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Lightspeed Venture Partners (Lightspeed)

Multi-stage venture capital firm

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Headquarters: Menlo Park, United States
Founded year: 2000
Company type: Partnership
Number of employees: 50–600
Industry: Investment Management & Fund Operators

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Latest news about Lightspeed Venture Partners (Lightspeed)

In short: Lightspeed invested in major AI and defense milestones, including Mistral AI's funding and Anthropic's valuation jump to $965 billion.

Company announcements

July 30 Lightspeed

Lightspeed reports AI agents outnumber engineers 3.6 to 1.

Clutch Security found that agents hold tens of credentials and run without approval guardrails.

July 30 Lightspeed

Lightspeed highlights K2 Space's $500M Series D

K2 Space builds larger satellites and recently completed a 120-day orbital mission.

July 16 Lightspeed

Lightspeed continues backing Fireworks AI's $1.5B raise

Fireworks reached $1B in annual revenue and serves 40 trillion tokens daily.

July 15 Lightspeed

Lightspeed deepens partnership with Neko Health

The firm led a $700M Series C round for the health-tech company focused on preventive full-body scans.

Media coverage

May 18 VCCircle

Lightspeed tastes a lemon as debut India fund exits nine-year-old bet

Silicon Valley venture capital firm Lightspeed Venture Partners has exited a company that it first backed nine years ago from its maiden India fund...

May 13 VCCircle

Grapevine: Lightspeed may trim India fund; Actis looks to exit roads platform

Venture capital firm Lightspeed India Partners is likely to trim the size of its fifth fund with a sharper focus on ...

May 11 SiliconANGLE

German defense tech startup Helsing in talks over $1.2B funding round - SiliconANGLE

A report by the Financial Times cites anonymous sources as saying that the talks are being led by...

May 6 The Business Journals

Lightspeed Venture Partners moves headquarters to San Francisco amid AI boom

The move puts Lightspeed blocks from Anthropic and other portfolio companies. San Francisco received $169.2 billion in venture funding during the first quarter.

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