Lightspeed Venture Partners
Investor
Key facts about this entity
Entity type: Investor
Schema.org type: Organization
Commercial role: Venture capital investor
Headquarters: Menlo Park, California, United States
Country: United States
Founded: 2000
Co-founders: Barry Eggers, Christopher Schaepe, Ravi Mhatre, Peter Nieh
Sector: Venture capital
Geographic focus: Global
Official website: <a href="https://lsvp.com">lsvp.com</a>
Wikipedia: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightspeed_Venture_Partners">Wikipedia entry</a>
Entity Profile
Overview
Lightspeed Venture Partners is a global venture capital firm headquartered in Menlo Park, California. Founded in 2000 by Barry Eggers, Christopher Schaepe, Ravi Mhatre and Peter Nieh, it invests across seed, early and growth stages in enterprise, consumer, fintech, healthcare and frontier technology, and operates offices across the United States, Europe, India, Israel and Asia.
Why this entity matters
The firm is among the larger multi-stage venture investors globally, managing capital across a family of funds and supporting companies from formation through late-stage growth. Its portfolio spans widely used enterprise and consumer technology businesses.
Role in the startup, technology, investment, or innovation ecosystem
As a multi-stage investor, Lightspeed supplies capital and support to companies at varying levels of maturity. In European defence technology it is an investor in Helsing, joining several consecutive financing rounds as the company scaled.
Selected relationships and affiliations
Lightspeed is a backer of Helsing alongside investors including Accel, Plural, General Catalyst and Saab. Public announcements record its participation in Helsing's Series C (2024), Series D (2025) and Series E (2026) rounds.
Startuprad.io relevance
Startuprad.io covers Helsing as a leading European defence technology company. Lightspeed is relevant to that coverage as one of Helsing's recurring institutional investors, illustrating United States venture capital participation in European defence AI.
Public source context
Details on the firm's founding, headquarters and focus derive from its corporate site and public reference sources, while its Helsing role is documented in Helsing's own funding announcements.