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 FMCG

Astro

Series B in 2022
Astro Indonesia is a quick commerce start-up that specializes in on-demand grocery delivery. The platform offers a wide range of products, including fresh fruits and vegetables, dairy, meat, seafood, medicines, stationery, and snacks, allowing consumers to purchase essential items conveniently. By focusing on delivering groceries within a specified timeframe, Astro aims to provide an affordable and efficient shopping experience for its customers.

Astro

Series A in 2022
Astro Indonesia is a quick commerce start-up that specializes in on-demand grocery delivery. The platform offers a wide range of products, including fresh fruits and vegetables, dairy, meat, seafood, medicines, stationery, and snacks, allowing consumers to purchase essential items conveniently. By focusing on delivering groceries within a specified timeframe, Astro aims to provide an affordable and efficient shopping experience for its customers.

Mayd

Series A in 2022
MAYD Group operates as a startup that delivers medicines in minutes.

Pocket FM

Series B in 2021
Pocket FM Pvt. Ltd. is a Bengaluru-based company that operates an audio sharing platform, primarily focused on vernacular content. Founded in 2018, Pocket FM provides a web-based mobile application that allows users to listen to and share a wide range of audio content, including news, finance, stories, and entertainment, in local Indian languages. The platform features over 10,000 audiobooks across various categories such as biography, romance, self-help, and spirituality, expertly narrated by professional speakers. Additionally, Pocket FM offers a diverse array of audio series spanning genres like fantasy, science fiction, and horror, enabling users to engage with long-form audio entertainment. The platform aims to enhance the listening experience while connecting users with creators and podcasts globally.

Frubana

Series C in 2021
Frubana S.A.S. is a Bogotá-based B2B platform established in 2018 that specializes in providing fruits, vegetables, and other agricultural products to restaurants and small retailers in Latin America. By eliminating intermediaries in the food supply chain, Frubana enhances price transparency and reduces barriers to trade, allowing restaurants to source ingredients directly from producers. The company operates an online store that facilitates logistics and builds trust within the marketplace, ensuring that clients have access to quality food products efficiently.

Astro

Seed Round in 2021
Astro Indonesia is a quick commerce start-up that specializes in on-demand grocery delivery. The platform offers a wide range of products, including fresh fruits and vegetables, dairy, meat, seafood, medicines, stationery, and snacks, allowing consumers to purchase essential items conveniently. By focusing on delivering groceries within a specified timeframe, Astro aims to provide an affordable and efficient shopping experience for its customers.

GlobalBees

Series A in 2021
GlobalBees is a company dedicated to finding and scaling great products.

Frubana

Series B in 2021
Frubana S.A.S. is a Bogotá-based B2B platform established in 2018 that specializes in providing fruits, vegetables, and other agricultural products to restaurants and small retailers in Latin America. By eliminating intermediaries in the food supply chain, Frubana enhances price transparency and reduces barriers to trade, allowing restaurants to source ingredients directly from producers. The company operates an online store that facilitates logistics and builds trust within the marketplace, ensuring that clients have access to quality food products efficiently.

Pocket FM

Series A in 2020
Pocket FM Pvt. Ltd. is a Bengaluru-based company that operates an audio sharing platform, primarily focused on vernacular content. Founded in 2018, Pocket FM provides a web-based mobile application that allows users to listen to and share a wide range of audio content, including news, finance, stories, and entertainment, in local Indian languages. The platform features over 10,000 audiobooks across various categories such as biography, romance, self-help, and spirituality, expertly narrated by professional speakers. Additionally, Pocket FM offers a diverse array of audio series spanning genres like fantasy, science fiction, and horror, enabling users to engage with long-form audio entertainment. The platform aims to enhance the listening experience while connecting users with creators and podcasts globally.

Foxy

Series A in 2020
Foxy, operated by EkAnek Networks Private Limited, is an e-commerce platform based in Delhi, India, specializing in beauty, grooming, and personal care products. Launched in 2018, Foxy provides a diverse range of beauty products from various brands and features FOXY Live, a service that allows customers to engage with beauty advisors through live streaming. Additionally, the platform offers a White Label FOXY service, enabling brands to establish their own digital presence through customized applications and websites. The company aims to create an ecosystem for modern lifestyle brands, supported by significant funding from top-tier venture capital firms.

FreshMenu

Venture Round in 2020
FreshMenu is an online food delivery service that specializes in providing fresh and flavorful meal packages. Catering to a variety of tastes, the platform offers an extensive selection of cuisines, including Indian, Chinese, Italian, American, Mexican, and Thai. FreshMenu allows customers to conveniently order meals for lunch and dinner through its user-friendly desktop and mobile applications. The service is available in multiple areas, including Koramangala, Indiranagar, and Whitefield, ensuring a wide reach to consumers seeking healthy and delicious food options.

CleanCo

Seed Round in 2020
CleanCo specializes in the production of low and no alcohol spirits, catering to consumers who wish to moderate their alcohol intake without sacrificing flavor. The company utilizes traditional distilling methods to create beverages that feature a botanical blend, including ingredients such as juniper, grapefruit, cardamom, mint, ginger, and cinnamon. By focusing on taste and quality, CleanCo offers a range of clean alternatives to traditional alcoholic drinks, appealing to those seeking enjoyable options that align with their lifestyle choices.

FreshMenu

Venture Round in 2019
FreshMenu is an online food delivery service that specializes in providing fresh and flavorful meal packages. Catering to a variety of tastes, the platform offers an extensive selection of cuisines, including Indian, Chinese, Italian, American, Mexican, and Thai. FreshMenu allows customers to conveniently order meals for lunch and dinner through its user-friendly desktop and mobile applications. The service is available in multiple areas, including Koramangala, Indiranagar, and Whitefield, ensuring a wide reach to consumers seeking healthy and delicious food options.

Brandable

Series B in 2019
Brandable, Inc. is a consumer packaging goods company based in Beverly Hills, California, founded in 2017 by Oliver Bogner. The company specializes in building modern, consumer-focused brands in the toys, wellness, and food and drink sectors. Brandable offers services such as influencer acquisition and brand management, aiming to enhance brand visibility and engagement. It has established itself as a significant supplier to major North American retailers, including Walmart and Target, and is known for its innovative approach to launching consumer products. By leveraging unique, influencer-driven marketing strategies, Brandable effectively creates demand across various channels, positioning itself as a key player in the modern retail landscape.

Foxy

Seed Round in 2019
Foxy, operated by EkAnek Networks Private Limited, is an e-commerce platform based in Delhi, India, specializing in beauty, grooming, and personal care products. Launched in 2018, Foxy provides a diverse range of beauty products from various brands and features FOXY Live, a service that allows customers to engage with beauty advisors through live streaming. Additionally, the platform offers a White Label FOXY service, enabling brands to establish their own digital presence through customized applications and websites. The company aims to create an ecosystem for modern lifestyle brands, supported by significant funding from top-tier venture capital firms.

FreshMenu

Series B in 2019
FreshMenu is an online food delivery service that specializes in providing fresh and flavorful meal packages. Catering to a variety of tastes, the platform offers an extensive selection of cuisines, including Indian, Chinese, Italian, American, Mexican, and Thai. FreshMenu allows customers to conveniently order meals for lunch and dinner through its user-friendly desktop and mobile applications. The service is available in multiple areas, including Koramangala, Indiranagar, and Whitefield, ensuring a wide reach to consumers seeking healthy and delicious food options.

Pocket FM

Seed Round in 2018
Pocket FM Pvt. Ltd. is a Bengaluru-based company that operates an audio sharing platform, primarily focused on vernacular content. Founded in 2018, Pocket FM provides a web-based mobile application that allows users to listen to and share a wide range of audio content, including news, finance, stories, and entertainment, in local Indian languages. The platform features over 10,000 audiobooks across various categories such as biography, romance, self-help, and spirituality, expertly narrated by professional speakers. Additionally, Pocket FM offers a diverse array of audio series spanning genres like fantasy, science fiction, and horror, enabling users to engage with long-form audio entertainment. The platform aims to enhance the listening experience while connecting users with creators and podcasts globally.

Xingbianli

Corporate Round in 2018
Xingbianli is a checkout-free convenience store operator engaged on placing snack bars in offices. The company focuses in developing checkout-free convenience stores and snack bars. Its snack bars provide drinks, biscuits, and instant noodle to office workers, and allows customers to pay via mobile payment options like WeChat Pay and Alipay.

Brandable

Series A in 2018
Brandable, Inc. is a consumer packaging goods company based in Beverly Hills, California, founded in 2017 by Oliver Bogner. The company specializes in building modern, consumer-focused brands in the toys, wellness, and food and drink sectors. Brandable offers services such as influencer acquisition and brand management, aiming to enhance brand visibility and engagement. It has established itself as a significant supplier to major North American retailers, including Walmart and Target, and is known for its innovative approach to launching consumer products. By leveraging unique, influencer-driven marketing strategies, Brandable effectively creates demand across various channels, positioning itself as a key player in the modern retail landscape.

FastFox

Series A in 2018
FastFox is a home rental service that aims to transform the renting experience by providing a central pool of house inventory sourced by its captive agents from various localities. Utilizing advanced technology, FastFox enables these agents to access and showcase the most relevant properties to potential home seekers. The platform offers users detailed information and photographs of thousands of available properties, allowing them to schedule visits and finalize arrangements directly with landlords. This approach ensures that home seekers receive authentic information and can achieve immediate closure on their rental needs.

FastFox

Series A in 2017
FastFox is a home rental service that aims to transform the renting experience by providing a central pool of house inventory sourced by its captive agents from various localities. Utilizing advanced technology, FastFox enables these agents to access and showcase the most relevant properties to potential home seekers. The platform offers users detailed information and photographs of thousands of available properties, allowing them to schedule visits and finalize arrangements directly with landlords. This approach ensures that home seekers receive authentic information and can achieve immediate closure on their rental needs.

Fashionara

Venture Round in 2016
Fashionara offers a range of premium merchandise in fashion and lifestyle.

FreshMenu

Series B in 2016
FreshMenu is an online food delivery service that specializes in providing fresh and flavorful meal packages. Catering to a variety of tastes, the platform offers an extensive selection of cuisines, including Indian, Chinese, Italian, American, Mexican, and Thai. FreshMenu allows customers to conveniently order meals for lunch and dinner through its user-friendly desktop and mobile applications. The service is available in multiple areas, including Koramangala, Indiranagar, and Whitefield, ensuring a wide reach to consumers seeking healthy and delicious food options.

FreshMenu

Series A in 2015
FreshMenu is an online food delivery service that specializes in providing fresh and flavorful meal packages. Catering to a variety of tastes, the platform offers an extensive selection of cuisines, including Indian, Chinese, Italian, American, Mexican, and Thai. FreshMenu allows customers to conveniently order meals for lunch and dinner through its user-friendly desktop and mobile applications. The service is available in multiple areas, including Koramangala, Indiranagar, and Whitefield, ensuring a wide reach to consumers seeking healthy and delicious food options.

Fresh Nation

Seed Round in 2014
Fresh Nation is an enterprise-level B2B wholesale marketplace and management platform for the retail grocery industry, operationalizing local and specialty food assortments for the nation’s largest retailers and distributors. Fresh Nation’s proprietary Virtual Supply Chain™ platform simplifies the complexity of working with thousands of small vendors, saving time and cutting costs. Incorporating a vendor and product rich CRM, interactive supplier portal, order management suite, accounting and invoicing tools, and flexible EDI/API integrations, Fresh Nation is becoming the grocery industry standard for enterprise specialty food management.

Fashionara

Series B in 2013
Fashionara offers a range of premium merchandise in fashion and lifestyle.

Fashionara

Series A in 2012
Fashionara offers a range of premium merchandise in fashion and lifestyle.
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