Lightspeed Venture Partners
Venture CapitalPrivate Equity·Menlo Park, USA·$40B+ AUM; latest $9B fundraise (Dec 2025) across early stage, select, opportunity, and co-investment vehicles
Founded in 2000 by four enterprise founders from Stanford University, Lightspeed is a global multi-stage venture capital firm and pioneer in AI investing, having made its first AI investment in 2012. The firm has backed 957 companies across 28 years, producing 101 unicorns, 38 IPOs, and 257 acquisitions. In December 2025 Lightspeed closed a record $9B fundraise, its largest ever, bringing total AUM to over $40B. With $5.5B deployed across 165 AI native companies, Lightspeed is one of the most active AI investors globally. Notable portfolio companies include Snap, Anthropic, Databricks, Wiz, Rubrik, Affirm, Anduril, and Mistral.
Focus Areas
AIEnterprise SaaSFintechConsumerHealthcareCybersecurity
