Lightspeed Venture Partners

Lightspeed Venture Partners is a global venture capital firm established in 1998 that focuses on investing in early-stage companies across a diverse range of sectors. The firm targets technology-led businesses as well as non-technology opportunities in areas such as advertising and media, healthcare, education, financial services, and retail. It engages in various investment stages, including seed, early-stage, later-stage, and expansion-stage financing. Lightspeed specializes in debt financing for start-ups and growth companies while also exploring opportunities in consumer, enterprise, cleantech, and other markets. The firm is known for its strategic investments in innovative sectors, including big data, bitcoin, mobile technology, and software solutions.

Vaibhav Agrawal

Associate Partner

Mercedes Bent

Partner

Bhushan, Akshay

Partner

Chahal, Guru

Partner

Yoni Cheifetz

Partner

James Ephrati

Partner

Gaurav Gupta

Partner

David Gussarsky

Partner

Galym Imanbayev

Partner

Nnamdi Iregbulem

Partner

Raviraj Jain

Partner

Arif Janmohamed

Partner

Kareem, Ansaf

Partner

Harsha Kumar

Associate Partner

Pinn Lawjindakul

Partner

Will Leas

Partner

Liew, Jeremy

Partner

Hemant Mohapatra

Partner

Andrew Moley

Operating Partner and CFO

Tal Morgenstern

Partner

Justin Overdorff

Partner

Nicole Quinn

General Partner

Chris Schaepe

Co-Founder

Shan Shan

Partner

Adam Smith

Partner

Taub, Lolita

Scout

Twohig, Bradley

Partner

Anoushka Vaswani

Partner

Vitkauskas, Rytis

Partner

Ye, Jerry

Partner, Data Platform

Past deals in Myanmar

Grab

Series H in 2018
Grab operates a mobile technology platform that integrates city transportation for driver-partners and customers in South East Asia. It offers services like GrabTaxi, GrabCar, GrabHitch, GrabShare, GrabCoach, GrabShuttle, GrabShuttle Plus, GrabFamily, JustGrab, GrabNow, and GrabRental. Grab offers services in Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, and Myanmar. Anthony Tan and Tan Hooi Lng founded it in 2012 and is headquartered in Singapore. It has additional offices in Seattle, Beijing, Bangalore, Jakarta, and Vietnam.
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