Lightspeed Europe

Lightspeed Europe is a venture capital firm focused on early-stage and growth investments across various sectors, including consumer, health, and fintech. With its headquarters in Menlo Park, California, and regional offices in Europe, Israel, India, and China, Lightspeed aims to identify and support innovative companies that can disrupt traditional markets. The firm invests in a wide range of industries, such as enterprise technology, e-commerce, software, and biotechnology, providing both equity and debt financing. Lightspeed has a particular interest in technology-led businesses, as well as opportunities in advertising, media, healthcare, education, and retail. Its investment strategy emphasizes the provision of capital along with ongoing consulting and advisory services to help entrepreneurs scale their businesses effectively.

Shaurya Aggarwal

Partner

Vaibhav Agrawal

Associate Partner

Moritz Baier-Lentz

Partner and Head of Gaming

Mercedes Bent

Partner

Akshay Bhushan

Venture Partner

Taggart Bonham

Partner

Ashley Brasier

Partner

Guru Chahal

Partner

Yoni Cheifetz

Partner

Yoni Cheifetz

Partner

Amish Desai

Partner

Barry Eggers

Founder and Partner

Sam Eisler

Partner

Sam Eisler

Partner

James Ephrati

Partner

Faraz Fatemi

Partner, Consumer

Jack Fowler

Partner

Aaron Frank

Venture Partner

Vivek Gambhir

Venture Partner

Gaurav Gupta

Partner

David Gussarsky

Partner

Lisa Han

Partner

Dat Han

Senior Associate

Rob Horton JD

COO

Galym Imanbayev

Partner

Galym Imanbayev

Partner

Nnamdi Iregbulem

Partner

Raviraj Jain

Partner

Arif Janmohamed

Partner

Ansaf Kareem

Partner

Issac Kim

Partner

Harsha Kumar

Associate Partner

Pinn Lawjindakul

Partner

Pachara Lawjindakul

Partner

Jeremy Liew

Partner

Connor Love

Partner

John Luongo

Venture Partner

Natalie Luu

Partner

Naveed Matinfar

Partner

Arsham Memarzadeh

Partner

Michael Mignano

Partner, Consumer

Hemant Mohapatra

Partner

Andrew Moley

Operating Partner and CFO

Tal Morgenstern

Partner

Antoine Moyroud

Partner

Eric O'Brien

Affiliated Partner

Justin Overdorff

Partner

Apoorva Pandhi

Associate

Nicole Quinn

General Partner

Adrian Radu

Partner

Alexander Schmitt

Partner

Shan Shan

Partner

Aditya Sharma

Partner, Growth Equity - India and Asia-Pacific

Justin Shen

Partner

Justin Shen

Partner

Alex Taussig

Partner

John Thompson

Venture Partner

John Thompson

Venture Partner

Anoushka Vaswani

Partner

Nathan Wu

Partner, Growth

Mark Xu

Partner

Mark Xu

Partner

Jerry Ye

Partner, Data Platform

Past deals in Digital Marketing

Magicpin

Series D in 2021
Magicpin is an online discovery and savings platform focused on transforming offline marketing and local shopping in India. It connects users and merchants within a locality, allowing users to discover local events, merchants, and interesting connections. For merchants, Magicpin serves as an effective tool to highlight their unique offerings and enhance revenue through real-time promotions, loyalty programs, and content updates. Users benefit from rewards in the form of points and cashback for sharing their purchase bills, which encourages engagement and drives local commerce. Overall, Magicpin fosters a community-oriented environment where both users and merchants can thrive.

Alloy

Series C in 2021
Alloy Online is a prominent digital media and marketing company based in New York, catering primarily to the 12-34 demographic. It operates as an e-commerce destination site and apparel cataloger for teens, combining a robust online shopping experience with a highly trafficked community platform that features interactive elements such as email, chat, and social networking. Additionally, Alloy's services include nontraditional media programs that effectively reach targeted consumer segments through various channels, including interactive and display advertising, direct mail, content production, and educational programming. By focusing on entertainment and lifestyle trends, Alloy Online provides its audience with inspiration and recommendations across a range of interests, including shows, movies, health, and fitness.

Magicpin

Venture Round in 2021
Magicpin is an online discovery and savings platform focused on transforming offline marketing and local shopping in India. It connects users and merchants within a locality, allowing users to discover local events, merchants, and interesting connections. For merchants, Magicpin serves as an effective tool to highlight their unique offerings and enhance revenue through real-time promotions, loyalty programs, and content updates. Users benefit from rewards in the form of points and cashback for sharing their purchase bills, which encourages engagement and drives local commerce. Overall, Magicpin fosters a community-oriented environment where both users and merchants can thrive.

Seismic

Series G in 2021
Seismic’s leading sales enableSeismic is the leading global sales and marketing enablement solution, improving close rates, and delivering larger deals for sales while increasing marketing’s impact on the bottom line. Large enterprises use Seismic to increase sales productivity through the automatic distribution of relevant information and personalized content to reps for any buyer interaction. Powerful content controls and visibility into usage ensures brand integrity and reduces risk. Seismic’s machine learning and analytics capabilities continuously improve the entire enablement process for large enterprises, increasing the ROI of sales content and tying it directly to revenue. Headquartered in San Diego and with more than 300 employees across the globe, Seismic is privately held by its executive team and investment firms General Atlantic, JMI Equity, and Jackson Square Ventures.

Market AI

Seed Round in 2021
Market is a business focused on enhancing financial health and fostering partnerships within various industries. Founded in 2019 and based in Santa Monica, California, it provides advisory services that assist direct-to-consumer and app-based companies in gaining insights into their financial performance. By offering analytics and insights, Market empowers businesses to make informed decisions and improve their overall financial health. Additionally, Market facilitates better understanding among companies, helping them identify and connect with potential partners to drive growth.

Redpanda

Series A in 2021
Social Media Marketing Platform.

Seismic

Series F in 2020
Seismic’s leading sales enableSeismic is the leading global sales and marketing enablement solution, improving close rates, and delivering larger deals for sales while increasing marketing’s impact on the bottom line. Large enterprises use Seismic to increase sales productivity through the automatic distribution of relevant information and personalized content to reps for any buyer interaction. Powerful content controls and visibility into usage ensures brand integrity and reduces risk. Seismic’s machine learning and analytics capabilities continuously improve the entire enablement process for large enterprises, increasing the ROI of sales content and tying it directly to revenue. Headquartered in San Diego and with more than 300 employees across the globe, Seismic is privately held by its executive team and investment firms General Atlantic, JMI Equity, and Jackson Square Ventures.

Magicpin

Series D in 2020
Magicpin is an online discovery and savings platform focused on transforming offline marketing and local shopping in India. It connects users and merchants within a locality, allowing users to discover local events, merchants, and interesting connections. For merchants, Magicpin serves as an effective tool to highlight their unique offerings and enhance revenue through real-time promotions, loyalty programs, and content updates. Users benefit from rewards in the form of points and cashback for sharing their purchase bills, which encourages engagement and drives local commerce. Overall, Magicpin fosters a community-oriented environment where both users and merchants can thrive.

Magicpin

Series C in 2020
Magicpin is an online discovery and savings platform focused on transforming offline marketing and local shopping in India. It connects users and merchants within a locality, allowing users to discover local events, merchants, and interesting connections. For merchants, Magicpin serves as an effective tool to highlight their unique offerings and enhance revenue through real-time promotions, loyalty programs, and content updates. Users benefit from rewards in the form of points and cashback for sharing their purchase bills, which encourages engagement and drives local commerce. Overall, Magicpin fosters a community-oriented environment where both users and merchants can thrive.

Redpanda

Seed Round in 2020
Social Media Marketing Platform.

Viralspace

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Viralspace, Inc. is a technology company founded in 2018 and based in Stanford, California, that specializes in developing a content performance prediction platform. This platform utilizes artificial intelligence to provide deep visual insights and performance predictions for marketing content, allowing brands to make informed, data-driven decisions. By analyzing various creative elements across digital marketing channels such as Google Ads, email, and websites, Viralspace helps marketers optimize their visual assets to enhance engagement and return on investment. The company's innovative approach integrates data into the creative process, enabling real-time optimization of advertising performance.

Perromart

Seed Round in 2019
PerroMart is an O2O pet care company. Having started as an ecommerce platform, the company is now moving into an omnichannel business model to reach a larger proportion of Southeast Asia’s pet owners who still shop offline. It also looks to add new services, such as vet care and grooming, to cover the entire value chain.

Percolate

Series D in 2019
Percolate Industries, Inc. operates a comprehensive content marketing platform aimed at enhancing enterprise marketing efforts. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in New York, with additional offices in San Francisco, Denver, and London, Percolate's platform facilitates collaboration across departments, enabling users to plan, execute, and manage marketing campaigns effectively. It allows for the centralization and sharing of files, integration with various marketing channels, and monitoring of audience engagement. The platform is designed to increase productivity, improve brand visibility, and drive sales by organizing marketing programs and providing tools for audience acquisition, customer management, and analytics. As of November 2019, Percolate functions as a subsidiary of Seismic Software, Inc.

Seismic

Series E in 2018
Seismic’s leading sales enableSeismic is the leading global sales and marketing enablement solution, improving close rates, and delivering larger deals for sales while increasing marketing’s impact on the bottom line. Large enterprises use Seismic to increase sales productivity through the automatic distribution of relevant information and personalized content to reps for any buyer interaction. Powerful content controls and visibility into usage ensures brand integrity and reduces risk. Seismic’s machine learning and analytics capabilities continuously improve the entire enablement process for large enterprises, increasing the ROI of sales content and tying it directly to revenue. Headquartered in San Diego and with more than 300 employees across the globe, Seismic is privately held by its executive team and investment firms General Atlantic, JMI Equity, and Jackson Square Ventures.

Magicpin

Series C in 2018
Magicpin is an online discovery and savings platform focused on transforming offline marketing and local shopping in India. It connects users and merchants within a locality, allowing users to discover local events, merchants, and interesting connections. For merchants, Magicpin serves as an effective tool to highlight their unique offerings and enhance revenue through real-time promotions, loyalty programs, and content updates. Users benefit from rewards in the form of points and cashback for sharing their purchase bills, which encourages engagement and drives local commerce. Overall, Magicpin fosters a community-oriented environment where both users and merchants can thrive.

Strala

Seed Round in 2018
Strala is a SaaS technology platform that helps leading brands automate and measure the effectiveness of content and communication across all customer touchpoints. Strala helps organizations define, collect, and unify all customer touchpoint interactions across paid, owned, and earned media. Strala seamlessly integrates with communication platforms and transaction and CRM systems of record to create pinpoint accuracy of insights and measurement. This data creates the foundation of experience data that solves a majority of problems with big data, personalization, attribution, and AI.

Magicpin

Series B in 2017
Magicpin is an online discovery and savings platform focused on transforming offline marketing and local shopping in India. It connects users and merchants within a locality, allowing users to discover local events, merchants, and interesting connections. For merchants, Magicpin serves as an effective tool to highlight their unique offerings and enhance revenue through real-time promotions, loyalty programs, and content updates. Users benefit from rewards in the form of points and cashback for sharing their purchase bills, which encourages engagement and drives local commerce. Overall, Magicpin fosters a community-oriented environment where both users and merchants can thrive.

Datorama

Series C in 2016
Datorama’s marketing intelligence platform transforms the way marketers optimize their marketing performance, business impact, and customer loyalty. With Datorama, customers can automatically connect all their disparate marketing tools and reports in one centralized place; access and act on the right cross-channel KPIs, dashboards, reports, and AI-powered insights; and optimize and report on every investment, performance, and outcome across the customer journey. Datorama powers marketing intelligence for thousands of brands, agencies and publishers globally including IBM, Nike, Ticketmaster, Viacom, and Neo@Ogilvy, helping them make smarter marketing decisions everyday. Datorama has a global presence with 16 offices worldwide and was recently named a Gartner Cool Vendor and ranks #35 on the Deloitte Fast 500 list.

Zaihui

Series A in 2016
Zaihui is a SaaS-based company headquartered in China, established in 2015, that specializes in providing marketing automation solutions for local businesses. The platform focuses on member management and enhancing customer loyalty through a range of services, including intelligent precision marketing and customized marketing strategies supported by big data. Zaihui's offerings enable local merchants, particularly in the restaurant sector, to operate more efficiently by utilizing features such as QR code ordering, online payment, and comprehensive membership management. The company's solutions aim to empower small and medium-sized businesses by helping them develop unique branding and effectively engage their customer base.

Influitive

Series B in 2016
Influitive Corporation specializes in advocate marketing software solutions tailored for business-to-business (B2B) software and technology firms globally. Its primary product, AdvocateHub, enables companies to create advocate communities that engage customers, partners, and employees in marketing activities such as referrals, reference calls, and product reviews. This platform helps businesses harness customer enthusiasm to enhance their marketing and sales initiatives. AdvocateHub integrates with Salesforce, allowing for seamless tracking of customer engagement. Additionally, Influitive offers consulting services that include coaching and training to assist companies in implementing effective advocate marketing strategies. The AdvocateHub software is accessible through a web portal, with integration options for client websites and mobile access via the Maven app. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Toronto, Canada, Influitive also has offices in Menlo Park, California, and Boston, Massachusetts.

Magicpin

Series A in 2016
Magicpin is an online discovery and savings platform focused on transforming offline marketing and local shopping in India. It connects users and merchants within a locality, allowing users to discover local events, merchants, and interesting connections. For merchants, Magicpin serves as an effective tool to highlight their unique offerings and enhance revenue through real-time promotions, loyalty programs, and content updates. Users benefit from rewards in the form of points and cashback for sharing their purchase bills, which encourages engagement and drives local commerce. Overall, Magicpin fosters a community-oriented environment where both users and merchants can thrive.

Zaihui

Seed Round in 2015
Zaihui is a SaaS-based company headquartered in China, established in 2015, that specializes in providing marketing automation solutions for local businesses. The platform focuses on member management and enhancing customer loyalty through a range of services, including intelligent precision marketing and customized marketing strategies supported by big data. Zaihui's offerings enable local merchants, particularly in the restaurant sector, to operate more efficiently by utilizing features such as QR code ordering, online payment, and comprehensive membership management. The company's solutions aim to empower small and medium-sized businesses by helping them develop unique branding and effectively engage their customer base.

Percolate

Series C in 2015
Percolate Industries, Inc. operates a comprehensive content marketing platform aimed at enhancing enterprise marketing efforts. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in New York, with additional offices in San Francisco, Denver, and London, Percolate's platform facilitates collaboration across departments, enabling users to plan, execute, and manage marketing campaigns effectively. It allows for the centralization and sharing of files, integration with various marketing channels, and monitoring of audience engagement. The platform is designed to increase productivity, improve brand visibility, and drive sales by organizing marketing programs and providing tools for audience acquisition, customer management, and analytics. As of November 2019, Percolate functions as a subsidiary of Seismic Software, Inc.

Origami Logic

Series B in 2014
Origami Logic, Inc. is a marketing analytics company based in Mountain View, California, established in 2011. The company specializes in providing a marketing signal measurement platform that collects and harmonizes data from various online and offline marketing channels, including web, email, social media, search, and video. This platform enables marketers to analyze and optimize their campaign investments by providing insights into the effectiveness of their marketing efforts. Global brands such as Procter & Gamble, HP, JCPenney, Intel, and Omni Hotels utilize Origami Logic's solutions to unify their marketing data, allowing them to search and organize this information in real-time. By empowering non-technical marketers to understand their marketing performance, Origami Logic helps organizations improve their overall impact. The company operates as a subsidiary of Intuit Inc. since a transaction announced in May 2019.

Outbrain

Series E in 2013
Outbrain (www.outbrain.com) is the leading content discovery platform, reaching a highly engaged audience through distribution on top publisher sites, including CNN, Fox News, Hachette Filipacchi Media, MSNBC and Slate. Outbrain provides publishers a service for recommended links to increase traffic and generate revenue. Outbrain also works with brands and agencies including Starcom, Digitas, Mindshare, American Express, P&G, Colgate-Palmolive, General Mills and Exxon, offering a way to distribute content alongside publisher's own editorial recommendations. Outbrain acquired content recommendation platform Surphace (formerly known as Sphere) in February 2011. Founded in 2006, the company is headquartered in New York with offices in London, San Francisco, Chicago, Washington, DC, Paris, Hamburg and Netanya, Israel, and is backed by Index Ventures, Carmel Ventures, Gemini Israel Funds, GlenRock Israel, Rhodium and Lightspeed Venture Partners.

Insightera

Series A in 2013
Insightera provides a cutting edge, real-time inbound marketing platform that accelerates B2B customer acquisition.

Influitive

Series A in 2012
Influitive Corporation specializes in advocate marketing software solutions tailored for business-to-business (B2B) software and technology firms globally. Its primary product, AdvocateHub, enables companies to create advocate communities that engage customers, partners, and employees in marketing activities such as referrals, reference calls, and product reviews. This platform helps businesses harness customer enthusiasm to enhance their marketing and sales initiatives. AdvocateHub integrates with Salesforce, allowing for seamless tracking of customer engagement. Additionally, Influitive offers consulting services that include coaching and training to assist companies in implementing effective advocate marketing strategies. The AdvocateHub software is accessible through a web portal, with integration options for client websites and mobile access via the Maven app. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Toronto, Canada, Influitive also has offices in Menlo Park, California, and Boston, Massachusetts.

Origami Logic

Series A in 2012
Origami Logic, Inc. is a marketing analytics company based in Mountain View, California, established in 2011. The company specializes in providing a marketing signal measurement platform that collects and harmonizes data from various online and offline marketing channels, including web, email, social media, search, and video. This platform enables marketers to analyze and optimize their campaign investments by providing insights into the effectiveness of their marketing efforts. Global brands such as Procter & Gamble, HP, JCPenney, Intel, and Omni Hotels utilize Origami Logic's solutions to unify their marketing data, allowing them to search and organize this information in real-time. By empowering non-technical marketers to understand their marketing performance, Origami Logic helps organizations improve their overall impact. The company operates as a subsidiary of Intuit Inc. since a transaction announced in May 2019.

Influitive

Seed Round in 2012
Influitive Corporation specializes in advocate marketing software solutions tailored for business-to-business (B2B) software and technology firms globally. Its primary product, AdvocateHub, enables companies to create advocate communities that engage customers, partners, and employees in marketing activities such as referrals, reference calls, and product reviews. This platform helps businesses harness customer enthusiasm to enhance their marketing and sales initiatives. AdvocateHub integrates with Salesforce, allowing for seamless tracking of customer engagement. Additionally, Influitive offers consulting services that include coaching and training to assist companies in implementing effective advocate marketing strategies. The AdvocateHub software is accessible through a web portal, with integration options for client websites and mobile access via the Maven app. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Toronto, Canada, Influitive also has offices in Menlo Park, California, and Boston, Massachusetts.

Outbrain

Series D in 2011
Outbrain (www.outbrain.com) is the leading content discovery platform, reaching a highly engaged audience through distribution on top publisher sites, including CNN, Fox News, Hachette Filipacchi Media, MSNBC and Slate. Outbrain provides publishers a service for recommended links to increase traffic and generate revenue. Outbrain also works with brands and agencies including Starcom, Digitas, Mindshare, American Express, P&G, Colgate-Palmolive, General Mills and Exxon, offering a way to distribute content alongside publisher's own editorial recommendations. Outbrain acquired content recommendation platform Surphace (formerly known as Sphere) in February 2011. Founded in 2006, the company is headquartered in New York with offices in London, San Francisco, Chicago, Washington, DC, Paris, Hamburg and Netanya, Israel, and is backed by Index Ventures, Carmel Ventures, Gemini Israel Funds, GlenRock Israel, Rhodium and Lightspeed Venture Partners.

MyBuys

Series C in 2011
MyBuys specializes in cross-channel personalization for retailers, enabling marketers to enhance their effectiveness by understanding individual shopper preferences. The company provides insights that allow retailers to present tailored recommendations and offers across various platforms, including e-commerce sites, email, display ads, mobile devices, and social media. With over 300 clients, including a significant number from the Internet Retailer Top 500, MyBuys focuses on helping retailers increase sales through targeted marketing strategies. Headquartered in San Mateo, California, MyBuys operates as a privately held entity.

Outbrain

Series C in 2011
Outbrain (www.outbrain.com) is the leading content discovery platform, reaching a highly engaged audience through distribution on top publisher sites, including CNN, Fox News, Hachette Filipacchi Media, MSNBC and Slate. Outbrain provides publishers a service for recommended links to increase traffic and generate revenue. Outbrain also works with brands and agencies including Starcom, Digitas, Mindshare, American Express, P&G, Colgate-Palmolive, General Mills and Exxon, offering a way to distribute content alongside publisher's own editorial recommendations. Outbrain acquired content recommendation platform Surphace (formerly known as Sphere) in February 2011. Founded in 2006, the company is headquartered in New York with offices in London, San Francisco, Chicago, Washington, DC, Paris, Hamburg and Netanya, Israel, and is backed by Index Ventures, Carmel Ventures, Gemini Israel Funds, GlenRock Israel, Rhodium and Lightspeed Venture Partners.

Outbrain

Series B in 2009
Outbrain (www.outbrain.com) is the leading content discovery platform, reaching a highly engaged audience through distribution on top publisher sites, including CNN, Fox News, Hachette Filipacchi Media, MSNBC and Slate. Outbrain provides publishers a service for recommended links to increase traffic and generate revenue. Outbrain also works with brands and agencies including Starcom, Digitas, Mindshare, American Express, P&G, Colgate-Palmolive, General Mills and Exxon, offering a way to distribute content alongside publisher's own editorial recommendations. Outbrain acquired content recommendation platform Surphace (formerly known as Sphere) in February 2011. Founded in 2006, the company is headquartered in New York with offices in London, San Francisco, Chicago, Washington, DC, Paris, Hamburg and Netanya, Israel, and is backed by Index Ventures, Carmel Ventures, Gemini Israel Funds, GlenRock Israel, Rhodium and Lightspeed Venture Partners.

Outbrain

Series A in 2008
Outbrain (www.outbrain.com) is the leading content discovery platform, reaching a highly engaged audience through distribution on top publisher sites, including CNN, Fox News, Hachette Filipacchi Media, MSNBC and Slate. Outbrain provides publishers a service for recommended links to increase traffic and generate revenue. Outbrain also works with brands and agencies including Starcom, Digitas, Mindshare, American Express, P&G, Colgate-Palmolive, General Mills and Exxon, offering a way to distribute content alongside publisher's own editorial recommendations. Outbrain acquired content recommendation platform Surphace (formerly known as Sphere) in February 2011. Founded in 2006, the company is headquartered in New York with offices in London, San Francisco, Chicago, Washington, DC, Paris, Hamburg and Netanya, Israel, and is backed by Index Ventures, Carmel Ventures, Gemini Israel Funds, GlenRock Israel, Rhodium and Lightspeed Venture Partners.

MyBuys

Series B in 2007
MyBuys specializes in cross-channel personalization for retailers, enabling marketers to enhance their effectiveness by understanding individual shopper preferences. The company provides insights that allow retailers to present tailored recommendations and offers across various platforms, including e-commerce sites, email, display ads, mobile devices, and social media. With over 300 clients, including a significant number from the Internet Retailer Top 500, MyBuys focuses on helping retailers increase sales through targeted marketing strategies. Headquartered in San Mateo, California, MyBuys operates as a privately held entity.

MyBuys

Series A in 2007
MyBuys specializes in cross-channel personalization for retailers, enabling marketers to enhance their effectiveness by understanding individual shopper preferences. The company provides insights that allow retailers to present tailored recommendations and offers across various platforms, including e-commerce sites, email, display ads, mobile devices, and social media. With over 300 clients, including a significant number from the Internet Retailer Top 500, MyBuys focuses on helping retailers increase sales through targeted marketing strategies. Headquartered in San Mateo, California, MyBuys operates as a privately held entity.
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