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1340Portfolio Exits
242Funds
42Service Providers
3About Lightspeed Venture Partners
Lightspeed Venture Partners is an early stage venture capital firm focused on accelerating disruptive innovations and trends in the Enterprise and Consumer sectors. Over the past two decades, the Lightspeed team has backed and helped build more than 200 companies globally, many of which have become market leaders. The Firm invests in the U.S. and internationally, with investment professionals and advisors in Silicon Valley and Israel as well as in India with Lightspeed India Partners and China with Lightspeed China Partners.
Lightspeed Venture Partners Headquarter Location
2200 Sand Hill Road
Menlo Park, California, 94025,
United States
650-234-8300
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CB Insights Intelligence Analysts have mentioned Lightspeed Venture Partners in 12 CB Insights research briefs, most recently on Jul 19, 2022.
Latest Lightspeed Venture Partners News
Aug 12, 2022
A startup co-founded by pop star Selena Gomez, Wondermind, is raising funds at a valuation of $100m (€97m) as it looks to capitalise on a boom in the mindfulness trend. Tennis icon Serena Williams's venture fund, Serena Ventures, led the $5m early-stage round, which was joined by Lightspeed Venture Partners and Sequoia Capital. Brent Saunders, the former chief executive officer of pharmaceutical company Allergan, also took part. Wondermind is focused on "mental fitness", promoting routines to maintain mental health similar to how you would go to a gym to stay physically fit. Ms Gomez, Hollywood producer and Gomez's mother Mandy Teefey and Daniella Pierson, the founder of pop culture newsletter Newsette, started the company after Ms Pierson met the mother-daughter duo two years ago and quickly hit it off. "They were so raw and real and vulnerable about their mental health that I was completely in awe," Ms Pierson said. "We all decided together that we had to do something." Investors have poured money into mental-health startups over the past two years, with total funding in the sector reaching $5.5bn in 2021, according to data from analytics firm CB Insights – more than double the previous year's total. While having the backing of a celebrity helps attract attention, it's no guarantee of success. Mindfulness is an abstract concept by nature and competition is growing. Early offerings at Wondermind include social-media channels and a newsletter, which offers "a roadmap for overcoming stigma, shifting your mindset and feeling supported," according to its website. Ms Teefey is working on building the operation's production division, which will create and release content on mental health. Ms Gomez is focused on creative direction and marketing. Physical products that involve behavioural therapies are being developed as well, Ms Pierson said, without sharing details. Ms Williams, one of the greatest ever tennis players, earlier this week announced her retirement from professional tennis to focus on her family and her venture capital firm. She has been investing for nine years and has a portfolio that includes recipe marketplace Foody, kids' social network Zigazoo and cryptocurrency firm Nestcoin. "We're obviously going to do more, and be a fund that does raise a billion dollars eventually," Ms Williams said in an interview. "One thing I'm good at is building a career." Ms Williams has been vocal about mental health issues, including anxiety and postpartum emotions. She will be involved in Wondermind content as well and promote the brand as its upcoming projects are made public. Business Newsletter
Lightspeed Venture Partners Investments
1,340 Investments
Lightspeed Venture Partners has made 1,340 investments. Their latest investment was in Wondermind as part of their Seed VC on August 8, 2022.
Lightspeed Venture Partners Investments Activity
Date | Round | Company | Amount | New? | Co-Investors | Sources |
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8/11/2022 | Seed VC | Wondermind | $5M | Yes | 1 | |
8/10/2022 | Series A | Unstoppable Finance | $12.89M | Yes | 5 | |
8/10/2022 | Series B - IV | Finix | $30M | No | 3 | |
8/4/2022 | Series A | |||||
7/28/2022 | Unattributed VC |
Date | 8/11/2022 | 8/10/2022 | 8/10/2022 | 8/4/2022 | 7/28/2022 |
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Round | Seed VC | Series A | Series B - IV | Series A | Unattributed VC |
Company | Wondermind | Unstoppable Finance | Finix | ||
Amount | $5M | $12.89M | $30M | ||
New? | Yes | Yes | No | ||
Co-Investors | |||||
Sources | 1 | 5 | 3 |
Lightspeed Venture Partners Portfolio Exits
242 Portfolio Exits
Lightspeed Venture Partners has 242 portfolio exits. Their latest portfolio exit was Infiot on August 02, 2022.
Date | Exit | Companies | Valuation Valuations are submitted by companies, mined from state filings or news, provided by VentureSource, or based on a comparables valuation model. | Acquirer | Sources |
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8/2/2022 | Acquired | 5 | |||
6/23/2022 | Acquired | 12 | |||
4/29/2022 | IPO | Public | 5 | ||
Lightspeed Venture Partners Fund History
42 Fund Histories
Lightspeed Venture Partners has 42 funds, including Lightspeed Venture Partners XIV-A/B.
Closing Date | Fund | Fund Type | Status | Amount | Sources |
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7/12/2022 | Lightspeed Venture Partners XIV-A/B | $1,980M | 1 | ||
7/12/2022 | Lightspeed India Partners IV | $500M | 1 | ||
7/12/2022 | Lightspeed Venture Partners Select V | $2,260M | 1 | ||
7/12/2022 | Lightspeed Opportunity Fund II | ||||
11/5/2021 | Blockchain Gaming Fund |
Closing Date | 7/12/2022 | 7/12/2022 | 7/12/2022 | 7/12/2022 | 11/5/2021 |
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Fund | Lightspeed Venture Partners XIV-A/B | Lightspeed India Partners IV | Lightspeed Venture Partners Select V | Lightspeed Opportunity Fund II | Blockchain Gaming Fund |
Fund Type | |||||
Status | |||||
Amount | $1,980M | $500M | $2,260M | ||
Sources | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Lightspeed Venture Partners Service Providers
5 Service Providers
Lightspeed Venture Partners has 5 service provider relationships
Service Provider | Associated Rounds | Provider Type | Service Type |
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Series A | Management Consultants | General Counsel | |
Service Provider | |||
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Associated Rounds | Series A | ||
Provider Type | Management Consultants | ||
Service Type | General Counsel |
Partnership data by VentureSource
Lightspeed Venture Partners Team
23 Team Members
Lightspeed Venture Partners has 23 team members, including current Founder, Managing Director, Ravi Mhatre.
Name | Work History | Title | Status |
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Gill Cogan | WPG | Founder | Current |
Marcus Vincent Gomez | Founder | Current | |
Ravi Mhatre | SGI, and Booz Allen Hamilton | Founder, Managing Director | Current |
Peter Nieh | General Magic, Acer America Corporation, Bain & Company, and Apple | Founder | Current |
Christopher J. Schaepe | Weiss, Peck & Greer Ventu, Goldman Sachs, and IBM | Founder | Current |
Name | Gill Cogan | Marcus Vincent Gomez | Ravi Mhatre | Peter Nieh | Christopher J. Schaepe |
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Work History | WPG | SGI, and Booz Allen Hamilton | General Magic, Acer America Corporation, Bain & Company, and Apple | Weiss, Peck & Greer Ventu, Goldman Sachs, and IBM | |
Title | Founder | Founder | Founder, Managing Director | Founder | Founder |
Status | Current | Current | Current | Current | Current |
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