Lightspeed Venture Partners

Lightspeed Venture Partners is a global venture capital firm that provides early to growth stage funding for technology-enabled opportunities. The firm invests across sectors including enterprise software, consumer technology, fintech, healthtech, cleantech, and infrastructure, spanning seed, early-stage, expansion, and growth rounds. It pursues opportunities worldwide with offices in Menlo Park, Beijing, Shanghai, New Delhi, and Herzliya, and has backed startups in the United States, Asia, and Israel. In addition to equity investments, Lightspeed has offered debt financing in some cases and supports portfolio companies through strategic guidance and resources to accelerate growth.

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

Sun Daniel

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

Sydney Sykes

Partner

Rahul Taneja

Partner and Advisor

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

Romit Mehta

Vice President and Advisor

Rohil Bagga

Vice President and Advisor

Past deals in Database

Tessell

Series B in 2025
Tessell is a leading Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) company offering a high-performance data infrastructure platform for both cloud-born and cloud-defining enterprises. The platform provides durable NVMe storage, up to 2 million IOPS, along with features such as data protection, disaster recovery, zero RPO/RTO, and robust security measures. Tessell's solutions are available across major cloud providers.

QueryPal

Seed Round in 2022
QueryPal enhances enterprise customer support by leveraging historical data to create an intelligent deflection system. Its Agentic Support AI builds a comprehensive knowledge graph, enabling tier 1-3 support capabilities including complex API interactions. A visual analytics dashboard provides operational insights, demonstrating significant ROI within weeks. Trusted by companies like JetBrains and Simply Benefits, QueryPal aims to transform customer support operations without increasing headcount.

Tessell

Series A in 2022
Tessell is a leading Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) company offering a high-performance data infrastructure platform for both cloud-born and cloud-defining enterprises. The platform provides durable NVMe storage, up to 2 million IOPS, along with features such as data protection, disaster recovery, zero RPO/RTO, and robust security measures. Tessell's solutions are available across major cloud providers.

Supabase

Series B in 2022
Supabase develops an open-source Firebase alternative that adds real-time and RESTful APIs to PostgreSQL databases without requiring any code. It offers a Postgres database, authentication tools, instant APIs, edge functions, real-time subscriptions, storage, and vector database embeddings.

ClickHouse

Series B in 2021
ClickHouse is an open-source, column-oriented database management system designed for online analytical processing. It enables real-time analytical reporting by executing SQL queries over large datasets. Its columnar storage reduces data footprint and speeds up query performance by eliminating unnecessary data, while vector-based processing enhances CPU efficiency for large-scale workloads. The system handles vast numbers of rows and gigabytes of data per server, delivering secure, reliable, and scalable analytics that help enterprises streamline data processing.

Yugabyte

Series C in 2021
Yugabyte, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in developing open-source cloud-native database software designed for internet-scale applications. Its flagship product, YugabyteDB, is a high-performance distributed SQL database that supports both scale-out relational database management system (RDBMS) and online transaction processing (OLTP) workloads, featuring low query latency and robust resilience against failures. YugabyteDB is built with innovative technologies such as auto sharding and multi-shard ACID transactions, drawing inspiration from Google Spanner. The company offers various deployment options, including the Yugabyte Platform, a self-managed database-as-a-service solution suitable for public, private, or hybrid cloud environments, and Yugabyte Cloud, a fully-managed service available on major cloud platforms. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, Yugabyte aims to empower developers to build scalable, resilient applications with its open-source offerings.

Materialize

Series C in 2021
Materialize develops a SQL streaming database platform that enables users to query and analyze real-time data. Founded in 2019, the company is headquartered in New York.

Yugabyte

Series B in 2021
Yugabyte, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in developing open-source cloud-native database software designed for internet-scale applications. Its flagship product, YugabyteDB, is a high-performance distributed SQL database that supports both scale-out relational database management system (RDBMS) and online transaction processing (OLTP) workloads, featuring low query latency and robust resilience against failures. YugabyteDB is built with innovative technologies such as auto sharding and multi-shard ACID transactions, drawing inspiration from Google Spanner. The company offers various deployment options, including the Yugabyte Platform, a self-managed database-as-a-service solution suitable for public, private, or hybrid cloud environments, and Yugabyte Cloud, a fully-managed service available on major cloud platforms. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, Yugabyte aims to empower developers to build scalable, resilient applications with its open-source offerings.

Materialize

Series B in 2020
Materialize develops a SQL streaming database platform that enables users to query and analyze real-time data. Founded in 2019, the company is headquartered in New York.

Yugabyte

Series B in 2020
Yugabyte, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in developing open-source cloud-native database software designed for internet-scale applications. Its flagship product, YugabyteDB, is a high-performance distributed SQL database that supports both scale-out relational database management system (RDBMS) and online transaction processing (OLTP) workloads, featuring low query latency and robust resilience against failures. YugabyteDB is built with innovative technologies such as auto sharding and multi-shard ACID transactions, drawing inspiration from Google Spanner. The company offers various deployment options, including the Yugabyte Platform, a self-managed database-as-a-service solution suitable for public, private, or hybrid cloud environments, and Yugabyte Cloud, a fully-managed service available on major cloud platforms. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, Yugabyte aims to empower developers to build scalable, resilient applications with its open-source offerings.

Materialize

Series A in 2019
Materialize develops a SQL streaming database platform that enables users to query and analyze real-time data. Founded in 2019, the company is headquartered in New York.

Yugabyte

Series A in 2018
Yugabyte, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in developing open-source cloud-native database software designed for internet-scale applications. Its flagship product, YugabyteDB, is a high-performance distributed SQL database that supports both scale-out relational database management system (RDBMS) and online transaction processing (OLTP) workloads, featuring low query latency and robust resilience against failures. YugabyteDB is built with innovative technologies such as auto sharding and multi-shard ACID transactions, drawing inspiration from Google Spanner. The company offers various deployment options, including the Yugabyte Platform, a self-managed database-as-a-service solution suitable for public, private, or hybrid cloud environments, and Yugabyte Cloud, a fully-managed service available on major cloud platforms. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, Yugabyte aims to empower developers to build scalable, resilient applications with its open-source offerings.

Vexata

Funding Round in 2017
Vexata, Inc. is a technology company based in San Jose, California, focused on developing and manufacturing real-time enterprise storage systems tailored for businesses. Founded in 2013 and currently a subsidiary of StorCentric, Inc., Vexata offers an innovative data storage infrastructure platform designed to meet the demands of modern, data-driven applications. The company's active data fabric integrates distributed data management software and advanced networking principles, allowing organizations to enhance their data infrastructure without the need for application rewrites or complex adjustments. Vexata's solutions facilitate improved decision-making and operational efficiency by supporting a range of database and analytics platforms, including traditional systems like Oracle and SQL Server, as well as emerging NoSQL and cognitive computing technologies.

Yugabyte

Series A in 2016
Yugabyte, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in developing open-source cloud-native database software designed for internet-scale applications. Its flagship product, YugabyteDB, is a high-performance distributed SQL database that supports both scale-out relational database management system (RDBMS) and online transaction processing (OLTP) workloads, featuring low query latency and robust resilience against failures. YugabyteDB is built with innovative technologies such as auto sharding and multi-shard ACID transactions, drawing inspiration from Google Spanner. The company offers various deployment options, including the Yugabyte Platform, a self-managed database-as-a-service solution suitable for public, private, or hybrid cloud environments, and Yugabyte Cloud, a fully-managed service available on major cloud platforms. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, Yugabyte aims to empower developers to build scalable, resilient applications with its open-source offerings.

Delphix

Series D in 2015
Delphix is a technology company that offers an intelligent data platform designed to facilitate digital transformation for enterprises globally. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in Redwood City, California, Delphix specializes in test data management software that supports a wide range of systems, including mainframes, Oracle databases, ERP applications, and Kubernetes containers. Its DataOps platform enables businesses to accelerate cloud migrations, custom development, and ERP rollouts by providing agile data management capabilities. By eliminating redundant infrastructure and streamlining processes, Delphix helps organizations in sectors such as financial services, telecommunications, consumer packaged goods, e-commerce, and manufacturing to effectively visualize and deliver data across major databases and data warehouses.

DataStax

Series E in 2014
DataStax is a technology company that develops database software for cloud applications. It offers enterprise-scale data platforms built on Apache Cassandra, including DataStax Enterprise and Astra, a database-as-a-service for Cassandra applications designed to accelerate deployment and scale. The company also provides management and development tools such as OpsCenter for monitoring, DevCenter for querying, and K8ssandra, a Kubernetes distribution of Cassandra, along with Constellation, a cloud data platform, and it offers training, support, and consulting. DataStax serves large enterprises, government agencies, and systems integrators. In addition, DataStax provides tools for building AI-powered applications, including a vector database with real-time data processing and integration capabilities, APIs and data pipelines to deploy AI apps, semantic search functionality, and compatibility with machine learning frameworks. The company was founded in 2010 and is based in Santa Clara, California, with additional offices worldwide.

Primary Data

Series B in 2014
Primary Data, founded in 2013 and headquartered in Sandy, Utah, specializes in intelligence and automation software designed for enterprise data management. The company's flagship platform, DataSphere, integrates metadata management with machine learning to facilitate the seamless movement of data across both on-premises IT infrastructure and cloud environments. This innovative solution allows enterprises to manage vast amounts of data efficiently, making billions of files accessible to all applications simultaneously. DataSphere not only automates data migration and enhances cloud integration but also optimizes NAS performance, enabling organizations to maximize the value of their infrastructure investments. Through its advanced capabilities, Primary Data supports enterprises operating at petabyte scale, ensuring that the right data is delivered to the right location at the right time without disrupting applications.

Primary Data

Series B in 2013
Primary Data, founded in 2013 and headquartered in Sandy, Utah, specializes in intelligence and automation software designed for enterprise data management. The company's flagship platform, DataSphere, integrates metadata management with machine learning to facilitate the seamless movement of data across both on-premises IT infrastructure and cloud environments. This innovative solution allows enterprises to manage vast amounts of data efficiently, making billions of files accessible to all applications simultaneously. DataSphere not only automates data migration and enhances cloud integration but also optimizes NAS performance, enabling organizations to maximize the value of their infrastructure investments. Through its advanced capabilities, Primary Data supports enterprises operating at petabyte scale, ensuring that the right data is delivered to the right location at the right time without disrupting applications.

DataStax

Series D in 2013
DataStax is a technology company that develops database software for cloud applications. It offers enterprise-scale data platforms built on Apache Cassandra, including DataStax Enterprise and Astra, a database-as-a-service for Cassandra applications designed to accelerate deployment and scale. The company also provides management and development tools such as OpsCenter for monitoring, DevCenter for querying, and K8ssandra, a Kubernetes distribution of Cassandra, along with Constellation, a cloud data platform, and it offers training, support, and consulting. DataStax serves large enterprises, government agencies, and systems integrators. In addition, DataStax provides tools for building AI-powered applications, including a vector database with real-time data processing and integration capabilities, APIs and data pipelines to deploy AI apps, semantic search functionality, and compatibility with machine learning frameworks. The company was founded in 2010 and is based in Santa Clara, California, with additional offices worldwide.

DataStax

Series C in 2012
DataStax is a technology company that develops database software for cloud applications. It offers enterprise-scale data platforms built on Apache Cassandra, including DataStax Enterprise and Astra, a database-as-a-service for Cassandra applications designed to accelerate deployment and scale. The company also provides management and development tools such as OpsCenter for monitoring, DevCenter for querying, and K8ssandra, a Kubernetes distribution of Cassandra, along with Constellation, a cloud data platform, and it offers training, support, and consulting. DataStax serves large enterprises, government agencies, and systems integrators. In addition, DataStax provides tools for building AI-powered applications, including a vector database with real-time data processing and integration capabilities, APIs and data pipelines to deploy AI apps, semantic search functionality, and compatibility with machine learning frameworks. The company was founded in 2010 and is based in Santa Clara, California, with additional offices worldwide.

Delphix

Series C in 2012
Delphix is a technology company that offers an intelligent data platform designed to facilitate digital transformation for enterprises globally. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in Redwood City, California, Delphix specializes in test data management software that supports a wide range of systems, including mainframes, Oracle databases, ERP applications, and Kubernetes containers. Its DataOps platform enables businesses to accelerate cloud migrations, custom development, and ERP rollouts by providing agile data management capabilities. By eliminating redundant infrastructure and streamlining processes, Delphix helps organizations in sectors such as financial services, telecommunications, consumer packaged goods, e-commerce, and manufacturing to effectively visualize and deliver data across major databases and data warehouses.

DataStax

Series B in 2011
DataStax is a technology company that develops database software for cloud applications. It offers enterprise-scale data platforms built on Apache Cassandra, including DataStax Enterprise and Astra, a database-as-a-service for Cassandra applications designed to accelerate deployment and scale. The company also provides management and development tools such as OpsCenter for monitoring, DevCenter for querying, and K8ssandra, a Kubernetes distribution of Cassandra, along with Constellation, a cloud data platform, and it offers training, support, and consulting. DataStax serves large enterprises, government agencies, and systems integrators. In addition, DataStax provides tools for building AI-powered applications, including a vector database with real-time data processing and integration capabilities, APIs and data pipelines to deploy AI apps, semantic search functionality, and compatibility with machine learning frameworks. The company was founded in 2010 and is based in Santa Clara, California, with additional offices worldwide.

DataStax

Series A in 2010
DataStax is a technology company that develops database software for cloud applications. It offers enterprise-scale data platforms built on Apache Cassandra, including DataStax Enterprise and Astra, a database-as-a-service for Cassandra applications designed to accelerate deployment and scale. The company also provides management and development tools such as OpsCenter for monitoring, DevCenter for querying, and K8ssandra, a Kubernetes distribution of Cassandra, along with Constellation, a cloud data platform, and it offers training, support, and consulting. DataStax serves large enterprises, government agencies, and systems integrators. In addition, DataStax provides tools for building AI-powered applications, including a vector database with real-time data processing and integration capabilities, APIs and data pipelines to deploy AI apps, semantic search functionality, and compatibility with machine learning frameworks. The company was founded in 2010 and is based in Santa Clara, California, with additional offices worldwide.

Delphix

Series B in 2010
Delphix is a technology company that offers an intelligent data platform designed to facilitate digital transformation for enterprises globally. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in Redwood City, California, Delphix specializes in test data management software that supports a wide range of systems, including mainframes, Oracle databases, ERP applications, and Kubernetes containers. Its DataOps platform enables businesses to accelerate cloud migrations, custom development, and ERP rollouts by providing agile data management capabilities. By eliminating redundant infrastructure and streamlining processes, Delphix helps organizations in sectors such as financial services, telecommunications, consumer packaged goods, e-commerce, and manufacturing to effectively visualize and deliver data across major databases and data warehouses.

Delphix

Series A in 2009
Delphix is a technology company that offers an intelligent data platform designed to facilitate digital transformation for enterprises globally. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in Redwood City, California, Delphix specializes in test data management software that supports a wide range of systems, including mainframes, Oracle databases, ERP applications, and Kubernetes containers. Its DataOps platform enables businesses to accelerate cloud migrations, custom development, and ERP rollouts by providing agile data management capabilities. By eliminating redundant infrastructure and streamlining processes, Delphix helps organizations in sectors such as financial services, telecommunications, consumer packaged goods, e-commerce, and manufacturing to effectively visualize and deliver data across major databases and data warehouses.

ClickHouse

ClickHouse is an open-source, column-oriented database management system designed for online analytical processing. It enables real-time analytical reporting by executing SQL queries over large datasets. Its columnar storage reduces data footprint and speeds up query performance by eliminating unnecessary data, while vector-based processing enhances CPU efficiency for large-scale workloads. The system handles vast numbers of rows and gigabytes of data per server, delivering secure, reliable, and scalable analytics that help enterprises streamline data processing.
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