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 Ethereum

Crossmint

Venture Round in 2025
Crossmint is the leading enterprise-grade developer platform to build onchain. Crossmint's suite of products includes wallets, tokenization, payments, and more; and powers 40,000+ companies and developers, including Fortune 500 companies and major brands like Mastercard, Adidas, Red Bull, Coinbase, Phantom, and more.

Chaos Labs

Series A in 2024
Chaos Labs is a cloud-based platform that enhances the economic security of crypto protocols through automated risk management and capital efficiency optimization. By utilizing advanced simulation technology, Chaos Labs enables protocols to model user interactions, protocol behavior, and potential malicious activities, thereby allowing for informed decision-making in volatile markets. The platform's agents can simulate various scenarios, execute complex logic, and rewind to previous states to analyze specific on-chain activities. Currently operational on the Ethereum network, Chaos Labs plans to expand its services to include other blockchains like Terra, NEAR, and Polygon, ultimately providing a more secure environment for users and protocols in the cryptocurrency space.

Matter Labs

Series C in 2022
Matter Labs designs and develops blockchain technology that uses zero-knowledge proofs to scale Ethereum and improve privacy, removing interaction obstacles between untrusted parties. The company builds a scaling decentralized application that provides succinctly verifiable computation, enabling businesses and others to prove integrity without disclosing sensitive data. It aims to accelerate public blockchain adoption by offering an open, scalable alternative to existing financial systems. Founded in 2018, it has been associated with Berlin, Germany, and is based in the Cayman Islands.

Gnosis

Venture Round in 2022
Founded in 2015, Gnosis is a decentralized infrastructure provider for the Ethereum ecosystem. Initially focused on prediction markets, Gnosis evolved into a Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) in late 2020, with a treasury controlling over 150K ETH and 8 Million GNO tokens. In 2021, Gnosis Chain was launched as an Ethereum companion chain for stable transactions using the xDai token. Gnosis incubates products such as Gnosis Safe (a multisig wallet), Cow Protocol (a decentralized exchange), Conditional Tokens (prediction markets), and Zodiac (DAO tooling).

Gnosis

Initial Coin Offering in 2022
Founded in 2015, Gnosis is a decentralized infrastructure provider for the Ethereum ecosystem. Initially focused on prediction markets, Gnosis evolved into a Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) in late 2020, with a treasury controlling over 150K ETH and 8 Million GNO tokens. In 2021, Gnosis Chain was launched as an Ethereum companion chain for stable transactions using the xDai token. Gnosis incubates products such as Gnosis Safe (a multisig wallet), Cow Protocol (a decentralized exchange), Conditional Tokens (prediction markets), and Zodiac (DAO tooling).

Gnosis

Series A in 2022
Founded in 2015, Gnosis is a decentralized infrastructure provider for the Ethereum ecosystem. Initially focused on prediction markets, Gnosis evolved into a Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) in late 2020, with a treasury controlling over 150K ETH and 8 Million GNO tokens. In 2021, Gnosis Chain was launched as an Ethereum companion chain for stable transactions using the xDai token. Gnosis incubates products such as Gnosis Safe (a multisig wallet), Cow Protocol (a decentralized exchange), Conditional Tokens (prediction markets), and Zodiac (DAO tooling).

Zebec

Series A in 2022
Zebec is a protocol on Solana that facilitates continuous settlement. It enables composable transfers of value, initially focusing on Stream Payroll.

Alchemy

Series C in 2022
Alchemy Insights, Inc. is a blockchain intelligence and infrastructure platform that serves hedge funds and financial institutions. Founded in 2013 and based in San Francisco, it offers a comprehensive suite of tools for analyzing blockchain data, including on-chain data, market trends, and community activity. The platform employs advanced machine learning techniques to help users identify entities, individuals, and currency flows on the blockchain, thereby aiding in sales, security, and strategic decision-making. Alchemy's emphasis on providing developers with essential tools allows for the creation of scalable and reliable decentralized applications without the complexities of managing blockchain infrastructure. The company is backed by notable organizations and individuals, reflecting its prominent position in the blockchain space.

FTX US Derivatives

Series A in 2022
FTX US is a bitcoin options exchange designed to assist both individual traders and institutions in trading. FTX US allows users to trade a variety of digital assets like Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, and Dogecoin. The company was founded by Sam Bankman-Fried and Gary Wang in 2020 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Alchemy

Series C in 2021
Alchemy Insights, Inc. is a blockchain intelligence and infrastructure platform that serves hedge funds and financial institutions. Founded in 2013 and based in San Francisco, it offers a comprehensive suite of tools for analyzing blockchain data, including on-chain data, market trends, and community activity. The platform employs advanced machine learning techniques to help users identify entities, individuals, and currency flows on the blockchain, thereby aiding in sales, security, and strategic decision-making. Alchemy's emphasis on providing developers with essential tools allows for the creation of scalable and reliable decentralized applications without the complexities of managing blockchain infrastructure. The company is backed by notable organizations and individuals, reflecting its prominent position in the blockchain space.

Offchain Labs

Series B in 2021
Founded in 2018, Offchain Labs specializes in developing solutions for scaling Ethereum smart contracts. Its platform enables the creation of private smart contracts on the Ethereum ecosystem, facilitating custom chain launches, layer-two migrations, node running, and virtual machine contract deployments.

Eco

Series B in 2021
Eco Inc. is a financial technology company focused on enhancing the value of money through innovative software solutions. As a founding contributor to the Eco Protocol, the company aims to optimize financial transactions and promote efficient banking practices. Eco also develops Bend, a platform designed to offer rewarding financial solutions that align with the expectations of modern consumers. Through its commitment to improving how individuals interact with their finances, Eco seeks to drive a new standard for money management.

Wintermute

Series B in 2021
Wintermute is a global leader in algorithmic trading for digital assets. With an average daily trading volume of over $5 billion across 350+ tokens on 80+ exchanges, it facilitates OTC trades and provides liquidity provisioning services. Wintermute actively invests in early-stage DeFi projects, supporting the growth of decentralized finance.

Wintermute

Series A in 2020
Wintermute is a global leader in algorithmic trading for digital assets. With an average daily trading volume of over $5 billion across 350+ tokens on 80+ exchanges, it facilitates OTC trades and provides liquidity provisioning services. Wintermute actively invests in early-stage DeFi projects, supporting the growth of decentralized finance.
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