Lightspeed Venture Partners
Silicon Valley multi-stage VC with a European team; backed ElevenLabs, Granola and Multiverse
- Venture capital
- Type
- Venture capital
- Based in
- Outside the UK
- Stages
- Seed, Series A, Series B+, Growth
- Sector focus
- AI & Data, SaaS & B2B, Fintech, Cybersecurity, Consumer, Healthtech
- Fund size
- Undisclosed
- Founded
- 2000
- Website
- lsvp.com
Lightspeed Venture Partners is a Silicon Valley venture firm that invests from seed through Series F and beyond across enterprise software, AI, security, fintech, consumer and healthcare. It operates through offices in the United States, Europe and Israel, with separately managed affiliates in India and Southeast Asia, and has backed companies such as Stripe, Snap and Wiz. Its European team has been active in the UK: Lightspeed led Blockchain.com's Series D in 2022, co-led Multiverse's $220 million Series D the same year, and participated in ElevenLabs' Series D and Granola's Series C in 2026, typically at growth stage.
Team
- Barry Eggers, Co-Founder
- Peter Nieh, Co-Founder
- Ravi Mhatre, Partner & Co-Founder
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