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

Associate Partner

James Alcorn

Partner

Moritz Baier-Lentz

Partner and Head of Gaming

Mercedes Bent

Partner

Past deals in Young Adults

The Nudge

Series A in 2022
Founded in 2017, The Nudge is a San Francisco-based company that operates a mobile application designed to encourage city exploration. It sends subscribers text messages containing personalized activity plans, such as brunch ideas or hike suggestions, fostering real-life experiences and local discovery.

The Nudge

Seed Round in 2021
Founded in 2017, The Nudge is a San Francisco-based company that operates a mobile application designed to encourage city exploration. It sends subscribers text messages containing personalized activity plans, such as brunch ideas or hike suggestions, fostering real-life experiences and local discovery.

The Nudge

Seed Round in 2020
Founded in 2017, The Nudge is a San Francisco-based company that operates a mobile application designed to encourage city exploration. It sends subscribers text messages containing personalized activity plans, such as brunch ideas or hike suggestions, fostering real-life experiences and local discovery.

Vee

Venture Round in 2014
Vee is Pinterest for People Discovery, enabling meaningful new connections for millenials, who want to meet interesting and relevant people. People who are Real ------------------------------- Interact with real people and not their exaggerated avatars. Rest assured that creeps and spam won't bother you here. All profiles are crazily verified with humans and machines working together, day and night. Conversations that open up a world of possibilities -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use Conversations to break the ice, get some advice or simply connect with interesting people. Start a quick conversation or join one anywhere anytime. Tribes that welcome you as you are ---------------------------------------------------- Belongingness' is an awesome feeling. Swear your allegiance to existing tribes or start one of your own to meet those who are also interested in things that matter to you. One-on-one Connections ------------------------------------- Have a direct chat with those you find relevant. You can also break the connection anytime. All your chats go away and there is no way the other person can contact you again.
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