Lightspeed Europe

Lightspeed Europe is a venture capital firm focused on early-stage and growth investments across various sectors, including consumer, health, and fintech. With its headquarters in Menlo Park, California, and regional offices in Europe, Israel, India, and China, Lightspeed aims to identify and support innovative companies that can disrupt traditional markets. The firm invests in a wide range of industries, such as enterprise technology, e-commerce, software, and biotechnology, providing both equity and debt financing. Lightspeed has a particular interest in technology-led businesses, as well as opportunities in advertising, media, healthcare, education, and retail. Its investment strategy emphasizes the provision of capital along with ongoing consulting and advisory services to help entrepreneurs scale their businesses effectively.

Shaurya Aggarwal

Partner

Vaibhav Agrawal

Associate Partner

Moritz Baier-Lentz

Partner and Head of Gaming

Mercedes Bent

Partner

Akshay Bhushan

Venture Partner

Taggart Bonham

Partner

Ashley Brasier

Partner

Guru Chahal

Partner

Yoni Cheifetz

Partner

Yoni Cheifetz

Partner

Amish Desai

Partner

Barry Eggers

Founder and Partner

Sam Eisler

Partner

Sam Eisler

Partner

James Ephrati

Partner

Faraz Fatemi

Partner, Consumer

Jack Fowler

Partner

Aaron Frank

Venture Partner

Vivek Gambhir

Venture Partner

Gaurav Gupta

Partner

David Gussarsky

Partner

Lisa Han

Partner

Dat Han

Senior Associate

Rob Horton JD

COO

Galym Imanbayev

Partner

Galym Imanbayev

Partner

Nnamdi Iregbulem

Partner

Raviraj Jain

Partner

Arif Janmohamed

Partner

Ansaf Kareem

Partner

Issac Kim

Partner

Harsha Kumar

Associate Partner

Pinn Lawjindakul

Partner

Pachara Lawjindakul

Partner

Jeremy Liew

Partner

Connor Love

Partner

John Luongo

Venture Partner

Natalie Luu

Partner

Naveed Matinfar

Partner

Arsham Memarzadeh

Partner

Michael Mignano

Partner, Consumer

Hemant Mohapatra

Partner

Andrew Moley

Operating Partner and CFO

Tal Morgenstern

Partner

Antoine Moyroud

Partner

Eric O'Brien

Affiliated Partner

Justin Overdorff

Partner

Apoorva Pandhi

Associate

Nicole Quinn

General Partner

Adrian Radu

Partner

Alexander Schmitt

Partner

Shan Shan

Partner

Aditya Sharma

Partner, Growth Equity - India and Asia-Pacific

Justin Shen

Partner

Justin Shen

Partner

Alex Taussig

Partner

John Thompson

Venture Partner

John Thompson

Venture Partner

Anoushka Vaswani

Partner

Nathan Wu

Partner, Growth

Mark Xu

Partner

Mark Xu

Partner

Jerry Ye

Partner, Data Platform

Past deals in Placement Agent

Yubi

Series B in 2022
CredAvenue is a fully integrated, unified digital platform that helps discover, trade, execute and fulfill debt solutions for investors.

PropBidder

Seed Round in 2022
PropBidder is an online platform that offers web-based software specifically designed for real estate agents and realtors. This platform facilitates the planning, management, and participation in various online bidding processes, including multiple offer scenarios, price reductions, and auctions. PropBidder's technology allows for customizable bidding formats, enabling agents to effectively handle competitive situations and deadline-driven events. The platform also features a patent-protected offer scoring system that provides automatic, real-time feedback on offers, enhancing communication between buyers and their agents. By streamlining the negotiation process, PropBidder aims to make buying and selling homes and condos more efficient and user-friendly.

Endowus

Venture Round in 2021
Operator of a financial advisory and personalized investment company intended to grow the clients' money. The company offers access to funds managed by global investment management businesses with long track records of delivering returns that are not normally available to retail investors, enabling investors to access institutional share-class funds at institutional-level fees, charging a single access fee that includes advice, investment, rebalancing, transfers, and brokerage.

Yubi

Series A in 2021
CredAvenue is a fully integrated, unified digital platform that helps discover, trade, execute and fulfill debt solutions for investors.
Flow is the Next-Gen Specialty Brokerage for commercial insurance. We blend human expertise with cutting-edge technology to deliver access to top markets.

Endowus

Series A in 2021
Operator of a financial advisory and personalized investment company intended to grow the clients' money. The company offers access to funds managed by global investment management businesses with long track records of delivering returns that are not normally available to retail investors, enabling investors to access institutional share-class funds at institutional-level fees, charging a single access fee that includes advice, investment, rebalancing, transfers, and brokerage.

Endowus

Series A in 2021
Operator of a financial advisory and personalized investment company intended to grow the clients' money. The company offers access to funds managed by global investment management businesses with long track records of delivering returns that are not normally available to retail investors, enabling investors to access institutional share-class funds at institutional-level fees, charging a single access fee that includes advice, investment, rebalancing, transfers, and brokerage.

Carta

Series F in 2020
Carta is a transfer agent for private companies that enables seed-stage to pre-IPO companies to manage equity electronically with the participation of their shareholders, employees, auditors, and legal counsel. It digitizes paper stock certificates along with stock options, warrants, and derivatives to create a real-time image of who owns what at a startup. Carta receives funding from a group of investors, including Draper VC, Expansion VC, k9 Ventures, Elefund, Subtraction Capital, Scott Banister, XG Ventures, Kima Ventures, Andy Palmer, and Structure Capital. It was founded by Manu Kumar and Henry Ward in 2012 as eShares, Carta is based in Mountain View, California.

Ladder

Series C in 2020
Ladder Financial Inc. is an online platform that specializes in term life insurance services, operating from Palo Alto, California since its incorporation in 2015. The company offers instant, fully underwritten life insurance policies directly to consumers, simplifying the application process by removing the need for commissioned sales agents. Ladder aims to address the significant life insurance gap in the United States by providing competitive pricing, transparency, and flexible coverage options that can be adjusted or canceled at any time. By leveraging advanced technology and a direct-to-consumer model, Ladder seeks to enhance accessibility and fairness in life insurance, ultimately supporting underinsured families and communities.

Carta

Series E in 2019
Carta is a transfer agent for private companies that enables seed-stage to pre-IPO companies to manage equity electronically with the participation of their shareholders, employees, auditors, and legal counsel. It digitizes paper stock certificates along with stock options, warrants, and derivatives to create a real-time image of who owns what at a startup. Carta receives funding from a group of investors, including Draper VC, Expansion VC, k9 Ventures, Elefund, Subtraction Capital, Scott Banister, XG Ventures, Kima Ventures, Andy Palmer, and Structure Capital. It was founded by Manu Kumar and Henry Ward in 2012 as eShares, Carta is based in Mountain View, California.
Property Share Online Platform Pvt. Ltd., founded in 2015 and based in Bengaluru, India, operates a real estate platform that facilitates fractional ownership of properties. This innovative marketplace allows individual investors to collectively purchase shares in completed residential properties, thus enabling access to high-quality real estate investments that would typically be out of reach due to high entry costs. By lowering the investment threshold to as little as Rs. 500,000, Property Share opens up opportunities for ordinary investors to participate in the real estate market and receive monthly rental income. This model not only democratizes property investment but also mitigates the risks associated with investing in less secure projects.

Alpaca

Seed Round in 2018
Alpaca is a technology company based in San Mateo, California, that operates as a securities broker. It specializes in providing an algorithmic trading platform designed for developers to create, manage, and execute trading and investing algorithms. The Alpaca API enables the development of investing applications and brokerage services that facilitate commission-free trading. The company boasts a team with diverse backgrounds in finance and technology and has garnered support from prominent investors in the industry. By focusing on empowering developers, Alpaca aims to enhance access to financial markets through innovative technology solutions.

Priority Vendor

Series A in 2018
Priority Vendor provides working capital solutions to Corporates and their Suppliers of raw material, packing material, transportation and other services to unlock value out of the existing supply chain.

Ladder

Series B in 2018
Ladder Financial Inc. is an online platform that specializes in term life insurance services, operating from Palo Alto, California since its incorporation in 2015. The company offers instant, fully underwritten life insurance policies directly to consumers, simplifying the application process by removing the need for commissioned sales agents. Ladder aims to address the significant life insurance gap in the United States by providing competitive pricing, transparency, and flexible coverage options that can be adjusted or canceled at any time. By leveraging advanced technology and a direct-to-consumer model, Ladder seeks to enhance accessibility and fairness in life insurance, ultimately supporting underinsured families and communities.

Ladder

Series A in 2016
Ladder Financial Inc. is an online platform that specializes in term life insurance services, operating from Palo Alto, California since its incorporation in 2015. The company offers instant, fully underwritten life insurance policies directly to consumers, simplifying the application process by removing the need for commissioned sales agents. Ladder aims to address the significant life insurance gap in the United States by providing competitive pricing, transparency, and flexible coverage options that can be adjusted or canceled at any time. By leveraging advanced technology and a direct-to-consumer model, Ladder seeks to enhance accessibility and fairness in life insurance, ultimately supporting underinsured families and communities.

Ladder

Seed Round in 2015
Ladder Financial Inc. is an online platform that specializes in term life insurance services, operating from Palo Alto, California since its incorporation in 2015. The company offers instant, fully underwritten life insurance policies directly to consumers, simplifying the application process by removing the need for commissioned sales agents. Ladder aims to address the significant life insurance gap in the United States by providing competitive pricing, transparency, and flexible coverage options that can be adjusted or canceled at any time. By leveraging advanced technology and a direct-to-consumer model, Ladder seeks to enhance accessibility and fairness in life insurance, ultimately supporting underinsured families and communities.

Pluris

Series D in 2000
Pluris is focused on developing next-generation IP core infrastructure, utilizing its Teraplex architecture to offer enhanced scalability, fault-tolerance, and performance. This innovative design aims to provide service providers with a future that eliminates the need for costly and disruptive upgrades. In addition to its core infrastructure solutions, Pluris offers valuation advisory and daily marks services, catering to high-volume clients, large institutions, and diverse portfolios globally. Through these services, Pluris supports its clients in navigating complex valuation challenges in an ever-evolving market landscape.

Partnerware

Series B in 2000
Partnerware maximizes speed-to-market™ for channel-focused companies with the leading B2B Partner Relationship Management (PRM) solution, delivering measurable channel results in Internet time. As a multi-channel sales approach becomes critical in delivering value-added solutions to the marketplace, the need for PRM has grown dramatically. Partnerware provides distinct benefits for companies looking to leverage the power of indirect - Faster channel execution (from channel recruiting to product launches) - Measurable results from partner programs, channel marketing funds, and partner sales efforts - Increased market responsiveness to leap frog and stay ahead of competition - Easy implementation by deploying Web-based Partner Relationship Management solutions in Internet time
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