About Lightspeed Venture Partners

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Lightspeed Venture Partners combines extensive venture capital and operating experience to assist entrepreneurs in creating industry-leading technology companies. Lightspeed manages $1.3 billion of committed capital and focuses on early stage information technology investments in the US, Asia and Israel. The firm's partners have invested in more than 100 technology companies over the past two decades and have contributed to the success of market leaders including Blue Nile, Brocade, Ciena, Doubleclick, eHealth, Galileo Technology, Growth Networks, Informatica, Kiva Software, LightLogic, Maker Communications, Metasolv, Phone.com, Quantum Effect Devices, Riverbed, Sirocco, Transmeta, Virsa and Waveset.


  1. Mentioned In 33 Articles

  2. Venture capital cos may focus on growth equity

    livemint.com (Oct 13 2008) Acquisition Explore Article

    ...t, would look at having a portfolio of about 50:50 for risky and non-risky investments,” predicts Lightspeed Advisory Services India Pvt. Ltd’s managing director Srini Vudayagiri. Lightspeed, whose portfolio till date has been primarily around technology, is now scouting for non-tech inves... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Lightspeed Venture Partners   Sequoia Capital   Srini Vudayagiri

  3. Microstaq raises $12.5M funding

    IndUS Business Journal (Oct 3 2008) Explore Article

    ...pply chain services firm based in Shenzhen, China, has received $21 million in venture funding from Lightspeed Venture Partners, Norwest Venture Partners and Focus Ventures, three venture capital firms based in the Silicon Vall... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Lightspeed Venture Partners   Draper Fisher Jurvetson   Draper Richards

  4. Indian VCs feel global meltdown heat

    SiliconIndia (Sep 30 2008) Explore Article

    Lightspeed Advisory Services India, Managing Director Srini Vudayagiri says, LPs, particularly in the US, are... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Lightspeed Venture Partners   Draper Fisher Jurvetson   Ojas Ventures

  5. Indian venture capital cos feel global meltdown heat

    livemint.com (Sep 29 2008) Explore Article

    ...rly those on the verge of exhausting their current corpus or looking to raise a new fund next year. Lightspeed Advisory Services India Pvt. Ltd’s managing director Srini Vudayagiri says LPs, particularly in t... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Lightspeed Venture Partners   Rahul Khanna   Draper Fisher Jurvetson

  6. 15 top pension funds head for India

    Welcome to rediff.com (Sep 1 2008) Explore Article

    ...location stance except for taking a company's track record into greater account. A case in point is Lightspeed Venture Partners, which recently raised a $600-million fund. "It has not been difficult for us. In fact, we received... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Lightspeed Venture Partners   Draper Fisher Jurvetson   Bombay Stock Exchange

  7. 15 top pension funds head for India

    India News & Business (Sep 1 2008) Explore Article

    ...ion stance except for taking a company’s track record into greater account. A case in point is Lightspeed Venture Partners, which recently raised a $600-million fund. "It has not been difficult for us. In fact, we received... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Lightspeed Venture Partners   Walt Disney   Sateesh Andra

  8. Mobile Ad Firm Rhythm New Media Pulls Out of UK And India

    contentSutra.com (Aug 18 2008) Mobile Explore Article

    ...06: $18 million, led by Carlyle Venture Partners. It was seed funded by Rembrandt Venture Partners. Lightspeed and Morgenthaler co-led the first round in July 2005. More as we hear more… Update: ME reports ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Lightspeed Venture Partners   Orange

  9. DFJ To Diversify Into Mid-to-Late Stage, Non-Tech Deals; Closes 13 Transactions In A Year

    VCCircle (Jul 30 2008) Explore Article

    ...tic consumption sectors (read: growth). Then there are others like Mayfield Fund, ePlanet Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Sandalwood Partners who have already started doing or announced intentions to make late stage a... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Lightspeed Venture Partners   Guruji   Draper Fisher Jurvetson

  10. TutorVista.com gets $18-m PE funding

    The Economic Times (Jul 23 2008) Explore Article

    ...nsumer online education services company, has raised $18 million from PE player Sequoia Capital and LightSpeed Venture Partners to fund its expansion into a hybrid (online-offline) education model. In addition, the company is i... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Lightspeed Venture Partners   K Ganesh   Sequoia Capital

  11. Proto Iv… India’s best startup showcase event comes to Delhi this weekend

    Webyantra  (Jul 13 2008) Explore Article

    ...entures, Canaan Partners, Sequoia Capital, Nexus India Capital, Qualcomm Ventures, Helion Ventures, LightSpeed Ventures, Ojas Ventures, Bluerun Ventures. Mentor Partners, Siemens, Upstream Ventures, BAF Spectru... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Lightspeed Venture Partners   Charles River Ventures   Rediff

  12. Deals take a dip, may pick up post-correction

    livemint.com (Jul 7 2008) Explore Article

    ... in early-stage technology fund Omni Capital. Paradoxically, fund-raising picked up in the quarter. Lightspeed Venture Partners, which invests in India out of a global corpus, raised its eighth fund of $800 million, part of whi... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Lightspeed Venture Partners   Rediff   Battery Ventures

  13. It's Raining Funds

    Express Pharma (Jun 24 2008) Explore Article

    ...ude ICICI Venture, Global Healthcare Investments and Solutions, Bluewater International Investment, Lightspeed Advisory, Ajay Piramal Group, Groupe Limagrain, Singularity Ventures, ePlanet Ventures, Daninvest, ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Lightspeed Venture Partners   ICICI Bank   Dr Lal Pathlabs

  14. It’s Raining Funds

    Express Healthcare (Jun 18 2008) Explore Article

    ...ude ICICI Venture, Global Healthcare Investments and Solutions, Bluewater International Investment, Lightspeed Advisory, Ajay Piramal Group, Groupe Limagrain, Singularity Ventures, ePlanet Ventures, Daninvest, ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Lightspeed Venture Partners   ICICI Bank   IDG Ventures India

  15. Deal makers carve their space in Vc, Pe business

    livemint.com (Jun 16 2008) Explore Article

    ...uation bidding (among) funds” ending up with a mismatch, says Srini Vudayagiri, managing director Lightspeed Advisory Services India Pvt. Ltd. Experts say the opportunity and outlook for investment banks will... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Lightspeed Venture Partners   Magfil   ICICI Bank Ltd

  16. VCs prefer IPOs even as bourses turn cheap

    livemint.com (Jun 2 2008) Acquisition Explore Article

    ... this year so far and I do not think things will change drastically in (the coming) months,” says Lightspeed Advisory Services India Pvt. Ltd’s managing director Srini Vudayagiri. According to VC tracker Ve... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Lightspeed Venture Partners   Sulekha   Srini Vudayagiri

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