Lightspeed Israel

Lightspeed Israel, established in 2006, is a venture capital firm based in Tel Aviv, Israel. It invests in seed, early, and later-stage companies across the information technology and TMT sectors. The firm focuses on supporting innovative Israeli startups, providing capital and strategic guidance to accelerate their growth. Lightspeed Israel typically invests between $2 million to $25 million per company, with a particular interest in enterprise, health, fintech, and consumer sectors. It manages multiple funds, including Lightspeed Venture Partners IX and Lightspeed India Partners I & II, to support its investment activities in Israel and India.

Shaurya Aggarwal

Partner

Vaibhav Agrawal

Venture Partner

James Alcorn

Partner

Saqib Awan

Partner

Moritz Baier-Lentz

Partner and Head of Gaming

Mercedes Bent

Partner

Luke Beseda

Partner

Akshay Bhushan

Venture Partner

Taggart Bonham

Partner

Ashley Brasier

Partner

Wei Cai

Partner

Guru Chahal

Partner

Yoni Cheifetz

Partner

Yoni Cheifetz

Partner

Sun Daniel

Partner

Amish Desai

Partner

Sebastian Duesterhoeft

Partner

Barry Eggers

Co-Founder and Partner

Sam Eisler

Partner

James Ephrati

Partner

Faraz Fatemi

Partner, Consumer

Jack Fowler

Partner

Aaron Frank

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

Galym Imanbayev MD

Partner

Galym Imanbayev

Partner

Nnamdi Iregbulem

Partner

Raviraj Jain

Partner

Arif Janmohamed

Partner

Julie Kainz

Partner

Francis Kao

Partner

Ansaf Kareem

Partner

Alex Kayyal

Partner

Issac Kim

Partner

Will Kohler

Partner

Harsha Kumar

Associate Partner

Pachara Lawjindakul

Partner

Pachara Lawjindakul

Partner

Pinn Lawjindakul

Partner

Will Leas

Partner

Jeremy Liew

Partner

Connor Love

Partner

John Luongo

Venture Partner

Natalie Luu

Partner

Naveed Matinfar

Partner

Ravi Mhatre

Co-Founder and Partner

James Mi

Founding Partner

Andrew Moley

Operating Partner and CFO

Tal Morgenstern

Partner

Peter Nieh

Co-Founder and Partner, Enterprise

Justin Overdorff

Partner

Zac Pan

Associate Partner

Apoorva Pandhi

Associate

Krish Parikh

Partner of Business Services

Nicole Quinn

Partner

Adrian Nicholas Radu

Partner

Alexander Schmitt

Partner

Shan Shan

Partner

Justin Shen

Partner

Justin Shen

Partner

Shuvi Shrivastava

Partner

Ishaan Preet Singh

Investor

Ajay Sudan

Venture Partner

Sydney Sykes

Partner

John Thompson

Venture Partner

Anoushka Vaswani

Partner

Jason Wang

Partner

Nathan Wang

Vice President

Nathan Wu

Partner, Growth

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

Hu Peipei

Investment Manager

Past deals in Self-improvement

Stimuler

Seed Round in 2025
Stimuler is a language learning platform designed to assist non-native English speakers in enhancing their conversational proficiency. Utilizing advanced artificial intelligence technology, the application offers personalized speech coaching and delivers detailed feedback on critical speech metrics such as pronunciation and fluency. By providing structured practice sessions, Stimuler aims to boost users' confidence and communication skills, catering to a diverse audience that includes entrance examination aspirants, college students, and working professionals.

Seekho

Series A in 2024
Seekho is a discovery and learning platform that specializes in creating and sharing educational videos. It provides a diverse range of engaging, bite-sized content across various categories, including technology, finance, business, self-help, creativity, and health. The platform is designed to cater to users in regional Indian languages, making learning more accessible and inclusive. Content is curated by experts to ensure a high-quality educational experience, allowing users to enhance their knowledge and skills in an enjoyable format. Users can create and share their own short videos, fostering a community of learners and knowledge contributors.

Daybreak Health

Series B in 2023
Daybreak Health Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that provides evidence-based online counseling services specifically tailored for teens. Founded in 2020, the company focuses on addressing issues such as achievement pressure, stress, social isolation, self-esteem, anxiety, and depression. Through its mobile app, Daybreak Health connects teens with specialized therapists, offering individual counseling, group sessions, and various well-being tools. The platform aims to enhance mental fitness in young people, allowing them to engage in therapy for a range of concerns, including depression, anxiety, and relationship challenges. By leveraging technology, Daybreak Health strives to support both teens and their parents in maintaining positive mental health.

Stimuler

Seed Round in 2023
Stimuler is a language learning platform designed to assist non-native English speakers in enhancing their conversational proficiency. Utilizing advanced artificial intelligence technology, the application offers personalized speech coaching and delivers detailed feedback on critical speech metrics such as pronunciation and fluency. By providing structured practice sessions, Stimuler aims to boost users' confidence and communication skills, catering to a diverse audience that includes entrance examination aspirants, college students, and working professionals.

WonderMind

Seed Round in 2022
Wondermind is a mental fitness ecosystem founded by Selena Gomez, Mandy Teefey, and Daniella Pierson, dedicated to democratizing and destigmatizing mental health. The company offers a platform that provides accessible and affordable mental health care through daily engaging content, consumer packaged goods, and storytelling. Users receive customized peer-to-peer support and resources designed to enhance their understanding of mental wellness. By focusing on practical and achievable methods for prioritizing mental fitness, Wondermind aims to empower individuals to improve their well-being and capitalize on their strengths.

Daybreak Health

Series A in 2022
Daybreak Health Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that provides evidence-based online counseling services specifically tailored for teens. Founded in 2020, the company focuses on addressing issues such as achievement pressure, stress, social isolation, self-esteem, anxiety, and depression. Through its mobile app, Daybreak Health connects teens with specialized therapists, offering individual counseling, group sessions, and various well-being tools. The platform aims to enhance mental fitness in young people, allowing them to engage in therapy for a range of concerns, including depression, anxiety, and relationship challenges. By leveraging technology, Daybreak Health strives to support both teens and their parents in maintaining positive mental health.

Mama+

Series C in 2017
MAMA+ aims to help more mothers "become a better mother," for the benefit of family and society as a concept, is committed to "serve for mothers"; the same time, Internet technology and family relations research as a dual-driven, brought together many passionate technical talent. Researchers who can feel empathy with their mothers are all motivated by their mothers' needs and insist on using their strength to make their feelings come true so as to realize more value for their mothers.

Mama+

Series B in 2016
MAMA+ aims to help more mothers "become a better mother," for the benefit of family and society as a concept, is committed to "serve for mothers"; the same time, Internet technology and family relations research as a dual-driven, brought together many passionate technical talent. Researchers who can feel empathy with their mothers are all motivated by their mothers' needs and insist on using their strength to make their feelings come true so as to realize more value for their mothers.

Mama+

Series B in 2015
MAMA+ aims to help more mothers "become a better mother," for the benefit of family and society as a concept, is committed to "serve for mothers"; the same time, Internet technology and family relations research as a dual-driven, brought together many passionate technical talent. Researchers who can feel empathy with their mothers are all motivated by their mothers' needs and insist on using their strength to make their feelings come true so as to realize more value for their mothers.

Mend

Venture Round in 2015
Mend specializes in the fields of mobile apps, relationships, self-care, breakups, and training. Elle Huerta, the founder of Mend, built and launched Mend in 2016 after developing deep expertise in the love/relationships vertical as the founder of Letsmend.
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