to integrate robotics into their operations. Its flagship DexR is a two-armed robot designed for tasks such as truck loading and material handling, equipped with machine vision and force sensing. The company combines artificial intelligence, software, and hardware in a platform to deliver high productivity, precision, and safety in industrial environments, allowing clients to delegate repetitive tasks to robots and augment human potential.

Cognicept Systems

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Cognicept Systems specializes in hybrid robotics artificial intelligence, offering innovative solutions through its Smart+ telerobotic intervention technology and remote robot pilots. The company focuses on enhancing the deployment of robotic systems by addressing the gap between technological capabilities and customer needs. Cognicept's platform provides supervised autonomy tools that ensure reliability in unpredictable applications, thereby expanding the operational potential of robots. This technology is particularly valuable during the prototyping and testing phases of robotics development, allowing teams to avoid the complexities of creating these tools in-house. By delivering a robust operating system for remote intervention, Cognicept empowers clients to efficiently manage tasks in unstructured environments.

AppZen

Series C in 2019
AppZen develops AI-driven solutions for back-office automation, specializing in automated expense report compliance and auditing. Its platform reviews expense reports in real-time, cross-checks data with external sources, detects policy violations and fraud, and ensures IRS rule and FCPA regulation compliance. Serving various enterprises globally since 2012.

Impira

Series B in 2019
Impira, Inc. is a technology company that develops an artificial intelligence platform designed to manage unstructured data, such as images, videos, PDFs, and scanned documents. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Impira integrates seamlessly with existing systems to consolidate various data sources, allowing users to gain a comprehensive view of their information. Its primary product automates the extraction of structured data from unstructured files, significantly streamlining workflows and reducing manual data entry. Additionally, Impira offers Mango, a specialized platform that utilizes AI to facilitate the searching and extraction of critical information from contracts, such as party names and renewal terms. By leveraging machine learning and computer vision, Impira enhances content management and helps organizations improve efficiency while fostering a more creative work environment.

Oosto

Series A in 2019
Oosto provides real-time threat analysis for enhanced security and safety, using AI-powered visual recognition technology. It helps enterprises protect customers, employees, and guests while maintaining ethical standards.

AppZen

Series B in 2018
AppZen develops AI-driven solutions for back-office automation, specializing in automated expense report compliance and auditing. Its platform reviews expense reports in real-time, cross-checks data with external sources, detects policy violations and fraud, and ensures IRS rule and FCPA regulation compliance. Serving various enterprises globally since 2012.

Illumix

Seed Round in 2018
Illumix specializes in developing augmented reality (AR) technologies and creating AR gaming experiences. Their integrated studio combines advanced computer vision research, gaming practices, and performance to enable dynamic AR games that interact with the environment in real-time.

Kodiak Robotics

Series A in 2018
Founded in 2018, Kodiak Robotics specializes in developing autonomous technology for long-haul trucking. Headquartered in Mountain View, California, the company focuses on creating safe and efficient self-driving trucks equipped with advanced sensor fusion systems.

Impira

Series A in 2017
Impira, Inc. is a technology company that develops an artificial intelligence platform designed to manage unstructured data, such as images, videos, PDFs, and scanned documents. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Impira integrates seamlessly with existing systems to consolidate various data sources, allowing users to gain a comprehensive view of their information. Its primary product automates the extraction of structured data from unstructured files, significantly streamlining workflows and reducing manual data entry. Additionally, Impira offers Mango, a specialized platform that utilizes AI to facilitate the searching and extraction of critical information from contracts, such as party names and renewal terms. By leveraging machine learning and computer vision, Impira enhances content management and helps organizations improve efficiency while fostering a more creative work environment.

Eonite Perception

Seed Round in 2016
Eonite Perception Inc. is a technology company based in Palo Alto, California, specializing in the development of advanced inside-out positional tracking software. Founded in 2015, Eonite creates three-dimensional mapping and ego-tracking systems that utilize commodity dense depth sensors. Their products cater to various markets, including augmented and virtual reality, home-scale 3D scanning, and robotics. The company offers a proprietary software development kit that enables developers to create applications across multiple industries, such as entertainment, architecture, engineering, and geographical information systems. Eonite’s AI-based software employs advanced computer vision algorithms to achieve sub-millimeter accuracy, facilitating improved localization and obstacle detection for robots and drones while maintaining low power consumption.

Snorkel AI

Snorkel AI, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in developing an end-to-end machine-learning platform designed to facilitate the creation, management, and monitoring of AI applications. Founded in 2016 and based in Palo Alto, California, the company offers Snorkel Flow, a platform that enables programmatic data labeling, augmentation, and curation. This platform supports the clean integration and management of data for AI, as well as the training and deployment of various models. Snorkel AI's technology is particularly adept at extracting entities, relationships, and structured information from complex documents and forms, while also ranking content based on relevance and other factors. The company serves diverse sectors, including finance, government, telecommunications, insurance, healthcare, and e-commerce, and is recognized for its contributions to AI research through peer-reviewed publications.

Sarvam AI

Sarvam AI specializes in developing an artificial intelligence platform tailored to India's diverse linguistic landscape. The platform aims to enhance the robustness, performance, and cost-effectiveness of generative AI app development, deployment, and distribution.
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