Lightspeed Venture Partners
Lightspeed Venture Partners is a global venture capital firm with a strong track record across enterprise, consumer, and healthcare sectors. They invest across all stages and have dedicated teams focused on healthcare and life sciences opportunities globally.
Website
https://lsvp.comLocation
Menlo Park, California, USA
Founded
2000
AUM
$18B+
Investment Range
$1M - $100M+
Portfolio Companies
3
Focus
generalist
Fund Stages
seed, series-a, series-b, series-c, growth
Investment Thesis
Lightspeed partners with exceptional founders at every stage, from inception to IPO and beyond. In healthcare, they focus on companies leveraging technology to transform healthcare delivery, drug discovery, and diagnostics, with particular interest in AI-powered health solutions and next-generation therapeutics.
Team
Partners / Managing Directors (Health & Bio Focus)
- Ling Wong - Partner (Healthcare)
- Michael Miao - Partner
- Gaurav Gupta - Partner
Other Key Team Members
- Ravi Mhatre - Partner
- Global investment team across US, Europe, India, and Asia
Focus Areas
- Healthcare AI
- Digital health
- Genomics
- Drug discovery
- Consumer health
- Enterprise health technology
- Global healthcare innovation
Notable Exits
- Snap - IPO (2017)
- Nutanix - IPO (2016)
- MuleSoft - Acquired by Salesforce (2018, $6.5B)
Notable Healthcare Investments
- Ultima Genomics - $600M funding round (2022, next-gen sequencing)
- Guardant Health - Cancer diagnostics
- GRAIL - Early detection
Sources
- https://lsvp.com
- https://lsvp.com/team
- PitchBook
- Crunchbase
Portfolio Companies
| Name | Location | Founded | Categories |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ultima Genomics | Fremont, California, USA | 2016 | genomics-sequencingbiotech+1 |
| Guardant Health | Redwood City, California, USA | 2012 | diagnosticsgenomics-sequencing+3 |
| Natera | Austin, Texas, USA | 2004 | genomics-sequencingdiagnostics+4 |