Global venture capital firm investing across technology sectors.
“I think seeing kind of the AI roll up play even play out internally.”
Source→“Sandstone raised $30M from Lightspeed Venture Partners. Single operating system for corporate legal departments using AI.”
“Before Lightspeed, Claire spent 6 years investing at GSV Ventures.”
“Lightspeed built its own studio and hired Claire Zau as a dual investor-creator; launching Lightwork podcast.”
“Lightspeed built its own studio and hired Claire Zau as a dual investor-creator role; launching Lightwork podcast.”
“Josh Machiz, Lightspeed's CMO, found Claire through TikTok, one of her earliest platforms.”
“Agent infrastructure names like Sycamore Labs and Raindrop.”
“Agent infrastructure names like Sycamore Labs and Raindrop.”
“Modus, which built an AI-native audit service by buying an actual audit firm.”
“Anthropic, where Lightspeed has been a key backer.”
“The firms and companies with the most capital are treating attention as infrastructure, not marketing.”
“I've obviously been in the venture space for a while now. Started as an associate six years ago. I was at a firm called GSV.”
Source→“In order to have a podcast that represented all the things Lightspeed was working on, the tastes behind it all, we have this space now.”
Source→“Really targeting these pre-founder archetypes. And then my job is to build that out and then think deeply about how we can systematically make sure that we're converting that talent density into interesting opportunities, especially at the early stages and pre-seed and seed stage.”
Source→“He found me through TikTok, I think, which is actually was one of my earliest platforms...in the fall, I got an email from Josh and he had just joined Lightspeed.”
Source→“You have companies like Sycamore Labs that Lightspeed just invested in.”
Source→“They recently invested in a company called Modus, which is doing a lot in the audit space...they actually bought an actual audit firm.”
Source→“They recently invested in a company called Modus, which is doing a lot in the audit space, which traditionally dominated by small, medium businesses or like the KPMGs of the world.”
Source→“Obviously companies like Anthropic, which are, you know, Lightspeed has played such an important role in the Anthropic journey.”
Source→“Robbie had a book talk discussion with Sebastian Mallaby. He recently wrote The Infinity Machine on Demis.”
Source→“A Security, which raised $37M from Lightspeed and Cyberstarts; backed by Wiz and Cyera CEOs as angels”
“An NYC-based cybersecurity startup focused on AI-powered attacks, raised $47m from Lightspeed, Cyberstarts, Wiz CEO Assaf Rapaport and Cyera CEO Yotam Segev.”
“Helion, an Everett, Wash.-based nuclear fusion startup, raised $465m in Series G funding at a $15.5b post-money valuation. Thrive Capital led, joined by...insiders Sam Altman, Capricorn, Lightspeed...”
“'Stabiliser' funds like Sequoia (19.6 to 50.6/year) and Lightspeed (11.6 to 32.1/year) operate at 2 to 3x their SaaS-era baselines. Even the most disciplined funds (Bessemer, Index, Lux) show durable upward shifts.”
“Generative video startup Reactor emerged from stealth with a $59 million round led by Lightspeed.”
Source→“Farther, an SF-based AI platform for financial advisors, raised $150m in Series D funding, per Axios Pro.”
Source→“Fragile, a startup powering consumer hardware subscription programs, raised nearly $100m from Khosla Ventures, Lightspeed, and Restive Ventures.”
Source→“Origin Lab, an SF-based gaming data marketplace for AI world-models, raised $8m in seed funding. Lightspeed led.”
“Multiverse, a tech apprenticeship platform, raised £70m.”
“Origin Lab, an SF-based gaming data marketplace for AI world-models, raised $8m in seed funding. Lightspeed led.”
“The leading startup discovery engine serving top VC firms like Accel, Bessemer, Firstmark, General Catalyst, Lightspeed, and hundreds more.”
“Ineffable Intelligence, a London-based reinforcement learning startup, raised $1.1b in 'seed funding' at a $5.1b valuation. Sequoia Capital and Lightspeed led, joined by Nvidia, Google, and Index Ventures.”
Source→“Ineffable Intelligence, a London-based reinforcement learning startup, raised $1.1b in 'seed funding' at a $5.1b valuation. Sequoia Capital and Lightspeed led, joined by Nvidia, Google, and Index Ventures.”
“Ineffable Intelligence, a British startup founded a few months ago by ex-Google DeepMind Principal Scientist David Silver that aims to build AI systems that learn without human data using reinforcement learning, raised a $1.1 billion round at a $5.1 billion post-money valuation.”
“4 weeks later, they closed the largest seed round in European history. €105 million. Led by Lightspeed and Bessemer.”
“€105 million. Led by Lightspeed and Bessemer.”
“Coral, a two-year-old New York startup that automates administrative workflows in specialty healthcare, including patient intake, prior authorization, and payer communication, raised a $12.5 million seed round co-led by Lightspeed and Z47.”
Source→“Uses AI to generate code, wiring diagrams, and component lists for hardware projects, raised a $4.6 million pre-seed round led by Lightspeed.”
Source→AI-extracted from podcast / newsletter / paper summaries. May contain errors.