Lightspeed Israel

Lightspeed Israel, established in 2006, is a venture capital firm based in Tel Aviv, Israel. It invests in seed, early, and later-stage companies across the information technology and TMT sectors. The firm focuses on supporting innovative Israeli startups, providing capital and strategic guidance to accelerate their growth. Lightspeed Israel typically invests between $2 million to $25 million per company, with a particular interest in enterprise, health, fintech, and consumer sectors. It manages multiple funds, including Lightspeed Venture Partners IX and Lightspeed India Partners I & II, to support its investment activities in Israel and India.

Shaurya Aggarwal

Partner

Vaibhav Agrawal

Venture Partner

James Alcorn

Partner

Saqib Awan

Partner

Moritz Baier-Lentz

Partner and Head of Gaming

Mercedes Bent

Partner

Luke Beseda

Partner

Akshay Bhushan

Venture Partner

Taggart Bonham

Partner

Ashley Brasier

Partner

Wei Cai

Partner

Guru Chahal

Partner

Yoni Cheifetz

Partner

Yoni Cheifetz

Partner

Sun Daniel

Partner

Amish Desai

Partner

Sebastian Duesterhoeft

Partner

Barry Eggers

Co-Founder and Partner

Sam Eisler

Partner

James Ephrati

Partner

Faraz Fatemi

Partner, Consumer

Jack Fowler

Partner

Aaron Frank

Venture Partner

Merci Grace

Partner

Globin Guo

Executive Director

Gaurav Gupta

Partner

David Gussarsky

Partner

Herry Han

Co-Founder and Partner

Lisa Han

Partner

Rob Horton JD

COO

Galym Imanbayev MD

Partner

Galym Imanbayev

Partner

Nnamdi Iregbulem

Partner

Raviraj Jain

Partner

Arif Janmohamed

Partner

Julie Kainz

Partner

Francis Kao

Partner

Ansaf Kareem

Partner

Alex Kayyal

Partner

Issac Kim

Partner

Will Kohler

Partner

Harsha Kumar

Associate Partner

Pachara Lawjindakul

Partner

Pachara Lawjindakul

Partner

Pinn Lawjindakul

Partner

Will Leas

Partner

Jeremy Liew

Partner

Connor Love

Partner

John Luongo

Venture Partner

Natalie Luu

Partner

Naveed Matinfar

Partner

Ravi Mhatre

Co-Founder and Partner

James Mi

Founding Partner

Andrew Moley

Operating Partner and CFO

Tal Morgenstern

Partner

Peter Nieh

Co-Founder and Partner, Enterprise

Justin Overdorff

Partner

Zac Pan

Associate Partner

Apoorva Pandhi

Associate

Krish Parikh

Partner of Business Services

Nicole Quinn

Partner

Adrian Nicholas Radu

Partner

Alexander Schmitt

Partner

Shan Shan

Partner

Justin Shen

Partner

Justin Shen

Partner

Shuvi Shrivastava

Partner

Ishaan Preet Singh

Investor

Ajay Sudan

Venture Partner

Sydney Sykes

Partner

John Thompson

Venture Partner

Anoushka Vaswani

Partner

Jason Wang

Partner

Nathan Wang

Vice President

Nathan Wu

Partner, Growth

Mark Xu

Partner

Cici Yang

Vice President

Jerry Ye

Partner, Data Platform

Haowei Zhai

Vice President

Ju Zhang

Executive Director

Issac Zhang

Vice President

Gavin Zhu

Partner

Hu Peipei

Investment Manager

Past deals in CMS

Beehiiv

Series B in 2024
Beehiiv is a developer of an email newsletter platform that empowers creators to produce, monetize, and grow their newsletters. The platform enhances audience engagement through advanced customization and superior analytics, allowing users to effectively scale their web and email content. By offering a direct engagement model, Beehiiv enables publishers and advertisers to reduce reliance on lower-quality cookie-based data. Importantly, the company does not take a share of subscription revenue, providing a more lucrative financial model for creators. This approach facilitates the growth of custom newsletters and websites, supporting clients in expanding their reach and monetization efforts.

Beehiiv

Series A in 2023
Beehiiv is a developer of an email newsletter platform that empowers creators to produce, monetize, and grow their newsletters. The platform enhances audience engagement through advanced customization and superior analytics, allowing users to effectively scale their web and email content. By offering a direct engagement model, Beehiiv enables publishers and advertisers to reduce reliance on lower-quality cookie-based data. Importantly, the company does not take a share of subscription revenue, providing a more lucrative financial model for creators. This approach facilitates the growth of custom newsletters and websites, supporting clients in expanding their reach and monetization efforts.

Pepper Content

Series A in 2022
Pepper Content Pvt. Ltd., established in 2017 and based in Mumbai, India, operates an online content marketplace. It connects businesses, primarily in sectors like healthcare, education, and technology, with a vast pool of skilled writers. The platform facilitates a wide range of content services, including blog writing, copywriting, and translation, tailored to clients' needs. Pepper Content does not directly engage with writers but mediates the demand and supply chain, enabling businesses to find suitable content creators for their marketing activities.

Curastory

Seed Round in 2021
Curastory is a video enablement platform that empowers creators to produce, monetize, and distribute their content across social media. The platform allows users to shoot and edit high-quality videos while providing tools for monetization and analytics. Curastory is notable for being the first programmatic media buying solution specifically tailored for creator ad reads, enabling creators to effectively monetize their shows. Additionally, the platform facilitates the free distribution of videos to various channels, allowing creators to maintain ownership of their stories while offering brands advantages such as price generation, video matchmaking, and attribution tracking. Overall, Curastory aims to enhance the content creation process for individuals and brands alike.

Pepper Content

Series A in 2020
Pepper Content Pvt. Ltd., established in 2017 and based in Mumbai, India, operates an online content marketplace. It connects businesses, primarily in sectors like healthcare, education, and technology, with a vast pool of skilled writers. The platform facilitates a wide range of content services, including blog writing, copywriting, and translation, tailored to clients' needs. Pepper Content does not directly engage with writers but mediates the demand and supply chain, enabling businesses to find suitable content creators for their marketing activities.

Bloomreach

Series D in 2016
Bloomreach is a global technology company that specializes in enhancing e-commerce experiences for businesses. Its core product, the Commerce Experience Cloud, comprises three key components: Discovery (AI-driven search and merchandising), Content (headless CMS), and Engagement (CDP and marketing automation). By integrating customer and product data with AI optimization, Bloomreach empowers over 850 global brands to deliver personalized shopping journeys across various channels. The company collaborates with a wide network of certified partners and leading commerce platforms to provide comprehensive solutions tailored to clients' needs.

Bloomreach

Series C in 2012
Bloomreach is a global technology company that specializes in enhancing e-commerce experiences for businesses. Its core product, the Commerce Experience Cloud, comprises three key components: Discovery (AI-driven search and merchandising), Content (headless CMS), and Engagement (CDP and marketing automation). By integrating customer and product data with AI optimization, Bloomreach empowers over 850 global brands to deliver personalized shopping journeys across various channels. The company collaborates with a wide network of certified partners and leading commerce platforms to provide comprehensive solutions tailored to clients' needs.

Bloomreach

Series B in 2010
Bloomreach is a global technology company that specializes in enhancing e-commerce experiences for businesses. Its core product, the Commerce Experience Cloud, comprises three key components: Discovery (AI-driven search and merchandising), Content (headless CMS), and Engagement (CDP and marketing automation). By integrating customer and product data with AI optimization, Bloomreach empowers over 850 global brands to deliver personalized shopping journeys across various channels. The company collaborates with a wide network of certified partners and leading commerce platforms to provide comprehensive solutions tailored to clients' needs.
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