Lightspeed Venture Partners

Lightspeed Venture Partners is a global venture capital firm that backs startups across enterprise software, consumer technologies, fintech, healthtech, and cleantech from seed through growth stages. Founded in 2000 and headquartered in Menlo Park, California, it maintains offices in Beijing, Shanghai, New Delhi, and Herzliya to engage markets in the United States, Asia, and Israel. The firm focuses on technology-enabled businesses and has supported companies across software, mobile, data, e-commerce, and services, spanning early-stage to expansion rounds. It offers strategic guidance, network access, and capital, and has historically included debt financing as part of its investment approach. With a multi-region footprint and a broad multi-stage mandate, Lightspeed seeks to partner with entrepreneurs to scale innovative companies globally.

Shaurya Aggarwal

Partner

Vaibhav Agrawal

Associate Partner

James Alcorn

Partner

Moritz Baier-Lentz

Partner and Head of Gaming

Mercedes Bent

Partner

Past deals in Fossil fuels

CoalTek

Convertible Note in 2013
CoalTek, Inc. specializes in the production of high-quality coal by converting lower-grade coal into a cleaner energy fuel with reduced environmental impact. Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Tucker, Georgia, the company employs a proprietary volumetric heating process that targets moisture within the coal, utilizing 50-70 percent less energy compared to traditional thermal methods. This technology, developed over eight years by co-founder Dr. Jerry Weinberg and chief geologist Neil Ginther, effectively reduces the moisture content in various types of coal, enhancing plant efficiency and ensuring compliance with environmental standards. CoalTek opened its first commercial processing facility in Calvert City, Kentucky, in 2006, with an initial capacity of 120,000 tons per year, and plans for future expansions and additional facilities to meet the increasing demand for clean coal solutions.

CoalTek

Series D in 2009
CoalTek, Inc. specializes in the production of high-quality coal by converting lower-grade coal into a cleaner energy fuel with reduced environmental impact. Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Tucker, Georgia, the company employs a proprietary volumetric heating process that targets moisture within the coal, utilizing 50-70 percent less energy compared to traditional thermal methods. This technology, developed over eight years by co-founder Dr. Jerry Weinberg and chief geologist Neil Ginther, effectively reduces the moisture content in various types of coal, enhancing plant efficiency and ensuring compliance with environmental standards. CoalTek opened its first commercial processing facility in Calvert City, Kentucky, in 2006, with an initial capacity of 120,000 tons per year, and plans for future expansions and additional facilities to meet the increasing demand for clean coal solutions.

CoalTek

Series C in 2007
CoalTek, Inc. specializes in the production of high-quality coal by converting lower-grade coal into a cleaner energy fuel with reduced environmental impact. Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Tucker, Georgia, the company employs a proprietary volumetric heating process that targets moisture within the coal, utilizing 50-70 percent less energy compared to traditional thermal methods. This technology, developed over eight years by co-founder Dr. Jerry Weinberg and chief geologist Neil Ginther, effectively reduces the moisture content in various types of coal, enhancing plant efficiency and ensuring compliance with environmental standards. CoalTek opened its first commercial processing facility in Calvert City, Kentucky, in 2006, with an initial capacity of 120,000 tons per year, and plans for future expansions and additional facilities to meet the increasing demand for clean coal solutions.
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