Lightspeed Venture Partners

Lightspeed Venture Partners is a global venture capital firm established in 1998 that focuses on investing in early-stage companies across a diverse range of sectors. The firm targets technology-led businesses as well as non-technology opportunities in areas such as advertising and media, healthcare, education, financial services, and retail. It engages in various investment stages, including seed, early-stage, later-stage, and expansion-stage financing. Lightspeed specializes in debt financing for start-ups and growth companies while also exploring opportunities in consumer, enterprise, cleantech, and other markets. The firm is known for its strategic investments in innovative sectors, including big data, bitcoin, mobile technology, and software solutions.

Vaibhav Agrawal

Associate Partner

Saqib Awan

Partner

Mercedes Bent

Partner

Akshay Bhushan

Partner

Guru Chahal

Partner

Yoni Cheifetz

Partner

Shelley Chu

Partner

James Ephrati

Partner

Gaurav Gupta

Partner

David Gussarsky

Partner

Galym Imanbayev

Partner

Nnamdi Iregbulem

Partner

Raviraj Jain

Partner

Arif Janmohamed

Partner

Ansaf Kareem

Partner

Dev Khare

Partner

Harsha Kumar

Associate Partner

Pinn Lawjindakul

Partner

Pachara Lawjindakul

Partner

Will Leas

Partner

Jeremy Liew

Partner

Jonathan MacQuitty

Venture Partner

Hemant Mohapatra

Partner

Andrew Moley

Operating Partner and CFO

Tal Morgenstern

Partner

Justin Overdorff

Partner

Nicole Quinn

General Partner

Christopher Schaepe

Co-Founder

Shan Shan

Partner

Shuvi Shrivastava

Partner

Adam Smith

Partner

Bejul Somaia

Partner

Rahul Taneja

Partner

Anoushka Vaswani

Partner

Rytis Vitkauskas

Partner

Jerry Ye

Partner, Data Platform

Connor Love

Partner

Peter Nieh

Partner and Co-Founder

John Thompson

Venture Partner

James Alcorn

Partner

Alex Taussig

Partner

Past deals in Insurance

Nirvana Insurance

Series C in 2025
Nirvana Insurance is an AI-driven commercial trucking insurer that utilizes telematics data to enhance safety and reduce fleet costs. The company leverages artificial intelligence and telematics data to offer personalized insurance solutions that reward safe driving practices. Nirvana provides tailored policies for both fleet and non-fleet operators, including options such as auto liability, auto physical damage, general liability, and motor truck cargo coverage. By analyzing telematics data, Nirvana offers upfront discounts of up to 20% for safe driving behaviors. Their Safety Intelligence Platform delivers AI-powered insights to help fleets enhance safety and efficiency. Utilizing real-time data, Nirvana streamlines the claims process, enabling faster resolutions and reducing downtime for drivers.

Shivalik Small Finance Bank

Venture Round in 2024
Shivalik Small Finance Bank is a technology-driven financial institution that focuses on serving small and underserved segments of the population. It utilizes a cloud-based architecture powered by Infosys Finacle for its core and digital banking, enabling efficient management and growth. The bank offers a range of retail banking services, including access to all major retail payment platforms such as UPI, IMPS, and NEFT/RTGS. With a customer base exceeding 450,000, including 15,000 self-help groups, Shivalik operates 31 branches and over 250 banking agents across Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi, and Uttarakhand. As of March 31, 2021, the bank reported total deposits of Rs 1,245 Crores and total advances of Rs 805 Crores. Additionally, Shivalik serves as a corporate agent for various insurance products, partnering with well-known insurance providers to enhance its service offerings.

Anatomy Financial

Seed Round in 2024
Anatomy Financial offers a suite of financial automation solutions tailored for healthcare organizations that bill insurance. The services include AI-powered EOB conversion, smart reconciliation, and a modern healthcare lockbox to streamline financial workflows.

Nirvana Insurance

Series B in 2023
Nirvana Insurance is an AI-driven commercial trucking insurer that utilizes telematics data to enhance safety and reduce fleet costs. The company leverages artificial intelligence and telematics data to offer personalized insurance solutions that reward safe driving practices. Nirvana provides tailored policies for both fleet and non-fleet operators, including options such as auto liability, auto physical damage, general liability, and motor truck cargo coverage. By analyzing telematics data, Nirvana offers upfront discounts of up to 20% for safe driving behaviors. Their Safety Intelligence Platform delivers AI-powered insights to help fleets enhance safety and efficiency. Utilizing real-time data, Nirvana streamlines the claims process, enabling faster resolutions and reducing downtime for drivers.

Flow Specialty (Previously Capitola)

Series A in 2023
Flow is the Next-Gen Specialty Brokerage for commercial insurance. We blend human expertise with cutting-edge technology to deliver access to top markets.

ForceField IO

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Our APIs integrate seamlessly into hardware or software platforms/apps to verify streaming media. Auditing meta data to ensure checks-and-balances for corporations, insurance companies, businesses owners, and news/media outlets. Insurance-backed industries can now fight against cyber risks with an additional tool of defense. Expert team with extensive startup experience, government cyber security, forensics, and security.

Notch

Seed Round in 2022
Notch provides simple and affordable insurance for digital assets. Our first product, launching in summer 2022, insures Instagram accounts against hacks. We'll be covering other social media accounts and NFTs in the future.

Nirvana Insurance

Series A in 2022
Nirvana Insurance is an AI-driven commercial trucking insurer that utilizes telematics data to enhance safety and reduce fleet costs. The company leverages artificial intelligence and telematics data to offer personalized insurance solutions that reward safe driving practices. Nirvana provides tailored policies for both fleet and non-fleet operators, including options such as auto liability, auto physical damage, general liability, and motor truck cargo coverage. By analyzing telematics data, Nirvana offers upfront discounts of up to 20% for safe driving behaviors. Their Safety Intelligence Platform delivers AI-powered insights to help fleets enhance safety and efficiency. Utilizing real-time data, Nirvana streamlines the claims process, enabling faster resolutions and reducing downtime for drivers.

Curve Health

Series A in 2022
Curve Health, Inc. is an innovative online platform focused on enhancing senior care by integrating telemedicine, health information exchange, predictive analytics, and smart billing. Founded in 2020 and based in New York, the platform facilitates remote care for patients in skilled nursing facilities, at home, and in emergency situations, significantly reducing the need for patient transfers to emergency departments. By streamlining communication and operations between healthcare providers and post-acute facilities, Curve Health improves care quality and patient outcomes while optimizing resource allocation. The platform also accelerates reimbursement processes and automates documentation, making it a comprehensive solution for modern healthcare challenges in senior care.

Seel

Series A in 2022
Seel is the leading U.S e-commerce insurer. Trusted by 2,000+ merchants, from starting DTC brands to multibillion dollar marketplaces.

Resilience

Series C in 2021
Resilience is a cybersecurity company focused on enhancing the cyber resilience of middle and large organizations against cyber threats. It offers a unique integration of cybersecurity, cyber insurance, and cyber risk management, supported by advanced risk quantification models. The company provides comprehensive cyber insurance solutions that are tailored to the specific needs of businesses, ensuring contract certainty and effective risk management. Resilience employs a proactive approach by analyzing threats and vulnerabilities in real-time, allowing organizations to prioritize significant risks and minimize false positives. Additionally, it offers action plans that address governance, user education, compliance, and security posture reviews, enabling clients to efficiently navigate their cyber policies and better understand their risk exposure. Founded by experts from military and intelligence backgrounds, Resilience aims to create a safer cyber environment for its clients, backed by prominent technology investment firms.

Acko

Series D in 2021
Acko is a digital insurance provider that offers a range of personalized insurance products through its online platform. Focused on creating transparency and ease in the insurance purchasing process, Acko utilizes data and analytics to underwrite and distribute its offerings. The company specializes in bite-sized insurance products tailored for drivers and individuals in transportation, and has expanded its services to include healthcare-related policies. Acko aims to deliver seamless access to auto insurance, employee health benefits, and various other insurance products, ensuring a user-friendly experience for consumers.

Dorothy

Seed Round in 2021
Dorothy is transforming the disaster recovery landscape by utilizing data and technology to support individuals affected by disasters. The company focuses on empowering communities facing climate change through sustainable economic services, offering accurate flood zone maps to assess exposure and facilitate insurance comparisons. Dorothy connects individuals with dedicated recovery specialists to streamline the recovery process, ensuring that property owners affected by severe weather events receive timely recovery payments and services. By simplifying the flood insurance process, Dorothy aims to reduce risks for future homeowners and help individuals rebuild their lives swiftly and effectively.

At-Bay

Series D in 2021
At-Bay, Inc. specializes in providing cyber insurance and risk management services tailored to the needs of businesses navigating the digital landscape. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, with an additional research and development center in Tel Aviv, Israel, the company offers customized insurance policies that cover information privacy, network security, cyber extortion, financial fraud, and media content. At-Bay combines advanced technology with comprehensive risk assessment to empower businesses to address cyber risks effectively. The company serves nearly 40,000 businesses in the United States, protecting approximately $800 billion in collective revenue. In addition to its insurance offerings, At-Bay provides proactive risk management services and proprietary cybersecurity solutions, including managed detection and response services, to help clients manage and mitigate digital threats.

EIS Group Software

Private Equity Round in 2021
EIS Group, Inc. develops software solutions tailored for the insurance industry, offering a range of products designed to enhance operational efficiency and customer engagement. Its primary offerings include PolicyCore, an integrated tool for insurance product development and lifecycle management; BillingCore, which streamlines billing functions; and CustomerCore DXP, a digital experience platform for omnichannel interactions. Additionally, EIS provides core administration software through the EIS Suite, which encompasses policy administration, billing, claims, and customer engagement components. The company also offers specialized solutions such as ClaimCore for claims management, Pay-As-You-Drive for usage-based auto insurance, and various applications for distribution channel management and analytics. Founded in 2008 and based in San Francisco, EIS Group operates globally, with a presence in North America, Latin America, Europe, and the Asia Pacific. Formerly known as Exigen Insurance Solutions, the company rebranded in 2014 and continues to focus on enabling insurers to innovate and streamline their operations.

Verak

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Verak is a provider of business insurance solutions tailored for micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in India. The company aims to become the preferred insurance brand for over one million MSMEs by 2027. Verak's online platform enables business owners to generate insurance quotations quickly, receive expert guidance on selecting appropriate policies, and access one-click support for endorsements and claims. The platform offers a range of insurance products, including Fire Insurance, Machinery Breakdown Insurance, Workmen's Compensation Insurance, Director's and Officer's Insurance, and General Liability Insurance. By simplifying the insurance process, Verak helps business owners protect their operations effectively and efficiently.

Level

Series A in 2021
Level is a technology company that makes financial products for employers. With Level, everyone benefits: employers offer bigger benefits for less, members get more freedom and choice, and providers are paid instantly. Level makes paying with benefits as simple as paying with cash. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in New York, New York.

Nirvana Insurance

Seed Round in 2021
Nirvana Insurance is an AI-driven commercial trucking insurer that utilizes telematics data to enhance safety and reduce fleet costs. The company leverages artificial intelligence and telematics data to offer personalized insurance solutions that reward safe driving practices. Nirvana provides tailored policies for both fleet and non-fleet operators, including options such as auto liability, auto physical damage, general liability, and motor truck cargo coverage. By analyzing telematics data, Nirvana offers upfront discounts of up to 20% for safe driving behaviors. Their Safety Intelligence Platform delivers AI-powered insights to help fleets enhance safety and efficiency. Utilizing real-time data, Nirvana streamlines the claims process, enabling faster resolutions and reducing downtime for drivers.

At-Bay

Series C in 2020
At-Bay, Inc. specializes in providing cyber insurance and risk management services tailored to the needs of businesses navigating the digital landscape. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, with an additional research and development center in Tel Aviv, Israel, the company offers customized insurance policies that cover information privacy, network security, cyber extortion, financial fraud, and media content. At-Bay combines advanced technology with comprehensive risk assessment to empower businesses to address cyber risks effectively. The company serves nearly 40,000 businesses in the United States, protecting approximately $800 billion in collective revenue. In addition to its insurance offerings, At-Bay provides proactive risk management services and proprietary cybersecurity solutions, including managed detection and response services, to help clients manage and mitigate digital threats.

Curve Health

Seed Round in 2020
Curve Health, Inc. is an innovative online platform focused on enhancing senior care by integrating telemedicine, health information exchange, predictive analytics, and smart billing. Founded in 2020 and based in New York, the platform facilitates remote care for patients in skilled nursing facilities, at home, and in emergency situations, significantly reducing the need for patient transfers to emergency departments. By streamlining communication and operations between healthcare providers and post-acute facilities, Curve Health improves care quality and patient outcomes while optimizing resource allocation. The platform also accelerates reimbursement processes and automates documentation, making it a comprehensive solution for modern healthcare challenges in senior care.

At-Bay

Series B in 2020
At-Bay, Inc. specializes in providing cyber insurance and risk management services tailored to the needs of businesses navigating the digital landscape. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, with an additional research and development center in Tel Aviv, Israel, the company offers customized insurance policies that cover information privacy, network security, cyber extortion, financial fraud, and media content. At-Bay combines advanced technology with comprehensive risk assessment to empower businesses to address cyber risks effectively. The company serves nearly 40,000 businesses in the United States, protecting approximately $800 billion in collective revenue. In addition to its insurance offerings, At-Bay provides proactive risk management services and proprietary cybersecurity solutions, including managed detection and response services, to help clients manage and mitigate digital threats.

Resilience

Venture Round in 2019
Resilience is a cybersecurity company focused on enhancing the cyber resilience of middle and large organizations against cyber threats. It offers a unique integration of cybersecurity, cyber insurance, and cyber risk management, supported by advanced risk quantification models. The company provides comprehensive cyber insurance solutions that are tailored to the specific needs of businesses, ensuring contract certainty and effective risk management. Resilience employs a proactive approach by analyzing threats and vulnerabilities in real-time, allowing organizations to prioritize significant risks and minimize false positives. Additionally, it offers action plans that address governance, user education, compliance, and security posture reviews, enabling clients to efficiently navigate their cyber policies and better understand their risk exposure. Founded by experts from military and intelligence backgrounds, Resilience aims to create a safer cyber environment for its clients, backed by prominent technology investment firms.

At-Bay

Seed Round in 2017
At-Bay, Inc. specializes in providing cyber insurance and risk management services tailored to the needs of businesses navigating the digital landscape. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, with an additional research and development center in Tel Aviv, Israel, the company offers customized insurance policies that cover information privacy, network security, cyber extortion, financial fraud, and media content. At-Bay combines advanced technology with comprehensive risk assessment to empower businesses to address cyber risks effectively. The company serves nearly 40,000 businesses in the United States, protecting approximately $800 billion in collective revenue. In addition to its insurance offerings, At-Bay provides proactive risk management services and proprietary cybersecurity solutions, including managed detection and response services, to help clients manage and mitigate digital threats.

OneAssist

Series C in 2017
OneAssist Consumer Solutions Pvt. Ltd., founded in 2011 and headquartered in Mumbai, India, specializes in providing assistance and protection products aimed at helping customers navigate disruptions in their daily lives. The company offers a range of services designed to safeguard against loss and damage, including the MobileAssist Plan, which covers smartphone theft and damage, as well as app support and device registration. Its WalletAssist programs facilitate the blocking of credit and debit cards, replace lost identification documents, and assist in passport recovery. Additionally, OneAssist provides EverydayAssist and TripAssist services, addressing concerns related to extended warranties for home appliances and emergency travel needs. By focusing on protecting valuable personal items and offering comprehensive support, OneAssist aims to enhance customer security and peace of mind during challenging situations.

OneAssist

Series B in 2015
OneAssist Consumer Solutions Pvt. Ltd., founded in 2011 and headquartered in Mumbai, India, specializes in providing assistance and protection products aimed at helping customers navigate disruptions in their daily lives. The company offers a range of services designed to safeguard against loss and damage, including the MobileAssist Plan, which covers smartphone theft and damage, as well as app support and device registration. Its WalletAssist programs facilitate the blocking of credit and debit cards, replace lost identification documents, and assist in passport recovery. Additionally, OneAssist provides EverydayAssist and TripAssist services, addressing concerns related to extended warranties for home appliances and emergency travel needs. By focusing on protecting valuable personal items and offering comprehensive support, OneAssist aims to enhance customer security and peace of mind during challenging situations.

OneAssist

Venture Round in 2012
OneAssist Consumer Solutions Pvt. Ltd., founded in 2011 and headquartered in Mumbai, India, specializes in providing assistance and protection products aimed at helping customers navigate disruptions in their daily lives. The company offers a range of services designed to safeguard against loss and damage, including the MobileAssist Plan, which covers smartphone theft and damage, as well as app support and device registration. Its WalletAssist programs facilitate the blocking of credit and debit cards, replace lost identification documents, and assist in passport recovery. Additionally, OneAssist provides EverydayAssist and TripAssist services, addressing concerns related to extended warranties for home appliances and emergency travel needs. By focusing on protecting valuable personal items and offering comprehensive support, OneAssist aims to enhance customer security and peace of mind during challenging situations.

EbixCash

Venture Round in 2007
EbixCash is India's largest end-to-end financial exchange, boasting a vast network of over 650,000 physical distribution outlets alongside a comprehensive online digital platform. The company integrates front-end distribution channels with robust back-end technology across various sectors, including payments solutions, travel, insurance, and financial technology. EbixCash holds a strong position in international remittance, foreign exchange, digital payments, domestic money remittance, prepaid cards, and travel services. Its business is organized into four key segments: Payments Solutions, Travel, Financial Technologies, and Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) and Startups. Through its platform, EbixCash offers a range of services, such as domestic and international money remittance, foreign exchange, travel bookings, utility payments, lending, and wealth management, effectively addressing the financial needs of its customers.

EIS Group Software

Venture Round in 2002
EIS Group, Inc. develops software solutions tailored for the insurance industry, offering a range of products designed to enhance operational efficiency and customer engagement. Its primary offerings include PolicyCore, an integrated tool for insurance product development and lifecycle management; BillingCore, which streamlines billing functions; and CustomerCore DXP, a digital experience platform for omnichannel interactions. Additionally, EIS provides core administration software through the EIS Suite, which encompasses policy administration, billing, claims, and customer engagement components. The company also offers specialized solutions such as ClaimCore for claims management, Pay-As-You-Drive for usage-based auto insurance, and various applications for distribution channel management and analytics. Founded in 2008 and based in San Francisco, EIS Group operates globally, with a presence in North America, Latin America, Europe, and the Asia Pacific. Formerly known as Exigen Insurance Solutions, the company rebranded in 2014 and continues to focus on enabling insurers to innovate and streamline their operations.
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