Lightspeed Venture Partners
Global venture capital firm; participated in Overland AI's Series A and both of Orqa's Seed and Series A rounds.
Lightspeed Venture Partners is a multi-stage venture capital firm founded in 2000 and headquartered in Menlo Park, CA, backing founders from seed through growth stage across enterprise, consumer, fintech, health, and deep-tech/defense, with investment teams across the US, Europe, Israel, India, and Southeast Asia. The firm has invested in Helsing and Anduril as part of a defense-tech thesis it has extended to companies like Orqa (led by partners Antoine Moyroud and Alexander Schmitt) and Overland AI.
Overview
- Firm
- Lightspeed Venture Partners
- Headquarters
- Menlo Park, CA
- Founded
- 2000
- AUM
- $25B
- Stages
- Seed, Series A, Series B, Growth
- Thesis
- First investor and early backer of some of the most innovative companies in the world, from seed through Series F and beyond, across enterprise, consumer, fintech, health, and deep-tech/defense.
- Website
- lsvp.com
Portfolio companies4
- CompanyOverland AISeattle-based builder of ULTRA, an autonomous ground-vehicle platform for off-road military logistics/resupply and ground autonomy.
- CompanyOrqaCroatian FPV drone hardware maker (goggles, digital video transmission, and increasingly defense/security-oriented FPV drone electronics).
- CompanyNominalSoftware platform for testing, validating, and monitoring complex hardware systems used in aerospace and defense.
- CompanyAmcaAerospace/defense component supplier that acquires and modernizes legacy manufacturers.
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Frequently asked
- What is Lightspeed Venture Partners?
- First investor and early backer of some of the most innovative companies in the world, from seed through Series F and beyond, across enterprise, consumer, fintech, health, and deep-tech/defense.
- How much does Lightspeed Venture Partners manage?
- Lightspeed Venture Partners manages $25B in assets, and was founded in 2000.
- What stages does Lightspeed Venture Partners invest at?
- Lightspeed Venture Partners invests at Seed, Series A, Series B, Growth.
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